Search Keyword : s

• Advanced Card Systems receives D'ucoty's "Product Innovation" Award

  Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (HKGEM: 8210), Asia Pacific's number one supplier of PC-linked smart card readers, today announces that Advanced Card Systems receives D'ucoty's "Product Innovation Award in Telecommunications". In a ceremony held at CardEx Asia 2006 on 24 Jul 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Advanced Card Systems was honored with the D'ucoty (The Ultimate Card of The Year Award) "Product Innovation Award in Telecommunications" within the South East Asia region for demonstrating leadership in new product innovation. The D'ucoty Awards were established by CardsNow!Asia and CardEX Asia 2006 to recognize outstanding industry excellence and achievements in the smart card industry in South East Asia. The competition was open to numerous card industry companies who have a business presence in South East Asia. In order to be part of the selection process, each competitor needed to show successful "product innovation" within one or more of the following categories: 1. Banking & Finance 2. Telecommunications 3. Government projects After receiving the award on behalf of ACS, Executive Director, Mr. Tan Keng Boon, stated, "We are delighted to stand out from our competitors in same industry to receive this prestigious award. This reflects not only the efforts we have made in product design and our research and development, but also the success of our business model and development strategies which have facilitated continuous business growth in the past few years." Mr. Tan further added, "ACS has always kept product innovation our priority and we will continue down that path introducing new and exciting products with high quality and value complimenting our continuous innovation as we meet the ever changing demands of our constantly growing client base now in over eighty countries world wide". Among the latest innovative products to be offered by ACS are the ACR100 SIMFlash and the ACR88 portable smart card reader. More than just a smart card reader, the ACR100 offers 256MB of built-in flash memory and is designed to offer easy access to SIM-sized smart cards (plug-in cards) in addition to data and/or application storage. The ACR88 is a versatile handheld portable smart card reader offering a vast number of advanced features including a built-in keypad, dot-matrix LCD, bi-color LED, audible buzzer and non volatile memory just to name a few. With ACS' amazing 59% turnover growth in 2005 adding to its already strong technology know-how, the company decisively surpassed other candidates to receive this "Product Innovation" award. To capture the tremendous opportunities in the ever expanding global smart card reader market, ACS will continue to drive its business growth by equipping its leading edge products with new and diversified features to address the ongoing needs of both its business partners and customers. ACS will also continue to enhance its sales network, technology know-how and solid business relationships with its partners worldwide. ACS is excited and looks forward to the Group's next stage of growth over the coming year, which will mutually benefit both the company and its diverse customer base alike.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/53/advanced-card-systems-receives-ducotys-product-innovation-award/
• ACS receives Frost & Sullivan Award

  ACS former CEO, Mr. Damais Mak, accepting the Product Innovation Award The first-ever D´ucoty Awards, held in conjunction with CardEx Asia 2005 last May 18 in Kuala Lumpur, has awarded Advanced Card Systems Ltd. the Product Innovation Award for Readers in the South East Asian region. The D´ucoty Awards was co-founded by Frost & Sullivan together with CardsNow!Asia to recognize companies and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding performance in the cards industry across the Asia Pacific region.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/54/acs-receives-frost-sullivan-award/
• Advanced Card Systems receives Frost & Sullivan's "Growth Strategy Leadership" Award

  In a ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Hong Kong on October 16, Advanced Card Systems, the world's 4th leading supplier of smart card readers used with personal computers, received the "Growth Strategy Leadership" Award from Frost & Sullivan, the independent market consulting and research organization, for its exceptional growth strategy within the industry.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/55/advanced-card-systems-receives-frost-sullivans-growth-strategy-leadership-award/
• ACS receives Certificate of Merit during the annual Hong Kong Awards for Industry

  The Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corporation bestowed on ACS the HKITCC Certificate of Merit in Technological Achievement. The award was given for achieving a high level of technological innovation, commercialization and the fostering of technology culture. JUDGES' COMMENT: Advanced Card Systems deserves credit for its success in developing and marketing products based on smart card technology. The company's card reader has achieved recognition even in the face of the intense competition from international companies, which dominate the existing market. Accomplishments such as this only affirm ACS' foothold in the smart card industry and encourage it to continuously develop and improve its products and operations.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/awards-recognition/56/acs-receives-certificate-of-merit-during-the-annual-hong-kong-awards-for-industry/
• ACS sales increased by 62 percent to HK$96.1 million for 2008 from HK$59.3 million for 2007

