Government and Non-governmental ID Cards

With emerging global market and increasing traffic of people everywhere, the ability to recognize and being recognized immediately, uniquely and securely, becomes a vital role in many government bodies and organizations. USP customers have a decisive advantage as our technologies are at the cutting edge of our technical expertise.

USP Specializes in High Security ID cards and has therefore acquired a wealth of highly specialized technologies and production know-how, extending to the most hard-to-process materials like Polycarbonate [PC]. It is up to customer to make their choice between PVC, PET G, PC or an alternative card material for the Card body based on the field of application and combine it with a set of security features that emphasizes the card design and help to prevent fraud.

Field of Application

We offer a full range of ID card printing services such as Contact Chip, Contactless Chip, Hybrid or Dual interface Cards including various memory capacities and the operating system that can be tailored to your needs and budgets. Other than Smart ID Cards, we offer various types of Magnetic stripe as well for customer requirements. To support the ID market USP has partnered with world-renowned smart card solution providers for operating systems. We have our own technical expertise for designing and developing the STK applets and any other custom applets.

Security Features

USP has the capability to incorporate different level of security features during Card body Production and personalization. USP has classified its security features in to Four (4) levels

Level 1 – No equipment required in order to verify authenticity

Level 2 – Simple device required to verify authenticity

Level 3 – Forensic equipment & special knowledge required to verify authenticity

Level 4 – Authenticity only verifiable by manufacturer

Passport

As per the principles of any secure passport design, we need to use effective combination of various techniques. Specifically, these include:

• Employing technologies that are difficult to copy.
• Incorporating multiple security features - so a counterfeiter will need to master them all to stand any chance of success.
• Using materials, technologies, inks, and components that are difficult for criminals to source.
• Using inks and components that are only sold to secure printers.

We at USP, therefore, add even more layers of complexity:

• Close alignment of the print designs across pages makes the removal of a single page more difficult.
• Microprinting and nano text, along with Guilloche printing, make replication still more challenging.
• All visa pages are printed on security paper that has customized watermark.
• Designs incorporate at least four pantone colors and are rainbow printed.
• Special security printing inks used are IR inks – which look identical in white light.
• USP also uses randomly distributed, visible, and invisible fibers, all of which can react to long-wave (365nm) UV light.
• Fibers are inserted during the paper manufacturing process and appear randomly across the paper.

Watermark on Security Paper - an essential element of robust passport design

• Commonly used in banks and stamps, the watermark is probably the most widely recognized secure printing feature. And it remains a crucial element of robust passport design.

Embedded security threads in visa pages

• In some of the passports it produces, USP inserts security threads into the visa pages. Just like those used in banknotes, these are embedded directly into the paper during manufacturing. They can be made from either plastic or metal, with customer-specific designs and covered by paper.

Passport stitching and sewing

• End pages play an essential role in protecting against access to the stitching, and hence the data page by fraudsters. But we also use very fine sewing threads to secure the booklet pages to the end pages and covers. A combination of different materials and colours further guards against dismantling and reassembly.
• During manufacture, an automated system uses a consistent process to sew each passport individually, to the same specification, using three different strands of high-security thread. These are pulled and twisted, giving an equal number of turns between each hole. The top and bottom three stitches are back stitched and held in place with a locking stitch.

 At USP, we believe in taking a comprehensive approach to security. That's why we strive to provide secure, durable, and innovative solutions. We're proud to have successfully designed some of the most secure and attractive passports.

Identification Cards

With emerging global market and increasing traffic of people everywhere, the ability to recognize and being recognized immediately, uniquely and securely, becomes a vital role in many government bodies and organizations.

USP customers have a decisive advantage as our technologies are at the cutting edge of our technical expertise.

USP Specializes in High Security ID cards and has therefore acquired a wealth of highly specialized technologies and production know-how, extending to the most hard-to-process materials like Polycarbonate [PC]. It is up to customer to make their choice between PVC, PET G, PC or an alternative card material for the Card body based on the field of application and combine it with a set of security features that emphasizes the card design and help to prevent fraud.

We offer a full range of Identification card services such as Contact Chip, Contactless Chip,

Hybrid or Dual interface Cards including various memory capacities and the operating system that can be tailored to your needs and budgets. Other than Smart ID Cards, we offer various types of Magnetic stripe as well for customer requirements.

Certificates

As specialists in secure certificate printing, personalisation and design, we offer many innovative and highly effective security features, incorporating the latest techniques for protecting your certificates against fraud. USP works closely with Governments & Institutions to understand the importance of each certificate project to fraud, and consequently advise on the most appropriate security methods to prevent unauthorised use. 

To deter or prevent activity such as identity theft or the distribution of fake certificates, our secure certificate printing features include:

• Security paper with a unique watermark & UV fibres                   
• Complex security background designs
• Rainbow printing
• Anti-copy features
• Nano-text
• UV inks
• Optically Variable Ink (OVI)
• Thermochromic inks
• Holographic foils
• Logo Embossing
• Unique Sequential numbering
• QR Codes
• Online verification and authentication

Ballot Paper

Ballot papers are one of the highest volume items of election materials produced for an election–and arguably the most important one. It is essential that the overall design and layout of the ballot paper is easy to use so that it can be clearly understood by all voters, and subsequently accurately processed by ballot counting staff as it is the form that translates voters’ party preference or candidate choice into their vote.

In all election systems, the strictest quality control measures with regard to ballot production are required to ensure that election materials are accurately printed. Ballot papers are legal documents, with strict controls on the production of ballot materials requiring paper security and integrity to protect the validity of voting processes.

Security Features

USP ensures that all election documents are printed to the highest levels of quality and security,with features including:

• Security paper with a unique watermark & UV fibres
• Complex Guilloche security backgrounds
• Security inks
• Micro text
• Bar codes
• Specialised numbering
• Candidates’ images