Smart cards with a built-in display

According to Eurosmart, 2007 marked a 20% growth of the smart card industry around the world. NanoMarkets, LC also published a report named "Thin-Film and Printed Batteries Markets" where it predicts a revenue of 265 million by 2010 from the sale of point-of purchase displays, powered smart cards, and other gadgets using a thin battery technology.

Solicore, the creator of Flexion flexible batteries, is a company that is powering up this new developing industry by providing a product that makes it possible to build in small displays onto plastic cards.  Using such feature with a credit or debit card transaction opens a door of unlimited opportunities to providing customers with secure and fraud resistant plastic cards.

"Internationally, powered display cards have become one of Solicore's core areas of concentration in the embedded powered solutions market," says Solicore CEO David Corey. "SmartDisplayer has fueled the advancement of powered card technology, further expanding the demand for Solicore's Flexion batteries."Solicore will present its technology at CTST 2008 annual smart card and security show on May 12-15, 2008 in Orlando, Florida