Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS), a world leader in contactless and dual interface card manufacturing
technologies, is proud to announce that by the end of 2019, it will have delivered over 850 million
eBoost® inductive coupling platforms demonstrating that its technology is both easy to introduce and
versatile for card manufacturers, allowing them to manufacture all types of cards with a single
process.
ROUSSET, FRANCE, September 23, 2019 – The payment card industry is experiencing at the same time
a strong growth in terms of volumes and an increasing diversity in card characteristics. SPS eBoost®
inductive coupling technology is perfectly suited to support card manufacturers in offering a high
diversity of products to the card issuers while keeping their production costs under control, which leads
the industry to have used over 850 million SPS eBoost® inductive coupling platforms by the end of 2019.
Inductive coupling technology, which consists in using electromagnetic coupling between the antenna
and the module (no physical connection between the chip and the antenna), is easy to integrate for all
smart card manufacturers. They can keep on using the same equipment for contactless or dual interface
cards as the one they have been using for contact cards, thus reducing their capital expenditures. With
SPS eBoost® inductive coupling technology, card manufacturers are able to produce all types of cards:
contactless cards, dual interface cards, hybrid cards and contact cards, using the same equipment and
the same process. This fact brings them not only huge savings in terms of production costs, but also a
simplification of their logistics, while allowing them to provide their customers with an extensively
diverse offer.
Besides technology, the banking card sector is becoming increasingly diverse and complex at the same
time as financial institutions are always asking for more differentiation and a finer segmentation of their
markets. Differentiation is needed even for entry level cards, with colored edge cards or non-ISO card
formats that are easily produced with inductive coupling technology. Mid-range cards, as defined by the
issuers, are using a variety of features such as metallic or non-metallic foil for specific artwork designs,
transparent cards, colored edges, custom antenna (CAI®, Customized Antenna Image) or custom
modules (CMI®, Customized Module Image), all of which are easily manufactured with inductive
coupling and ensure card vendors will consolidate their margin levels. High end cards, defined by low
volumes and high margins for card vendors, typically heavy cards or metal cards for financial institutions
wanting to provide status symbols to their high end cardholders, are perfectly compatible with inductive
coupling technology.
Evidence is brought by the wide adoption of the inductive coupling technology across the smart card
industry: the three leading card manufacturing industrialists all include inductive coupling technology in
their offer while over a hundred smaller card manufacturers are also proposing the technology to their
customers, the card issuers. This wide adoption of the technology combined with its qualities in terms
of cost and versatility leads SPS to announce it will have delivered over 850 million inductive coupling
platforms by the end of 2019, thus demonstrating the fact that the technology is mature and delivered
in high volumes.
Stéphane Livet, VP Sales Asia at SPS declares: “As payment card markets are at the same time
increasingly diverse and increasingly competitive, card manufacturers, especially in the Asia Pacific
region, realize that the only technology that brings them a total versatility while being easy to integrate
and cost-effective is SPS eBoost® inductive coupling.”
SPS will be exhibiting on booth SE38 at Smart Cards Expo, taking place on
September 25-27, 2019 at the India Expo Center, Greater Noida, Delhi, India.
This will be the opportunity for visitors to obtain answers to all the questions
they may have about SPS eBoost® inductive coupling, its ease of integration
and versatility.
About SPS
With the SPS brand, IN Groupe opens its secure components technology to all card and document
manufacturers. SPS (Smart Packaging Solutions) is specialized in the design, manufacturing and sale of
contactless solutions dedicated to ID cards, e-passport and dual interface banking cards. Headquartered
in Rousset, France, with a subsidiary in Singapore, SPS employs 190 people. The company specializes in
contactless and dual-interface products, with a recognized micro packaging expertise. SPS has filed over
120 patents supporting its exclusive technologies. More information at http://www.s-p-s.com
Contact
Jean Baptiste Leos, Marketing Director for banking products, SPS, contactsps@s-p-s.com
Phone: +33 4 42 53 84 83
SPS is part of the IN Groupe.
A partner of the French government for close to 500 years, IN Groupe offers identity solutions and secure
digital services, at the leading edge of technology and integrating electronics and biometrics.
From components to services and from documents to interoperable systems, IN Groupe is a global
specialist in identity and secure digital services. The institution plays a daily role in facilitating everyone's
life: helping states exercise their sovereignty, citizens protect their identity and businesses preserve their
integrity.
Whatever the issue, IN Groupe, a company for digital sovereignty, contributes to asserting a fundamental
right for everyone: the right to be you.
Based in Paris, the IN Groupe has two production centers and employs more than 1000 employees, of
which over a third is dedicated to technology development.
Contact: IN Groupe
Romain Galesne-Fontaine | +33 1 40 58 30 00 | media@ingroupe.com