SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, Dec. 5, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Identive Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVE) (Frankfurt:INV), a provider of
products and services for the identification, security and RFID
industries, today announced that it has shipped an additional 122,000
SCR3310v2.0 smart card readers to support Spain's national electronic
ID card program.

The smart card readers will be used to promote the use of the DNI
electrónico, or electronic ID card, which the Spanish government
launched in late 2009. More than half of Spain's 46 million citizens
now carry the eID cards. By providing card readers free of charge, the
Spanish government aims to encourage individuals and businesses to use
the secure DNI electrónico to access eGovernment, eBanking and
eAdministration applications, as well as to digitally sign documents.
Several Spanish commercial sponsors also are supporting the project
with special services and promotions that leverage the security and
convenience of the eID card.

"We are very pleased that our SCR3310v2.0 readers are being utilized to
provide support for the Spanish government's eID program and to help
both citizen and the government to experience the full benefits of this
national ID scheme. Our long experience with large-scale government
projects together with our flexibility in meeting customer requirements
makes us a preferred partner for such projects," said Dr. Manfred
Mueller, executive vice president of Identive Group and managing
director of the Company's ID Infrastructure division. "The DNI
electrónico project offers substantial advantages to citizens as
well as businesses: online forms for government services can be filed
and processed faster, and eBanking applications can be conveniently
executed."

Identive received this most recent order for eID readers from red.es,
an entity within the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade,
through its distribution partner in Spain, Algoritmos Procesos y
Diseños (APD).

About Identive

Identive Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVE) (Frankfurt:INV) is focused on
building the world's signature company in Secure ID. The company's
products, software, systems and services address the markets for
identity management, physical and logical access control, NFC and a
host of RFID-enabled applications for customers in the government,
enterprise, consumer, education, healthcare and transportation sectors.
Identive's mission is to build a lasting business of scale and
technology based on a combination of strong technology-driven organic
growth and disciplined acquisitive expansion. For additional info
visit: www.identive-group.com.

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