Arrow to sell NEXT Biometrics fingerprint authentication technology

NEXT Biometrics and Arrow Electronics have entered into a global distribution agreement for Arrow to sell NEXT fingerprint authentication technology.

Arrow will sell NEXT products to its base of customers targeting applications including Internet Of Things and access control as well as personal authentication devices such as tokens, key fobs and other applications. NEXT is launching a range of reference designs and SDK solutions for mainstream embedded platforms to streamline product integration.

“Signing the agreement with Arrow is an important milestone for NEXT,” said Ritu Favre, CEO at NEXT Biometrics. “NEXT will be able to leverage Arrow’s world-class sales and field applications engineering coupled with the company’s broad customer reach and relationships. We are excited to scale and grow our business for large cost-efficient fingerprint sensors for the access control market.”

In a recent interview with Biometric Update, Favre explained how access control is the next area in which the company expects to make major progress.

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