PPP News

PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING Enhances Contactless Bank Card Capabilities By Adopting The Next Generation Of INSIDE'S MICROPASS® L4 Platform

(St Charles, Ill – February 7, 2007)

Perfect Plastic Printing (PPP), one of the industry's leading manufacturers of traditional and contactless bank cards, today announced that it has adopted the MicroPass L4-2G platform from INSIDE Contactless, to enhance the performance and reliability of the contactless bank cards which it will be delivering into the US market in 2007.

Each year, Perfect Plastic Printing manufactures millions of contactless credit cards for issuers throughout the United States. By adopting INSIDE's new MicroPass L4-2G intelligent hardware platform, Perfect Plastic Printing can streamline its manufacturing process and deliver a new generation of contactless cards that feature better performance and enhanced functionality for their customers.

The MicroPass L4-2G platform provides optimum read distance and requires minimal power consumption for contactless card applications. By providing dual-issuer support for both Visa MSD and MasterCard PayPass, MicroPass L4-2G helps to simplify PPP's logistics and manufacturing processes. MicroPass L4-2G also features new support for development and deployment of third-party transit, loyalty and identity applications with these bank cards.

“INSIDE's MicroPass L4-2G platform delivers greater value through core functional and performance capabilities, while allowing a streamlined card manufacturing operation,” said Matthew Smoczynski, Vice President of Marketing for Perfect Plastic Printing. “Contactless bank cards are gaining significant momentum in the US and around the globe, and we're pleased to work with INSIDE to incorporate the industry's leading technology into our cards.”

“The latest generation of INSIDE's MicroPass intelligent hardware platform has been designed to provide PPP with a multi-brand, multi-application platform with improved performance features for cardholders,” said Didier Serra, INSIDE Contactless' General Manager and Executive Vice President of Sales for North America. “As valued partners since 2005, INSIDE is thrilled to see PPP roll out our latest technology to their issuers, and end-user customers nationwide.

For more information, contact Caryn Bierbauer at 630-584-1600 x 333 or caryn@perfectplastic.com.

About INSIDE Contactless: Founded in 1995, INSIDE is headquartered in France and with global presence in China, Singapore, Poland and the USA. INSIDE is uniquely positioned as the only fabless semiconductor company solely dedicated to the advancement of contactless technology, leveraging one of the industry's largest intellectual property portfolios. Through strategic emphasis in Contactless Payments and Near Field Communications (NFC), INSIDE has been on a rapid growth track over the past two years with more than 12M chips delivered for contactless payment cards in the US market and a dominant position in driving NFC standardization and pilot deployments. For more information, www.insidecontactless.com .

PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING Achieves Recognition at ICMA Elan Awards

(St. Charles, IL, October 17, 2006,) 

Perfect Plastic Printing took two firsts and a runner up position in the 2006 ICMA Elan Awards which were held in Athens, Greece in early October. 

The Discover Fabric Embedded Card took first place in the Best Secure Financial Card Design category. Working with Discover Financial Services, PPP developed the patent-pending Fabric Embedded Card. This unique product has real fabric embedded between the layers of a traditional card.

The Best Buy Colorshift Gift Card took first place in the category of Best Gift Card Design.  This gift card was produced by Perfect Plastic Printing for Best Buy in anticipation of the holiday season using proprietary color shifting inks developed by PPP. A combination of ink layers create movement on the card as you adjust the card to different viewing angles.
Nordstrom’s Full-Face Foil Card earned second place in the Best Non-Secure Card Design category. Perfect Plastic Printing worked with Nordstrom to develop a new and unique card product to be used for both their secure and retail applications. The design incorporates a registered image hologram into a foil sheet, applied to the entire surface of the card. Unlike a stamped hologram, the three dimensional image can bleed on all four sides. This product, as a Visa card, represents the first registered image hologram secure card in the banking card industry.

For more information, contact Caryn Bierbauer at 630-584-1600 x 333 or caryn@perfectplastic.com.

PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING ENTERS NEW ERA

St. Charles, IL, July 3, 2006 - PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING announced Friday that founder Frank E. Smoczynski will be stepping into the new role of Chairman and CEO for the company.

The move comes at the end of a yearlong celebration of forty years in the card manufacturing industry. Christopher Smoczynski, formerly Executive Vice President, will become the new President of Perfect Plastic Printing, with Matthew Smoczynski as the Vice President of Marketing.

Frank Smoczynski founded Perfect Plastic Printing in 1965. The family business has grown to nearly 300 employees and now focuses primarily on card manufacturing, ranking fourth worldwide amongst the top payment card manufacturers today.
Christopher Smoczynski has worked for Perfect Plastic Printing for sixteen years. He has a Bachelor of Science in Printing Management from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Matthew Smoczynski has worked for the company for nearly twenty-five years, primarily in sales.

For more information, contact Caryn Bierbauer at 630-584-1600 x 333 or caryn@perfectplastic.com.

PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING will be exhibiting at CardTech SecurTech 2006 in San Francisco (May 2-4).

Stop by booth #907 for a chance to win a Motorola Razr cell phone and to speak to one of our representatives about our products.

Perfect Plastic Printing exhibited at the PrePaid Card Expo, held in Orlando, Florida in mid-February. Over the course of three days more than 1,000 people attended the Expo, the first trade show to be devoted solely to the emerging market of prepaid cards.

PERFECT PLASTIC PRINTING CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF CARD MANUFACTURING

July 28, 2005 - Perfect Plastic Printing, a global leader in plastic payment card manufacturing, is pleased to be celebrating their 40th Anniversary. Founded in 1965 by current President and CEO Frank Smoczynski, Perfect Plastic was one of the first companies to be certified by BankAmericard (now Visa) and MasterCharge (now MasterCard) to produce their secure bank cards.

Throughout its history, Perfect Plastic has been a leader in the constantly evolving credit card industry. Beginning with the first magnetic stripe cards, through today's contactless smart cards, Perfect Plastic continues to be at the forefront of emerging card technology. Leading edge R & D, along with Six Sigma Quality initiatives, continue to maintain PPP's position as a quality leader.

PPP President Frank Smoczynski says, "Perfect Plastic began during infancy of the bank card market, and we've continued to grow along with it. We pioneered many of the industry standard manufacturing techniques, and have always kept our focus on quality and customer service. We're proud of our innovation, security, and 40 year history, and we look forward to serving the plastic card market long into the future."

For additional information, contact Matt Smoczynski, Director of Marketing at 630-584-1600 or visit www.perfectplastic.com.