Agfa Gevaert : PETix selected for eID card Ecuador
June 25, 2018 at 03:08 am EDT
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Polyester-based card construction to ensure durability
PETix perfectly integrates with advanced card constructions
Mortsel, Belgium, - June 25, 2018 - 09:00 CET
Agfa announces that its PETix film solution has been selected as core material for the new production of the electronic identification (eID) card of Ecuador providing it with adequate durability.
This programme lead by the Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM), a government entity of Ecuador, is one of the biggest of its category in Latin America and includes the development of a multifunctional eID card. In addition to the identification function the smart card will enable citizens to carry out electronic signature actions, use it as travel document and access social services.
In order to secure a robust and durable card construction, Agfa's PETix OLD and PETix PETG polyester films were selected as overlay and core material respectively. The card's contactless chip layer is embedded between two PETG layers which are laminated with protective OLD overlay film.
'We are pleased to see how Agfa's PETix films are contributing to the achievement of producing more secure documents in Ecuador in a project lead by the IGM.', comments Marc Van Damme, VP Marketing and Sales Agfa Specialty Products. 'The Ecuador eID project demonstrates that PETix seamlessly integrates with most advanced card constructions and adds value by offering protection and durability to precious functionality.'
About PETix
Agfa's PETix portfolio of products includes a variety of bi-axially oriented polyester films for applications in the security card market. The primary advantages of PETix OLD, the printable overlay film, are high thermal stability, mechanical strength, dimensional stability and chemical inertness. In combination with PETix PETG, the card core, a robust card construction is delivered with durability of 10+ years at affordable cost.
About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa Specialty Products). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,4 billion euro in 2017.
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- Radiology solutions (36.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies radiology departments of hospitals all over the world with traditional X-ray film, hardcopy film and printers, digital radiography equipment and image processing software. Agfa's roots are in traditional medical imaging, but in today's healthcare market, digital radiography has become the dominant technology. All Agfa's digital radiography systems are offered with the company's leading MUSICA image processing software and its MUSICA workstation for image identification, acquisition and quality control;
- Digital Print & Chemicals (35.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies sign & display printing companies with a range of highly productive and versatile wide-format inkjet printers and dedicated inks, in addition to workflow software, cutting machines and inkjet media. Agfa produces classic film-based products, such as film for non-destructive testing and aerial photography, as well as microfilm and film for the production of printed circuit boards;
- HealthCare IT (21.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV offers Imaging IT Solutions (The Enterprise Imaging platform creates a true imaging record for every patient, containing all possible images of the patient, regardless of the department and the facility that created them), Hospital IT Solutions (the leading Hospital Information System /Clinical Information System ORBIS, connects medical departments and administrative departments of hospitals into one virtual network), and Integrated Care Solutions (these solutions support collaboration across the borders of care organizations and medical disciplines and enable hospitals to actively engage with all stakeholders in the expanded care process, including physicians, informal care-givers and patients) ;
- Offset solutions (5.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV is a leading supplier to the printing industry, offering innovative and reliable solutions. Commercial, newspaper and packaging printers around the globe rely on Agfa for the most extensive range of integrated solutions, from computer-to-plate systems with digital offset plates over color management and workflow optimization software to pressroom chemicals.