Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has opened its first sales & support office in Tokyo and
hired Tan Yuedong as Senior Technical Manager. The main task for the Japan
office is to support and enable our customer’s that has decided to implement
FPC’s world leading capacitive fingerprint authentication technology in their
mobiles and tablets.
Japan is together with Korea, China, Taiwan and North America, the most
important markets for FPC’s mobile device effort. Due to the company’s success
in Japan during the end of 2012, FPC needs to strengthen the support
organization in Asia with a local support office in Tokyo. The Tokyo office will
primarily provide technical support for several mobile phone manufacturers in
Japan that has chosen to integrate fingerprint technology in some of their phone
models. Only during the last quarter of 2012, FPC publicly announced three
design wins with leading Japanese mobile phone companies, which all will be
served by the newly opened office. Additional tasks will be to assist FPC’s
Japanese distributor, and when necessary also support other customers in Asia.
Tan Yuedong, who will lead the technical support from the Tokyo office, has a
solid background in telecommunications and IT, and joins FPC from ST-Ericsson in
Japan, where has worked as Senior Application Engineer with system integration
on several different mobile phone platforms. In addition, Tan has previously
been employed both by Samsung and Huawei.
Johan Carlström, President and Chief Executive Officer of FPC comments ; ”By
opening a sales- and support office in Tokyo and hire Tan Yuedong, FPC will
quickly and efficiently be able to help the Japanese customers that has chosen
to integrate FPC’s technology. The Japanese mobile phone market which has for a
long time been a technological forefront is currently one of the most important
biometric solutions markets globally. FPC’s strong product portfolio together
with Tan’s experience and expertise will further enhance our possibilities and
position in the advanced Japanese market.”
For more information contact:
Johan Carlström, CEO Fingerprint Cards AB (publ), +46 (0) 31-60 78 20,
investrel@fingerprints.com (investrel@fingerprints.com%20)
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 verify the person’s identity. The technology consists of
biometric sensors, processors, algorithms and modules that can be used
separately or in combination with each other. The competitive advantages offered
by the FPC’s technology include unique image quality, extreme robustness, low
power consumption and complete biometric systems. With
these advantages and the ability to achieve extremely low manufacturing costs,
the technology can be implemented in volume products such as smart cards and
mobile phones, where extremely rigorous demands are placed on such
characteristics. The company’s technology can also be used in IT and Internet
security, access control, etc. Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) is listed on the
Nasdaq OMX Stockholm (FING B) and has its head office in Gothenburg.
Fingerprint Cards AB (publ) discloses this information pursuant to the Swedish
Securities Market Act (2007:528) and the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading
Act (1991:980). The information was issued for publication on January 07, 2013,
at 8:00 a.m.
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