  Hong Kong, 14 Apr, 2009 - Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd. (hereafter referred to as ACS), a company listed on The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 8210), announced its annual results for the full year ended December 31, 2008. Advanced Card Systems Holdings Ltd. is the 100% shareholder of Advanced Card Systems Ltd (www.acs.com.hk). which has its headquarters in Hong Kong and is Asia Pacific’s top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers, according to Frost & Sullivan. The year of 2008 was a year of growth for ACS, in sales revenue and in net profit. In 2008, the sales increased by 62% to HK$96.1 million from HK$59.3 million for 2007. The net profit after tax more than doubled to HK$9.7 million from HK$4.3 million. ACS grew its business in all three broad lines of business, namely, smart cards, smart card readers, and design and consultation services. The regional breakdown indicates that Europe and Asia Pacific represented 60% and 25% of the sales of ACS in 2008 respectively with the 15% balance accounted for by The Americas, Middle East and Africa. ACS launched new smart cards and smart card readers to the market in 2008. More new products are in the pipeline in 2009. The constant product innovation and technology advancement are propelling the growth of the company. Asked to comment on the prospect of ACS in view of the world financial crisis and economic turnover, the Chairman Denny Wong said, “The nature of the current financial crisis and economic slowdown on a worldwide scale seems to be unprecedented in human history. Thus the potential impact cannot be fathomed presently. However, since a good percentage of ACS products is deployed in government projects all over the world, the impact to ACS should be less as it is not likely that governments themselves will take the lead to curtail their spending. Also ACS has been able to build long-term and close partnerships with customers by virtue of its culture of keeping promise, being reasonable to others and emphasizing on quality. A close partnership between ACS and a partner allows each party to save costs in doing business by making use of the strengths of the other party. Such partnership increases the capability of our partners and ACS to cope with the coming challenges. We are confident to be able to ride out the present world recession and to emerge as a stronger company afterwards”.   About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at www.acs.com.hk.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/58/acs-sales-increased-by-62-percent-to-hk$96.1-million-for-2008-from-hk$59.3-million-for-2007/
• ACS Launches its ACR83 PINeasy Software Development Kit

  Hong Kong, 3 Apr, 2009 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210, www.acs.com.hk), Asia Pacific's number one supplier in PC-linked smart card readers industry (Source: Frost & Sullivan), launches its ACR83 PINeasy Software Development Kit (ACR83 SDK). ACR83 PINeasy Smart Card Reader is a USB reader with a keypad and LC display. Supporting Secure PIN Entry (SPE) – the user entering the PIN on the embedded keypad – ACR83 allows authentication to be carried out securely within the device. ACR83 is compliant with ISO7816 1-3 and EMV Level 1 standard, and is ideal for applications such as home banking, digital signature & identification as well as computer and network access control. The ACR83 SDK will assist you in developing your PC/SC smart Card compliant applications with SPE. Apart from the utility tools and technical documentations, the ACR83 SDK comes with sample codes written in different programming languages (Delphi 7, Java, Visual Basic 6, Visual C++ 6, Visual C++ 2005 (x64), Visual C # 2005 and Visual Basic .Net 2005). These sample codes demonstrate different capabilities of the ACR83 PINeasy reader and showcase how to control the reader peripherals and how the reader communicates with ISO-7816 cards. The ACR83 SDK is now available for US$79 on the ACS Online Store and eBay Store.For further details, please visit www.acs.com.hk/acr83.php.   About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at www.acs.com.hk.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/59/acs-launches-its-acr83-pineasy-software-development-kit/
• ACS to give a speech in Directions for NFC and Mobile Contactless Business in Japan

  Hong Kong, 28 Mar, 2009 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210, www.acs.com.hk) , Asia Pacific's number one supplier in PC-linked smart card readers industry (Source: research report issued by Frost & Sullivan), gave a presentation in a forum – Directions for NFC and Mobile Contactless Business which was co-organized by APSCA (Asia Pacific Smart Card Association) and NIKKEI in IC Card World 2009, in Tokyo, Japan on 3 Mar 2008. The forum aimed to discuss the coming trends and directions for NFC (Near Field Communications) and mobile contactless sector in 2009. Over 70 delegates from Japan and Asia Pacific attended it and all of them received a free ACR122 NFC contactless smart card reader evaluation kit (ACR122 EVK) from ACS which can facilitate the development of NFC applications in a more convenient and efficient way. Gilbert Leung, Sales Director of ACS and Hiroyoshi Shimada, General Manager of ACS Japan were both invited to be one of the speakers in the forum. They shared ACS’s experience on global NFC applications. Besides talking about some cases focusing on convenience and security areas, they also presented an interesting NFC project of online entertainment based on Web2.0 technology which has been generating huge of positive feedbacks. “ACS participated actively in different worldwide NFC projects in 2008. By sharing our experience on some of those cases, we hope not only to address the challenges that we encountered to the current and potential developers, but also to stimulate their creativity to create more interesting and value-added real-life NFC applications,” said Gilbert Leung. “I appreciate APSCA’s effort in organizing this kind of forums. This forum provides a good opportunity for all market players to share the latest market information and technology know-how. Although the NFC deployment may probably slow down in 2009 due to the economic downturn and lack of standardization, ACS stays optimistic towards the prospect of NFC technology and will continue to put in resources in this area!” he continued.   About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at www.acs.com.hk. About APSCA The Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) is a non-profit, independent association for organisations in the smart card industry in the Asia Pacific region. The Association delivers information, consultancy, guidance and networking to corporations and government organisations, including smart card scheme operators and suppliers. Visit APSCA at www.apsca.org.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/60/acs-to-give-a-speech-in-directions-for-nfc-and-mobile-contactless-business-in-japan/
• ACS announces opening of new sales office in Japan and appoints Hiroyuki Shimada

