History

The dz card group was founded by Jørgen Schmidt in 1971. At the time it was a printing house specializing in computer forms and security products. The company became an expert in printing products such as cheque books and bank passbooks with magnetic stripes. In the mid-70s dz card expanded into the plastic card business.

Today, cards are dz card's core products, and the company supplies more than 500 million plastic cards annually to customers all over the world. The group is internationally renowned as a leading manufacturer of all types of plastic cards and has a global reputation for premium quality, excellent customer service and fast delivery.

Owner, Founder, Chairman and CEO Jørgen Schmidt heads the dz card group of companies from the Group Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

Milestones

1971 dz card was founded in Europe as a printing house
1976 Plastic card factory division started
1985 Plastic card factory established in Bangkok, Thailand
1991 Plastic card factory established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1993 Sales office established in Manila, Philippines
1995 dz card's European division was sold to Graphium AS
1998 Plastic card factory in Bangkok (Thailand) certified by Visa and MasterCard.
2000 Expansion of factory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Factory certified by Visa and MasterCard
2001 Plastic card Service Bureau established in Gurgaon near New Delhi, India
2003 Sales representative office established in Jakarta, Indonesia. Group Headquarters established in Bangkok, Thailand
2004 Moving into new building in Gurgaon. Total annual output from the group's factories exceeds 350 million cards. First EMV cards for Indian market produced in Bangkok.
2005 dz card (Thailand) Ltd. ISO 9000:2001 certified.
dz card (Philippines) Inc. is Visa and MasterCard certified.
dz card (India) Pvt. Ltd. is MasterCard certified.
2006 dz card (India) Pvt. Ltd. is Visa certified.
dz card (Africa) Ltd. is founded.
2007 dz card (Thailand) Ltd. bought the neighboring land plot of 8000 m2.
dz card (Philippines) Inc. moves into own building.
2008 s-card A/S in Alborg, Denmark is aquired and is now dz card (Denmark) A/S
2009 Service Bureau is authorized in dz card (Denmark) A/S by VISA, and PBS approves dz as supplier of Dankort/ VISA Dankort
dz card (Denmark) is authorized by MasterCard
dz card (India) is ISO 9001:2000 certified
2010 dz card (India) starts its own production facility.
dz card (Africa) acquires a piece of land in the Export Processing Zones in Tanzania
dz card (Latin America) sales office moved to Bogota, Colombia
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