bluehill id

Wednesday, 03 February 2010

BLUEHILL ID ANNOUNCES UNAUDITED PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR RESULTS

St. Gallen, Switzerland – Bluehill ID AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: BUQ) a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced unaudited preliminary results for its 2009 fiscal fourth quarter (Q4) and year (FY) according to IFRS.

Thursday, 28 January 2010

SYSCAN ID EXPANDS INTO THE UK MARKET

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT REACHED WITH ANIMALCARE GROUP PLC TO DISTRIBUTE EID WAND READER

Montreal, Quebec – Syscan ID Inc., a leading producer of RFID readers used in animal identification and livestock tracking management, today announced its expansion into the UK market. The company announced it has reached a channel distribution agreement with Animalcare Group’s Livestock division which include the well established Ritchey and Fearing brands.

Thursday, 21 January 2010

IDENTIVE GROUP ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS AND PREVIEW OF NEW BUSINESS STRUCTURE

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany – SCM Microsystems, Inc., d.b.a. Identive Group (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced preliminary results for its 2009 fiscal fourth quarter (Q4) and year (FY) and outlined the Company’s cost reduction program following the completion of its combination with Bluehill ID.

Thursday, 21 January 2010

IDENTIVE GROUP EXPANDS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Melvin Denton-Thompson Named CFO/COO, Dr. Manfred Mueller Named CEO of SCM Microsystems Business Unit

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany – SCM Microsystems, Inc., d.b.a. Identive Group (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced that it has expanded its management team with the addition of three new executives in line with the announced reorganization of its management structure. All appointments are effective January 19, 2010.

Monday, 04 January 2010

SCM Microsystems and Bluehill ID AG COMPLETE Business Combination

Combined Company to Adopt New Name: Identive Group

Santa Ana, Ismaning, and St. Gallen – SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, and Bluehill ID AG (FSE: BUQ), a leading provider of automatic identification and RFID technologies, products, services and solutions, announced today that the transaction to combine their respective businesses has closed.

Friday, 18 December 2009

PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION BETWEEN SCM MICROSYSTEMS AND BLUEHILL ID EXPECTED TO CLOSE IN EARLY 2010;

Over 62% of Bluehill ID Shareholders Have Accepted SCM’s Voluntary Public Exchange Offer to Date

St. Gallen – Over 62% of Bluehill ID AG (FSE:BUQ) shareholders have now tendered their shares in response to SCM Microsystems’ (NASDAQ: SCM; Prime Standard: SMY) voluntary public exchange offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Bluehill ID in order to effect a business combination between the two companies. The acceptance figure is based on the current acceptance levels as communicated by the custodian banks. The acceptance period began on November 21, 2009 and will end on December 29, 2009 at midnight CET. Given the acceptance rate achieved to date, it is currently anticipated that the required 75% of Bluehill ID shares will be tendered in accordance with the terms of the offer and the transaction will close in early 2010.

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

SYSCAN ID UPGRADES ISO LIVETRACK RFID READER WITH NEWLY DEVELOPED MANAGEMENT AND FIRMWARE SOFTWARE

Montréal – Syscan ID announces major upgrades to its Livetrack Manager software along with a newly developed firmware update enabling improved functionality of its Livetrack animal ID tag reader. Syscan ID has made significant enhancements to the ISO Livetrack RFID reader firmware which now includes faster tag reading, alpha-numeric keypad entry, and manual weight entry for animal ID management.

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

MULTICARD LAUNCHES NEW GLOBAL WEBSITE

Brisbane, Oud-Beijerland, Villingen-Schwennigen and Wallisellen – 17 Nov 2009 – Multicard today announces the launch of a new global website offering its worldwide customers a full range of identification solutions, products and services. The new and improved site showcases the companies leading edge solutions in web based identity management, contactless smart card technology and bureau services.

Monday, 16 November 2009

MULTICARD EQUIPS DUTCH SOCCER CLUB WITH FULL CASHLESS PAYMENT SERVICES

Oud-Beijerland – Multicard today announced it will deploy a complete cashless payment system at a well known soccer club in the Netherlands. Multicard worked in partnership with a large Dutch bank and in close collaboration with Arygon Technologies and TagStar Systems, two leading RFID industry players, to provide a complete system to the club. The cashless services are available to all players, members and visitors of the soccer club.

Monday, 19 October 2009

BLUEHILL ID EXPANDS ITS MULTICARD BRAND INTO THE NETHERLANDS, YOONISON ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO MULTICARD

St. Gallen and Oud-Beijerland, 19 Oct 2009 – Bluehill ID today announced the expansion of its signature Multicard brand into the Netherlands. After Bluehill ID’s acquisition of Yoonison B.V. earlier in 2009, the Dutch company today announced that it will adopt the name of Multicard, aligning with sister companies in Europe and Australia.