Smart Packaging Solutions is pleased to announce Sylvain Auchère has been
appointed as Sales Director France.

ROUSSET, FRANCE, September 17, 2012 – In order to keep on developing its
activity, Smart Packaging Solutions is strengthening its commercial team, with
the addition of Sylvain Auchère, as Sales Director France.

Sylvain Auchère started his career in the smart card industry in 1997 at Gilles
Leroux, a leading smart card manufacturing equipment provider for the telecom
& pay TV markets, where he has developed a diversified customer base and
structured the service groups. Sylvain joined Datacard Group in 2003 as EMEA
Service & Solutions Manager and held this position until 2006. Then, he was
appointed as acting General Manager for Solutions in EMEA where his group
implemented end-to-end projects for financial service bureaus as well as large
government programs until 2008. Furthermore, at Datacard, Sylvain developed
the sales and partner channels in Africa, the Middle East, India and France
including global accounts.

At SPS, Sylvain Auchère is now in charge of further developing sales in France,
where SPS is already recognized by many large players in the secure
transactions industry.

Philippe Lauri, Head of Sales for Europe said: “The appointment of Sylvain into
our commercial team is in line with our development strategy. France has always
been a major market for the smart card and security industry, and, with Sylvain,
we are very happy to have an expert with a close relationship to our French
partners and clients”.

In related news, SPS will be present at World e-ID Congress, a conference and
exhibition taking place at Nice, France, on September 19 – 21, 2012. Olivier
Brunet, SPS Product & Marketing director, will deliver a presentation on “New
Security Features in ID Documents”.

About SPS
With more than 20 years of experience in the field of smart card technologies,
Smart Packaging Solutions is specialized in the design, manufacturing and sale of
contactless solutions dedicated to ID cards, e-passport and dual interface banking
cards. Headquartered in Rousset, France, SPS employs 100 people. The company
specializes in contactless and dual-interface products, with a recognized micro
packaging expertise. SPS has filed over 120 patents supporting its exclusive
technologies. More information at www.s-p-s.com

Contact
Olivier BRUNET, Product & Marketing director, SPS, contact@s-p-s.com
tel: +33 4 42 53 84 44