Multi-national popularity of the biometr

2012/5/8 16:37:06

According to market research firm PiaIntenat-ional latest research, the biometrics market is booming, and the past seven years, the market grew by 12% and is expected to 2014 amounted to 7.5 billion euros.

In 2004, the issuance of the first batch of biometric e-passports in line with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. To 250 million people have been using this passport. Today, in developed countries, with the exception of the United Kingdom is due to budget and political reasons, to abandon the ID card and updating plans, only Canada has repeatedly delayed the issuing of biometric e-passports.

In addition to the ID card applications, biometrics technology in some countries also opened up new areas: in France of the smart card, driver's license will incorporate biometric chip; in some African countries, the citizens of biological information and data will be able to help IMF and other humanitarian organizations to identify the authenticity of the relief workers.

The strong growth potential of the field of biometrics so that major companies see hope, some companies have to enhance their strength in this area, beachhead market. Such as participation in the Indian bioinformatics data acquisition Moore Fu (Mopho), France with $ 1.09 billion acquisition of personal identity and asset protection products manufacturer L-1IdentitySolutions company, and retain only its core business of biometric identification business, WSP International, Inc. (cogent) by the 3MSecuity acquisition of the same.