CARD TYPES
Our facility in Lainate produces and supplies several types of cards and smart cards with more than 70 different chips which can even be combined. Our catalogue contains cards with magnetic stripes, barcodes, contact and contactless chips, as well as combo and dual-interface cards, which feature both contact and RFID technology.
We produce cards in standard formats regulated by ISO standards, and non-ISO cards in various formats such as minicards and 3 up cards. We can also produce cards with different dimensions at your request. Magnetic stripes, contact chips and RFID chips can be applied to all these types of cards.
With us, you will always find the right card for your needs. Contact us for more information!
BARCODE CARDS
Barcode cards are characterised by the printing of a number and a barcode, or alternatively a QR Code or Data Matrix. With this type of technology, the data is fixed and unchangeable. Barcodes can be classified into two categories: one-dimensional and two-dimensional.
Loyalty cards and gift cards are typical examples of barcode cards.
MAGNETIC STRIPE CARDS
Magnetic stripe cards are characterised by the presence of a ferromagnetic stripe, black or coloured, on the back. Depending on the coercivity value - the strength of the magnetic field - magnetic stripes can be classified into LoCo (low coercivity, 300 Oe), and HiCo (high coercivity, 2750 Oe and 4000 Oe).
Typical examples of magnetic cards are gift cards.
CONTACT CARDS
Contact cards have a small electronic component called chip on the outside, which is gold or silver in colour and square or rectangular in shape. Chip contact cards are read by inserting it into a reader, ensuring maximum security.
Typical examples of contact cards are access control cards for hotels, campsites, companies, gyms and universities.
RFID CARDS
RFID cards use radio frequency identification technology, which allows the card to be read without any contact with the reader. Particularly reliable, they can be read at a greater distance than contact cards and without the need for specific orientation.
RFID cards have numerous applications: among the most common are access control in hotels, gyms, companies, universities and the charging of electric cars.
COMBO CARDS
Combo cards are cards with independent chips. They can combine up to two contact chips or three different RFID chips, to which the barcode and magnetic stripe can also be added.
Due to their interoperability, combi cards are mainly used in the identification and attendance sector, where access control systems from different suppliers are used.
DUAL INTERFACE CARDS
Dual interface cards are ‘hybrid’ cards, which have both RFID and contact technology on board. In this type of card, a single chip handles both contact and contactless RFID transmission.
Dual interface cards operate in high frequency (HF), at 13.56 MHz.
Their use is common in sectors requiring high levels of security, such as ticketing, EMV payments and regional service cards.
MINICARDS
Minicards are non-ISO cards, which are smaller than cards in the standard format. 3 up cards, pre-cut cards divided into three parts with the same barcode, which are usually used for loyalty applications, belong to this category.
RFID chips can be applied to minicards, for use in the areas of access control in hotels, companies, swimming pools, gyms, and events.
