NFC pilot project by LEGIC, Swisscom and Selecta. An easy way to pay for refreshments with NFC mobile phones at Swisscom.

LEGIC card-in-card solutions integrate identification badges into mobile phones

LEGIC and MCX Systems Sp. zo. o., provider of comprehensive ICT solutions, signed a licence agreement in Poland.

Häfele supplied the Schlosshotel in Kitzbuhel (Austria) with scores of door- and wall-mounted terminals for guests‘ rooms and administrative areas plus emergency escape door furniture as well as changing room locks for the SPA area with LEGIC.

LEGIC will present during the APS Fair, its latest items such as the card-in-card solutions for mobile phones and will demonstrate the company security control thanks to its unique Master-Token System Control™ (MTSC).

LEGIC and Dorlet, the principal Spanish company developing / manufacturing access control products as well as integrated systems, have signed a licence agreement.

In the retirement home in Allschwil and Schönenbuch (AZB), Interflex AG uses an extensive online and offline security solution for both time & attendance recording and staff rostering as well as to provide efficient access control for residents and staff alike. A LEGIC badge is used as the ID medium for both residents and staff.

LEGIC and NT-ware, provider of software and hardware solutions for managing and monitoring printing and copying processes, have concluded a licence partnership which is of strategic importance to both companies.

In order to ensure that the cashless payment system secure, absolutely reliable and user-friendly is, the University chose the state-of-the-art LEGIC contactless technology from Tsinghua Mao Wu.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd and AZS System AG, one of the major companies supplying comprehensive and complex solutions in the fields of personnel management, time recording, access control and safety technology, have today signed a licence partnership. AZS already has experience of LEGIC all-in-one card technology, and the deal means that it now has direct access to the technical expertise available at LEGIC.

LEGIC and Dalian Modern Hi-Tech Development Co. Ltd., developer of high tech software and hardware and provider of smart card solutions for public transport and electronic payment in China, have agreed on a license partnership. This agreement strengthens Modern's position in the fast growing market for all-in-one cards in China and provides LEGIC with a renowned partner in the area.

Winner of multiple awards, the „Freizeit In” conference and event hotel in Göttingen is one of the most successful conference hotels in Germany. Access control to offline door locks of hotel room doors as well as the turnstile barriers in the wellness area and its electronic locking system for changing room lockers are all conveniently operated by a contactless guest card with a built-in LEGIC transponder chip.

LEGIC and EDP Support Polska, a leading system integrator of security systems and smart card applications have agreed on a new partnership. The license agreement gives EDPS direct access to LEGIC’s know-how and technology.

Security and facility management experts from around the country gathered at the first UK End-User Summit organised by LEGIC, to discuss challenges in their working environment and how the contactless smart card solutions can support their strategy.

LEGIC and InterCard GmbH Kartensysteme, the market leader in multifunctional card systems, have signed a licence agreement. LEGIC all-in-one card technology is a perfect fit with InterCard systems and makes it possible to tap into new markets.

A combined access control system that integrates offline components into an online system has been in use in refurbished Cuxhaven town hall since July 2006. Office doors, bicycle-racks and even the post distribution system can be controlled and managed through this overarching system.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd and Simet s.r.l., designer and manufacturer of products in the fields of industrial automation, data collection and safety, have signed a license partnership. Simet extends its range of contactless identification products with personal identification technology of LEGIC.

LEGIC continues to lead the contactless smart card market with innovative products that will be showcased at IFSEC.

LEGIC and the Polish security specialist ID Electronics Ltd. have signed a license agreement. With their long experience in the field of access control and other security systems and their broad base of satisfied customers, the partnership with ID Electronics contributes to strengthening LEGIC’s position in Eastern Europe.

The club provides a wide variety of facilities to delight members attending the ‘‘La Finca’’ Reebok Sports Club in Madrid, Spain. To meet clients’ needs to the full and to optimise all the equipment to the maximum, the club relies on efficient applications supplied by LEGIC based Gantner applications.

LEGIC and G4S Security Systems Ltd Microraab Division have signed a license agreement. G4S Security Systems are LEGIC’s first license partner in Hungary. With their broad domestic and international contacts, the Hungarian security specialist strengthens LEGIC’s position in Central and Eastern Europe.

LEGIC and HEWI Heinrich Wilke GmbH, a company that has an international presence in the sector of project equipment products and focuses on technological progress and innovative design in architecture, have signed a licence partnership. HEWI is expanding its electronic locking systems, originally launched in 1992 and extended in 2002, to meet the needs of the future.

