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…
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…
About the Art to Imagine a Payment Card
By Dr.-Ing. Milena Niedernhuber, Product Management Director, G+D Despite the rise of more and diverse payment methods, payment cards continuously act as an unique emotional and physical payment intermediate…
Banks Stand Out, Drive Consumer Preference with Payment Cards
By Jorge Lara Villalobos, Strategic Marketing for Payments, SPS, The Secure Electronic Components Brand of IN Groupe Consumers continue to follow the ingrained habit of reaching for a…
Strategies to Reinvent Card Design Using Traditional Materials
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor, ICMA Card designers are always watching for ways to get creative with traditional materials that are readily available in order to simplify the…
International Driver License Standards Focus on Mobile
by Dave Tushie, Magellan Consulting, Inc., ICMA Standards and Technical Representative As we have seen throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the integration of cards with digital devices continues to…