NEXT Secures Its First Design-Win for the Touchpad Segment

06 Jan 2025 08:30 CET

NEXT Biometrics (NEXT), a leader in advanced Active Thermal® technology,
continues to strengthen and expand its product portfolio. NEXT has now secured a
significant new design-win with an Asian customer. The customer’s end-user
product is a medical keyboard aimed for industrial use and NEXT will supply the
customer with the fingerprint modules and touchpads for the keyboard. This is
NEXT’s very first design-win for the touchpad segment.

As previously announced, NEXT continues to further develop and strengthen its
product portfolio in the PC and Notebook segments. Following its recent
partnership with a Chinese partner that was announced on October 4th, 2024, NEXT
has broadened its portfolio by also adding the Partner’s touchpad products
alongside NEXT’s own.

The design-win with this Asian customer is NEXT’s first design-win in the
touchpad segment, following the announcement of the above-mentioned partnership.
The customer’s end-user product is a medical keyboard aimed for industrial use,
which will be demonstrated at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in
early 2025.

Joshua Chiu, Senior Vice President, Head of Sales South-East Asia (SEA) at NEXT,
explained the implications of this design-win:
“I believe this is a design-win, which strongly contributes to highlight and
strengthen our position in this promising segment that has significant long-term
revenue potential. The estimated order value for this design-win is in excess of
NOK 3 million with planned delivery during 2025. Following the launch of this
touchpad on keyboard, we are also working with this Asian customer on three
additional touchpad projects, which are expected to be in the market in Q2
2025.”

For more information, please contact
Ulf Ritsvall, CEO, NEXT
ulf.ritsvall@nextbiometrics.com

Eirik Underthun, CFO, NEXT
eirik.underthun@nextbiometrics.com

About NEXT Biometrics
NEXT provides advanced fingerprint sensor technology that delivers uncompromised
security and accuracy for the best possible user experience in the payment and
fintech, government ID, access control and office and notebook markets. The
company’s patented NEXT Active Thermal ® principle allows the development of
large, high-quality fingerprint sensors with superior security level. NEXT
Biometrics Group ASA is headquartered in Oslo, with sales, support, and
development operations in Seattle, Taipei, Tokyo, New Delhi and Shanghai.

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