New cards introduced by Cards Identity to enhance security in organizations.

Cards Identity is pleased to introduce its wide range of products that meet the requirements of a broad spectrum of organisations. These products are manufactured only with the highest quality material that suit a large number of identification needs.

Identification is a necessity in society, be it for the purpose of security or for the purpose of keeping track of articles, vehicles and the like. Identity cards date back all the way to the 13th century when King Henry V of England introduced the passportunder the safe conducts act 1414, the earliest known promulgation of an identity document by the law. After the photography technology became widespread, use of ID cards came especially into effect with various government bodies issuing them. The shapes and sizes of identity cards were standardized in 1985 by ISO/IEC 7810. Modern day identity cards are of several types depending upon the application. Some examples of high tech identity cards are plastic PVC cards, PET cards, Smart cards, magnetic strip cards, UHF cards, and electronic signature pads.

Cards Identity manufactures cards of various types that can be supplied to your card printer, ready to be printed. There is a huge selection of graphic quality ID-cards in the most common sizes, thicknesses and materials.

Printed PVC cards serve the purpose of identification well as their material is sturdy and non-toxic. They are a pre-cursor to the next generation of ID cards with magnetic strips. The magnetic strip on these cards stores various types of information. Such cards are extensively used for banking, parking services, keys in hotels, and company badges for tracking work hours. Recently there has been an introduction of smart cards that contain special devices to record and replay information in a sophisticated manner. These cards contain an integrated circuit embedded in them that make the authentication information available enabling identification and also enforcement of security of the system. A type of smart card is the contact chip card. These cards contain a memory chip that can be encoded or read. These cards contain a microprocessor, a co-processor, a RAM and other features. An entirely different type of card that utilizes radio frequencies is the UHF card. This type of card contains a material that responds to the electromagnetic fields of the reader or is powered by electromagnetic induction. The data from the card is relayed by the material after energy is collected from the interrogating radio waves. These types of cards are very useful in tagging vehicles at parking and toll road payment systems.