HID Global has congratulated DLRS and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on winning the Regional ID Document of the Year Award 2014 at the annual High Security Printing Conference in Milan for the newly designed Irish electronic passport (e-passport). The award was presented to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.
The Regional ID Document of the Year award aims to promote the best in security printing, system infrastructure and implementation of a government passport, identity or other security card scheme. In presenting the award the conference organizers, Reconnaissance International, recognized the pioneering use of many new high security printing technologies and techniques by the consortium led by DLRS, HID Global and X INFOTECH.
"We are delighted that the newly designed Irish e-passport has gained international recognition," said Joe Nugent, Director of Passport Services, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. "Not only does our new passport use the latest security technologies to protect citizens’ identities but the use of images depicting Irish culture and landscapes has created a sense of pride among our citizens."
The new Irish e-passport is both more attractive and secure than its predecessor and combines the latest security technology with selected imagery that represents the culture, history and people of Ireland. Prime for both security and Irish culture is the image of the Bru na Boinne stone printed using SPARK colour shifting ink technology. Another feature involves images situated on the edge of each pair of pages - when the pages are partially bent for the edges to be side by side, the two images form a complete image. The new passport also features poems from three of Ireland’s best-known poets - Nuala ni Dhomhnaill, William Butler Yeats, and James Orr.
