PARIS, September 7 /PRNewswire/ --     Oberthur Technologies SA and Comex Electronics AB have agreed
to a strategic partnership that will boost companies' business activities in
the growing market of authentication and logon systems with smart card
solutions. Oberthur will provide world leading products and services in smart
cards and Comex will include Oberthur Technologies products and services in
their solutions with card readers and smart cards.

"We see this partnership as a very strategic channel for
providing security for authentication and logon solutions up to the highest
level of security criteria's in the world. For example Comex is very excited
about Oberthur Technologies validated fingerprint comparison technology
embedded on smart card chip like the ID-ONE COSMO(TM). It provides a very
secure way of authenticating the card holder with exceptional performances in
terms of interoperability, accuracy and speed, while maintaining an error
rate lower than the defined thresholds. Oberthur is enthusiastic about
integrating with the Comex BioSec Reader(TM)" says Curt Svinge, Business
Manager of Oberthur Technologies Sweden.

"We see this partnership as a very important step to
strengthen Comex position as a highly recognized supplier of data security at
a level approved for national security. This will improve our joint marketing
possibilities throughout the world within this segment of highly secured
products," says Mikael Aronowitsch CEO of Comex Electronics AB.

The companies' first joint marketing effort will be at Defence
Systems & Equipment International 2009 (DSEI) fair 8-11 of September in
London, you can visit us on booth 705

About Oberthur Technologies

With sales of 882.7 million Euros in 2008, Oberthur Technologies is a
world leader in the field of secure technologies. Innovation and high quality
services ensure Oberthur Technologies' strong positioning in its main target
markets:

- Card Systems: One of the world's leading providers of
      security and identification based on smart card technology and 
      associated services for mobile, payment, transport, digital TV and 
      convergence markets.
     
    - Identity: International player for the manufacture and
      personalization of secure identity documents such as passport, identity
      card, driving license or health care card - traditional and electronic 
      - and associated services for both governmental and corporate markets.
     
    - Fiduciary printing: World's third largest private security
      printer specialized in high security for the production of banknotes,
      checks and other fiduciary documents in more than fifty countries.
    
    - Cash protection: World leader in the emerging market of
      intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM.



Close to its customers, Oberthur Technologies benefits from an
industrial and commercial presence across all five continents.

Oberthur Technologies S.A. is a limited liability company
(societe anonyme) registered in France with its registered office at 50 quai
Michelet 92300 Levallois Perret, France. Oberthur Technologies S.A.'s
corporate registration number is 340 709 534 R.C.S. Paris.

website: http://www.oberthur.com

About Comex Electronics AB

Comex Electronics AB was established in 1988 and is located in Stockholm,
Sweden. Comex is a well-known supplier of data security for the Swedish Armed
Forces, authorities, and organizations with high information security
demands. Comex is one of the leaders in the field of developing and
manufacturing anti-eavesdrop protected computer systems and access control
systems. In cooperation with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration,
Comex has developed a Common Criteria certified combined smart card and
biometric reader, for strong identification of users in the modern defence.

The software department at Comex specializes in developing
high-security solutions based on Public Key Infrastructure, such as solutions
for secure electronic communication and computer/networklogon. One of Comex
logon systems is BeThere(R), a product that combines physical and logical
access control. A user cannot logon to the computer network before having
been successfully authenticated by the physical passing system. For instance,
a rule can be set to only allow logon to a computer network like R&D, if
there are at least two people in the room. This reduces the insider and
social engineering threats.

Website: http://www.comex.se