World premiere at CeBIT 2007 – LEGIC all-in-one card applications for dual-interface smart cards open new possibilities to users

World premiere at CeBIT 2007 – LEGIC contactless all-in-one card applications embedded in NFC mobile phones

The summit is the opportunity to assess today’s challenges for corporations and to understand how contactless smart card technology can respond to those.

LEGIC and BCS Solutions GmbH, the Service Centre for business solutions in hardware and software, security technology and services, have just concluded a highly promising licence partnership agreement. LEGIC technology extends BCS's integrated approach and supplements its existing offering with new contactless identification options.

With its efficient system, polyright SA continues its successful market positioning, while strengthening its collaboration with LEGIC Identsystems Ltd. The most ambitious project is most certainly the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). polyright SA was commissioned to set up the new chip card system with integrated contactless smart card technology. More than 11,000 employees and students make use of a multifunction card, valid for their entire course of study.

LEGIC and Höft & Wessel AG, the Hannover-based supplier of hardware and software for retail and transport companies, have signed a licence agreement. The first successful integration of LEGIC technology has recently been carried out for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). The SBB will use the new mobile terminals to expand its range of services in tourist areas.

LEGIC and Atron Systems AG, international supplier of ticket sales systems and administration software for transport companies, sign a license agreement. Using LEGIC smart card technology will allow Atron to equip its existing products for contactless operation and take another leap forward thanks to intelligent product innovation.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the renowned and trustworthy partner of financial accounting, audits, financial and legal advice, and management consultancy decided for LEGIC. One of the challenges facing the new system was to provide a cleverly devised access system, to provide optimum security yet which at the same time was to be as easy to use as possible. PwC had even more requirements to make of the new system: Employees ID cards were also to be used to make e-payments, book flexible workstations, and operate the “Follow&Secure” system, an innovative office automation concept. But with LEGIC’s contactless all-in-one-card technology it was a simple matter to bring all these requirements together. Corina Gerber, Facilities Manager at PwC: “We are very pleased with the new systems. Our expectations and requirements have been met in full. Maximum security, clarity, user-friendliness and perfect operation were important aspects to us. We would choose LEGIC again!”

LEGIC is expanding the functionality of its LEGIC advant product line to battery powered applications, while meeting the FIPS 201 US Federal Government’s Personal Identity Verification specifications.

Acquarena Brixen offers its visitors 365 days of well-being! The combination of indoor and outdoor swimming pools with a wide range of wellness activities makes it a waterpark that is unrivalled anywhere. The versatile ticketing and access control system has been supplied by the Austrian technology company and LEGIC partner n-tree solutions Ticketsysteme GmbH.

The ski room lockers and high-tech family lockers with integrated ski boot heating that were newly installed were fitted with battery-operated GAT Lock 6000 locker locks. They are operated via LEGIC data carriers integrated in a user pass, with each family member receiving their own card for family lockers. The LEGIC locking system has proved very popular among Northstar guests thanks to their ease of use, and will be supplemented next winter by an electronic access control system for access to the ski room.

The Split Kaštela Airport is a regional airport on the Adriatic coast where most of the traffic is charter flights bringing in summer holiday makers from large airports around Europe. It is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2006. In the first half of 2005 the Split Kaštela Airport implemented a new time and attendance system. In the past employees had to carry a number of ID cards for various purposes. To minimize the number of ID cards all this various data was written to a LEGIC smart card. The contactless LEGIC smart card now also serves as an official badge (with a picture of an employee) and each employee has to carry it in a visible place. There are 600 cards in circulation. The new system is based on contactless LEGIC readers and smart cards.

Integrated smart card functionality is helping ‘fuel’ efficiency at the international headquarters of Petro-Canada, one of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies. Around 250 staff benefit from the user friendly system that combines e-payment technology with access control at a newly refurbished London office block where workers could in the future also be using their individual cards for computer log on.

"No key leaves the building!"
An events centre which is the only one of its kind in Germany is currently being created in the west of Stuttgart. In order to manage the two linked events centres jointly via a locking system, it was necessary to work out a new concept and also to install a new locking system in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle.

