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High-Tech Adhesive Tape Solutions for
Smart Cards and Passport Manufacturing

Security printers and smart card manufacturers have to increase safety measures constantly in order to safeguard sensitive information incorporated in their products. In order to protect passports, ID cards or smart cards against counterfeiting, tampering and unauthorized access, state of the art high-tech materials need to be employed. One essential component in the manufacturing process of these documents are of course adhesives and adhesive tapes used 

to bond various layers together, such as the cover page and the inlay in passports as well as chips in smart cards. These tapes must meet strict requirements for durability, adhesion, and resistance to tampering. This is where Lohmann comes in, as a leading provider of secure hightech adhesive solutions, customized services for security printing, and smart card manufacturing industries with a reliable and tamper-proof thermoset adhesives portfolio.

Reliable Bonding for every Secure Document Application

Lohmann offers innovative adhesive tapes that provide a secure and reliable connection between chip modules and antennas while reducing the environmental impact for chip bonding in smart cards.

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Lohmann helps passport manufacturers create secure connections between passport cover, inlay as well as inner pages and realize new material combinations with cover page and inlay bonding solutions.

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We help manufacturers of cards & passports to „do more with less“. We do this by partnering with our customers in order to create mutually beneficial bonding solutions.

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Our Smart Bonding Approach


Our Smart Bonding Approach aims to develop tailored bonding solutions through close collaboration and personalized consulting. From the initial idea, our teams stand by you as competent partners to collaboratively create innovative and sustainable bonding concepts.

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Application

Understanding the application conditions is essential to selecting the right adhesive. Lohmann's engineers guide to select the suitable bonding technology.

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Product and Production Choice

Finding the right solution with the desired properties by building on existing products or, when needed, developing a completely new solution including all production technologies.
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Tools

Tools and engineering support for manual, semi-automatic, or automatic dispensing, cutting, and more guarantee safe and efficient customers' applications.

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Services

Also during the production phase and beyond, providing full supply chain services through to traceability of delivery and processed materials.

Bringing added value to the card and passport industry

With each smart bonding solution, we have the whole process in mind. Lohmann’s global network of international experts and project teams offers both technical and commercial support to customers locally and focuses on one single goal: to find the perfect bonding solution for your application.

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Your Benefit
The Value Chain

From High-Tech Tapes to Process Integration: Starting from adhesive polymerization to process integration, our state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies and precise processing methods guarantee products of the highest quality and perfectly aligned with your specific requirements in process integration.

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InHouse Converting and Die-Cutting

We convert coated materials inhouse with state-of-the-art converting lines into rolls, spools and sheets in many dimensions or laminate our portfolio to a variety of materials, creating individual product designs.

By using high precision die-cutting machines to produce accurate die-cuts with low µm tolerances,  we meet market demands for fine geometries, small dimensions, and various delivery forms, including cleanroom production.

Questions, Ideas, or a Need for Consulting?

Then please feel free to contact us! Our experts are here to assist you with all your inquiries.
Whether technical advice, product information, or individual solutions - we are here for you. 

 
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Christoph Krämer
Senior Market Manager
Cards & Security
 
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Jan Eller
Application Engineer
Cards & Security