Fabriquer des cartes s res, ce n'est pas hors de prix !

Article Abstract:

De La Rue Card Systems wants to supply 10% of the population world-wide with its smart cards by the year 2000, through reinforcing its position in the GSM, multimedia and banking applications. To do this, the group relies on two card production plants in France and Italy (Milan). The French plant, based in Caen has a yearly output of 80mn cards and a 200 staff. In this plant, the smart cards maker is implementing a number of techniques which tend to cut the manufacturing costs and processes while increasing the card's reliability. De La Rue Card Systems, which invested FFr 30mn to develop the Chrysalide technology, expects to actually start this production in 1999 with the objective of several million cards produced, worth 10% of the total sales. Another technology implemented in the Caen plant is the 'potting' technique, which is more performant than the conventional technique but the company believes more in Chrysalide, which allows to save 50% out of the card's assembly cost with four steps instead of 7-8 with the conventional method. Besides, the production time should be cut by one week, to one week while the chip cannot be dismountable at all, neither mechanically nor chemically.

Comment:

Wants to supply 10% of the population world-wide with its smart cards by the year 2000

Sales & consumption, Optical Memory Cards

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Douai investit/

Article Abstract:

The supplier of smart cards as part of a smart card reader project in Douai is expected to be chosen soon. The project (development and construction of over 200 readers, some of them being portable ones) is to be handled by a specific research lab housed by the Grande cole of Mining Studies in Douai. Readers will be supplied to the local public transport operator in 1999. Further readers should be designed for different purposes including the payment of public services (canteen, library, swimming pool) and shopping.

Comment:

France: Supplier of smart cards as part of a smart card reader project in Douai is expected to be chosen soon

Market information - general

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De La Rue Card Systems va doubler/

Article Abstract:

De La Rue Card Systems is preparint itself to such new technologies as the Java SIM card, the combined and double interface card, or the contactless card. The English group wants to be the leader in cost terms thanks to its Chrysalide technology, which allows to produce cheap and safe smart cards in only four steps, at prices 40-60% below those obtained through the conventional techniques. In France, the smart and magnetic group plans to double the output of its French plant of Caen .

Comment:

Wants to be leader in cost terms thanks to Chrysalide tech, which allows to produce cheap & safe smart cards in only four steps

Manufacturing processes

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