Civintec is running a software partner programme for the Utouch terminal for various applications, such as payment, club membership, access control, time attendance. Several software companies are developing applications with Utouch. Edge Group is one of the partners for access control / time attendance/ visitor system.

Civintec Global is an OEM/ODM manufacturer that specialises in contact/contactless smart card & biometric readers & terminals. "We believe that the software Bond ID of Edge Group will enhance the marketing of Utouch for access control and time attendance system solutions, used for small to large companies. Utouch will be more competitive on the market with the Bond ID powerful functions and we welcome more software companies to set up partnerships with us in the same way." said Mrs. Sally L. J. Fang, the President of Civintec.

Mr. Marko Emer, CEO of Edge Group expressed the confidence of the cooperation: "We have worked with Civintec for years. We are quite confident of the combination of Civintec's hardware and our solution; this integrated solution will satisfy clients for their access control and time attendance systems. This has already been proven on the big stage by our long term experience in software development." Edge Group was founded in 1989 and has developed its business in the areas of access control, time attendance and other advanced software solutions related to the smart card and biometrics technology arenas since then.

The Utouch terminal is a state of the art device which combines smart card with NFC and biometrics. It meets the requirements of most applications on the market such as time attendance, access control, club membership, visitor management, payment, etc.

Edge's 'Bond ID' is a complete modular solution for access control, time attendance and visitor management with all advanced functionalities, suitable for every type of company, from 10 to several thousands of employees. Obtaining monthly results for several thousand employees in less than a minute is said to be the starting point of the company's philosophy. Data can be directly transferred to payroll system.