Company profile

Morpho (Safran group) is the world leader in multi-biometric technologies for fingerprint, iris and facial recognition, a global leader in the smart card industry and an acknowledged expert in identification and detection systems.

 
 
Its solutions meet a wide range of security needs for individuals, businesses and governments worldwide, including identity management, personal rights for residents and travelers, physical access to airports or other high-value sites, and logical access - either online or via secure terminals. The acquisitions of Printrak and 81% of GE Homeland Protection in 2009 reinforced the company’s position as a leading global player for security, identification systems and documents as well as in detection solutions. In the smart card industry, Morpho is also a leading supplier of bank and SIM cards. The world’s largest mobile phone operators use its tailor-made solutions for GSM, CDMA and UMTS.

Morpho is the only company today that covers every aspect of identification, detection and data security systems: smart cards; pattern recognition; data and image processing; secure embedded software; secure electronic transactions and e-authentication; cryptography; secure printing; X-ray, trace and computed tomography; advanced system architecture and spectrometry.

As the world leader in automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) and ID management solutions, Morpho has proven its ability to manage large-scale projects and develop customized local solutions. Morpho produces more than one million cards daily and more than 450,000 secure equipment yearly. To date, the company has delivered 300 million ID documents and installed more than 1,600 computed tomography explosives detection systems (EDS) on five continents. With systems deployed in more than 100 countries, Morpho contributes daily to the safety and security of transportation, data, people and nations around the world.

Part of the international high-tech group Safran, Morpho helps customers protect people, assets and communities, creating trust worldwide.
Key facts

- No 1 in the world for biometrically secured ID documents
- No 1 in the world for AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System)
- No 1 in the world for Explosive Detection Systems (EDS)
- No 2 in the world for gaming and betting terminals
- No 4 in the world for smart cards
- World leader for Trace Equipment

2009 Turnover: 904 million €
Workforce (12.31.2009): 5.600 people