Students and also professors and staff at the College of Technology and Economics in Chur (HTW Chur), Switzerland, are profiting from the contactless LEGIC smart card in the form of a student and staff ID. Thanks to the solution realized by EVIS AG and Kaba AG, the HTW Chur is placing new trails in both student and staff identification, and is emphasizing its image as an innovative college.

SKIDATA AG and LEGIC Identsystems Ltd jointly announce the market introduction of a SKIDATA Combi Card. The new contactless ‘keycard iso combi LEGIC advant’ combines the SKIDATA access solutions with the wide choice of LEGIC advant all-in-one-card applications. It will increase services and convenience for guests and partners in tourist destinations.

LEGIC presents its world-wide unique solution for ultimate security control in companies at IFSEC 2006 in Birmingham, 8th – 11th May. A new transponder chip expands the successful LEGIC advant product line and many new all-in-one-card partner products will be demonstrated live. LEGIC's stand is located in Hall 20, Stand J82.

Since 1988, Intercard AG has been a successful supplier of products and services in the plastic card personalisation field. Its modern printing and personalisation systems make for fast implementation of individual customer requirements. With the licence partnership with LEGIC and the contactless all-in-one-card technology, the company is further strengthening its offer in the field of contactless, personal ID cards.

The administrative district of Reutlingen, Germany, runs the Kreiskliniken Reutlingen GmbH with hospitals in Reutlingen, Bad Urach and Muensingen. At the beginning of 2005, the newly built Albklinik Muensingen was formally opened. One of the system requirements was to equip all three hospitals with a general main key system. By using the Kaba elolegic family of products, all of these requirements could be met.

LEGIC and print-ID, supplier of products and services in the field of plastic card printing, have concluded a new license partnership. Two partners moving in the same direction: The fact that LEGIC and print-ID have teamed up is not a matter of chance. Both companies have very high hopes for their products. Through its partnership with LEGIC, print-ID is positioning itself as a specialist for both printing and encoding contactless smart cards using LEGIC technology.

Biometric methods for identifying and authenticating persons are more and more in trend when it comes to increasing security in the areas of access control, time management and payment. Since its first introduction onto the European market in Spring 2004, vein biometrics has received increasing attention.

In 2003, comprehensive renovation was undertaken of the Caracalla thermal baths in Baden-Baden, Germany. A new staff time & attendance system was also installed as part of the conversion and renovation work. The planners chose the primion system Visual Time because it is very flexible and easy to use. The contactless LEGIC system for the staff credential used allows contact-free communication with the time & attendance terminal. Besides preventing wear and tampering, this will also cut maintenance costs in the future.

LEGIC expands its successful advant product line with a new crypto transponder chip with 128 bytes memory.

The poultry specialist Heidemark has been a familiar word to both traders and consumers for decades. The innovative company from Garrel in Lower Saxony, Germany, is synonymous with high quality and an epicurean product variety. Working hours there are recorded using a biometric system with LEGIC.

The Merian-Iselin Hospital in Basle is being converted. In north-east Switzerland, it is regarded as the leading health center in the field of orthopaedics. Always „up to date“ both medically and technologically, it uses the latest Selecta till systems.

When Phones International moved to a new building in Marlow, Buckinghamshire it was not surprising that they wanted a ‘high tech’ solution for a number of Facility Management (FM) applications including access control, car park entry, vending and use of the staff deli.

LEGIC presents its world-wide unique solution for ultimate security control in companies at CeBIT 2006 in Hanover, 9th – 15th March. A new transponder chip expands the successful LEGIC advant product line and many new all-in-one-card partner products will be demonstrated live. For the first time LEGIC’s stand is located in Hall 6 for Auto ID, Stand J36.

LEGIC has appointed Kaba Security Sp. z o.o. as its latest licence partner in Poland.

LEGIC recently sold its millionth security module for contactless identification to its longstanding Austrian license partner GANTNER Electronic GmbH who supply innovative access control systems.

LEGIC has issued a new partnership license to WEGA LH s.r.o. in Slovakia. The agreement expands LEGIC’s network in Slovakia and strengthens both companies’ position in the Eastern European security industry.

LEGIC will exhibit its latest range of all-in-one-card products in Italy during SICUREZZA from 15-18 March 2006 at the Fiera Milano, New Exhibition Centre-Rho.

LEGIC, the world leading supplier of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications technologies, today announced the opening of its newest office in Dallas, Texas. Increases in worldwide adoption and licensing partnerships in North America have prompted LEGIC to increase sales staff and support offices in North America.

