Two German firms bag Nepal e-passport contracts

Veridos and Muehlbauer will deliver 6.4 million passports over five years.

Two German security printing companies—Veridos GmbH and Muehlbauer ID Service Gmb—have won the new e-passport contract, ending the domination of the French firm IDEMIA Identity and Security France SAS for a decade and half. The Department of Passports on Thursday issued letters of intent to award the two contract packages to the pair of Germany-based companies.