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UPEK commits $100m to strengthen its Singapore presence

Thursday, December 6, 2007

UPEK has committed roughly $100 million over the next 10 years to strengthen its presence in Singapore. It includes plans to build a Center of Excellence there. UPEK is seeking to tap into the booming biometrics industry. The global biometrics market is projected to almost triple over the next three years to US$5.7 billion in 2010.

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