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Universal Smart Cards are pleased to announce the addition of the all new MIFARE® DESFire® Light card to our product range. This latest member of the MIFARE® DESFire® family, brings with it a whole host of benefits and is ideal for limited and extended use applications.MIFARE® have designed their latest DESFire chip with single-application uses in ..

Universal Smart Cards is extremely proud to announce being awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade.The company was originally founded in Hertfordshire, and now has its Sales & Marketing teams based in Lancashire at Rising Bridge, Accrington, and the Technical and Fulfilment Centre in Portsmouth.Having shipped over 136 million ..

Universal Smart Cards will be attending the world’s largest Internet of Things conference on the 25th April. The expo event will bring together key industries from all over the globe, giving people the chance to explore the latest innovations within the Internet of Things and covers the impact it has on the many industries including manufacturing, ..

For those that haven’t heard of HESCA, it stands for Higher Education Smart Campus Association. Their aim is to provide establishments with a platform to discuss the development and the introduction of smart technology solutions for education campuses. During their events they include a number of presentations from British and international special..

The mobile World Congress is the largest mobile event, which brings all of the latest innovations and leading-edge technology together from more than 2,000 companies. The MWC has a highly-rated conference programme assembling latest’s visionaries to explore the hottest assets in the industry. It gives people the opportunity to get educated through ..

Smart card specialist, Universal Smart Cards have launched the exclusive developer kit for Java Card. The state-of-the-art tool comes as a result of an innovative partnership between Universal Smart Cards and German semiconductor and systems solution manufacturer, Infineon.The kit is designed to work with the latest Java Card platform from Infineon..

Universal have been undergoing a huge project! The move of the technical centre has just finished its final stages and are now settled in to the new establishment. For this move to happen it has taking a lot of hard work and dedication from everyone down at the centre.The technical centre offers a variety of services such as; personalisation, secur..

Universal Smart Cards is proud to announce the appointment of Paul May as our new Director of Sales and Marketing, based at our premises in Accrington, Lancashire.Having worked at Universal Smart Cards for over seven years as a Business Manager and more recently Commercial Director, Paul has been involved in the sale and production of millions of s..

Magicard have recently released their latest desktop card printer, the Ultima, which can now be purchased on our website!The Magicard Ultima is perfect for large organisations that are looking for efficient card printing. With its quick print speed, large 200-card hopper, high yield 1000 print ribbons and a touchscreen interface it’s a great additi..

We are very pleased to announce that Universal Smart Cards are now a Platinum Advantage partner of HID Global for providing Identity Assurance, Physical Access Control and Embedded Solutions.The HID Partner reward program recognises and rewards partner expertise in solving customers security identity challenges. It brings USC the opportunity to bet..