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NXP Supports the Philippines with eGovernment Solutions
Philippines highly secure ePassport and multi-purpose ID
program based on NXP SmartMX2 microcontroller
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) announced that
the Philippines government has chosen NXP’s SmartMX2
secure microcontroller for its modernized electronics passports
(ePassports) and unifiedmultipurpose identification card (UMID)
program. The ePassports program enhances national security
with secure biometric data, encryption and authentication
technology to help reduce document reproduction and
identification fraud for approximately 93 million Filipinos.
According to the standards of the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO), the new Philippines ePassports and
who have been with us for
some time now, safely on
board. We are now offering them
long-term prospects,” says Michael
Peters, Chairman of the Works Council
Mercedes-Benz Bremen plant. “We
need all our new colleagues to meet
the demanding production program
and to be trained and qualified for
the increasing electromobility in
the future. The decisions of the last
months have clearly shown that the Bremen team convinces
through competence and quality. We are very proud and are
looking confidently into the year 2017.”
Mercedes-Benz has completed the year 2016 as successful as
never before and has delivered over two million vehicles to
customers worldwide. The Bremen plant has contributed both
with the volume series C-Class and the GLC as well as with
the models that are exclusively built for the world market in
Bremen. Already in March 2016, the plant management and
the works council had created 200 additional permanent jobs.
The product portfolio of the Bremen plant currently consists
of ten different models. Next to vehicles with conventional
combustion engines, plug-in hybrids of the C-Class and the
GLC are also rolling off the production line. In addition,
the GLC F-CELL – the worldwide first fuel-cell vehicle with
plug-in technology – will be produced in Bremen. With the
confirmation for the new electric SUV of the EQ brand, cars
“Made in Bremen” will cover the entire range of intelligent
multipurpose ID cards will allow Filipinos a more convenient
and secure way of international border crossing and access to
government services.
As a global leader in eGovernment solutions, the NXP SmartMX
secure microcontroller family with world-class security features
make up the core component for secure identity programs.
SmartMX products contain the IntegralSecurity architecture
with more than 100 security mechanisms ready to support
custom-specific electronic forensic features.
Unified Multipurpose ID Card Enables More
Convenience and Functionality
The new Philippines electronic multipurpose identification
drive technologies in the future.
The site is preparing intensively
for the EQ series production. „We
are happy and proud to build two
vehicles with future-proof cutting-
edge technology and zero emissions
in the next years,” states Theurer. “
We intensively prepare our plant and
our employees and thus continue to
be a highly attractive employer in
Northern Germany.”
Electric Offensive by Mercedes-Benz Cars
Mercedes-Benz Cars is consolidating all activities in connection
with electric mobility under the new product brand EQ, and
the Concept EQ gives a clear outlook onto a completely new
generation of vehicles. Mercedes-Benz Cars plans to launch
more than ten electric vehicles by 2025: in all segments from
smart to large SUVs. The company assumes that until 2025 the
proportion of electric vehicles in total unit sales of Mercedes-
Benz will be between 15 and 25 percent. The EQ product
brand is an elementary component of the corporate strategy
for the mobility of the future, which is summarized under the
acronym CASE. The four letters stand for the strategic pillars of
connectivity (Connected), autonomous driving (Autonomous),
flexible use (Shared & Services) and electric drive (Electric),
which Daimler is systematically developing and intelligently
linking.
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