• Premium Quality Range
• Durable & Stylish
• Heavy Weight Metal
Veneer cards (16gms):
Stainless Steel with
Polymer Back Layer
Mirror Metal (21gms):
Stylish High Quality Mirror Finish
Full Metal Cards (21-28gms):
Heavier gauge stainless steel with
reduced polymer layers
Research show that:
70%
of consumers would prefer to have
a metal card over a PVC card
Our cards are made from:
65%
Post-Consumer Recycled Steel
Introducing Metal Cards
Metal cards are our fastest growing product. Providing ultimate in luxury, these cards truly stand out from the crowd. Tag Systems UK produce metal cards enhanced with laser engraved personalisation, allowing card issuing banks to offer customers a truly outstanding product.
Tag Systems UK President Ronnie Hart; ‘It is an exciting time to be producing cards for the financial sector, we are seeing a huge range of elaborate designs and paytech features. We are delighted to be offering elegant metal cards in our card program portfolio’ Crafted from sheets of metal, these exclusive cards are reassuringly weighty, durable and available with a polished sheen or brushed metal finish. Cards are embedded with the same chip technology as a standard payment card and personalised with the latest laser technology.
‘Our state-of the-art laser engraving technology has been designed to enhance the metal card product with precision personalisation. Cardholder details are engraved into the card, increasing both the durability and opulence of the finished card’ added Ronnie.
Steel is the World’s Most Recycled Material
The metal layer in all our products is comprised of 65% post-consumer recycled stainless steel For every million metal veneer cards manufactured, approximately 13,500kg of material is save from going to landfills.
Metal Card Options Available:
Echo Mirror Metal Cards
Show how sleek your brand can be. The Mirror Metal card’s shine won’t dull thanks to the newly-developed scratch-resistant finish. Add crisp laser engraving to make the card your own.
• Weight: 21 grams
• Dual interface/ contact compatible
• Front metal layer with polymer reverse
• Magnetic stripe compatible
• Metal production techniques for front only
• Conventional printing for polymer reverse
• Mechanical engraving/chemical etching
• Laser engraved personalization
Metal Veneer
Our premium quality Metal Veneer card is constructed using a heavyweight stainless steel front layer along with a high quality polymer reverse. This outstanding heavyweight card is perfect for the mass affluent market.
• Weight: From 16 to18 grams
• Dual interface/ contact compatible
• Multiple colour design options
• Magnetic stripe compatible
• Conventional printing for polymer reverse of card
• Mechanical engraving on card Front
• Laser engraved personalization
• Crystal embedding
• Metal composite card construction, front metal layer & polymer reverse
Full Metal
The ultimate in premium/luxury metal cards weighing at up to 28 grams, this really is an outstanding heavyweight in the metal card range of cards that epitomises everything that a high-end looking premium card should be.
• Weight: 21 grams or full metal DI
• Weight: 28 grams for contact full metal
• Dual interface/contact compatible
• Durable color coating
• Individually embedded security features
• Magnetic Stripe Compatible
• Metal production techniques for front and back
• 24K Gold, Crystal and/or Diamonds embedding only on contact card
• Mechanical Engraving/Chemical Etching
• Laser engraved personalization
• Dual interface double-tap functionality
Metal Hybrid
• Weight: 16 grams
• Dual interface/ contact compatible
• Front metal layer with polymer reverse
• Magnetic stripe compatible
• Metal production techniques for front only
• Conventional printing for polymer reverse
• Mechanical engraving/chemical etching
• Laser engraved personalization
• 24K Gold, Crystal and/ or Diamond embedding
• PVD* Front & Back coating. *Physical Vapor Deposition.
Ceramic Metal
• Weight: 26 grams (Full Metal)
• Weight: 16 grams (Metal Hybrid)
• Dual interface/ contact compatible
• Front metal layer with Polymer reverse layer
• Ceramic clad with metal core
• Magnetic stripe compatible
• Laser engraved personalization
• 24K Gold, Crystal and/ or Diamonds embedding
• Mechanical engraving/ chemical etching
Issuing with Visa, Mastercard & Union Pay
Card construction for Veneer, Embedded Metal, Hybrid and Full Metal are approved by Visa, MC & Union Pay.
Some specific elements of the design approved by Visa and MC (ex: logo engraved mechanically).
• Each bank needs to request a waiver
• Metallic DI cards not meeting EMV specs for reading distance (3cm instead of 4cm)
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