KSW Microtec Appoints New Technical Director to Enforce Government ID Activities
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Dresden, Germany, October 27, 2008 - KSW Microtec AG, one of the world's leading suppliers of RFID components, has appointed Carsten Nieland to head their R&D division for high security products. In this role, he is responsible in particular for KSW¹s inlay and Thinlam® products used in the fast growing access and e-government market segments for access cards, driver licenses and electronic ID cards.
We are delighted to welcome Carsten Nieland to the KSW Microtec team and look forward to benefiting from his broad knowledge and expertise in the fields of contactless technology and government applications. The timing is perfect since e-government is a fast growing business for KSW, says Thomas Hitzer, CEO of KSW Microtec.
Before joining KSW Microtec, Carsten Nieland held a number of key executive roles in the RFID industry at Cubit electronics (which later merged with Sokymat), ITG and HID Global. The responsibility for the development of e-passport inlays and the introduction of new technologies and products in this sector were specific to his role. This resulted in the start up of inlay production for the first e-passport project in Europe and for the coordination, qualification and commercialization of all types of ID document and smart card inlay products for e-government applications.
One of the key factors for all future card applications in the government sector is the development of very thin prelaminates, commented Carsten Nieland. KSW Microtec¹s leading edge technology and capacity for innovation offer great opportunities for developing ultra thin HF and UHF pre-laminates specially suited to ID cards and e-passports. I'm looking forward to enforcing the growth of the Government ID business at KSW.
About KSW
KSW Microtec AG, with its headquarters in Germany, is the world's leading supplier of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) components for special and standard applications such as public transport, ePayment, asset management , access control and high security applications. KSW combines successful high-end wafer processing, extremely efficient assembly technology and far-reaching expertise in design. KSW has earned itself a leading position on the market as one of the most efficient, and simultaneously most flexible, producers of RFID components. The globally active company was founded in 1994 and has clean room production facilities in Germany. KSW is an investment holding of the listed venture capital company Deutsche
Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG headquartered in Jena.
For more information see: www.ksw-microtec.de
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Sandra Jaunich
KSW Microtec AG
Manfred-von-Ardenne-Ring 12
01099 Dresden - Germany
Tel: +49 351 889 60 28
Fax: +49 351 889 60 11
sandra.jaunich@ksw-microtec.de
www.ksw-microtec.de
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