DGAP-Media / 21.01.2016 / 15:38 Press Release Matica launches Advanced Direct-to-Card Printer for Financial Sector As a world leader in financial card issuance, Matica's S3100 continues to support banks and financial institutions to issue secure payment cards in-branch with state-of-the-art technology MUNICH, January 21, 2016 - Matica Technologies AG (A0JELZ), a worldwide leading vendor for financial and secure ID card issuance systems announces today the launch of its new financial card printer S3100: an advanced direct-to-card printer to issue pre-printed payment cards at branch level. Officially announced at the Cartes Secure Connexions, the global event for payment, identification, and mobility in Paris in November 2015, the S3100 is now available to the international market. Designed specifically to support the financial sector's growing needs to issue in-branch card personalization solutions, Matica's S3100 creates exceptional support for financial departments that produce high performance cards for their customers. Unlike its competition, Matica has years of research and development on its side when it comes to understanding the needs of the financial card industry - a benefit that is passed on to its business partners who seek a high return on investment and low total cost of ownership. "Matica provides a comprehensive range of products and demonstrates continuous advancements in financial card issuance with one of the widest range of products on the market," says Sandro Camilleri, CEO of Matica Technologies Group. "Every research report about our industry emphasizes continued growth in secure card issuance and that debit and credit cards remain the preferred non-cash payment tool in the world," continues Sandro Camilleri. As part of the S3000 family of financial card issuance systems, incomparable expertise arrives in the S3100's design and technology. It's a robust, direct-to-card printer offering superior print speed and print quality. The S3100 can also support organizations and retailers looking for an easy-to-use card issuance system to produce gift and loyalty cards. "Banks and financial institutions needing to migrate their payment infrastructures to EMV flexible chip encoding, contact and contactless, can now rely upon Matica's S3100, which fully complies with international regulations around physical and logical security for financial issuance," adds Ferdinando Filippone, Director Product Marketing Systems, Matica Technologies Group. Availability Matica S3100 is available now through Matica's dealer network. For more information please visit: http://www.maticatech.com/products/s3000/ ---ENDS--- About Matica Technologies Group Matica Technologies Group is a fast-growing and innovative global company with a strong international network. Matica develops, manufactures and distributes solutions to issue passports, financial cards, ID cards, Nano SIM and Micro SIM cards. The company offers a vast range of products from centralized systems and mailers to ID printers and laser desktop machines. The Group is represented worldwide with offices in Italy, Germany, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, the US, UAE and India. For further information, please visit www.maticatech.com CONTACT Matica Technologies AG | Theresienhöhe 30 | 80339 Munich | Germany e. [email protected] | p. +49 (0)89 5108 588 0 | f. +49 (0)89 5108 588 88 End of Media Release +++++ Additional features: Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=XGWHDAGASF Document title: Matica S3100 Financial Direct-to-Card printer --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Matica Technologies AG Key word(s): Special Topics 21.01.2016 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Matica Technologies AG Theresienhöhe 30 80339 Munich Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 5108 588 0 Fax: +49 (0)89 5108 588 88 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.maticatech.com ISIN: DE000A0JELZ5 WKN: A0JELZ Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt End of News DGAP Media --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 431359 21.01.2016