Products
Access-control cards
Credentials for everything that is not a guest room: staff doors, lifts, gates, plant rooms and back-of-house zones. The specification is driven entirely by the system already on the wall, which is why this page describes a confirmation process rather than a chip menu.
Product image direction · physical sample approved before production
Suitable applications
Access-control cards
Staff and contractor identification with tiered access rights
Lift and floor restriction in mixed-use buildings
Gate and perimeter access on compounds and resort estates
Plant room, stores and back-of-house zone control
| Format | ID-1, 85.6 × 54 mm |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.76 mm standard; 1.8 mm clamshell available |
| Card body | PVC or recycled PVC |
| Slot punch | Portrait or landscape, to order |
| Durability | Specified for daily use over a contract period |
| Photo ID | Available as a printed or digitally personalised face |
| High frequency | 13.56 MHz, ISO/IEC 14443 |
|---|---|
| Low frequency | 125 kHz, for legacy estates |
| Memory | Sized to the credential data your system writes |
| Security level | Entry, standard, or high-security with mutual authentication |
| Dual technology | Available where a site is mid-migration |
| Encoding | To the scheme confirmed for your property |
| Process | Offset or digital |
|---|---|
| Tiering | Colour bands or edge marking to separate access levels visually |
| Personalisation | Sequential numbering, employee number, QR |
| Photo | Digitally printed where the credential is also an ID |
| Bilingual | Arabic and English department and role naming |
| Retirement | Numbering blocks designed so a leaver’s card is traceable |
What we confirm before production
Confirmed against the installed system before production.
This is the product where confirmation matters most. We identify the installed system and the credential currently in use, confirm operating frequency, technology, memory and security level, and confirm the encoding scheme the system expects. Where a system is proprietary or closed and we cannot meet it, we say so before you order rather than after a run is produced.
All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Any reference on this site indicates compatibility only and does not imply affiliation, authorisation, partnership or distributorship.
Available materials
Access cards are handled far more than guest cards and usually live on a lanyard. PVC is standard; a thicker clamshell body is available where the credential has to survive a construction or kitchen environment.
| Minimum run | 500 cards per artwork |
|---|---|
| Typical order | 500 – 5,000 for a single property |
| Production time | Typically 14–21 days after artwork and technical approval |
| Transit | Additional, by destination and shipping mode |
Buyer guidance
Specify staff and access cards by role
Staff, contractor and back-of-house credentials need a clearer operating brief than “RFID card”. Record which readers they must operate, who encodes them, whether identifiers are printed, how batches are separated and how lost cards are retired. Compatibility is confirmed against evidence from the installed system.
Read the compatibility guideInclude these details
- 01
Reader locations and authorised user groups
- 02
Encoding owner, numbering format and batch split
- 03
A working credential for controlled validation
Make and model of the access-control system
A sample of the credential currently in use, if one can be released
The access tiers you need to distinguish, and how
Numbering ranges, if you already operate a scheme
Quantity, delivery city and required date
Frequently asked
Access-control cards
We do not know what system we have. Can you still quote?
Usually. A photograph of the reader and of the back of an existing card is often enough to identify the technology. Where it is not, a card can be sent to us for reading. We will not guess.
Can you match cards to a system installed years ago?
Often, but not always. Older low-frequency estates are usually straightforward; closed or proprietary schemes may not be reproducible at all. That answer comes at confirmation stage, before any order.
Can one card open guest rooms and staff doors?
That is a function of your access-control system, not of the card. If the system supports both on one credential, the card can be encoded for it. We will tell you what we can confirm and what has to be tested on site.
How do we retire a credential when someone leaves?
In the access system, not in the card. What we contribute is a numbering block structure that makes the card traceable to a batch and a person, so the retirement is auditable.
Products
Custom-printed hotel key cards
Custom hotel key cards with bilingual artwork, controlled print finishes, numbering and compatibility confirmed against the installed system.
Custom-printed hotel key cards →
Sustainable-material key cards
Recycled PVC, paper-based and wood hotel key cards compared by documentation, print response, wear and approved construction.
Sustainable-material key cards →
RFID wristbands
Natural beaded and woven cotton RFID wristbands for resorts and spas, validated as a complete finished construction for the intended use.
RFID wristbands →Tell us the project and we return a technical recommendation.
A short brief is enough to specify the card, confirm what has to be verified against your installed system, and price the run.