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Ordering your card stock: Understanding plastic card production can help

Thursday, August 1, 2002 in Library

According to the International Card Manufacturing Association’s Global Card Survey, nearly 9 billion plastic cards were produced in 2000. There is an entire industry devoted to the science of plastics–from creating the ingredients and recipes to producing usable components. While a thorough understanding of the science is unnecessary for most of us, it is important to understand the basics so that we can make good decisions when purchasing plastic cards and can spot problems if failures arise.

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