Sony and HID agree to team up on FeliCa RFID

Sony and HID Global have agreed to work jointly on the "new" Sony FeliCa contactless smart card reader project. FeliCa is a near field communication card, operating in the 13.57 MhZ frequency band. FeliCa cards are a perfect candidate for protection with Laminex's SkimSAFE badge holder product, with blocks any and all 13.56 MhZ transmissions to and from the card, unless the user removes the card from the holder.

Near field communications are going to be in our lives as American technology consumers, that may not be a choice for many of us. What we can choose to do is operate responsibly while protecting our cards' encoded data. Read more about protecting your 13.56 MhZ card data on the SkimSAFE website.

12 Security Guidelines from SIA

SIA - the Security Industry Association released its draft of a 12- point Privacy Framework for identity information security this week. Read more on this important plan here

One of the points in the framework is "Implementing privacy-enhancing solutions during the design phase of products, when possible."

A simple, low tech way to do just this is the use of an RFID shielded badge holder for personal ID cards that are RFID enabled. As many government employees are carrying a PIV, and CAC as their primary form of photo identification, these shielded badge holders protect the person's valuable private data that  can be encoded on the card's RFID chip.


Read more on protecting your card with RFID shielded secure badge holders here.

Portland Schools Get Serious about Security

Portland Public School officials Address new Security

We say - nice job, Portland School District! If districts are not allowed to enforce simple safety procedures, how are they to keep children and staff members safer? Visitor passes are one of the measures to ensure that adults walking the halls of a school are both authorized and cleared to be there. Visitor Pass Solutions (Data Management) sells a complete line of these types of passes, and Laminex is a full-line distributor.

See what self-expiring visitor passes might offer your organization. Check out their new online catalog and call Laminex at (800) 438-8850 if we can help you or answer any questions.

Lanyards for Students and You!

Jefferson County, KY is using ID Lanyards to identify school bus riders this year. Although it may seem like a small item to most of us, a fabric lanyard is the perfect way to identify a class of student or division of an employee from a long distance. Laminex sells thousands of lanyards every week to schools and businesses all across the USA.





Our take: While lanyard color is an easy way to differentiate between students, a fully customized product gets the job done while displaying your school mascot or logo and colors right on the lanyard. See some examples of what your next lanyard order should look like by viewing the Laminex virtual lanyard catalog.

"GoZebra" Printer Trade-In Program

GoZebra 2010: Trade in for cash back!

Through the end of 2010, end users may be able to get as much as $400 cash back from Zebra when they trade up to a new card printer model like the ZXP Series 8. See details on this offer, and contact Laminex for pricing information on your new card printer today!

ZXP-8 from Zebra

We ♥ ZXP-8 from Zebra. If you have not yet seen this printer run, then you really need a demo. The ZXP will output cards at up to 190 per hour in brilliant photo-quality color. ZXP will change the way you think about ID card printers... for the better.

Parking Passes - for your College or University

Well folks - it's about that time again... time for back to school shopping!

If you are part of a University or College, and are in need of parking passes for your student body and staff, look no further than Laminex. We are a complete supplier of printed secure passes and labels to help you secure your campus today!

View our assortment of parking passes in our new online catalog.