EANS-News: DEWB investment holding KSW Microtec and LaserCard Corporation pioneer innovative ID technology to support U.S. Green Card program

Strong alliance boosts companies’ reach into high security government
ID projects

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Subtitle: Strong alliance boosts companies’ reach into high security
government ID projects

Dresden, Germany, June 1, 2010 (euro adhoc) - KSW Microtec AG, one of
the world´s leading suppliers of RFID components and inlays for
secure credentials, is supplying LaserCard Corporation, a leading
provider of secure ID solutions, with innovative, custom-designed KSW
Thinlams® for the new contactless U.S. Permanent Resident Card (Green
Card). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began issuing
the new card on May 11, 2010.

The new card´s innovative structure is a technological success
resulting from the companies´ strong collaborative alliance. KSW
developed a customized RFID Thinlam® optimized to uniquely match the
physical characteristics of LaserCard´s credential platform. Thinlam®
with a thickness down to 270µm is commonly used manufacturing
government ID documents including passports, driver´s licenses as
well as identity cards and are also widely used in the e-payment
sector.

The next generation Green Card utilizes LaserCard´s tamper-proof and
highly counterfeit resistant optical security media as its key visual
and physical security feature and the integrated RFID tag to provide
compliance with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. The Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) capability allows officers at borders
and ports of entry to read the card from a distance and compare it
immediately to file data. The optical security media enables
authorities and inspection agents to make a confident judgment about
card authenticity and visual identification of the cardholder even
when electronic readers are not available. The combined technologies
set a new, higher standard for international government ID card
programs.

"KSW´s trend-setting RFID technology for ultra-thin pre-laminates and
inlays based on polycarbonate and LaserCard´s optical media based
identity cards, widely recognized as being the most secure, ensure
optimum solutions for customers in the high-security ID market," said
Thomas Hitzer, CEO of KSW Microtec.

Building on their complementary expertise, advanced technologies and
specialization in high security identity programs, the two companies
are gaining wide recognition in the global ID security industry.

Chris Dyball, chief operating officer of LaserCard Corporation said,
"The winning combination of LaserCard´s expertise in secure identity
credential solutions and KSW Microtec´s experience in the production
of RFID components for high-security applications assured the
development of a rugged, reliable credential, designed to meet and
exceed our customer´s requirements. We see significant opportunities
in the further collaboration of our companies."

******* About KSW KSW Microtec AG, with its headquarters in Germany,
is the world´s leading supplier of RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) components for applications such as eTicketing,
ePayment, Asset Management, access control and high security. KSW
combines successful high-end wafer processing, extremely efficient
assembly technology and far-reaching expertise in design. KSW has
earned itself a leading position on the market as one of the most
efficient, and simultaneously most flexible, producers of RFID
components. The globally active company was founded in 1994 and has
clean room production facilities in Germany. KSW is an investment
holding of the listed venture capital company DEWB Deutsche Effecten-
und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG headquartered in Jena. For
more information see: www.ksw-microtec.de

About LaserCard LaserCard Corporation, together with its
subsidiaries, is a leading provider of secure ID solutions to
governments and commercial clients worldwide. It develops,
manufactures, and integrates LaserCard® optical security media cards,
multi-technology cards, encoders, peripherals, smart and specialty
cards, biometrics, and modular software. The Company´s cards and
systems are used in various applications, including citizen
identification, border security, government service delivery and
facility access.

For further information, please contact:
Sandra Jaunich
KSW Microtec AG
Manfred-von-Ardenne-Ring 12
01099 Dresden - Germany
Tel: +49 351 889 60 28
Fax: +49 351 889 60 11
sandra.jaunich@ksw-microtec.de
www.ksw-microtec.de

KSW Media contact:
Tim Cockerell
Wise Media S.p.A.
Via Lepetit 4
20124 Milano - Italy
Tel: +39 02 8903 4112
Fax: +39 02 67388322
tim.cockerell@wisemedia.com
www.wisemedia.com

LaserCard Media contacts:
Ellen Brook/Mary McEvoy Carroll
LaserCard Corporation
Mountain View, CA - U.S.
Tel: 650-267-1949 or
408-691-4283
ebrook@lasercard.com mmcevoy@lasercard.com
www.lasercard.com

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Further inquiry note:

Marco Scheidler

Tel.: +49 (0) 3641 573-3600

E-Mail: marco.scheidler@dewb-vc.com

Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0008041005
WKN: 804100
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