Labcal Technologies sold to Cross Match Technologies

On February 1, 2008, Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric identity management solutions, announced that it had acquired the biometric authentication business of Labcal Technologies Inc., a Canadian based leader in providing ruggedized mobile and wireless biometric solutions for identification and authentication. Cross Match also acquired Labcal's SmartProfile single sign on (SSO) business in the transaction. Cross Match will integrate Labcal's Canadian operations into its global organization. Labcal was advised in this transaction by a team from from Fasken Martineau led by Stéphane Lalancette and including, among others, Mélanie Méthé and Sébastien Roy.