The ICPS Standard
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Precision. Security.
Scale.

High-performance card production and personalisation systems built to meet the demands of modern identity ecosystems.

Africa’s leading
secure card facility.

A 5,000m² high-security campus in Accra producing over 60 million credentials every year.

Identity a nation
can trust.

National IDs, passports and driver’s licences — engineered end-to-end under strict chain-of-custody.

Payment cards,
reimagined.

EMV, premium metal and next-generation biometric cards, personalised entirely in-house.

Independently
certified.

ISO 9001, ISO 14298, EMV, Intergraf and PCI CP — independently audited and continuously maintained.

EMV · PCI CP · Intergraf

60M+

Cards / year

5,000m²

Secure facility

20+

Years expertise

ISO·EMV

Certified

/ About ICPS

A world-class secure card manufacturer.

Production arm · Margins ID Group

Intelligent Card Production Systems (ICPS) is a world-class, ISO-certified secure card manufacturing and personalisation facility.

Operating from a 5,000m² purpose-built high-security facility, we produce and deliver smart payment and financial cards, and high-security identity documents — including national ID cards, passports, driver’s licences, and financial cards.

We combine advanced card technologies with strict security protocols to ensure the integrity, durability, and authenticity of every credential we produce.

We support governments and commercial institutions in building secure, interoperable digital identity ecosystems that drive service delivery, financial inclusion, and national development.

/ The Facility

Africa’s leading
secure card facility.

Operating from a 5,000m² purpose-built high-security plant in Accra, Ghana — the specialised production arm of the Margins ID Group, manufacturing credentials trusted by millions.

Cleanroom Operations

Continuous chain-of-custody.

01

ISO 14298

Governmental security printing

02

EMV Certified

Payment card personalisation

03

Intergraf

Central bank-level admission

/ What We Do

End-to-end identity and card solutions.

View Our Solutions

01

Identity Documents & Cards

Civil registries · Access · Government

National ID Cards, Health Insurance Cards, Driver’s Licenses, Vehicle Licenses, Secure Government Documents, Staff, Student & Access Control Cards.

02

Financial & Payment Cards

EMV · Metal · Biometric

EMV Debit & Credit Cards, Prepaid & Loyalty Cards, Premium Metal Cards, and next-generation Biometric Payment Cards.

03

Travel Documents

Passport-grade · MRZ · Polycarbonate

Passport-level secure travel credentials with MRZ-compliant personalisation and polycarbonate biodata pages.

04

Manufacturing & Personalisation

Design · Milling · Fulfilment

Card Design, Milling & Embedding, Personalisation & Fulfilment, and chain-of-custody dispatch — all in-house.

Our solutions are produced under strictly controlled environments using Polycarbonate and Melinex® substrates — selected to match security, durability, and lifecycle requirements.

Capacity

60M cards / year

/ Our Facility

Purpose-built.
Secure by design.

ICPS operates from a 5,000m² high-security manufacturing facility in Ghana, designed exclusively for secure card and document production.

01 Production capacity of 60 million cards and documents annually
02 Segregated high-security production zones
03 Access-controlled personalisation environments
04 Redundant power and environmental systems
05 End-to-end traceability and chain-of-custody controls
06 Infrastructure designed for long-term scalability

/ Why ICPS

Engineered for trust.

A vertically integrated stack — substrate science, chip OS, personalisation, and secure logistics — under one roof.

Chip OS

Cryptographic suites and biometric reference templates.

Substrates

Polycarbonate, Melinex® composites, bio-polymers.

Security

Microtext, OVI inks, MRZ, multi-layer features.

Logistics

Tamper-evident fulfilment across the continent.

/ How We Deliver

A process built on precision.

Four sequential phases — each governed by independent chain-of-custody and quality controls.

01

Consult

Requirements scoping with sovereign, banking, and enterprise clients.

02

Design

Substrate, chip, security feature, and personalisation engineering.

03

Produce

Cleanroom manufacturing under continuous ISO 14298 protocols.

04

Deliver

Secure personalisation, tamper-evident fulfilment, and dispatch.

/ Trusted Partners

Trusted by leading
organizations.

Powering trust for governments, banks, and enterprises across the globe.

Client logos — governments, banks and enterprises served by ICPS

/ Trusted Voices

What our clients
say.

Partners across central banks, sovereign identity programmes, and financial institutions.

“ICPS delivered our national rollout on time and within the strictest security standards. A true partner.”

Director General National Identification Authority

“The personalisation quality and chain-of-custody are unmatched on the continent. Our cardholders feel it.”

Head of Cards Pan-African Bank

“From substrate choice to issuance logistics, ICPS engineered every detail with us. Exceptional craft.”

Programme Lead Sovereign Travel Authority

/ Independently Certified

Built for trust.

Six globally recognised standards governing every cleanroom, line, and dispatch — independently audited, continuously maintained.

01

ISO 9001

Quality Management

End-to-end production quality systems audited annually.

02

ISO/IEC 27001

Information Security

Information security management for sensitive data.

03

ISO 14298

Security Printing

Secure print management for high-security documents.

04

EMV

Payment Standards

Compliant chip & contactless payment credentials.

05

Intergraf

Central Bank Level

Approved for banknote-grade security printing.

06

PCI CP

Card Production

PCI Card Production logical & physical security.

Let’s build something trusted

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your future?

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