Merger deal takes Cardxx stock public

WINDSOR — Cardxx Inc., a Windsor-based manufacturer of contacted and contactless smartcards, has merged with International Interchange Corp. and launched itself as a public company.

Cardxx is a 3-year-old company spun off from Icon Industries Inc. Icon, also based in Windsor, incubates new companies and takes their products to market. Cardxx and Icon share space at their Windsor facility, and Icon CEO Harry Tiffany and Chief Operating Officer James Anderson serve as director of operations and chief operating officer of Cardxx respectively. Frank Leo is chairman and CEO.

The company has developed a patented process to manufacture plastic cards that store…