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founded 2007 headquarters issy les moulineaux france key people anne bouverot 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 number of employees 8 400 average 2013 website morpho s homepage morpho s.a.s. is a french multinational company of safran specialized in electronic security solutions . formerly named sagem s curit it became morpho in may 2010 . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 orga cards systems 1.2 ge homeland protection 1.3 morphotrust 2 morpho today 3 divisions 3.1 biometrics 3.2 identification documents 3.3 border control 3.4 business solutions 3.5 detection 3.6 others activities 4 references 5 external links history edit created in 2007 sagem s curit was renamed morpho in 2010 . the name was derived from morpho systems s.a. a 1980s fingerprint identification firm 2 that is part of the current morpho . by 2007 the security business was run by sagem d fense s curit . orga cards systems edit in 2005 sagem d fense s curit acquired orga kartensysteme gmbh . renamed sagem orga it is today the business solutions division of morpho . ge homeland protection edit 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 . morphotrust edit on july 26 2011 safran completed the acquisition of l 1 identity solutions . 3 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 . morpho today edit 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 . 4 divisions edit morpho develops security solutions and products which can be divided into five major sectors . biometrics edit this division historically lies at the heart of the company . morpho is active in biometrics 5 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 6 interpol 7 nypd . 8 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 . 9 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 . 10 identification documents edit morpho is creating id documents as biometric passports id cards driver s licenses all over the world as in netherlands albania united states india aadhaar project etc. they help governments from initial registration and verification of citizens identities to issuing personalized ids that resist fraud to managing those identities securely both in the physical and digital world . before acquiring l 1 identity solutions morpho had already delivered 300 million secure identity documents and today produces them at a yearly rate of over 800 million . 11 border control edit morpho is also a specialist in border control . it has seen the development of fully automated e gates that read biometric data contained in travel documents and compare it with the document holder s biometric data for example the morphoway . business solutions edit this sector made up in particular from the purchase of orga kartensysteme gmbh in 2005 specializes in smart cards . a world leader in a field traditionally based on the telecom market sim cards and banks bank cards the division has expanded into the developing markets of online identity management and the production of identity documents id cards passports visas driving licences and so on . morpho s expertise in biometric technologies synergises with this sector s activities as they can be integrated within its products . each year morpho showcases its products and innovations in the field of smart cards and secure technologies for payment identification and mobility at cartes exhibition & conference in paris . detection edit in order to strengthen its position on the border control market safran bought ge homeland protection in 2009 which subsequently became part of morpho detection . this division is a producer of tomographic detection systems for illegal and dangerous substances in airplane luggage having been awarded numerous contracts . 12 morpho is now the leading supplier of explosives detection systems to the u.s. government for civil aviation security . 13 research in other technologies such as x ray diffraction allows morpho to produce portable devices for the detection of toxic and harmful substances . these are used by emergency responders the military venue security organizations and hotels to ensure the security of the general public . 14 others activities edit morpho also produces a range of transport security solutions and products from red light and speed limit enforcement to railway signaling equipment . 15 furthermore morpho offers a set of gambling and betting terminals which incorporate technologies and services such as secure payments optics wireless communication etc. 16 references edit sagem s cruit renamed morpho press release night stalker case demonstrates effectiveness of systems market developing for fingerprint computers . latimes . safran completes the acquisition of l 1 identity solutions becomes world leader in biometric identity solutions about us morpho . retrieved 7 february 2014 . morpho classified first by the nist . retrieved 27 january 2014 . morphotrak technology goes operational for the fbi . retrieved 27 january 2014 . sagem securit to provide interpol and its 186 member states with latest automated fingerprint identification system . retrieved 27 january 2014 . morphotrak deploys morpho biometric identification system at nypd . retrieved 27 january 2014 . criminal id morpho . retrieved 28 january 2014 . biometric terminals overview . morpho . retrieved 28 january 2014 . morpho in a nutshell en pdf . retrieved 20 february 2014 . morpho detection press releases . retrieved 27 january 2014 . advanced computed tomography . morpho.com . retrieved 27 january 2014 . morpho s detection solutions . retrieved 27 january 2014 . morpho s transport solutions . retrieved 27 january 2014 . morpho s gambling and betting solutions . retrieved 27 january 2014 . external links edit official website of morpho v t e safran subsidiaries messier bugatti dowty morpho sagem sma engines snecma gnome et rh ne hispano suiza labinal turbomeca people jean paul herteman ross mcinnes francis mer retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title morpho company & oldid 735173295 categories safran groupmultinational companies headquartered in francehidden categories wikipedia external links cleanup from march 2015wikipedia spam cleanup from march 2015articles lacking reliable references from march 2015all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants 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