Sagem Orga

Infobox_company
company_type = GmbH
company_
company_name = Sagem Orga
slogan = Strong, Global, Innovative
foundation=2005
location = Paderborn, Germany
area_served = Worldwide
industry = Smart Card
num_employees = 2,100
homepage = [http://www.sagem-orga.com/ www.sagem-orga.com]

Sagem Orga is a pioneer and a global leader in the smart card industry. The company develops and implements cutting-edge technology to turn the vision of unbounded mobile communications and integrated digital security into a reality. Sagem Orga’s portfolio includes hardware, software, consulting and services, all focused on smart cards for the benefit of consumers and providers in the telecommunications, health, identification and banking areas.

The company is headquartered in Paderborn, Germany. It has production sites in Germany, Brazil, Russia and India, as well as subsidiaries in Austria, Brazil, France, India, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the U.S.The smart card producer has a worldwide workforce of over 2,100 people. Since 2005, Sagem Orga has been part of France's SAFRAN group, which generates annual sales of more than 12 billion euros with 57,000 employees in over 30 countries.

History

Before its takeover in 2005, ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH had already been operating in the field of smart card technology for more than 20 years.

* 2007 Sagem Orga is the first vendor to be awarded all certificates for all smart card products required for the future telematics infrastructure for the German electronic health card.

* 2006 Presentation and supply of the first XXL card

* 2005 Introduction of the first e-government card

* 2005 Takeover by the Sagem Défense Sécurité group, creation of Sagem Orga

* 2004 Development of SECCOS (Secure ChipCard Operating System)

* 2003 As part of a consortium including IBM and SAP, ORGA wins the consulting contract for the new electronic health card in Germany

* 1996 Introduction of the first prepaid GSM system

* 1992 First ec bank card with a chip in Germany

* 1990 Development of the first GSM SIM card

* 1985 Development of the first multifunctional smart card

* 1984 Presentation of the world's first single-chip smart card

* 1984 Establishment of Orga Kartensysteme GmbH

External links

* [http://www.sagem-orga.com Website Sagem Orga GmbH]