  Hong Kong, 31 Dec, 2008 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210, http://www.acs.com.hk/), Asia Pacific's number one supplier in PC-linked smart card readers industry (Source: Frost & Sullivan), announces the opening of its new sales and support office in Tokyo, Japanand the appointment of Mr Hiroyuki Shimada as General Manager of Advanced Card Systems (Japan). Mr Shimada will coordinate all sales & marketing activities across ACS Japan and further assist in developing the company's Japan sales Strategy. He brings with him in-depth knowledge of the smart card and reader knowledge as well as corporate security services, particularly in the area of contactless and NFC (Near Field Communications) technology. 'ACS's local presence will bring us closer to the market, and at the same time, enable us to better serve our existing and potential strategic partners in Japan,' commented Mr Denny Wong, CEO of Advanced Card Systems Ltd., 'this act not only deepens ACS's penetration in the Asia-Pacific region, but also expands its global footprint.' Mr Hiroyuki Shimada joined ACS Japan as General Manager in December, 2008. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree of Engineering in Machine Engineering from Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan. He has over two-decades' experience in the smart card industry. He used to work in CSK Holdings Group and Gemplus Japan Co., Ltd. (now Gemalto). In his new role, Mr Shimada will be responsible for ACS'sstrategic sales development in Japan. Moreover, he will lead his sales team to provide continued outstanding services and explore further business opportunities.'I am proud of being part of the ACS family which is full of hope and vitality! I look forward to making a significant contribution to its growth and success in Japan,' said Mr Shimada. 'We are very pleased to have a smart card veteran, like Hiroyuki, joining ACS,' said Mr Wong, 'with his deep industry experience and expertise in smart card technologies, I truly believe he will drive our Japan business forward and strengthen ACS's position in Japan.' For further details of ACS Japan, please visit: http://www.acs-japan.jp/.   About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at www.acs.com.hk.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/61/acs-announces-opening-of-new-sales-office-in-japan-and-appoints-hiroyuki-shimada/
• ACS will participate in 2nd China (Shenzhen) International Card Industry Exhibition

  ACS will participate in the 2nd China (Shenzhen) International Card Industry Exhibition. It is one of the largest smart card expo in China. At the trade fair, ACS will showcase its latest products, such as ACR128 DualBoost Smart Card Reader, ACR122 NFC Smart Card Reader - the world's first NFC reader with CCID-compliance, ACR83 PINeasy Smart Card Reader and APG82 PINhandy OTP (One Time Password) Reader. Date: Nov 27-29, 2008Venue: Shenzhen Exhibition Center, ChinaBooth: 7A96   About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at www.acs.com.hk.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/62/acs-will-participate-in-2nd-china-shenzhen-international-card-industry-exhibition/
• NFC Applications made possible with the ACR122 NFC Reader SDK

  Hong Kong, 4 Nov, 2008 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (HONG KONG STOCK Exchange: 8210, http://www.acs.com.hk/), Asia Pacific's number one supplier in PC-linked smart card readers industry (Source: research report issued by Frost & Sullivan), spearheads in releasing a complete software package for developing Near Field Communication (NFC) applications with the ACR122 NFC Reader - the world’s first NFC Card Reader compliant with the Chip/Smart Card Interface Devices (CCID) Standard. Effective and Comprehensive SDK -The ACR122 can be used for contactless smart card applications as featured in the Registration Demo Application included in the Software Development Kit (SDK). ACS also provides a comprehensive collection of sample codes for device and contactless card programming using the latest versions of powerful object oriented programming languages such as Java, Delphi, Visual Basic 6, Visual C# and Visual C++. The extensive set of development tools and reference materials in the SDK allows you to use the ACR122 for contactless based solutions, such as e-payment, access control, personal identity verification, mass transit, toll road fare collection, etc. With this complete ACR122 SDK, you can optimize the uses of the ACR122 for your NFC applications! Peer-to-Peer Capability - As an additional feature, ACS provides you the option to experience a simulation of a real world NFC application - a Smart Poster Application. A supplementary kit with the second ACR122 will be provided if you decide to use this feature. Two ACR122 readers are needed for the Peer-to-Peer demo. The demo shows the capability of these two devices in exchanging data via the Peer-to-Peer Operating Mode. For more information visit: http://www.acs.com.hk/acr122-sdk.php     About ACS Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at http://www.acs.com.hk.

  https://www.acs.com.hk/en/press-release/63/nfc-applications-made-possible-with-the-acr122-nfc-reader-sdk/