Republic of Guatemala
National ID Card
In 2016, the National Registry of Persons (RENAP) of the Republic of Guatemala awarded Mühlbauer for the delivery of an overall of 6 million pre-personalized identification documents (DPI) used for the Guatemalan ID and Resident Card. In November 2019, Mühlbauer has been once more awarded for the delivery of pre-personalized identification documents.
As main solution partner, Mühlbauer ensures the provision of polycarbonate Smart Cards in ID-1 format. According to the international standard ISO 7810: 2003 Identification Cards, all cards are equipped with a contact-based chip with an EEPROM of 80 KB. The multi-application card is endowed with a Match on Card applet, which enables convenient and secure fingerprint authentication, as well as with PKI and an ICAO ID and travel applet.
Mühlbauer pre-personalizes all high-secure cards and the chips they contain at the Technology Center at the company headquarters in Roding (Germany) and delivers them in batches to Guatemala. At the RENAP headquarters in Guatemala-City, Mühlbauer also provides all necessary support for a seamless card personalization process with the desktop card personalization system MB SCP 60 and the mid-volume personalization system MB SCP 1500.
In 2022, Mühlbauer received the assignment to upgrade the current ID card, which shows a greyscale picture of the holder, with a state-of-the art ID card with full colour picture. The sophisticated MB ALFRESCO® PICTURE technology smartly combines color picture personalization with laser engraving, achieving highest protection against counterfeiting. In 2023, new SCP 2000 smart card personalization systems were delivered to Guatemala and a new PKI system was installed.
Thus, Mühlbauer has meanwhile received its 6th order in 8 years, which proves the good cooperation of the German company with the Central American country.
