- CEO
- Jae-Won Lee
- Full Time Employees
- 62
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Miscellaneous commercial services
- Address
- Seongnam-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Jul 11, 2008
- Business
- Suprema HQ Inc. is a South Korea-based holding and technology company primarily engaged in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of biometric security, identity management, and physical access control solutions. The company operates across multiple core segments, providing hardware, embedded technologies, and software platforms for security, time and attendance, and identity authentication applications globally. Its comprehensive product and service portfolio comprises: Biometric Access Control and Time and Attendance Terminals, including artificial intelligence-driven facial recognition terminals (BioStation 3, BioStation 3 Max, FaceStation F2, and BioEntry W3), high-performance optical and capacitive fingerprint readers (BioStation 2a, BioLite N2, and BioEntry P2), intelligent multi-door controllers (CoreStation), and multi-credential radio-frequency identification (RFID) and QR code readers (XPass 2 and XPass Q2); Identity Management and Live Scanning Solutions, consisting of FBI-certified optical fingerprint live scanners (RealScan series) and electronic passport and multi-modal e-document readers (RealPass series) utilized for civil enrollment, border control, and forensic law enforcement; Security Management Software and Cloud Platforms, encompassing BioStar X, an enterprise-grade unified security and video analytics platform; BioStar 2, a web-based open architecture security management platform; BioStar Air, a cloud-native access control-as-a-service (ACaaS) platform paired with the Suprema Pass mobile credential application; and CLUe, an open API device-to-cloud integration architecture; Embedded Biometric Modules and Software Development Kits (SDKs), offering compact fingerprint optical sensor modules (SFM series and BM-Slim series) and development toolkits for integration into third-party hardware and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) systems; Mobile Access Technologies, developed through subsidiary MOCA System Inc., featuring the Airfob Space mobile access platform and Airfob Patch hardware for retrofitting legacy card readers; and Corporate Services, including management consulting, brand licensing, investment activities, and real estate leasing operations.
In recent developments, Suprema HQ and its group affiliates have strategically accelerated the transition toward cloud-native architectures, artificial intelligence governance, and enterprise-grade converged physical security. The company launched BioStar X, a next-generation unified platform integrating biometric access management with AI video surveillance and perimeter defense, alongside BioStar Air, its fully cloud-hosted access control management system designed to eliminate on-premises server infrastructure. The group expanded its hardware lineup with the deployment of the BioStation 3 Max high-throughput biometric terminal and the XPass Q2 multi-credential reader. Furthermore, the company introduced the CLUe cloud API integration platform to streamline third-party interoperability with property technology and enterprise resource management software. On the regulatory and compliance front, Suprema obtained the ISO/IEC 42001 certification for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS), validating the security, privacy, and ethics of its AI biometric algorithms, and achieved European Union CE Radio Equipment Directive (CE RED) cybersecurity compliance.
Originally founded in May 2000 as Suprema Inc., the company restructured its corporate hierarchy in 2015 and adopted the Suprema HQ Inc. corporate name in February 2016 to manage group subsidiaries and investments, while maintaining operating affiliate Suprema Inc. for biometric hardware and systems, Suprema AI Inc. for computer vision algorithm development, and MOCA System Inc. for cloud mobile credentials. Headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Suprema HQ Inc. serves commercial enterprises, government institutions, financial institutions, critical infrastructure operators, healthcare organizations, and data centers across more than 140 countries through an extensive international network of regional offices, distributors, and system integration partners.