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Eminence Business Media

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Atlantic Zeiser to attend Cartes 2012 in Hong Kong and Cards Asia 2012 in Singapore


Leading exponent in card personalization technologies Atlantic Zeiser will showcase its innovative cost saving solutions which covers the whole production process – card personalization, data management and mailing & fulfillment. Atlantic Zeiser Group, a world leading innovator in card personalization solutions is to exhibit at the two most important card exhibitions in Asia in March and April - Cartes in Asia, Hong Kong (Hall3/Stand C045) and Cards Asia, in Singapore (Stand 4G05). The market leader will demonstrate significant benefits for the entire payment and pre-paid card value chain - lowering personalization costs and shortening lead times for increased supply chain flexibility.
 
Atlantic Zeiser offers complete system solutions for innovative, personalization and mailing of cards for different requirements. ID- and Flat Financial Cards using innovative DoD (drop-on-demand) technology. This applies also to EMV cards with significantly lower costs per card.  Atlantic Zeiser has pioneered DoD ink jet technology and has established it as an ‘allowed’ personalization technology with all major payment networks including VISA, MasterCard and AMEX. New and enhanced Atlantic Zeiser solutions featured at the shows will meet the needs of those from a wide spectrum of business, from Financial Institutions and the Telecommunication Industry as well as Program Managers, Processors and Card Manufacturers. The versatile print options now allow issuers increased and unique diversification opportunities. Atlantic Zeiser delivers optimized high productivity personalization solutions for ID Cards, Prepaid Cards, Debit Cards and other types of financial cards, Gift Cards (open or closed loop), Multi-voucher scratch cards or lottery applications.
 
The core element of Atlantic Zeiser’s CARD-PERSO-Systems is their in-house designed DoD Inkjet Printing technology for spot color and full color printing with print resolutions of up to 720dpi and speeds of up to 30’000 cards per hour.
 
The presentation at both shows will focus on the following:
 
Atlantic Zeiser’s PERSOLINE is a powerful and versatile platform for the ID- and banking sector that can be easily configured with a wide range of system modules to handle specific applications. PERSOLINE is a very flexible, high volume personalization solution for the most complex, graphical and electrical personalization needs. The advanced high speed solution offers significantly lower costs for consumables using innovative DoD Inkjet printing technology for full face edge-to-edge card printing and personalization. PERSOLINE provides more versatility with integration of various module options and a combination of personalization technologies. Varnishing with a UV curable protective layer for superior abrasion and scratch resistance increases the quality of each card. With the CoolShield lamination module a high level of security and flexibility in the choice of card materials is guaranteed.Target markets are ID cards like government & corporate, driving licenses and healthcare cards, flat financial cards, SIM cards / Pay-TV cards and access control cards. PERSOLINE is still successful installed in ID personalization solutions in Africa, Middle East and South America.
 
PERSOMAIL is a versatile, compact and cost efficient solution for automated card mailing in the middle performance segment. It combines the flexibility of application and processing security for mid-range production volumes or also as a backup for existing high performance systems. Personalized cards can be fed at random as an integrated printer personalizes the card carriers on demand. After card attaching, the inserting unit folds the card carriers, accumulates multi-page sets and selectively adds up to six enclosures. Finally the mail-pieces are inserted into envelopes.
 
VERSAMAIL is a modular, high-speed and cost efficient finishing and mailing system for a wide variety of applications ranging from simple card attaching up to more complex attach & match or attach & personalize jobs required for Financial Pre-Paid Card packaging or envelope-less Loyalty Card mailing. VERSAMAIL offers a running speed of up to 28’000 products per hour while still allowing a high degree of flexibility and a low cost of ownership through short setup times and simple operation with a short learning curve. High attach precisions are achieved using special Atlantic Zeiser designed Pick & Place feeders. VERSAMAIL offers various folding options and allows inline high quality carrier addressing with variable data like numbers, barcodes and addresses. The VERSAMAIL provides Card Fulfillment Perso Bureaus with new service opportunities and enables them to cost-effectively boost their productivity in the booming markets for card packaging and card mailing.
 
Secure PIN module for multi-voucher scratch-off ticketing. The alternative to traditional scratch-off labels and scratch-foils combines high security, low cost of consumables and the outstanding flexibility of the CARDLINE VERSA, providing significant advantages in a highly competitive and cost sensitive market like telephone or lottery scratch-off ticketing.
 
“Atlantic Zeiser is delighted to attend these important shows in Asia in 2012 and share our expertise in full-line card personalization, mailing and data management solutions,“ explains RenĂ© Stoerk, Atlantic Zeiser's Sales Director for Cards Systems, “The broad range of our integrated systems demonstrates our application flexibility. Ranging from Atlantic Zeiser’s innovative and high performance PERSOLINE system for ID card personalization, the PERSOMAIL for compact and cost efficient solutions for card mailing in the midrange segment, the VERSAMAIL system for high-volume card mailings and finally to the new secure capabilities in data management with our software suite PMP“.