Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) December 3, 2010
NBS Technologies Inc., a leading provider of hardware and software solutions for card personalization, secure ID, EMV® compliance/migration, smart card and semiconductor equipment solutions for financial institutions, governments, and corporations worldwide, today announced that its flagship central issuance solution, the Horizon™ Evolution HD, has achieved full qualification from Gemalto for use in its personalization centers around the globe.
Gemalto is one of the world’s leading secure personal device personalization companies with over 30 personalization centers located throughout the world and its qualification process is well known for being extremely meticulous. NBS’ Horizon Evolution HD card personalization system successfully underwent the rigorous qualification process, making it now eligible it to be used in Gemalto’s worldwide facilities.
“This is a great milestone in the NBS / Gemalto relationship. The close level of cooperation between our two companies during this qualification process resulted in NBS delivering a solution that offers them the reliability and flexibility to easily integrate the Horizon Evolution HD into their existing worldwide facilities. NBS looks forward to assisting Gemalto with their card personalization equipment needs” says Joseph Beuschel, General Manager - CTC Products.
NBS believes that Gemalto’s qualification of the Horizon Evolution HD is further validation that this central personalization issuance solution is a sound choice for even the most demanding of production environment. The Horizon Evolution HD is expected to deliver the stable performance necessary to support Gemalto’s current and future levels of card personalization production.
About NBS Technologies
For over 30 years, NBS Technologies has been a leading provider of equipment for card personalization, EMV compliance/migration, smart card and semiconductor manufacturing, secure ID, and payment solutions for financial institutions, governments, and corporations worldwide. The company manufactures specialized and complementary product lines within its Smart Solutions, and Payment Solutions divisions. NBS Technologies' headquarters is in Canada, with locations in USA, France and the UK, along with a worldwide dealer network. For more information, visit http://www.nbstech.com
NBS Technologies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management (http://www.brookfield.com). Focused on property, power and infrastructure assets, Brookfield has over US$100 billion of assets under management and is listed on the New York and Toronto Stock exchanges and Euronext.
NBS and the NBS logo are registered trademarks of NBS Technologies Inc. in Canada and the US and trademarks in other countries. Xpressi and the Xpressi logo are trademarks of NBS Technologies Inc. with registration completed or pending in Canada, European Union, Peru and Chile. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
For more information contact
Joseph Beuschel
General Manager, CTC Products
NBS Technologies
Tel: (952)-912-9400
Email: jbeuschel(at)nbstech(dot)com
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