Press Releases

Major investment in Uganda: Veridos and UPPC establish local security printing factory

05/10/2018  Berlin

Berlin/Kampala, 4 October 2018 – World-leading identity solutions provider Veridos
today announced the start of a major investment project in the Republic of Uganda.
The company entered into 15-year-partnership with the government of Uganda to
provide the country’s citizens with all relevant security documents. A new joint
venture, Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC), has been created by German
Veridos and the state-owned Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)
specifically for this wide-ranging project.

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Veridos builds high-tech ID factory with Iraqi government

26/09/2018  Berlin

Berlin/Baghdad, September 25, 2018 – Together with the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, world-leading identity solutions provider Veridos is building a new identity document factory in the Republic of Iraq. The production site will be located in the capital, Baghdad, and enables the country to independently produce its own electronic ID cards and passports on site. Veridos will also provide all relevant services and maintenance activities.

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First Chip Card Patent Filed 50 Years Ago on September 13, 1968

10/09/2018  Munich

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has been instrumental in introducing and developing this groundbreaking technology from the original form factors to today’s eSIMs

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Veridos supplies new, highly-secure driver licenses and ID cards for Ohio

16/08/2018  Dulles, Virginia (USA)

Veridos, a world-leading identity solutions provider, supplies new driver licenses and ID cards to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety. The contract includes the annual production of more than three million cards at a secure, local issuance facility in Ohio. The change from an over-the-counter issuance process to a central issuance model with advanced security features promotes security for all Ohio residents.

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