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Design & Print
Your card is your brand’s front line. We design and print it in-house.
Explore design & printCard manufacturer · Harare
Secure card production & personalisation
Drive business growth with secure payments. Bank, smart, ID and access cards, made end-to-end in Zimbabwe.
- Secure
- Reliable
- Customisable
- Smart
- Entrust distributor since
- 1994
- Years making plastic cards
- 20+
- Dedicated team members
- 23
- Approximate art-to-proof
- 1 hr
Trusted by Zimbabwe’s banks, insurers, schools and retailers
How a card is made
From raw PVC to your customer’s wallet
Follow one CBZ Bank Visa debit card through our production line in Harare.
Step 7 of 7
- 1 Card body (now) Raw PVC is cut to the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 format: 85.60 × 53.98 mm.
- 2 Print (now) Artwork from our Design House is printed in one shot on the HP Indigo press.
- 3 Laminate (now) A protective overlay is fused over the printed core.
- 4 Embed chip (now) A cavity is milled and the EMV chip module is embedded over the antenna.
- 5 Personalise (now) Card number, dates and name are laser engraved; chip and stripe are encoded.
- 6 Verify (now) Vision verification checks every card before it moves on.
- 7 Fulfil (now) The card is affixed to its carrier, folded and inserted, ready to mail.
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Products
Cards for every programme
Every card is produced to the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 format and personalised in-house.
Capabilities
Everything under one roof
The only Zimbabwean company producing plastic cards end-to-end.
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Personalisation
High-level secure personalisation, in-house, with Entrust.
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Security Features
Security built into the card and every step of issuance.
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Card anatomy
Five layers, laminated into one card
Typical construction of a dual-interface (contact and contactless) bank card.
- 1 Front overlay Clear protective film over the print, with topcoat or DuraGard® laminate.
- 2 Printed front core Your artwork, printed in full colour on the HP Indigo press.
- 3 Inlay with antenna & chip Contactless coil (ISO/IEC 14443) bonded to the EMV chip module (ISO/IEC 7816).
- 4 Printed back core Reverse-side print, signature panel and fine-print terms.
- 5 Back overlay & magstripe Protective film carrying the magnetic stripe (ISO/IEC 7811).
Case studies
Real cards for real clients
Procurement
Common procurement questions
- Do you produce cards locally in Zimbabwe?
- Yes. Cardpro is the only Zimbabwean company involved in the end-to-end production of plastic cards, from raw materials to finished, personalised cards, at our facility in Graniteside, Harare.
- Which card types can you produce?
- Bank cards with EMV chips and contactless, smart cards for medical aid, loyalty and membership, photo ID and student cards, and contactless access control cards.
- Can you personalise and encode cards in-house?
- Yes. With Entrust, we offer high-level secure personalisation in-house: magnetic stripe and smart card encoding, laser engraving, embossing and colour printing on the Datacard MX2100.
- How quickly can we see a proof?
- Our HP Indigo press allows an art-to-proof time of approximately one hour, and alterations can be made before production.
- Can we issue cards ourselves?
- Yes. We supply and support Entrust Sigma DS2, DS3 and DS4 and Matica MC310 desktop card printers, plus PVC cards, ribbons and printheads.
- What support do you offer after delivery?
- Our support team responds through phone, email, live chat and a dedicated customer support portal, with prompt acknowledgement and progress updates.
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We would love to hear from you.
Tell us the card type, quantity and date you need them by. Our sales team will come back to you.