American Banknote Corporation's Boston, MA Manufacturing Facility Receives Intergraf Certification for Secured Document Printing

STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- American Banknote Corporation (ABCorp), a global leader providing secured card/paper solutions for payment, identity and access programs, announced today that its card manufacturing facility in Boston, Massachusetts has earned the Security Management System for Secure Printing certification from Intergraf, the premier global standards organization for the security printing industry. The certification is a testimony of having achieved a high level of security standard for security printers based on physical security, data security, print quality and processes. ABCorp is the only US-based secure credential manufacturer that produces secured credentials for governments, financial institutions and commercial entities globally. ABCorp's complete fluency in secured smart card manufacturing (and software application initialization) enables them to address both contact and contactless chip programs from all sectors being government/ID, financial (EMV), physical access, transit, healthcare and hospitality. "Having secured this certification in particular, now assures our Customers that the secure credentials we produce for their identity programs are manufactured in adherence with secure facilities certified to meet international standards expected of security printers." ? says William Brown, CEO.    

Our commitment to consistently producing secure credentials of the highest quality for several years is evidenced in a successful border crossing program in the Americas. In addition to the Boston facility in the United States, ABCorp has its operations in Columbia, Tennessee in the US, and also in Australia, Canada, and China ? providing customers with quality products and services worldwide.

About Intergraf
Print is a dependable, trustworthy and durable mode of communication that has played an important role in our lives for a long time. Following digitization and the digital revolution, this sector has evolved to be highly technologically advanced, innovative and future-looking. Intergraf is the European printing industry's dedicated trade association in Brussels, promoting print and sharing information to harness opportunities for the sector. They are the European federation for print & digital communication, representing 22 national printing associations from 20 countries. They work with the European Union to promote and protect the interests of the printing and related industries, and to enhance the sector's competitiveness and image through advocacy, information sharing, networking, social dialogue and EU projects.

About ABCorp
American Banknote Corporation (ABCorp) has over two centuries of experience designing and manufacturing secure print products for countless governments and blue-chip companies around the world. To our knowledge, we are the longest-standing company with 220 years of experience across each of the credentials (ID), secure access and payments sectors. Our expertise is measured in the billions of units worldwide and spans countless substrates including paper, teslin, polycarbonate, PVC and metal, among others. The solutions we provide include Identification Programs ? including National IDs, passports, commerce cards, driver's licenses and corporate IDs; Document Solutions ? including vital records such as certifications of origin, birth certificates, checks and other transactional instruments; and Payment Offerings ? such as credit/debit cards, gift/loyalty cards, membership cards and loyalty programs.

SOURCE American Banknote Corporation