The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA) has announced the winners of its 2018 Élan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence."New technologies continue to revolutionise the way the card industry does business and it's exciting to watch how manufacturers, personalisers and suppliers embrace that change and adapt their businesses to respond," says Jeffrey Barnhart, executive director and founder of ICMA. "ICMA is proud to recognise the companies that have produced the best and most innovative products around the globe over the past year."The 2018 winners and finalists were:Best supplier/vendor new product, service or innovationFirst finalist: Tianjin Boyuan New Materials for the B5115-MS20 PET Overlay Second finalist: Covestro for the Makrofol ID4-4 160016 Winner: Otto Künnecke for the Card KioskBest personalisation & fulfillment (P&F) product, service or projectFirst finalist: Bristol ID Technologies for the Wild Waves Theme & Water Park Season Pass manufactured for Legend Data Systems Second finalist: Goldpac for the 2018 City Series Starbucks Gift Card Gift Set manufactured for Starbucks Winner: Placard for the Velocity Frequent Flyer Gold Welcome Pack manufactured for the Velocity Frequent Flyer, Loyalty Program of Virgin AustraliaMANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE AWARDSID and access control cardsFirst finalist: Guangdong Chutian Dragon Smart Card for the Huarong Family Card manufactured for Huarong Xiangjiang Bank & Xiangjiang Card Co. Second finalist: ABCorp for the Republic of Liberia National ID manufactured for Technobrain Winner: IDEMIA for the California Driver's License/Identification Card manufactured for the California Department of Motor VehiclesLoyalty, promotional and gift cardsFirst finalist: Goldpac for the 2018 Filigree My Starbucks Rewards Card manufactured for Starbucks Second finalist: ABCorp for the McDonalds Board of Directors Gift Card manufactured for McDonalds Winner: CPI Card Group for the Victoria's Secret Limited Edition Angel Forever Card manufactured for Alliance Data and Victoria's SecretUnique innovation:First finalist: Plasticard-Locktech International for the Faux Glow Ulta Card manufactured for Ulta Beauty Second finalist: G&D (China) Information Technologies for the Bank of China's Minions Theme Card manufactured for the Bank of ChinaWinner: CompoSecure for the HSBC Lion manufactured for HSBCBest secure payment cardFirst finalist: CPI Card Group for the Uber Card manufactured for Barclays Second finalist: G&D (China) Information Technologies for the Credit Cards with Paintings Themed on the Forbidden City: Yongzheng Emperor Card manufactured for Minsheng BankWinner: G&D (China) Information Technologies for the ICBC's Celestial Constellation Credit Card manufactured for ICBCThe people's choice award, awarded by ballots cast by ICMA EXPO attendeesFirst finalist: CPI Card Group for the Uber Card manufactured for Barclays Second finalist: CompoSecure for the HSBC Lion manufactured for HSBC Winner: Goldpac Limited for the 2018 Filigree My Starbucks Rewards Card manufactured for StarbucksThe 2018 judges included ICMA Standards Representative David Tushie of Magellan Consulting; John Schneiderhan of Sun Chemical and Uwe Trüggelmann of TruCert.
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