Cogent Systems

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Cogent Systems, Inc. is a manufacturer of automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS).

On January 20, 2006, the City of Pasadena (CA) announced Cogent Systems' impending relocation from South Pasadena to Pasadena.[1]

On August 30, 2010, 3M announced they had acquired Cogent Systems for $943M.[2]

On September 2, 2010, Steven Davidoff Solomon of the New York Times wrote about three of Cogent's shareholders objecting to what they considered 3M's low purchase offer.[3]

On December 9, 2016, Gemalto announced they had purchased 3M's Identity Management Business (which includes Cogent Systems, Inc., Document Reader, and Secure Materials Business) for US$850 million.[4]

On May 1, 2017, 3M announced the completion of the sale of its identity management business to Gemalto.[5]

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