Identix Incorporated
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: IDXX (1985-1991) AMEX: IDX (1991–2006) | |
| Industry | Biometric identification |
| Founded | Mountain View, California, U.S. (August 1982) |
| Founder | Randall C. Fowler |
| Fate | Acquired by L-1 Identity Solutions in 2006 and traded on NYSE Cash offer for NYSE traded stock by Safran (Paris), the technology became part of Morpho Systems |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | www |
Identix Incorporated was an American biometric identification company, founded in August 1982, specialized in creating, producing, and promoting user authentication solutions through the capture and comparison of fingerprints for various security applications and personal identification purposes. Their target markets encompassed corporate enterprise security, intranet and extranet security, internet and wireless web access security, E-commerce, as well as government and law enforcement agencies.
In November 1985, Identix went public and began trading on NASDAQ as IDXX. In 1991, the stock moved to the American Exchange and the trading symbol became IDX.
In October 2003, the company had 550 employees, 250 of them in Minnesota, with offices in four other U.S. states and in the United Kingdom. In January 2006, a $700M merger between Viisage and Identix was announced that would form a combined company with 700 employees. Later that year, Identix merged into L-1 Identity Solutions and traded on the NYSE until it was acquired by Safran of Paris on July 26, 2011 with a cash tender offer and it became part of Morpho S.A.S.