GET Group Opens Washington, D.C. Office

Global Enterprise Technologies Corp., a provider of cutting-edge passport and ID systems globally, today announced the opening of its new office in Washington, D.C. The new location will support GET Group's growing passport and ID business with the federal government, as well as provide technical support and sales contact convenience for government agencies and their contractors. GET Group is the worldwide exclusive distributor of Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.'s cutting-edge security passport printing technology.

For nearly two decades, the United States' Department of State Passport Services has utilized GET/Toppan passport printing solutions. This experience complements GET Group's record of delivering highly-secure government IDs and passports worldwide. To more easily support GET Group's rapidly expanding business, the new Washington, D.C. office will provide opportunities for local printing demonstrations and enable on-demand delivery and maintenance for federal agencies with mission-critical identification and access control requirements that must be implemented with extremely quick turnaround times.

"For years, governments around the world have trusted GET Group to deliver the highest-quality, most secure identification printing technology available," said Alex Kambanis, president and CEO of Global Enterprise Technologies Corp. "Our new office in Washington, D.C. will make it easier to deliver the same level of service and support at an increased volume as demand for highly secure card printing solutions for government agency applications increases."

GET Group's printing technology is ideal for highly secure government environments, with security features that include a tamper-evident seal to protect against image or data alteration, as well as the ability to incorporate holograms, barcodes, micro-text, and other features to enhance security. The company's solutions are also trusted for mission-critical identification challenges in other high-security commercial environments, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, transportation, travel and leisure, higher education and campus security, and more.

Attendees of the 11th Annual Smart Card Alliance Government Conference in Washington, D.C. can learn more about the new office and also view GET Group's CP500 card printer, the eP600 passport printer, and the CLM-20 laser engraver by visiting booth 506.

Applied Laser Engineering delivered the 4.5m laser system to the company’s Dukinfield, Cheshire plant earlier in the month.

The anilox roller manufacturer brought in the 450,000 system to boost productivity in response to increased demand. Cheshire Anilox Technology mainly produces anilox rollers for use in flexographic presses but demand from Heidelberg and KBA litho machines has increased orders recently.

Cheshire Anilox Technology technical sales director Sonia Arcos said: "Litho presses used to use anilox rollers only for priming and varnishing but the release of the Anicolour, which uses eight anilox rollers, and the KBA 74 has meant that we have had higher demand from the offset market."

She expects that the manufacturers have opted for anilox rollers in the mentioned machines as it is easier to control the amount of ink being used and hence proves to be a cost effective method of printing.

Arcos predicted that the new system will boost capacity by 30% and enable the company to create "limitless" bespoke cell designs on the ceramic rollers.