California Cards & Systems Inc was established in 1996, to provide turnkey solutions for emerging smart card applications around the world. In 2003 CCS added RFID technology to its portfolio to address evolving markets. Located in Palo Alto, California, CCS has participated in these growth industries with the greatest emphasis on providing highest quality systems with the lowest possible cost. It has two established operations; one in California and the other in India in order to leverage and complement regional market requirements. Both organizations are staffed and supported by well-educated and experienced technical advisors, hardware and software engineers dedicated to deliver complete smart card and RFID solutions.

CCS specializes in designing and manufacturing of application specific hardware such as readers, tags and labels and customized applications solutions for smart cards and RFID systems.. In addition, CCS is also a supplier of smart cards and RFID tags and provides support to application developers through its own software development kits (SDKs).