TAINAN, Taiwan, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Himax Technologies, Inc. ("Himax" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:HIMX), a leading provider of fabless display driver ICs and other semiconductor solutions, has announced it will showcase its WiseEye™ ultralow power AI technology spotlighting its palm vein authentication capabilities at Sectech Sweden 2025, an exhibition event focused on security solutions, taking place from Oct. 14 -15, 2025 in Sweden.

WiseEye™ palm vein authentication delivers a contactless and hygienic user experience, enabling rapid identity verification in under 100 milliseconds. It features industry-leading performance with a False Acceptance Rate (FAR) below 1% and superior liveness detection accuracy, making it ideal for seamless integration into diverse access control environments. Built on a privacy-first architecture, WiseEye employs on-device AI to perform real-time palm vein recognition entirely on endpoint devices, eliminating biometric data storage and ensuring maximum privacy and user trust. Moreover, Himax's biometric authentication portfolio complies with Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), one of the world's most stringent data privacy laws, ensuring strong privacy protection and enabling adoption in highly regulated markets. Proven in mass production across a wide range of access control devices, the WiseEye PalmVein Module offers a compact, lightweight, and secure embedded biometric solution with strong privacy protection. The module is certified to PSA (Platform Security Architecture) Level 2, attesting to its compliance with rigorous industry security standards.

During the event, Himax will also unveil its expanded biometric suite, a bimodal authentication solution combining palm vein and facial recognition, meticulously designed to meet customer demand for greater flexibility in smart door locks under all environmental conditions. By integrating two biometric modalities, it enhances both security and user convenience, representing a significant breakthrough in biometric technology for battery-powered smart devices.

Himax invites all interested parties to stop by our exhibition booth at C6:47 (Stockholmsmässan, Älvsjö, Sweden) to experience the future of biometric authentication firsthand. To schedule a meeting or booth tour, please contact Himax at HX_WISEEYE@himax.com.tw.

About Himax Technologies, Inc.

Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) is a leading global fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. The Company's display driver ICs and timing controllers have been adopted at scale across multiple industries worldwide including TVs, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays, among others. As the global market share leader in automotive display technology, the Company offers innovative and comprehensive automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs, advanced in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI), local dimming timing controllers (Local Dimming Tcon), Large Touch and Display Driver Integration (LTDI) and OLED display technologies. Himax is also a pioneer in tinyML visual-AI and optical technology related fields. The Company's industry-leading WiseEyeTM Ultralow Power AI Sensing technology which incorporates Himax proprietary ultralow power AI processor, always-on CMOS image sensor, and CNN-based AI algorithm has been widely deployed in consumer electronics and AIoT related applications. Himax optics technologies, such as diffractive wafer level optics, LCoS microdisplays and 3D sensing solutions, are critical for facilitating emerging AR/VR/metaverse technologies. Additionally, Himax designs and provides touch controllers, OLED ICs, LED ICs, EPD ICs, power management ICs, and CMOS image sensors for diverse display application coverage. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs around 2,200 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan, Germany, and the US. Himax has 2,586 patents granted and 371 patents pending approval worldwide as of September 30, 2025.

http://www.himax.com.tw

Forward Looking Statements

Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those described in this conference call include, but are not limited to, the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Company's business; general business and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use applications products; reliance on a small group of principal customers; the uncertainty of continued success in technological innovations; our ability to develop and protect our intellectual property; pricing pressures including declines in average selling prices; changes in customer order patterns; changes in estimated full-year effective tax rate; shortage in supply of key components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; changes in export license regulated by Export Administration Regulations (EAR); exchange rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage inventory and other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.

Company Contacts:

Karen Tiao, Head of IR/PR

Himax Technologies, Inc.

Tel: +886-2-2370-3999

Fax: +886-2-2314-0877

Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw

www.himax.com.tw

Mark Schwalenberg, Director

Investor Relations - US Representative

MZ North America

Tel: +1-312-261-6430

Email: HIMX@mzgroup.us

www.mzgroup.us

Himax to Showcase WiseEye Palm Vein Authentication Featuring On-Device AI and GDPR-Compliant Privacy at Sectech Sweden 2025