Card Technology Services manufactures plastic cards for public transport and ticketing applications at our facility in Isando, Gauteng. We support transport operators and municipalities with locally manufactured cards, including configurations for CIPURSE-based ticketing environments.
Start with your ticketing system
The card must match the requirements of your readers and fare-collection system. Share the system specification with our team before selecting a chip or finalising artwork. Compatibility, encoding and personalisation requirements are agreed for each project.
Typical planning examples include a pilot deployment, a phased passenger-card rollout and replenishment or replacement batches. These describe general applications and do not identify customer projects.
Specifications to discuss
- Chip and protocol: the required chip model, protocol and any CIPURSE configuration specified by your system provider.
- Reader compatibility: reader models and the acceptance checks required by your operator or integrator.
- Card construction: required dimensions, thickness, lamination and expected usage conditions.
- Artwork and identification: printed branding, serialisation, barcodes and any variable data.
- Personalisation: define responsibilities for encoding, data preparation and secure handling with your project team.
- Visual security: discuss appropriate options such as UV printing, microtext, holographic overlays or security foils.
Explore our plastic card manufacturing and CIPURSE capabilities for more information. Your system requirements determine the final card specification.
Quantity and rollout guidance
Provide the estimated pilot quantity, initial rollout quantity and expected replenishment needs. Tell us whether you need a single delivery or phased batches, and include your intended launch date and acceptance requirements.
Ask our team to confirm minimum order quantities, pricing and production timing for the agreed specification. Planning pilot acceptance before a wider rollout helps clarify the delivery schedule.
Customer and card product privacy
We respect the privacy of our customers and the card products we manufacture for them. We do not disclose customer identities or showcase their card projects.
Discuss your transport card project
Share your ticketing-system requirements, estimated quantities and rollout plans with our team.