Multos International originated as the smartcard division of Australian company Keycorp Limited, a pioneer in the area of secure, multi-application smartcard technologies, working in the field since 1993. We were among the first organizations to join the nascent open standards groups of both the MULTOS Consortium and the JavaCard Forum in the 90’s, and have subsequently become the world’s prime supplier of MULTOS technology.
In 2008, Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, acquired Keycorp’s smartcard business assets, to create Multos International. In 2019, we became part of the Thales group.
20+ YEARS OF MULTOS
1993
BEGINNINGSKeycorp
Keycorp starts smartcard development
1997
CONSORTIUMMULTOS Consortium Created
First MULTOS products
2004
MORE PRODUCTSProduct Development
First MULTOS step/one products
2005
MORE PRODUCTSProduct Development
First MULTOS dual-interface products
2008
ESTABLISHEDMultos International
Multos International was established
2013
500,000,000MULTOS Grows
MULTOS volume hits 500 Million pieces
2017
20 YEARS OLDMULTOS turns 20
1 Billion devices shipped!
2019
BIOMETRICSBiometric Cards
First MULTOS biometric cards
2022
2,000,000,000MULTOS grows
2 Billion devices shipped!