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Lumidigm signs new reseller

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Lumidigm Inc., a biometric sensor provider, announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Brand New Technologies, a South African firm that specializes in biometrics security solutions.

Under this agreement, Lumidigm and Brand New will jointly develop opportunities for biometric applications in multiple industries including mining, healthcare, finance and civil identification. Cooperative marketing efforts are underway. Lumidigm will attend the Biometrics Consortium Conference in Tampa, Fla. today and the company will be demonstrating its products and technologies at the Technology Expo through September 25. [end] 

Lumidigm has announced that it has entered a partnership with identity solutions distributor IdentyTech Solutions for distribution in Israel.

The new agreement will see IdentyTech’s terminals and other identity solutions integrated with Lumidigm’s multispectral fingerprint scanners, which use both surface and subsurface fingerprint data for a more accurate print match in both good and poor environments. In addition to the agreement expanding Lumidigm’s reach, IdentyTech is also involved in field testing Lumidigm’s products bringing them new clients as well as new applications for use of the technology such as civil ID and access control applications.  

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Lumidigm announced that ZK Software has added Lumidigm’s Mercury multispectral biometric sensor to the LA2000 fingerprint terminal, which previously has been available only with Lumidigm’s Venus sensor.

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Lumidigm has announced that its Mercury line of multispectral fingerprint scanners has been chosen for integration into the Cheetah line of card readers from card reader developer Innometriks.

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Lumidigm announced that fellow biometric technology developer Innometriks’ Rhino reader, which utilizes embedded multispectral fingerprint reader from Lumidigm, is being used by the U.S. Department of Defense to secure outdoor vehicles, pedestrian perimeters and interior access points.

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The board of directors for Lumidigm announced the appointment of Mark Shermetaro, a member of the board, to chief executive officer of the company with current CEO and chairman Bob Harbour moving to the position of executive chairman of the board of directors.

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Lumidigm announced a partnership with Tiger IT Bangladesh Limited to bring a criminal identity solution that utilizes iris recognition and will also offer fingerprint recognition sensors from Lumidigm.

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