ICMA Announces 2020 Élan Awards of Excellence Winners
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA ICMA announced the winners of the prestigious 2020 Élan Awards of Excellence during our association’s inaugural virtual event—ICMA Connect: A Global Virtual…
EcoLabel Sets Standard for Environmentally Intelligent Cards
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA New industry developments in sustainable materials and processes have reached a tipping point in card manufacturing. Consumers’ concerns about climate change combined…
Digital Printing Continues to Advance
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Over the last several years, the card industry has seen a steady advance in the use of…
Digital Printing’s Impact on the Transaction Card Industry
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Anything that can go digital will go digital. Print is no exception. In the transaction card industry, print is not dead—it is…
Creativity Can’t Be Quarantined
by Jon Wilk, CEO, CompoSecure Like many in the payment card industry, most of our business used to be handled face-to-face because we believed that nothing was better…
How to Design Physical Security Features on Electronic Elements to Create a Unique National ID
by Dominique Charrie, Director for ID, SPS/IN Groupe Over the last several decades, electronic components have been increasingly implemented in security documents: national ID cards, driving licenses, health…
Marketing Card Projects to Millennials and Generation Z
by Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Millennials and members of Generation Z are widely known for prioritizing experiences over products. That’s why, according to A2A Studio Solutions Creative…
The Magnetic Stripe as a Design Feature in Plastic Cards
by Aida Aranda, Global Business Development Manager, Composite Materials, Sun Chemical Now more than ever, companies are looking to differentiate from their competitors by creating a solid corporate…
Card Creativity and Design
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative Most of us have heard the adage “necessity is the mother of invention”. By definition, this is…
Digital IDs are Coming
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative With the recent implementation of social distancing around the world, resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, our digital…