Gemalto contracted as driving licence maker

Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) has chosen Gemalto Oy as the new driving licence manufacturer, said a press release.

Gemalto Oy was selected in a competitive tender. The contract period runs for four years from April 2019.

Trafi is responsible for sourcing driving licences for a variety of vehicles and permits related to professional drivers’ competence.

The contract covers a total of 19 different licence types for all modes of transport – road traffic driving licences and tachograph cards, locomotive drivers’ permits, seafarers’ certificates of competence, watercraft registration certificates, as well as aviation crew member certificates. Around 400,000 cards are produced every year.

“From Trafi’s point of view the competitive tender can be considered successful, and the tender prices can be kept under control,” observed Trafi Department Head Kimmo Pylväs.

The contact includes the possibility of an extension.

The Vantaa-based Gemalto Oy is a part of Gemalto Group and produces digital security solutions for millions of people worldwide.

In Finland, Gemalto Oy manufactures high technology and high security products for personal identification, such as biometric and visual passports, identity cards, and driving licences.

Gemalto has government customers around the world. It also produces at Vantaa tailor-made high security products for Finnish government customers and banks.