ACS is shortlisted for the Smart Card Awards Asia 2012

April 24, 2012

HONG KONG, 24 APR, 2012 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), Asia Pacific's number 1 supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Frost & Sullivan), today announces that its ACR1222U-J4 Web-to Reader has been shortlisted to receive an award at Smart Card Awards Asia 2012.

ACR1222U-J4 Web-to ReaderThe ACR1222U-J4 Web-to Reader, which is designed to send customized URL’s to Mobile FeliCa phone users and aid merchants and individuals in implementing effective mobile marketing efforts, bested other submissions and made it as one of the top three nominees for the Most Innovative RFID Application category of Smart Card Awards Asia 2012. This innovative reader was originally designed to support the continuously progressing Mobile FeliCa market in Japan, but is also being groomed to cater to the global NFC market in the near future.

“We are very happy about this nomination from Smart Awards Asia 2012,” expressed Mr. Gilbert Leung, ACS Vice President, Sales and Marketing. “This recognition further establishes ACS’s position as a frontrunner in this industry, and serves as our motivation to keep developing inventive products that aid in improving daily activities via smart card technology.”

Smart Card Awards Asia 2012, organized by Terrapin, is set to announce the winners for each of its categories during the Smart Card Awards Dinner at Marina Mandarin, Singapore on 25 April, 2012.

 

About ACS

Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd., SEHK: 8210), founded in 1995, is Asia Pacific's top supplier and one of the world's top 3 suppliers of PC-linked smart card readers, as well as the winner of the Product Quality Leadership Award for Smart Card Readers from Frost & Sullivan. One of the companies on Forbes Asia's 2010 “Best Under a Billion" list, a prestigious list of 200 top-performing companies with sales between US$5 million and US$1 billion, selected from 12,930 publicly listed enterprises in Asia Pacific, ACS develops a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards and related products and distributes them to over 100 countries worldwide. Visit ACS at https://www.acs.com.hk/.