CPI Card Group Achieves Idealliance G7® Master Qualification
May 23 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
CPI Card Group (Nasdaq:PMTS)(TSX:PMTS), a global leader in
financial and EMV® chip card production and related services, today
announced that its Fort Wayne, Ind. plant has achieved G7® Master
Qualification. The qualification is awarded by Idealliance®, a
not-for-profit industry group dedicated to guiding print production
best practices, specifications, and standards, worldwide. With this
achievement, CPI Card Group joins a select group of print service
providers who have successfully completed training, examination and
qualification process of their print production processes,
validating their capabilities to the highest level of global
industry standards and specifications.
G7 is Idealliance’s industry-leading set of best practices for
achieving gray balance and is the driving force for achieving
visual similarity across all print processes. The application of
this method enables printers to reproduce a similar visual
appearance across all printing types and substrates.
CPI Card Group is an industry leading provider of payment card
production and related services for credit, debit and prepaid debit
cards including EMV chip, personalization, instant issuance,
fulfillment and mobile payment services. While the Company is
well-established as a print provider, CPI Card Group maintains a
reputation for constantly raising the bar for excellence and looked
to Certified G7 Expert, David Hunter and the Idealliance G7 Master
Program to achieve further productivity gains to better serve its
customers’ need for brand color quality and control.
“Achieving G7® Master Qualification is representative of our
dedication to delivering the highest standards of consistency and
quality in our printed products,” says Steve Montross, president
and CEO of CPI Card Group. “We have always prioritized aligning our
products and services to best meet our customers’ goals and
objectives. The G7 method not only ensures that our printing
performance is maximized, it helps our customers see the benefits
of high-caliber standardization and enjoy reliable quality and
repeatability in our products.”
"We applaud CPI Card Group for utilizing the G7 Master Program
to assure consistency and quality in their proofing, brand color
management and print processes," commented Steve Bonoff for
Idealliance. "G7 Master Qualification demonstrates a level of
control and expertise that places CPI Card Group at the top of
their field. We applaud their leadership, commitment and support of
the G7 Master Qualification Program."
About CPI Card Group
CPI Card Group is a leading provider in payment card production
and related services, offering a single source for credit, debit
and prepaid debit cards including EMV chip, personalization,
instant issuance, fulfillment and mobile payment services. With
more than 20 years of experience in the payments market and as a
trusted partner to financial institutions, CPI’s solid reputation
of product consistency, quality and outstanding customer service
supports our position as a leader in the market. Serving our
customers from ten locations throughout the United States, Canada
and the United Kingdom, we have the largest network of high
security facilities in North America, each of which is certified by
one or more of the payment brands: Visa, MasterCard, American
Express, Discover and Interac in Canada. Learn more at
www.cpicardgroup.com.
About Idealliance
Idealliance® - Where media creators and technology communities
collaborate to craft best practices, advance standards, and certify
people, processes, and systems to achieve the highest performance
in creation, production and delivery of graphic communications.
EMV is a registered trademark or trademark of EMVCo LLC in the
United States and other countries.
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ICR Inc. for CPI Card GroupLaura Anderson,
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