Switzerland Luxury Store Deploys Fujitsu Biometric Authentication

Fujitsu announced that Compagnie Financiere Richemont has deployed the palm vein authentication system for security access within its headquarters located in Geneva, Switzerland. Richemont is known as one of the three largest luxury goods holding companies in the world, and carries such world-renowned brands as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Montblanc International, Alfred Dunhill and Vachron Constantin.

Richemont has updated its security access system which incorporates palm vein authentication to implement a high-precision single person walk-in authentication system for the prevention of both property loss and the entrance of non-employees into the office building.

"Palm vein technology is by far the most convenient and powerful biometric system we have tested amongst many biometric technologies. We were looking for a noninvasive system with a high level of security," said Olivier Huguet, CSO at Compagnie Financiere Richemont in Switzerland.

As Richemont handles a large selection of luxury goods for its customers on a daily basis, it was essential to introduce a security access system that was most secure in overseeing a large employee base who handles this merchandise. Due to such factors as humidity, problems arose in the previous security system when it came to authenticating the respective employees who entered the facilities. In order to enhance the level of security, Richemont opted for a single person walk-in security access system capable of monitoring over several thousand employees.

Fujitsu will continue to support Richemont through its collaboration with Sensometrix, in delivering the contactless security access system.