(Requires purchase of application and exam fee)The ACE-P designation evaluates the skills and knowledge of card personalization and fulfillment professionals in eight major categories:

• Printing and Barcodes
• Magnetic Stripe
• Encoding
• Embossing
• Laser Engraving
• Smart Card Encoding
• Financial Transaction Card Data
• Fulfillment
• Standards/Testing

ICMA's new Production 360 Experience brings the card manufacturing lifecycle full circle, uniting general managers, engineers, designers, and other card plant personnel with industry innovators, leading-edge technology providers and supplier partners for networking opportunities and educational presentations to help solve plant challenges and move card manufacturing forward.

The experience will take place on the final two days of the EXPO from May 15-16 during ICMA's 2024 Card Manufacturing & Personalization EXPO at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. 

Education is paramount to overcoming the vast amount of challenges manufactures face daily, and the Production 360 Experience delivers a healthy combination of forward-looking insights and technical knowledge with a half day of seminars starting at 1 p.m. on May 15 and a half day of seminars starting at 9 a.m. on May 16.

Attendees will have scheduled access to the Exhibit Hall where participants will have an opportunity to meet a wide array of equipment, material, and other technology providers. Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend ICMA's Elan Awards of Excellence ceremony and dinner on the evening of May 15.

Make the most of your Production 360 track attendance by packaging it with Advanced Card Education-Manufacturing (ACE-M) training and certificate program. The training will be offered after the educational sessions end on May 16 and the correlating ACE-M exam will take place on May 17.

NOTE: There is a separate fee to participate in the ACE program and non-members are not eligible to attend.

The ACE-M designation evaluates the skills and knowledge of card manufacturing professionals and is comprised of eight key sections:

• PVC/Plastics
• Inks
• Adhesives
• Printing
• Collation
• Lamination
• Die-cutting
• Standards/Testing

The ACE-P designation evaluates the skills and knowledge of card personalization and fulfillment professionals in eight major categories:

• Printing and Barcodes
• Magnetic Stripe
• Encoding
• Embossing
• Laser Engraving
• Smart Card Encoding
• Financial Transaction Card Data
• Fulfillment
• Standards/Testing

The ACE-M designation evaluates the skills and knowledge of card manufacturing professionals and is comprised of eight key sections:

• PVC/Plastics
• Inks
• Adhesives
• Printing
• Collation
• Lamination
• Die-cutting
• Standards/Testing