A consortium led by ANY Security Printing Company supplied the new Hungarian eID cards launched this week, the company has revealed.The firm noted in a statement that the contactless chip cards, which include fingerprint data, were chosen not only for their security solutions also for their numerous other functions such as electronic signature on e-government services, for tax and social insurance and as ePasses."The new documents were issued in less than seven months; nowhere in the world has been made such a document with such strict security functions in such a short time", said ANY.The company noted that the new identity cards are protected by 16 security elements, including Braille features, transparent holograms, security background, MLI features, laser engraved document numbers, metallic holograms, OVI features and 2D barcodes."Since the beginning of the Hungarian document reform, ANY Security Printing Company has been participating in production and personalisation of domestic documents, including electronic passports as well", added ANY.Besides the production of Hungarian documents, the company also prints Icelandic and Albanian driving licences.
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