- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Computer communications
- Address
- Seongnam-si South Korea
- IPO Date
- Feb 5, 2016
- Business
- Suprema Inc. is a South Korea-based security and biometrics technology company that specializes in the design, development, and manufacture of integrated access control, time and attendance, and biometric identification solutions. The company operates through two primary business divisions: Physical Security Solutions and Biometric Solutions. Its comprehensive product and service portfolio encompasses facial recognition access terminals, including the BioStation 3, FaceStation F2, and FaceStation 2; fingerprint recognition terminals and readers, including the BioStation A2, BioStation 2, BioLite N2, BioEntry W2, and BioEntry P2; intelligent distributed access controllers, interface modules, and multi-credential readers, including the CoreStation platform, X-Station 2, XPass 2, and Secure I/O modules; integrated management software, centered on BioStar 2, a web-based open platform providing access control, time and attendance management, visitor administration, and video surveillance integration; cloud-based access control services via Suprema CLUe, an API-first Access Control-as-a-Service (ACaaS) platform designed for property technology and smart space management; mobile credential systems, including Suprema Mobile Access supporting near-field communication (NFC), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and dynamic QR codes; and embedded fingerprint sensor modules (SFM series) along with proprietary on-device biometric algorithm chipsets and software, including BioSign, supplied to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for smartphones, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. Suprema Inc. caters to a diversified client base spanning commercial enterprises, government agencies, financial institutions, healthcare providers, educational facilities, data centers, and critical infrastructure operators. Founded in 2000 and restructured in 2015 following a corporate spin-off from Suprema HQ Inc., the company is headquartered in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and distributes its products across more than 140 countries through regional offices and authorized partner networks in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. In recent developments, the company has driven strategic expansion into cloud security architectures and edge artificial intelligence by launching the Suprema CLUe ACaaS platform to scale recurring subscription revenues, rolling out on-device neural processing unit (NPU)-driven facial authentication hardware with BioStation 3, expanding strategic interoperability partnerships with global physical security and video management software leaders such as Genetec, Milestone Systems, and Hanwha Vision, and strengthening enterprise deployment partnerships across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.