ICMA Recognizes Leaders in Card Manufacturing (April 17, 2014)
The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) celebrated leaders in the card manufacturing industry last week, presenting its Élan Awards for Excellence at the annual Card Manufacturing and Personalization EXPO in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. An independent panel of card industry experts recognized one winner and two finalists in each award category, with judging decisions based on nine unique criteria. Awards were presented to winning manufacturers and their card customers.
The 2014 Elan Awards finalists and winners are:
Secure Payment Cards
Finalist: Valid for the Indian Motorcycle Card manufactured for Capitol One
Finalist: CompoSecure L.L.C. and Goldpac Secur-Card Ltd. for the China CITIC Bank Diamond Metal Hybrid Credit Card manufactured for China CITIC Bank
Winner: CompoSecure, L.L.C. for the Lions Bank Master Key Credit Card manufactured for Idea Bank
Loyalty, Promotional, Gift Cards
Finalist: CPI Card Group for the Love You Card manufactured for SVS
Finalist: JET for the Victoria’s Secret Card manufactured for SVS/Victoria’s Secret
Winner: Valid for the Target Gift City Card manufactured for First Data/Target
ID and Access Control Cards
Finalist: Trüb AG for the Washington DC Driver’s License manufactured for Marquis ID Systems
Finalist: Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. for the New York State Enhanced Driver License manufactured for the State of New York
Winner: Bundesdruckerei GmbH for the Governance Card manufactured for Bundesdruckerei GmbH
Unique Innovation
Finalist: Plastek Cards, Inc. for the Fabrek Card manufactured for Grand General
Finalist: CompoSecure, L.L.C. for the Citibank Asia Ultima Metal Hybrid Card manufactured for Citibank Asia
Winner: ABnote for the Qantas Card manufactured for Qantas Airlines
Personalization & Fulfillment (P&F) Product, Service or Project
Finalist: ABnote for the ESSO Ultimate Hockey Fan Pack for ESI Inc.
Winner: Travel Tags for the Starbucks Gold Card Membership for Starbucks Coffee Company
Best Supplier/Vendor New Product, Service or Innovation
Finalist: H.W. Sands Corp. for the PET Bonding Film for bonding dissimilar substrates
Finalist: Cross-Core Technology, Inc. for the PINSeal Scratch Off System
Winner: Otto Küennecke GmbH for the DCS – Document Commissioning and Storage System
People’s Choice (selected by ICMA EXPO delegates)
Finalist: JET for the La Senza Card manufactured for La Senza/SVS
Finalist: CompoSecure, L.L.C. and Goldpac Secur-Card, Ltd. for the China Citic Bank Diamond Metal Hybrid Credit Card manufactured for China Citic Bank
Winner: Giesecke & Devrient America, Inc. for the IHG Rewards Club Card manufactured for Chase
