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Due to our world-leading capacitive fingerprint technology, image quality and power consumption, FPC is now established as the leading alternative for fingerprint sensors in smartphones and tablets
Johan Carlström, CEO Fingerprint Cards
The venture that HST is expanding as a result of this order demonstrates the trust and confidence that HST has in FPC’s vast potential in the Chinese market for area sensors and swipe sensors
Johan Carlström, President and CEO of Fingerprint Cards AB
It’s highly satisfying seeing our new swipe sensor going into volume production and knowing that we can now meet demand in the market by offering large-scale deliveries. I am very proud of our development team, which produced the world’s smallest and most power-efficient swipe sensor for mobile applications in such a short space of time. The sensor’s high image quality will in practice provide the user with a convenient and secure function, which will become increasingly important in protecting information and various forms of payments in mobile applications. The work in our customer projects is progressing according to plan and our objective is to secure several design wins in the coming year.
Pontus Jägemalm, CTO of Fingerprint Cards
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Record sales and pole position in a multi-billion market, which is just opening

Fingerprint Cards AB (publ), Corp. Reg. No. 556154-2381, (FPC), Third quarter 2013: · Sales totaled SEK 31.6 M (2.6). · Gross profit amounted to SEK 15.5 M (loss: 0.9). · Profit after financial items amounted to a loss of SEK 1.3 M (loss: 9.7). · Gross margin was 49% (neg: 34). · The loss per share was SEK 0.03 (loss: 0.22). · Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period amounted to SEK 142.3 M (25.9). · The order backlog at the end of the period was SEK 38.9 M (0.0). · FPC published a new forecast for 2013 on September 23 as well as forecasts for 2014 and

Fingerprint Cards launches new website

As a feature of its ongoing global expansion and in order to provide information about the company to both current and forthcoming investors, as well as to other interested parties, Fingerprint Cards is launching a new website today.             For more information contact:Johan Carlström, CEO Fingerprint Cards AB (publ), +46 (0) 31-60 78 20, investrel@fingerprints.com About Fingerprint Cards AB (publ)Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) markets, develops and produces biometric components and technologies that through the analysis and matching of an individual’s unique fingerprint

FPC has received an order for approx. 1M sensors for Asian smartphones

Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has received another order of close to 1M units for its swipe sensor technology for the Asian smartphone and tablet market for immediate delivery. “So far we have announced the launch of three mobile phone launches, in Japan, Korea and China. This new order targets these phones, but also the additional ten or more phones and tablets we expect to launch during the remainder of 2013,” says Johan Carlström, President and CEO of Fingerprint Cards AB.     For more information contact: Johan Carlström, CEO Fingerprint Cards AB (publ), +46 (0) 31-60 78 20,

Fingerprint Cards has recruited Jonas Spannel as Vice President, Sourcing and Supply

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has recruited Jonas Spannel as Vice President, Sourcing and Supply and as member of the FPC senior management team. Before joining FPC Jonas most recently worked with Sony in Lund as Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and Partner Management. Prior to this Jonas has amongst others held various executive positions in Sony and Sony Ericsson in sourcing functions. Jonas is placed in FPC’s office in Malmö, Sweden. Johan Carlström President and CEO of FPC comments: “Jonas brings a long experience from working with the supply chain of mobile devices in one of the world’s

Fingerprint Cards purchases key wireless patents

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) purchases key wireless patents from a world-leading patent holder and thereby strengthens its IPR portfolio significantly. The purchase of a patent portfolio consisting of more than 100 granted patents covering markets such as the US, Europe and Asia include patents that are considered as essential for wireless communication.Jӧrgen Lantto, Executive Vice President, CTO and Head of Strategy and Product Management at FPC, comments:  “This purchase is part of FPC’s aggressive efforts in becoming the leading supplier of fingerprint sensors for the mobile industry. Our

FPC submits updated guidance for 2013 and preliminary guidance for 2014

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) today presents updated guidance for 2013, a preliminary forecast for 2014 and an updated market outlook for 2014 and 2015.Due to the ongoing interest in the company following Apple’s launch of Touch ID last week and ahead of imminent meetings with investors and analysts, the Board of Directors of FPC has decided to provide new and updated guidance. · FPC expects that sales in the third quarter of 2013 will be in the range of SEK 27-33 M. FPC had previously provided guidance for sales in the range of SEK 20-30 M. · FPC continues to expect that sales in the

FPC wins additional Design Wins for smartphone and tablet from existing prominent Tier 2 customer

Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC) swipe sensor technology has been awarded additional Design Wins (DW) from an existing, renowned, Tier 2 Asian customer for an additional smartphone plus one tablet PC, both scheduled to be launched in the market during Q4 2013.Fingerprint Cards has earlier announced multiple mobile and tablet design wins in Japan, China and Korea, including several follow-up DW. The company is now delighted to announce another follow-up DW from one of its most distinguished customers. Due to the prevailing competitive situation, the mobile phone manufacturer wants to remain

WWTT launches its FingerQ product using FPCs 1080A sensor

Today, World Wide Touch Technology (Holdings) Limited, (“WWTT”) commercially launched its FingerQ products and services, starting in Asia. FingerQ is available as a wide range of accessories that can be connected via the micro-USB connector of selected Android mobile phones and tablets. It delivers as forms of “sleeve” and “key” that can easily be mounted on smart phones like Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Android phones equips with USB OTG support. FingerQ embraces a wide range of patented technologies that are developed by WWTT. It is a point-to-

Mats Svensson to move on to new assignments

Mats Svensson has informed the Board of Directors and the Nomination Committee of Fingerprint Cards AB that he intends to step down from the Board of Directors and the Nomination Committee in order to concentrate on his new operational role in one of his other investments. Mats will continue to serve on the Board of Directors until an extraordinary general meeting has been held, which is scheduled to take place during November 2013. “I have arrived in a situation where I have to assign priority to my new operational role in one of my other investments ahead of work on the Board of

FPC recruits Asia Customer Support Director

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has appointed Ted Hansson as Asia Customer Support Director. Ted brings more than 10 years of hands-on experience in building and managing technical support teams in Asia. His longstanding experience of working with Tier 1 mobile phone customers in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan will help to accelerate FPC’s Design Wins into projects, orders and sales. His unique understanding of the Asian consumer electronics industry and marketing experience will also be valuable for the accelerated expansion of FPC’s customer base in the Asian region. Ted Hansson joins FPC

Change in share capital in May 2013

The share capital of Fingerprint Cards AB was increased in May 2013. Information regarding the change was published on May 22, 2013 and not on the final trading day in May 2013. In compliance with applicable regulation, this information regarding the increase in share capital is being published on the final trading day in August 2013 instead: The exercise of warrants was registered on May 20, 2013 and resulted in Fingerprint Cards’ share capital rising by SEK 31,722, whereby it amounted to SEK 10,332,227 on the final trading day in May 2013. The number of shares has risen by 158,608

FPC awarded major Design Win with three new smartphones from one current prominent Asian customer

Fingerprint Cards’ swipe sensor technology has been awarded additional Design Wins (DW) from an existing, renowned Asian customer for an additional three smartphones scheduled to be launched already during the fourth quarter of 2013.Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has earlier announced multiple mobile and tablet design wins in Japan, China and Korea and recently the first phones in Japan and Korea were launched to the market. FPC is now delighted and proud to announce another major follow-up design win from one of its most distinguished customers. Due to the prevailing competitive situation, the

Pantech launches new Android smartphone with FPC fingerprint technology embedded in Korea

The Pantech Android flagship smartphone model Vega LTE-A IM-A880S recently started to sell in operator stores all over Korea. It is Pantech’s first launch of a smartphone with finger sensor, and Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC’s) first launch on the Korean mobile phone market.“Finger sensors and their associated secure applications are becoming much demanded features on modern smartphones. Pantech will deploy this important feature on several smartphones in the future and we are happy to cooperate with FPC in this deployment,” says Mr. Lee, leader of the Component Development Team of Pantech.

FPC awarded new DW win by major Chinese Tier 2 OEM

Fingerprint Cards’ swipe sensor technology has won another smartphone design-win (DW)* from a major Tier 2 smartphone manufacturer in China.Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has earlier announced multiple smartphone DWs in China as well as other Asian countries. This new Design Win is for an Android smartphone model with a Chinese Tier 2 smartphone brand which in 2012 sold +10 million smartphones. The smartphone is scheduled to be launched in the end of 2013. Due to the prevailing competitive situation, the mobile phone manufacturer wants to remain anonymous until further notice. Johan Carlström,

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) recruits Country Manager in Japan

Takeshi Murakami has been appointed FPC Country Manager Japan. He joins the company from Authentec Inc. where he held the position as Senior Sales Manager Japan, and was responsible for sales into mobiles, tablets, PCs and other IT products for all major OEM customers in Japan. Since the local office in Tokyo opened in January 2013, FPC’s activities in Japan have increased significantly. Due to quickly growing awakened interest in biometric products and systems in Japan, we are now expanding the existing team to include a sales and marketing function. The establishment of this function

