ruhlamat and Burkle North America enter into distribution agreement

January 2015 - Helfried Weinzerl, President of Burkle North America, and Berthold Klever, Head of Sales of Ruhlamat Germany, announce a distribution partnership effective January 15, 2015 for all of North America including Canada, the United States and Mexico.

This agreement comes at an opportune time for North American card manufacturers as the plastic card industry transitions toward smart card technologies.

Burkle North America maintains a strong presence in the plastic card industry introducing the SMARTcard Workcell a package consisting of a Collation System, Precision Counterbalanced Lamination system and productive card blanking system. Coupled with ruhlamat’s cavity milling, module implanting and Dual Interface solutions and ruhlamat’s antennae laying and inlay manufacturing system, the Burkle/Ruhlamat offering provides a powerful line of equipment for the strong growth forecasted for Smart Cards.