In accordance to its motto, the KKG has the goal of providing safe and reliable operation for 60 years. As production and efficiency has been continually increased over the years, safety has remained the top priority. The new modularly designed and integrated security computer system, together with the contactless LEGIC Smart Card Technology, plays an important role in this. Each person allowed access to the KKG must carry a contactless credential. Even the 20,000 or so visitors who annually visit the Gösgen power plant can only pass through the safety barriers with a LEGIC credential. 'We have had very good experiences with LEGIC technology up to now. It considerably simplifies the complicated identification processes for our staff. Using a single card, you can not only determine the amount of time worked and make cashless payments at the filling station, but can also identify yourself at the entrance,’ explains the KKG.

LEGIC and Italy based Bytechnology S.r.l. have signed a license agreement.

LEGIC has announced the appointment of Nedap AVI as its latest licence partner in the Netherlands. The company’s newest innovation is an automatic vehicle identification (AVI) system using LEGIC ID technology. Nedap’s TRANSIT system working with the contactless LEGIC advant based Combi-Booster, which is an in-vehicle mounted device, transmits both secured LEGIC smart card data and an embedded vehicle ID simultaneously. The system provides reliable identification of vehicles from up to 10 meters (33 feet) at high speed in typical access control applications.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd and Ideco Technologies Pty (Ltd) have agreed on a license partnership: Ideco becomes the first LEGIC license partner on the African Continent. Currently, Ideco is implementing fingerprint-based systems only. However, the company plans to expand into the area of contactless identification and developing its own customised solutions based on contactless smart cards. ”Our partnership with LEGIC forms the basis to explore exciting new opportunities. We wish to complement our current technology and product offering by implementing contactless products as well”, says Vhonani Mufamadi, CEO at Ideco.

Linde Material Handling UK Ltd has installed a state-of-the-art access control and time & attendance system using the latest LEGIC contactless smart card technology. ID Credentials are the primary means of access control for the seven hundred employees at the plant, and these are presented to readers at four main entrance turnstiles. The same passes are also used to clock in and off shift as the plant operates on a 24/7 basis depending on manufacturing demand. Alison Pilcher, IT Systems Analyst, comments: “We’ve now got the LEGIC contactless system up and running and we are very pleased with it. We’re using it for access control and time and attendance and also for job recording, where employees use their cards to log time spent working on individual projects.

To handle its growing business within the Asia Pacific market LEGIC has opened a new office in Shanghai. It is a reflection of LEGIC’s commitment to the region and to being part of this dynamic and challenging market in the years to come.

LEGIC will present the latest all-in-one-card products at the 2005 International Trade Fair for Leisure Areas, Sports and Pool Facilities (FSB) from 26 to 28 October in Cologne, Germany. Operators of leisure facilities and their visitors benefit in many ways from the contactless LEGIC smart card technology. On the one hand, operators can offer completely new services or improve existing ones, therefore increasing their profitability. On the other hand, costs can also be reduced. This is possible thanks to simpler, more efficient management and process optimization. Visit LEGIC in Hall 13.1, Stand E019/D018.

LEGIC has opened a sales office in Paris to meet the needs of the French growing market. Large growth in the demand for LEGIC's 13.56 MHz smart card technology in secure applications such as access control systems, contactless payments, time & attendance and other applications has warranted this strong commitment to the French market.

The LAKS GmbH is LEGIC’s first license partner from the watch-making industry. The company was founded in 1986 by Lucas Alexander Karl Scheybal and has been managed since then as a genuine family business in Austria. LAKS only processes the finest and best materials such as hand-brushed steel, scratch-resistant sapphire glass and movements of the finest quality. LAKS watches are worn and collected within the entire EU, but also in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Eastern Europe, and in the home of the art of watch-making – Switzerland.

LEGIC and Dr. Launée Mikroprozessortechnik GmbH are new license partners. Dr. Launée GmbH is incorporating LEGIC smart card technology into the monitoring and operational control of commercial vehicles, for example at airports, on golf courses or in the building industry.

Since December 2004, beach enthusiasts have been experiencing something quite new in one giant hall. The Tropical Islands leisure complex, 60 kilometers south of Berlin, is a true tropical paradise with rain forest, lagoons, a beach and the sea. An authentic tropical paradise has been created on 6.6 hectares. This tropical island has space for over 7,000 people round the clock and throughout the year.

