Gemplus was founded in 1988, at the very start of the development of smart card technology.
We are now active around the world, with 58 Sales and Marketing offices, 6 Research & Development centers, 20 personalization facilities and 11 manufacturing sites.
Every day, organizations, businesses and governments rely on our solutions to limit fraud, verify transactions worth billions of dollars, safeguard communication, and deal with millions of demands for identification.
Gemplus is led by a stable and experienced management team adhering to a strong code of ethics, under whose direction the company has achieved an outstanding reputation for innovation and a robust financial situation. A mid-cap company, it has the strongest balance sheet in the industry.
The company's products conform to the strictest quality certification standards (e.g. ITSEC, CC, FIPS) in every domain including banking, Java GSM, and telephony, and it was the first smart card company to achieve Level 2 Capability Maturity Model on its entire range.
