Plastic cards from A-Z
It is hard to imagine today without plastic cards – they act as a means of payment, identification or storage for information, points and working hours.
They open doors and enable secure data encryption.
We are specialists in the complex field of card production and will be happy to assist you with over 30 years of experience and know-how in your card project. Contact us!
The configuration options are as extensive as the applications.
Card Service AG offers almost all card types, equipment options and finishing variants.
In addition to the classic cards made of PVC, sustainable, particularly durable or purpose-built material combinations are available.
Card formats
Special formats
Layout & Design
Cards for access & payment
Plastic cards from A-Z
Card materials
Card materials
Special effects
Various types of special effects are possible:
Special Effects
Printing and personalization methods
Highest resolution and color accuracy.
Limited opacity properties with full-bleed printing.
Quality close to conventional offset, fixed and variable data can be combined in one printing process. More expensive than offset for long runs.
Suitable for full flat printing, metallic colors, signature fields. Limited print resolution and no pixellated grayscale possible.
Hot stamping, for applying holographic foils or security signature panels.
For variable card labeling in monochrome or 4-color printing.
Limited resolution and color accuracy. Image description.
For variable card labeling in 4-color printing. Higher resolution, color brilliance and accuracy.
More expensive than digital offset for runs of several hundred cards or more.
Personalization, which today is practically only used for credit cards.
Limited number of marking characters and more complex than thermal transfer marking.
More complex personalization process with color-limited options.
Used for specific security-related card applications.
Chip types Printing method:
Equipped with a contact or RFID chip, the plastic card has developed into an electronic key.
There are virtually no limits to the possible applications of smart cards.
Cards - Services
Cards personalization
Mailing
Cards packaging
Cards holders
Print plastic cards yourself
Labeling data
Perforations (holes)
Special perforations
Data delivery:
The file format as well as image, labeling and coding data can be determined by the customer as far as possible.
Please send data by email to: