The purpose of this section is to make you understand how the optical-cards were produced in the Landis & Gyr factory of Zug in Switzerland... Pictures, movies, scans and data are shown under agreement of both Landis & Gyr and IPM Companies.

ONLINE SECTIONS with ARTICLES & PHOTOS (links available at the left panel / Content Menu)

"Cards' Production in Zug" : Photos of devices used for the production (caution, large PDF)

"Optical Readers (BSK)" : Pictures of BSK32 readers produced by Sodeco

"Optical Structures" : Very usefull to know which optical-structure for which country

"Photos inside Zug" : Photos inside the factory of Zug

"SK12" : Cards and pictures

COMING NEXT (THIS AREA IS NOW TO BE AUGMENTED WITH NEW FEATURES)

"Quantities of cards produced per countries from 1979 to 2006"

"Production movies inside Zug"

"How to produce an optical card ?"

"Coherent optics"

"The central Laboratory of Zug".

Sincerely yours, Alain Knecht (June 2009)