About SSI Cards

Pioneering the data card industry since 1969

For over 50 years, SSI Cards has dominated the custom plastic card printing market with manufacturing innovation and customer service excellence. We continually raise the bar and set the standard for plastic direct mail products, loyalty card, gift card and key tag products at prices that work for any card application and promotion.

1970s

  • 1970 – Pioneered magnetic stripe and barcode technologies for plastic card applications
  • 1971 – Developed “solid plastic” Student ID for Central State University
  • 1973 – Developed laminate to adhere to “wet” Polaroid film for security badges
  • 1973 – Developed polyester-based library cards with bar codes
  • 1977 – Developed first electronic photo identification camera

1980s

  • 1983 – Developed magnetic striped plastic cards for Kronos, Inc.
  • 1984 – Produced first Teslin®-based plastic card
  • 1987 – Developed Security Stripe (Black Bar), concealing the barcode and allowing only infrared scan
  • 1989 – Developed high security ID credential for Baja, Mexico

1990s

  • 1990 – Produced polyester RFID badges for Texas Instruments
  • 1991 – Developed and produced first Telecard for AT&T, the “TeleTicket”
  • 1992 – Developed and produced ID credentials for Russia, Latvia, Australia, Iran, Croatia, and South Africa
  • 1993 – Produced over 55 million voter credentials for Mexico
  • 1994 – Developed and produced two-card magnetic stripe mailer for Blockbuster Entertainment
  • 1995 – Developed and produced the first electronic Gift Card for Blockbuster Entertainment

2000s

  • 2008 – Introduced the Acclaim Mailer, the first plastic direct mail postcard
  • 2016 – Launched Photopog
  • 2018 – Developed personal note gift cards
  • 2020 – Launched AcclaimWeekly direct mail subscription printing
  • 2021 – Launched NVIO™ Eco-Friendly plastic cards

We have built a truly different company with capabilities only imagined by most. Our average employee has been with SSI Cards for 16 years and their experience keeps our prices low and our quality high. I invite you to give us a try. You have my personal guarantee you won’t be disappointed.

Ron Goade

Ron Goade
Founder & President at SSI Cards

SSI Cards employs the latest technology in digital printing and card manufacturing. Our capabilities include magnetic strip encoding, barcode encoding, and data-driven card personalization, resulting in a completely customized product. Now with a complete on-site mail house, SSI Cards offers turnkey combinations of gift cards, loyalty cards and key tags, Acclaim mailers, tracking, subscription printing, mailing lists, and more. A single source for revenue-generating cards, SSI Cards has cost and time-saving packages for almost every industry.

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