Morpho (Safran)
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| Industry | Security, Identity management, Criminal justice, Border control, Banking, Telecoms, Explosives and Narcotics detection systems, Access control, Public safety, Smart card |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
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Key people
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Didier Lamouche (CEO) |
| Products | Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems, Facial recognition system, Iris recognition, Finger vein recognition, Biometric terminals, e-gates, ID cards, ePassports, SIM cards, Biometric Card Readers Speed cameras, Explosives and Narcotics detection systems |
| Revenue | €1.5 billion (2013) |
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Number of employees
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8,400 (average, 2013) |
| Website | Morpho's homepage |
Morpho S.A.S. is a French multinational company, specialized in security and identity solutions. Part of Safran group until 2017, Morpho merged with Oberthur Technologies and became OT-Morpho on 31st May 2017.
Created in 2007, Sagem Sécurité was renamed Morpho in 2010. The name was derived from Morpho Systems S.A., a 1980s fingerprint identification firm that is part of the current Morpho. By 2007, the security business was run by Sagem Défense Sécurité.
In 2005, Sagem Défense Sécurité acquired ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH. Renamed Sagem Orga, it is today the Business solutions division of Morpho.
In 2009, Safran acquired 81% of GE Homeland Protection, a wholly owned affiliate of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE). It is now contained in Morpho's Detection division.
On July 26, 2011 Safran completed the acquisition of L-1 Identity Solutions. Today, it is mainly part of MorphoTrust USA Inc. The company itself dates back over 50 years, from the time the first photo was added to a U.S. driver's license.
On September 2016, Safran announced that it had entered into exclusive negotiations with Advent International, the owner of Oberthur Technologies since 2011, to sell its identity and security activities and the transaction was finalized on 31st May 2017. Oberthur Technologies (OT) and Safran Identity & Security (Morpho) were joining forces to create OT-Morpho a world leader in digital security & identification technologies with the ambition to empower citizens and consumers alike to interact, pay, connect, commute, travel and even vote safely in ways that are now possible in a connected world.
Today, Morpho employs over 8400 people in over 40 countries and in 85 subsidiaries worldwide, generating €1.5 billion in revenues. Dedicating 10% of annual turnover to R&D has enabled Morpho to become a leader in ID documents integrating biometrics, Automated Biometrics Identification Systems (ABIS), Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) for hold baggage.
Morpho develops security solutions and products which can be divided into five major sectors.
This division historically lies at the heart of the company. Morpho is active in biometrics, having developed technologies based on fingerprint, vein, facial and iris recognition as Automated Biometric Identification Systems (ABIS), Finger on the Fly which was renamed MorphoWave (technology that reads fingerprints on a moving hand), e-gates, fast DNA matching tools etc. These devices are mainly employed in domains such as government identity, public security and criminal identification. Indeed, Morpho supplies government security agencies over the world, including FBI,Interpol,NYPD. Morpho's solutions analyse biometric evidence and data to assist police forces from the crime scene to the courthouse, for instance hand-held terminals in the field to perform identity checks, facial recognition in live video streams or booking stations for enrollment at police stations. They also provided secure biometric access control, focused on a series of multi-biometric access control devices, which rely on fingerprint, multi-modal (combination of finger vein and fingerprint biometrics) and facial identification techniques.
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