LEGIC® expands its network in Italy and signs license partnership with Elsag
by LEGIC Identsystems Ltd

Zurich, Genoa. LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the world’s leading supplier of secure contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and Elsag, a major player on the Italian information technology market have agreed on a license partnership.

Elsag belongs to the Finmeccanica Group and offers a comprehensive selection of security solutions and services. They are experts in assessing risks, in defining policies that align security measures with business targets and in delivering security solution for tangible and intangible assets. They serve industries ranging from postal services, banking & insurance, defense, public administration and healthcare to transportation and utilities. The company’s success grounds itself on the professional approach and expertise of more than 3000 employees, as well as on a finely honed ability to deliver products on a competitive edge by adopting latest technologies.

Guiseppe Ghiorzi, responsible for Networked Automation Systems Integration of Elsag, comments on the new partnership: “Since our company’s foundation in 1905, we have striven for innovation and excellence. Contemporary society demands continuous improvements in functionality, reliability and confidentiality. Today, many strategic and investment decisions depend on how physical and IT security is managed. We are very pleased to become a member of LEGIC’s license network. The partnership with LEGIC enhances our expertise and promotes innovative solutions that create value for our clients. With LEGIC’s contactless smart card technology we improve our products such as access and time & attendance or biometric solutions and we strengthen our market position.”

Stephen Neff, Vice President Sales & Business Development for LEGIC

Identsystems Ltd, adds: “Technology expertise as well as specific market experience make Elsag the ideal partner for enterprises looking for reliable and flexible security solutions. Our 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications opens new possibilities for Elsag’s security systems and for their clients. We are very pleased that Elsag has decided to become our new Italian licensee and we are looking forward to an interesting and fruitful partnership.”

New partnership between ELSAG and LEGIC. Here at the signing of the contract at headquarters of Elsag in Italy. Armin H. Müller, Area Sales Manager of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd (left) and Guiseppe Ghiorzi, responsible for Networked Automation Systems Integration at Elsag