Precise Biometrics’ fingerprint algorithm chosen by Fingerprint Cards

Precise Biometrics AB and Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) have entered into an agreement where FPC will license Precise Biometrics’ fingerprint algorithm to further enhance the performance of FPC world leading capacitive sensors. FPC will bundle the algorithm into existing sensor products, primarily targeting mobile phones and tablets. The bundle will further enhance the performance of FPC sensors in terms of accuracy and speed which are important criteria especially in the fast growing mobile and tablet markets.The integration of Precise Biometrics’ algorithm to FPC products is successfully

First mobile phone using FPC fingerprint technology launched by Fujitsu with DoCoMo

The Fujitsu F-07E Android smartphone was recently launched in NTT DoCoMo stores all over Japan. This is a Disney-branded phone, containing Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC’s) swipe sensor technology.“Finger sensors in smart devices have become an increasingly essential way to ensure that these devices are secure and at the same time they add convenience for the users. Finger sensors in smartphones have become something of a trademark for Fujitsu and by adding 1080 swipe sensor technology from Fingerprint Cards, we are taking the next step in helping smartphone users to increase the convenience of

Fingerprint Cards recruits Jan Johannesson as Vice President, Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has recruited Jan Johannesson as Vice President, Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management. Before joining FPC Jan most recently worked with ST-Ericsson in Geneva as Vice President, Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management. Jan has previously held various management positions in Ericsson Mobile Platforms and he has also worked with Northstream AB, a management consulting firm providing strategic advice to the mobile industry. Jan has already started his employment and will mainly be based in FPC’s soon to be opened new office in Lund, Sweden. Jӧrgen Lantto,

Shift toward area sensors expands market but postpones several projects to 2014

Fingerprint Cards AB (publ), Corp. 556154-2381, (FPC), Second quarter, 2013: · Sales totaled SEK 20.6 M (0.6). · Gross profit totaled SEK 8.6 M (loss: 3.1). · The loss after financial items amounted to SEK 4.9 M (loss: 9.8). · The gross margin was 42% (neg.) · The loss per share totaled SEK 0.08 (loss: 0.22). · Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period amounted to SEK 148.2 M (36.1). · The order backlog at end of Q2 was SEK 27.9 M (46.3). · FPC received design wins (DW) for four new mobile phones and a tablet device from an existing, well-known customer

Fingerprint Cards lowers projection for 2013

Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) is lowering its sales projection for 2013 to SEK 80—110 M, from the earlier forecast of SEK 130­—190 M. Our assessment is that sales will total SEK 20—30 M during the third quarter of 2013 and SEK 30—50 M during the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales in the second quarter of 2013 totaled SEK 20.6 M, which is in line with earlier forecasts. There are two main reasons for the change in the sales forecast. One is the delay of a couple of major projects involving FPC’s swipe-sensor technology, from the latter half of 2013 to the first half of 2014. The other is that

Fingerprint Cards joins Mobile Heights to boost the mobile ecosystem in southern Sweden

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) is joining Mobile Heights, an industry-driven triple-helix initiative where members cooperate to boost the mobile ecosystem in southern Sweden to further leverage the establishment of FPC’s development office in Lund. This membership allows FPC to tap into the vast experience in mobile technology in the region and supports the company’s continued expansion. Mats Ekstrand, CEO of Mobile Heights, comments: “Mobile Heights is an entrepreneurial community, where startups and established operations in the mobile industry benefit from each other’s expertise. I am very

FPC expands in the US and recruits Director Customer Projects

Fingerprint Cards (FPC) is expanding its existing office in the United States by recruiting Marek Minta as Director Customer Projects North America. Since interest in FPC and fingerprint verification integrated into smartphones and tablets has increased significantly, advanced local support for sophisticated software and hardware is now required on location in the US. Accordingly, Marek Minta, who has an extensive and solid background in biometrics, has been appointed Director Customer Projects North America. Marek Minta joins the company from Authentec Inc.Since the local office in San

Fingerprint Cards appoints Piper Jaffray as its financial advisor

Fingerprint Cards (FPC), a leading supplier of biometric components for the mobile device market, announced today that it has retained Piper Jaffray as its financial advisor. The biometric market is rapidly evolving and FPC is experiencing an increasing amount of alliance and partnership opportunities. In addition, FPC has received proposals to invest in or acquire other biometric technology companies over the last nine months. FPC has, therefore, appointed Piper Jaffray to assist the company in evaluating various strategic and financing opportunities. FPC’s CEO Johan Carlström comments:

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