Matica Technologies AG announced the appointment of Kenneth Cheung as the new Regional Director for the Printer Division in Asia effective August 4, 2014. He will lead the entire Asian Printer Team and be the responsible for all Matica's subsidiaries in Asia. Kenneth was lately the Director of Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) before joining Matica, promoting applications of smart technologies in the areas of electronic identity, secure access, NFC, mobile and innovative payment as well as urban mobility.

In this capacity, he has worked closely with industry leaders like NXP, Infineon, ST Microelectronics, Gemalto, Visa and MasterCard, etc. At the same time, Matica announced that Mr. Antonio D'Albore has been appointed as the new Regional Sales Director responsible for the sales of Matica's complete system product portfolio in the Asian Region. Antonio most recently served in Matica Systems S.p.A. as Regional Director for the East Asia territory.

He helped develop the systems business into a leading position in the card issuance market in Asia. Prior to being in this position, Antonio was Sales Director Middle East & Asia Pacific at IPM Group.