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Third Party Verification for
New Card Materials

Expert Consulting Services

"Green" and "Sustainable" materials

  • BioPVC
  • Biodegradable and Compostable
  • Paper
  • Corn and other PLAs (Polylactide Acids)
  • Recycled content

We're the Experts in New Card Materials

  • Physical Testing (life, durability, delamination, bend and torsion, many more)
  • Functional Testing (antennas, rfid, magnetic stripe, many more)

Certification Experts

  • We can help you get certified for ASTM, CEN, ISO and DIN standards, plus the new ICMA eco label standards
    • ICMA EcoLabel
    • ASTM 6400, 5338
    • CEN (European Standardization Committee) EN13432
    • ISO 14855, 17088, 20200, 16929
    • DIN V49000 (German Institute for Standardization)

How to Get Started

Contact us to speak with one of our experts. We can help guide you through this emerging growth market of new materials for cards. Ask for a free copy of "Verifying Environmental Responsibility", a presentation about new card materials given at a recent ICMA meeting to card manufacturers from around the world. Email us at info@q-card.com or call 570-286-7447.


Go Back

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.

Our strategic partnership with Micropross allows us to offer the most advanced smart card test equipment in the world.

Learn more about Q-Card products for your facility.