Kai Beckmann

Bundesdruckerei GmbH engages in the development of information technology security solutions. It offers products and services for full ID management. These encompass the capture and administration of biographical and biometric data, the production and personalization of ID documents, as well as the systems for issuing and verifying these documents. It also supplies modules which offer secure business communications with digital signatures and electronic invoicing, provision and administration of certificates, as well as trust-service solutions and implementation of Public Key Infrastructure products. The company was founded by Georg Jacob Decker in 1763 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften eV advises on technical and technological issues for engineering and applied sciences. The private company is based in Munich, Germany.