Security Plastics

Security Plastics has always been a market leader. We were the first company in Australasia to set up a smart card production line. We were the first to be certified for the manufacture of Mondex cards. We source intergrated circuit chips from the worlds leading suppliers. We are able to manufacture contact and contactless smartcards. We also manufacture Hybrid Cards.

Current Applications:

Banking EMV
Loyalty
PKI
Transportation

Contactless
Initially developed for security access control, contactless cards are increasingly popular for applications that demand faster transactions than normal "contact" smart card technology. The technology is ideal for high volume and high speed applications such as mass transit.

Contactless cards use tiny radio transmitters, embedded in the card to communicate with receivers in the terminals. They can exchange data from a distance of up to 10 centimeters.

Security Plastics has experience in producing "Hybrid Cards". These are plastic cards that contain both contact and contactless technology so they can work in both environments.

Future with contactless
Because these cards are vicinity cards the trends in the UK with ITSO is to develop applications for e-govt, healthcare, education, public and social services.

In Vienna a new twin tower building uses Mifare for everything from building access to cashless payments, time & attendance and access to booked rooms.

Airlines are now using contactless for ticketing and seat reservations. Road tolling is the other high volume use because of the robustness of the readers which are sealed so can withstand harsh weather conditions.