What Smart Packaging Solutions does

Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) is a French-headquartered developer and manufacturer of secure components for identity credentials, payment cards, and currency, operating as the Secure Components brand within the IN Groupe multi-brand platform alongside SURYS (holographic security), NEXUS (trusted identity), and GLEITSMANN SECURITY INKS (central bank security inks). Founded in 2003 and based in Rousset, France, with 101-250 employees, SPS builds its differentiation on patented inductive coupling technology enabling contact, contactless, and dual-interface payment cards, the proprietary LASINK™ family of color-portrait optical security features, Diffractive Optically Variable Image Devices (DOVIDs), secure chips and operating systems, and certified dual-interface payment components.

The company's product portfolio spans identity-document security (LASINK™ 3D, LASINK™ Helios, LASINK™ Origin, eCover electronic passport cover, secure laminates for paper-based and polycarbonate datapages, secure components for PVC, composite, and polycarbonate ID cards, and issuance equipment), payment solutions (eBoost PAY™, Go Green™, Design to PAY™, and Go Active™ dynamic security code), currency protection (security inks, Alphagram foils, Moov threads, and holographic technologies), and vehicle identification. Customers include government agencies issuing passports, national ID cards, and driving licenses; central banks and currency printing plants; financial institutions deploying dual-interface payment cards; transport authorities for vehicle identification; and healthcare providers for e-Health and professional credentials.

SPS operates an enterprise field-sales go-to-market targeting governments and public authorities globally, with full-lifecycle support from strategic consulting through technology transfer, design, production, and implementation. Revenue is generated through one-time license sales of secure components integrated into clients' certified production lines. The firm is privately held with a single disclosed 2011 funding round of approximately $2.66M from FCDE, and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IN Groupe rather than an independently financed standalone business.

Name

Smart Packaging Solutions

Legal name

IN Groupe

Website

https://s-p-s.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS) is a French secure-components developer within IN Groupe, producing patented optical and inductive-coupling components (LASINK™, DOVIDs, dual-interface payment modules) for government identity documents, central bank currency, and bank payment cards globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rousset

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Secure Components Sales: Sale of advanced optical and electronic security components including LASINK portraits, DOVIDs, secure chips, holographic elements, security threads, and security inks for identity documents, banknotes, and payment cards.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS), a brand under IN Groupe, manufactures and sells patented physical and electronic security components used in identity documents (passports, national ID cards, driving licenses, professional credentials), payment cards, banknotes, and vehicle identification. Its portfolio includes LASINK™ color portrait security features, DOVIDs, secure chips and OS, dual-interface payment components using inductive coupling, secure laminates, issuance equipment, holographic security elements, and high-performance security inks. The company also provides consulting, design, production, and implementation services to governments, central banks, and financial institutions worldwide.

Product overview

Smart Packaging Solutions (SPS), a brand under IN Groupe, is a global leader in physical and digital identity and trust solutions. The company operates as a platform of interconnected security component products rather than a single unified product. Its portfolio spans identity document security (LASINK™ 3D, LASINK™ Helios, LASINK™ Origin, eCover, secure laminates, issuance equipment), payment solutions (eBoost PAY™, Go Green™, Design to PAY™, Go Active™ with dual interface components), currency security (secure inks, foils, threads, holographic technologies, security threads), and vehicle identification security. All products integrate patented optical and electronic components, including DOVIDs, secure chips and OS, with value-added features such as dCVV, biometrics, and inductive coupling technologies. The company serves government, business, and public authority clients across transport, healthcare, banking, and currency issuance sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SPS: Secure components as a shield of trust for identities
• SURYS
• NEXUS
• GLEITSMANN SECURITY INKS

