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A merger of convergence

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

SCM, Hirsch and BlueHill merge to take on a growing market

by Zack Martin, Editor, Avisian Publications

When Felix Marx joined SCM Microsystems in late 2007 he had a mission: reposition the company in the identification market.

In the two-years since Marx took over as director and CEO he has been able to change the company’s focus and add to its product offerings, making it a one-stop shop for the ever expanding converged security market.

Some of these changes have taken place because of a shift in product line focus, but a lot of it has been through acquisition. Less than a year after Marx joined the company SCM and Hirsch Electronics merged. More recently, the newly combined company announced the acquisition of BlueHill ID, a small ID provider with a strong presence in the European market.

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