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Card Durability Tester Receives Élan Award

Sunbury, PA - April 2008 - The Card Durability Tester from Q-Card wins an Élan Award in the Best Vendor New Product, Process or Material category. The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) presents Élan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence at its annual expo in multiple categories for outstanding card design and innovation.

The Card Durability Tester provides easy-to-load card access with a programmable control panel that allows users to set cycle speeds and test counters. The tester features:

  • Dual or Single (ISO) axis testing
  • Up to six times faster than competing models
  • Test up to 30 cards at a time

ICMA promotes the plastic card industry on behalf of over 200 members in more than 30 countries, earning Q-Card global recognition as a leader in the card testing market.


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Since 1988, Q-Card has designed, manufactured, and supported the most accurate transaction test equipment in the world. We have supplied test equipment to hundreds of companies all over the world.

Q-Card is the official guardian of the world's magnetic stripe standard.

Our popular Mag3x line of magstripe analyzers are used by card manufacturers, transit authorities, banks, personalizers, desktop printer manufacturers, and labs.

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