Products and services

• LASINK™ 3D Patented optical security component featuring colour portraits for identity documents, providing advanced fraud-resilient protection for government-issued credentials.
• LASINK™ Helios Patented optical security component for identity credentials with enhanced visual security features for fraud-resilient ID documents.
• LASINK™ Origin Optical security component providing color portrait technology for identity document authentication, used by government issuers.
• eCover Electronic cover solution for passports with integrated secure components, designed for government passport issuance programs.
• Secure Laminates for Paper-Based Datapage Security laminates designed to protect paper-based datapages in identity documents such as passports.
• Secure Components for Polycarbonate Datapage Advanced security components integrated into polycarbonate datapages used in passports and other high-security identity documents.
• Secure Components for PVC and Composite ID Cards Security components providing optical and electronic protection for PVC and composite ID cards, including national ID and professional credentials.
• Secure Components for Polycarbonate ID Cards Security components for polycarbonate ID cards with certified dual interface capabilities, used in high-security identity credentials.
• Issuance Equipment Equipment for personalizing and issuing secure identity documents, used by government agencies and credentialing authorities.
• Secure Solutions for Vehicle Identification Vehicle identification security solutions to limit vehicle fraud and enable quick authentication, used by transport authorities.
• Services – Currency Comprehensive services for currency security including strategic consulting, design, production, and implementation, delivered to central banks and currency printing authorities.
• Secure Inks (GLEITSMANN SECURITY INKS) High-performance security inks for central banks and printing plants, used for banknote protection and authentication under the GLEITSMANN SECURITY INKS brand.
• Alphagram Foil (Currency Foil) Alphagram foil security components for currency protection and authentication in banknotes.
• Moov Thread (Currency Thread) Moov Thread security components for currency authentication, embedded in banknotes.
• eBoost PAY™ Dual interface payment solution with patented inductive coupling technology enabling contact, contactless, and dual-interface payment cards for financial institutions.
• Go Green™ Eco-friendly secure payment solution providing environmentally conscious component options for payment card programs.
• Design to PAY™ Patented design solution for payment cards enabling seamless payment experiences, providing card design and implementation services.
• Go Active™ Dynamic Security Code Dynamic security code feature for payment cards providing enhanced transaction security against fraud and counterfeiting.
• DOVIDs (Diffractive Optically Variable Image Devices) Diffractive Optically Variable Image Devices providing advanced optical security for identity credentials, including holographic elements.
• Secure Chips and OS Patented secure chips and operating systems for identity credentials with certified dual interface capabilities for secure transactions.
• Holographic Technologies Advanced holographic components for banknote and document security developed under the SURYS brand.
• Security Threads Highly secure optical security threads for central bank currency protection and authentication.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Linxens: Smart card inlay and micromodule supplier whose antenna-plus-micro-module inductive coupling solutions directly compete with SPS's patented inductive coupling platform for payment, e-ID and transport cards.
• IDEMIA: Headquartered in France and a global leader in secure identity documents, e-passports, driver's licences and payment cards — directly comparable to SPS across identity and payment secure components.
• Giesecke+Devrient: German-based supplier of banknote substrates, security features, secure documents and payment card solutions — comparable end-to-end identity, currency and payment offerings to SPS under IN Groupe.
• HID Global: Provider of secure identity credentials, government ID components and physical access solutions — competes with SPS in polycarbonate and PVC ID card secure components and issuance equipment.
• SICPA: Swiss security inks and authentication solutions provider with deep central bank relationships — directly comparable to SPS's GLEITSMANN SECURITY INKS division for currency authentication features.
• De La Rue: UK-based banknote printing and authentication features supplier — directly comparable to SURYS and GLEITSMANN SECURITY INKS for currency threads, foils and security inks.

Broad incumbents

• Thales (Gemalto / Digital Identity & Security): Large incumbent in digital identity, e-passports, border control, payment cards and government credentials — overlaps SPS across most product lines but as part of a much broader aerospace, defence and digital portfolio.
• NXP Semiconductors: Global leader in secure elements and contactless ICs for payment cards, e-passports and government IDs — comparable to SPS at the silicon layer feeding dual-interface payment and credential programmes.
• Infineon Technologies: Major supplier of security controllers and secure chips for payment cards, e-government IDs and trusted computing — comparable at the chip layer of SPS's dual-interface and secure OS solutions.
• Toppan Security: Provider of secure documents, polycarbonate datapages, holograms and identity credentials — competes with SPS in physical ID security components and full document solutions for governments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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