Headquartered in Milan, Partitalia is an innovative and specialised distributor of readers, smart cards and transponders principally to the Italian market, but also to a growing customer base in other European countries. The high quality and reliability of their product range, which includes readers for access control, time & attendance and personalization projects enable customers to integrate packaged solutions for loyalty, electronic money, ticketing and restaurants onto a single customised smart card.

LEGIC will exhibit its latest range of all-in-one-card products at International Leisure Industry Week 2005, 20-22 September at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.

LEGIC has appointed Chubb Hong Kong Ltd as its latest licence partner.

Successful LEGIC installation through official LEGIC partner Evva-Werk GmbH & Co. KG, Wien, Austria

With the Sorge Consulting company, LEGIC is expanding its network for consulting services for company-wide identification projects.

The Gantner Electronic GmbH provides smooth transactions with LEGIC technology to the ultra-modern leisure and wellness centre at the Olimia thermal baths in Slovenia.

LEGIC and Elsag, a major player on the Italian information technology market have agreed on a license partnership.

Successful LEGIC installation through official Partner Kontroll-Systeme SB AG, Switzerland

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the world’s leading supplier of secure contactless smart card technology, has reported strong sales activity and high visitor numbers at the recent IFSEC show in Birmingham, UK

One company pass to cover all needs – that’s already a reality for staff of the RWE Group. Access to the building, time & attendance, cashless payments in the canteen, car park control and IT access are all conducted via a single pass – throughout the entire company and at various locations.

LEGIC and think dig High Tech Solutions GmbH have signed a license agreement.

LEGIC will exhibit its range of LEGIC all-in-one-card solutions at Smart Cards China 2005, 25-27 May at the China World Trade Centre, Beijing. LEGIC will be on Stand A01/A02.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the world’s leading supplier of secure contactless smart card technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of IPC Systems B.V. as its latest licence partner in the Netherlands.

Securiton AG, specialist for security systems for fire, burglar and accident alarms, personal protection, access control and time & attendance, as well as video surveillance, has entered into a partnership with LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading international manufacturer of contactless smart card systems for person-related identification applications.

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the world’s leading supplier of secure contactless smart card technology, has supplied their technology to enable licence partner VMC Ltd to install a cashless payment system for Milton Keynes based Gedas UK.

ViVi s.r.l. is an engineering company working in the information and communications technologies (ICT) arena. The primary purpose of the company is to design and develop multimedia products and services dedicated to the communications and entertainment markets, as well as with personal identification and asset management systems (via RFID), in Italy and the EU.

Netherlands based ID-ware (with subsidiaries in Germany and Austria) is a system house and service organisation for ID card applications.

Among the products on show will be the latest developments in contactless LEGIC all-in-one-card applications. The flexible technology platform of LEGIC allows to integrate a wide range of LEGIC all-in-one-card applications, such as access control, time & attendance, parking, cashless payments (e.g. cafeterias, vending machines), IT-access, e-tickets up to high security biometrical applications into a single identification credential. A large selection of LEGIC all-in-one-card applications out of the LEGIC partner network can be seen and demonstrated live at the LEGIC stand.

Carl Eduard Schulte GmbH (CES) is specialized in the production of highly developed looking cylinders. Founded 125 years ago in the German Velbert, it covers today with 13 subsidiaries the complete area of Germany.

Among the products on show will be the latest developments in contactless LEGIC all-in-one-card applications. The flexible technology platform of LEGIC allows to integrate a wide range of LEGIC all-in-one-card applications, such as access control, time & attendance, parking, cashless payments (e.g. cafeterias, vending machines), IT-access, e-tickets up to high security biometrical applications into a single identification credential.

Publicenter S.p.A., founded in 1978 and based in Rioveggio (Bologna - Italy), is one of the leading card manufacturer in Europe. Their in-depth knowledge in card production is based on over twenty years of experience in the production and personalisation of plastic cards and in high-quality offset and screen printing.

The company, based in Prague in the Czech Republic, was formed in 1992 and specialises in the development and supply of systems using identification and biometrical technology. IMA provide expert services in three major fields of business. These are: distribution of complete identification systems, provision of development capacities to partners worldwide, as well as expert opinion, consultation and participation in the preparation of international standards and European Commission’s projects i.e. (eEurope).

Hectrix, a leading systems solution provider of smart card and biometric authentication technologies using built-in web server technology, extends its portfolio with LEGIC’s contactless smart card technology.