Beyond COVID-19: Card Manufacturing Market Trends
The card manufacturing industry is experiencing an industrial revolution that is being driven by the pandemic. Although the timing and breadth of recovery is still uncertain, rebounding from…
Demand Increases for ‘Greener’ Card Options
By Kimberly Tjoumakaris – ICMA Public Relations Manager Consumers increasingly say they want brands that embrace purpose and sustainability. And technology and social media have allowed consumers to…
Intelligent Investments Underpin Wise Plant Smartification
By Jennifer Kohlhepp – ICMA Managing Editor and Kimberly Tjoumakaris – ICMA Public Relations Manager Card manufacturing plant smartification can make factories more productive by increasing throughput, waste…
Prelaminated Inlays: The Brain of a Smart Card
By Clothilde Manzano PhD, Marketing Development Manager, Ahlstrom Munksjö and Jessy Khairallah, Founder and Managing Director, Neksta When looking at the card industry worldwide, contactless smart cards are on…
2019 European Card Industry Statistics and Market Trends
By Al Vrancart, ICMA Founder Emeritus and Industry Advisor The European region, which consists of all EU countries, the United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, former Soviet countries and other…
Eco-Friendly Materials in Card Manufacturing
By David Tushie – Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Worldwide, we have seen increased concern with climate change and action to mitigate its progress. In…
Card Manufacturing: An Ongoing Evolution
By Jim Hays – Business Development Manager, CPI Card Group Retailers began issuing charge cards in the 1950s, which evolved to the first universal credit cards that could…
Card Manufacturing Shifts Operations Amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused operational interruptions to all aspects of global life, including the transaction card industry. It is likely these disruptions will continue until there is…
COVID-19 Magnifies Benefits of Smart Factories for Card Manufacturers
Card manufacturers adopting software and hardware advancements are benefiting from more productive factories, better quality products and overall production cost reductions. Those introducing new technologies onto the plant…