ICMA welcomes CardsPlus with open arms

CardsPlus is proud to join the International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) this year!

Joining the select few of the world's finest card manufacturers is a great kudos to our team who has worked hard to ensure that the cards leaving our factory is only of the highest international standard.
What is the ICMA?

According to ICMA, "The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) serves the dynamic card industry and the various companies and organizations involved in manufacturing and personalizing these cards. Billions of cards now fill pockets and purses throughout the world. As the complexity of card manufacturing and applications has increased, so have the production, standards, quality, security and environmental issues surrounding the cards. The need to bring together these diverse elements of the card industry led to the formation of the ICMA."

What does this mean to our clients?

If your preferred plastic card supplier is a member of the ICMA you can rest assured that the provider has met and exceeded the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards. The ICMA ensures that all of it's members adheres to a strict set of guidelines that consistently provides high standards and excellent quality.

We are very excited to add the ICMA's recommendation to our printed plastic cards! Want to see you for yourself what all the fuss is about? Why not drop us an email?

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Securex- A great opportunity to see the best in action!

Residing in South Africa, we see that security is at forefront in any South African's mind. We're concerned with not just preventing crimes in ones home or business but crimes of fraud and corruption in corporations or even government institutions. With this in mind, plastic card security is crucial in any application - but even more so in credential management or Identification card programmes. Fraud of any sort completely undermines the control of the card.

Securex is an exhibition that focuses on security channels of all kinds, from access control to residential alarming systems. CardsPlus has taken this week to broadcast and demonstrate the high security features of XID retransfer printers at this show. Revealing hidden security features capable on these machines as well as the high print quality that allows for effective visual security features, the XID printers truly demonstrated the difference that 12 years of quality technology can make!

We still feel confident that EDIsecure's XID family of retransfer printers can simply not be beaten.

If you missed us at Securex and are interested in viewing the XID 8300 in action, please give us a call on 086 16 CARDS and book your appointment today!

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Now Introducing: ExpressCards!

Visitors of our stand at Markex were privy to a very special and very exciting new service that CardsPlus will now be offering.

ExpressCards is ready to revolutionise the printing industry!

We understand that sometimes things don't work out exactly as planned. Maybe someone forgets to place the card order- or maybe the artwork took too long to get to you- or maybe your product launch is tomorrow and promotional cards will be just the detail that will skyrocket sales. No matter the delay, CardsPlus is here to help!


What is ExpressCards?

ExpressCards is a new service offered by CardsPlus for printed plastic cards. For print runs of up to 5000 cards, CardsPlus now is giving the option to have the cards printing and dispatched even faster than before.

You can choose!

- Do you need cards printed and dispatched in just 24 hours? ExpressCards can help!
OR
- Do you need cards printed and dispatched in just 5-7 days? ExpressCards can help!

But what about QuickCards?

Our most popular service QuickCards will still be readily available to get you your cards in 10 days or fewer. With a wide range of features and high service value the QuickCards service won't be heading anywhere!

How do I know if my card order is eligible for the ExpressCards service?

ExpressCards is currently designed for urgent card runs that:

- Range between 1 card and 5000 cards
- are printed in full colour on one or both sides

Your ExpressCards can also have any or all of the below features:

- Serialised numbering
- Photo and text insert
- Barcodes
- HiCo or LoCo magnetic stripes for self encoding purposes

and more!

Of course, you are always welcome to give our helpful sales team a call on 086 16 CARDS (22737) to find out more details!

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EDIsecure Printers in US Driver's License Solution

EDISecure printers, and Digital Identification Solutions, continue to prove themselves as THE choice solution for plastic card solutions. This week, DISO announced receipt of orders for three separate driver's license programs in the United States, adding to the already established programmes in South Carolina and Mississippi.
Secure ID reported that this brings the number of EDIsecure printers and laminators installed in United States Driver's programmes to 600.

CardsPlus is a proud to be a certified solution provider of EDIsecure printers and products to sub-Sahara Africa, proving that we chose to provide only the best in quality and technology to the Southern Africa market.

Contact CardsPlus at +27 11 894 3914 to learn more about the EDIsecure family of printers.

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