EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / Increasing Demand for SmartCore™ Establishes Identive in High-growth Contactless Smart Card Market

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Subtitle: New design wins and orders signal market acceptance of
breakthrough technology

Marketing

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, February 20, 2013 (euro
adhoc) - Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a
provider of solutions and services for the identification, security
and RFID industries, today announced that it is scheduling shipment
of 9.5 million SmartCore™ card cores to address over 25 design wins
with contactless smart card manufacturers worldwide, new customer
orders and partner demand. The combined shipments are valued at
nearly $2.5 million and include a significant order for 8 million
card cores to be delivered in the second quarter of 2013, which will
be used to manufacture multi-function door key and payment cards for
the consumer travel and leisure industry.

"SmartCore leverages Identive's proprietary antenna and inlay
designs, expertise in smart card technology, and manufacturing
techniques invented by our team and honed over many years," stated
Ayman S. Ashour, CEO of Identive. "We launched SmartCore just over a
year ago to address the growing market for contactless smart card
production, which is projected to grow 25% year over year in 2013
alone. The momentum we are now seeing with SmartCore demonstrates
widespread market acceptance of this breakthrough technology."

Identive's SmartCore card cores serve as the heart of contactless
smart cards, which are used for numerous ID applications such as
building access, payment, transportation and event ticketing.
SmartCore's patent-pending manufacturing process yields exceptionally
thin, flat card cores in which the radio frequency identification
(RFID) chip and antenna are fully encapsulated in protective
material. Contactless smart cards made using this innovative
technology have no bumps around the implanted chip and an
exceptionally smooth surface that facilitates high-definition image
printing and consumer branding. Manufacturers who wish to produce
consumer application-oriented cards that are thinner than the
standard 760µm can achieve results as low as 440µm with SmartCore and
less expensive overlay material can be used when manufacturing
standard thickness cards. For many card makers, SmartCore requires a
lower lamination temperature for manufacture, which results in
reduced energy costs and more environmentally friendly operations.

"SmartCore card cores enable manufacturers to produce higher quality
smart cards, more efficiently and using less energy than alternate
technologies. Cards built on SmartCore cores also achieve high
operating performance and durability in terms of ISO bending cycles
and non-delamination for long-term use," said Dr. Manfred Mueller,
executive vice president and COO Identification Products for
Identive. "To ensure an easy path for customers to achieve these
benefits, SmartCore supports all major IC platforms and ID card
manufacturers can utilize existing processes and machinery as they
migrate their production from older card technologies to SmartCore."

About Identive Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) is
focused on building the world's signature company in Secure ID. The
company's products, software, systems and services address the
markets for identity management, physical and logical access control,
cashless payment, NFC solutions and a host of RFID-enabled
applications for customers in the government, enterprise, consumer,
education and healthcare sectors. Identive's mission is to build a
lasting business of scale and technology based on a combination of
strong technology-driven organic growth and disciplined acquisitive
expansion. The company delivers up-to-date information on its
activity as well as industry trends through its industry-leading
social media initiatives and educational resource, AskIdentive.com.
For additional information, please visit www.identive-group.com or
follow on Twitter at @IdentiveGroup.

Note: Identive and the Identive logo are trademarks of Identive
Group, Inc, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. All other
company, product or service names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of others and are the property of their respective owners.

Further inquiry note:
Darby Dye, +1 949 553-4251, ddye@identive-group.com
Lennart Streibel, +49 89 9595-5195, lstreibel@identive-group.com

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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
US-CA 92705 Santa Ana
phone: +1 949 553 4280
FAX: +49 89 9595-5555
mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com
WWW: http://www.identive-group.com
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
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