Oberthur Technologies Inaugurates a new Service Centre in Prague, Czech Republic

Nanterre, France (ots/PRNewswire) - Oberthur
Technologies, a world leader in secure technologies, opens a new
service centre in Prague in order to provide value-added services and
card personalisation to financial institutions and mobile operators
in Czech Republic and in Slovakia.

In this market which represents more than 10 million banking
cards in circulation, the demand for personalisation services is
currently booming.

In addition, Oberthur Technologies has reinforced its offer in
mobile services such as SIM "Personalisation on Demand", "Delivery on
Demand" and Point of Sale packaging that will now be available for
this region. From this new service centre, Oberthur Technologies will
be able to offer innovative services to the local market such as
Disaster Recovery or the issuance of PIN code via SMS.

"Oberthur Technologies benefits from a unique experience which
helps its customers through the personalisation process. Our clients
and prospects in the region will be able to take advantage of the
expertise we have acquired all over the world throughout the years.
We are particularly proud to add Prague to our service centre map.
Thanks to its unrivalled worldwide network of over 30 service
centres, using a unique set of tools and processes, Oberthur
Technologies guarantees its customers complete business continuity
and a high level of services", said Eric Duforest, Managing Director,
Europe, Card Systems Division at Oberthur Technologies.

About Oberthur Technologies

Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure
technologies: systems development, solutions and services for smart
cards (payment cards, SIM cards, access cards, NFC...) and for secure
identity documents, traditional and electronic (identity card,
passport, health care card), production of banknotes, cheques and
other fiduciary documents, intelligent systems to secure
cash-in-transit and ATM. Oberthur Technologies has 6,800 employees
through 40 countries and 65 sites. The Group posted 2010 sales of
EUR979M.

Website http://www.oberthur.com

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Contact:
PRESS CONTACTS: Corporate: Charlotte LAFONT-MACHIN,
Telephone:+33-1-55-46-71-23, Email: c.lafont-machin@oberthur.com .
Card SystemsDivision: Stephanie CAU, Telephone: +33-1-47-85-58-06,
Email:s.cau@oberthur.com