Fargo Electronics, Inc., founded in 1974 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a global leader in the development of safe technologies for identity card issuance systems, including secure ID card printers/encoders, materials, and software, with more than 40 years track record of success
Customers and Applications
The company has sold a huge quantity of systems worldwide. Fargo’s card issuance systems reduce vulnerabilities and the potential loss of time, money, and lives by continually improving their innovative security for identity credentials.
Customers of card identity systems produce personalized cards for a wide variety of user applications as follows:
The corporate sector utilizes these systems for employee identification, access control, time and attendance tracking, parking passes, overtime payment, and visitor management.
Education sector: faculty and student identification, stored value for canteens, bookstores, library cards, and school transportation.
Transportation includes passes for daily and monthly public transportation, such as buses and trains, airport security access, and employee identification.
Technology
Fargo is the one and only manufacturer to offer three distinct printing technologies: High Definition Printing (HDP-reverse image) for high-level security and large applications, particularly when smart cards are used. Direct-to-Card (DTC-dye-sublimation) is the most commonly used ID card printing technology for SME-level security applications and CardJet printing. A familiar, outdated inkjet technology for low-level security and entry-level applications.
Fargo’s continued innovative developmental approach allows easy integration of new technologies into existing systems; therefore, their functional roles are at the highest, and they reached the most efficient level possible. They also invests substantial resources in product development and now has 70 patents issued or approved, with 60+ additional patent applications pending in the U.S.
