Card Industry Game Changers: Blockchain, NFTs and Phygitals
Blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have the ability to advance the card industry, similar to gift cards when they were introduced into the market. There’s no doubt it…
Printing Ink Solutions Promote Sustainability
By Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Sustainability in materials and processing is a durable trend in card manufacturing today. Most attention is given…
When Design Meets Security
By Amaury Chasseux, Head of Product Management, Identity BL at SPS/SURYS ID cards are one of the most common documents that you will find in anybody's wallet today.…
A Winning Combination: Digital Printing and Sustainability
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Digital printing in the card manufacturing industry has grown, as advancements persist. The need to produce sustainable products continues to drive this…
CardTREX: An Invaluable Experience
ICMA’s CardTREX Europe and CardTREX North America events provided card industry professionals with indispensable industry insights and networking opportunities specific to the regions of the world in which…
4 Top Ways to Manage Global Challenges Through Standardization
Standardization in the payment card industry, on the material level, brings multiple benefits to a company. By reducing complexity, it increases the efficiency in the whole value chain…
How the Card Manufacturing Industry Can Go Green
The card manufacturing industry has a responsibility to go green through reducing resources, reusing materials and recycling products. Matteo Panetta, area sales manager at SPICA and a member…
ACE: Designed to Advance Career Development and Company Reputation
Training and development of employees across all industries are key to helping companies boost job satisfaction, acquire and retain top talent, improve productivity and increase profit. According to…
Elevate Your Education, Network for Success at CardTREX
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA ICMA’s CardTREX packs everything you want from a card industry conference into a day-and-a-half event. CardTREX North America and CardTREX Europe are…
Creativity in Card Design Trends
By David Tushie, Magellan Consulting Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Some of the presentations made at the last couple of ICMA events have focused on the application…