UIN project-Bartronics will be the major beneficiary


The Government is setting up the project for Unique Identification Authority to provide Unique Identification Numbers to all Indian citizens for getting all Government services in a easy way. The main purpose of this project is all Indian citizens must have identity card which provides the security in the country. This UIN number will contain all the identity of a citizen from birth to death. Mr.Nandan Nilakeni has been appointed as Chairperson of Unique Identification Authority of India. He served as a co-chairman of Infosys.

Market sources said that Bartronics India (CMP:Rs.181) will be the major beneficiary from this project as the company is having majority stake in Smart card technology and radio frequencey solutions.


Bartronics India incorporated in 1990, Bartronics is a Hyderabad based company that started with providing solutions in Bar Coding, one of the oldest AIDC technologies, RFID, POS, Smart Cards working as AIDC division, RFID division, Smart Card Division and Retail-IT division in separate.The AIDC industry is moving rapidly towards the use of RFID in a number of high-value and high-volume market segments.


The RFID market is expected to jump from $1.4 billion annually this year to as much as $3.8 billion in 2008, according to a study by Allied Business Intelligence Inc. It is still in a nascent stage but there are several factors, in addition to dropping chip prices, which are driving the growth of RFID as an enabling technology.


BIL’ product range includes Barcode scanners, Barcode printers, Barcode Decoders, Smart Card Readers, Data Collection Terminals (DCTs) and Portable Transaction Computers, Radio Frequency (RF) and InfraRed (IR) based equipment and Access Control Systems. It also provides PVC Cards, Magnetic Cards, Smart Cards and contactless/ Proximity Cards to its clients across the world.Bartronics is a largetst provider and high-end supplier for Barcoding Printers and Scanners, HHTs, DCTs, Media Supplies like Direct Thermal Labels, Thermal Transfer Labels and Tags in addition to Universal Access Points and Vehicle Mounted computers.BIL’s clientele include government establishments, MNCs, large private sector corporates and the Retail Industry at large.


A few of its prestigious clients are HLL, ABB, Hero Honda, ITC, Ranbaxy, TCS, L&T, Ranbaxy, Cummins, GM.AIDC is now being seen as a radical and revolutionary data carrier and identifier discipline with principles and practices that can be applied virtually to every sector of industry, commerce and services where data is handled and needs to track and trace individuals, materials and equipment. Moreover, RFID is a technology that holds tremendous potential and BIL is certainly in a position to leverage its expertise.Bartronics is poised to grow well in coming years


Bartonics India is having equity capital of Rs.28.98 crore with a face value of share is Rs.10 the current price discounts the March'09 EPS of Rs.16.40 by PE just 11.03 times

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