Company history

2011 

• FPC opens office in Taiwan
• Co-operation agreement with OKI Semiconductor
• New distributor in USA
• New stock issue of 28 MSEK
• New distributor in Japan
• Additional distributors in China, Singapore, Korea and India
• First commercial order for swipe sensor FPC1080A

2010

• FPC opens office in China
• Representation agreement signed for Israel
• Distribution agreement signed for Brazil
• Distribution agreement signed for India  
  

2009

• New Chief Executive Officer appointed
• Distribution agreement signed for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
• New stock issue of 40,3 MSEK net

2008

• Directed new stock issue of 16,9 MSEK
• Distribution agreement signed for Canada
• Swipe sensor technology in biometric secure debit and credit cards

2007

• 43 MSEK record order from China
• Third generation processor ASIC ready
• Biggest supplier for Chinese bank sector
• Swipe sensor patent approved in USA
• Distribution agreement signed for Germany, Austria and Switzerland

2006

• Distribution agreement signed for USA
• New stock issue brought 62 MSEK net
• Volume orders from South Korea, China and Japan

2005

• Algorithm patent approved in USA
• Directed new stock issue of 22,5 MSEK
• Biometric stand alone modules released
• Distribution agreement signed for Japan

2004

• FPC's South Korean customer Navi Co. gets awarded with Biometric Product of the Year - 2003
• Sensor architecture patent approved in USA
• Licence agreement signed with Control Module Inc., USA

2003

• Co-operation with Texas Instruments and Motorola
• Distribution agreement signed for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
• Agreement signed with Comex Electronics AB to cover all NATO countries
• Distribution agreement signed for South Korea
• 3rd generation sensors ready
• Swipe sensor method patent approved in Europe

2002

• Licence agreement signed with Sony Corp. for biometric memory (Sony Puppy)
• Licence agreement signed with Global Biometric Corp. for biometric System-on-Card
• Licence agreement signed with Bewator AB for biometric door locks
• Swipe sensor system ready
• Distribution agreement signed for Taiwan, China and Hong Kong

2001

• Licence agreement signed with Comex Electronics AB for biometric Match-on-Card system for the Swedish defense
• Prototype production of swipe sensor processor starts

2000

• PDA with fingerprint sensor demonstrated
• New stock issue of 149 MSEK 
• FPC is listed on the O-list of the Stockholm stock exchange (currently the Nordic list)
• Algorithm patent approved in Sweden
• Licence agreement signed with Biometric Associates Inc. for biometric System-on-Card
• Prototype production of swipe sensor starts

1999

• Processor ASIC ready
• Swedish patent approved for sensor design
• Second generation of sensor ready

1998

• FPC is listed on Nya Marknaden (New Market), OMX Stockholm
• New stock issue of 56 MSEK 
• Fingerprint algorithm ready
• Licence agreement signed with Ericsson Mobile Communications for mobile phones

1997

• Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) is founded
• First sensor ready