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CARD MAKING Getting Carded The fast-growing gift card sector represents new opportunities for converters, and Mag-jestic Card is employing high quality technologies to serve this market. Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor Mag-jestic Card can process 9,000 cards/hr on the HCP-A100 lamination system from Associated Pacific Machine. s an innovator in the plastic card-printing market for the past 20 years, Mag-jestic Card is both youthfully aggressive and well experienced. With the acquisition of an HCP-A100 fully automated lamination system from Associated Pacific Machine Corp., it now looks forward to further strengthening its overall card production prowess by enhancing its manufacturing capabilities and expanding its menu of card offerings. Mag-jestic, a member of the International Card Mfrs. Assn., serves a nationwide client base with affordable lithoprinted plastic cards. The company also supplies blank cards to surface card printers as well as card personalization, UV litho printing and coating, and prepress production. Largeformat banners and posters round out the product line. Mag-jestic previously installed die-cutting and magnetic tape-laying machines from Associated Pacific Machine 32 | NOVEMBER 2008 A well as pearl and scratch-off security coatings, allow designers uMag-jestic Card LLC | 8250 Nieman Rd., Lenexa, KS to create incredible products at 66214 | 913-438-3354 | www.magjestic.com affordable prices. Printed products come off the press completely dry for faster handling. “This press gives us an edge to complement a Mitsubishi tem reduces material cassette over other printers,” Cline Diamond 2000LS sheet-fed loading and transfer time. says. “It also gives our clients a offset press with in-line ultrabetter creative edge. Designers violet (UV) coating technology. Graphics Are Stunning “Plastic loyalty cards and gift Utilizing the Diamond 2000LS are turning to different coatpress, Mag-jestic prints sophis- ing techniques to grab a cards with renewable balances have become extremely lucrative ticated card products that con- consumer’s eye. Clients can tain stunning graphics. The six- come up with new ideas that marketing tools for retailers,” color, 231 ⁄2x29-in. press handles provide their products with says Wendell Cline, chief opersubstrates in thicknesses from ating officer. “Magnetic stripe more value.” 0.0016–0.024 in. cards are increasingly common The format of the Diamond for door entry and hotel key ap2000LS is versatile to accomplications. Organizations find uSupplier Infot modate specialized products, uAssociated Pacific it easier to control membership Machine Corp. | through the use of plastic cards. including styrene backlit signs, vinyl labels, and product tags. www.apmcorp.com Employing the highest quality A UV-curing system from PFFC-ASAP 302 technologies available further Grafix incorporates UV interuMitsubishi Lithographic enhances our ability to provide Presses | www.mlpusa.com the most productive solutions to deck drying capabilities. UV facilitates photo-quality results on PFFC-ASAP 303 our customers.” plastic cards, static cling displays, uGrafix USA LP | The HCP-A100 laminator clear pressure-sensitive decals, www.grafix-online.de/ processes 9,000 cards/hr. It english features programmable settings and adhesive vinyl products. Special enhancements, such as PFFC-ASAP 304 for pressure and temperature textured finishes and glitter, as control. The closed-loop sysuConverter Infot WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.magjestic.com http://www.apmcorp.com http://www.mlpusa.com http://www.grafix-online.de/english http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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PFFC - November 2008 Contents First Glance Calendar of Events From the Editor Web Lines Process Management News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Narrow Web & Label: What’s New Products TLMI Awards Card Making Web Coating Ink Dispensing Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory Testing & Measuring Products What’s New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index Experience Speaks

PFFC - November 2008

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