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Four blank cards fanned out in gloss PVC, recycled PVC, wood and matte blue
White label manufacturing

We make the card. Whatever it is for.

Cards, wristbands, key fobs and accessories, made in our own factory and shipped under your brand. Tell us what you need it to do, or show us what you use today.

Minimum order

500 units

Lead time

13 days from approval

Sample

Free where qualified

White label as standard

We make it. You sell it.

The same terms for every reseller, agency and integrator we supply. In writing, before you order.

How we work with resellers →

Nothing carries our name

Not the card, not the sleeve, not the box, not the delivery note. Nothing points back to us.

Your clients stay yours

We do not sell to a client you bring us, or one you already work with. Not later, not at a lower price.

Your brand, down to the box

Your logo on the proof, the dossier and the carton. The card itself carries your client's brand.

Who we make for

Where it goes to work.

A blank white PVC card resting across the corner of a square white access reader

Hospitality

Room keys and staff credentials made for the lock system the property already runs, plus the printed pieces that go around them.

Room keys · Staff credentials · Door hangers · Signage

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A blank ID card in a clear badge holder on a navy woven lanyard

Access Control

Send the reader or lock model and we confirm the chip against it in writing before anything goes into production.

Readers · Locks · Turnstiles · Lockers

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A shrink wrapped brick of blank white PVC cards with a single loose card in front of it

Distributors and Resellers

No maker's mark, neutral packaging and a sample sent first, so the card reaches your client as yours.

Resellers · Trade suppliers · Agencies · OEM

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A fan of gloss blue membership cards with a gold band, one turned over to show the magnetic stripe

Retail and Loyalty

Print and finish that survives years in a wallet, with your artwork and colour standard kept on file for the reorder.

Loyalty · Membership · Gift cards · Key tags

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A blue fabric event wristband with a white plastic tag and a one-way bead closure

Clubs and Associations

One chip the turnstile, the locker and the front desk all read, on a card, a wristband or a key tag.

Gyms · Clubs · Associations · Wet areas

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Blank white PVC card on a pale blue background, ready to be specified

Not on this list?

If the job sits between two of these, it is still one card, one plant and one order.

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1,300
Production floor

One plant, every stage inside it.

87
People in the factory

Cutters, printers and encoders.

15+
Years making cards

Long enough to know most systems.

53+
Countries shipped to

Cards delivered worldwide.

Products

What we make.

Nine blank RFID and NFC cards fanned out, showing gloss, matte, metallic, wood and a clear inlay with the antenna visible

RFID and NFC cards

Programmed to your system and printed to your artwork, in 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz or UHF.

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Cards cut to non standard shapes: hexagon, circle, stadium, angled corner and a slotted tag, printed and blank

Special Shapes

Cards that break out of the rectangle, cut to your outline, and die-cut key tags.

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Wooden cards in basswood, bamboo, cherry and black walnut, overlapping flat, some with a laser engraved corner pattern

Wooden Cards

Basswood, cherry, black walnut and bamboo, engraved or UV printed, on FSC® certified stock where you need it.

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Gloss white PVC cards beside matte recycled PVC cards, the recycled ones speckled through the material

PVC and Recycled PVC

Offset print, hot foil and embossing, matte or gloss, with signature panels where you need them.

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Blank silicone wristbands in navy, terracotta, sage, charcoal, frosted and plain white, one with a debossed pattern

Silicone wristbands

Fastened once and worn all weekend, in your colour with the chip inside.

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Woven wristbands

Your name woven into the fabric, closed with a one-way crimp.

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Tyvek event wristbands closed into rings in navy, terracotta, sage, charcoal and white, each with its white tamper evident tab

Tyvek wristbands

Light, tear resistant and numbered, for a day or for a weekend.

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Three printed vinyl event wristbands with white snap studs and a row of adjustment holes, one being lifted by hand

Vinyl wristbands

Wipe clean and adjustable, for pools, spas and resort staff.

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Four RFID key fobs, three in moulded ABS in blue and green and one in black leather, each on a steel split ring

RFID key fobs

On the same system as your cards, on the ring they already carry.

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Five gloss laminated PVC key tags in a teardrop shape, fanned out in navy, blue, white, terracotta and sage, each with a punched hole

Printed key tags

Cut from the same sheet as the card, numbered on both sides.

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Combo key tag cards

One card that breaks into a card and two tags, all carrying the same number.

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Lanyards

Printed or woven, with the clip and the safety release you specify.

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Card holders

Rigid, soft or sealed, sized to the card you are issuing.

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Door hangers

Wood or board, printed both sides, cut to hang on your handle.

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Signage and engraved pieces

Room numbers, table markers and cut pieces, in the same wood as the cards.

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Compatibility

Works with what you
already have.

The model of your reader, terminal or lock, the name of your system, or a photo of the card in use today. Any one of those is enough for us to name the chip in writing.

Technology we work with
MIFARE Classic
MIFARE DESFire
MIFARE Ultralight
NTAG 213
NTAG 215
NTAG 216
ICODE SLIX
EM4200
T5577
UHF Gen2
Why Kaway

Where card orders usually go wrong.

The card arrives and the door stays shut.

We name the chip before you order and put it in writing. A photo of the card you use today is enough for us to start, and if we cannot match it we say so then, not after production.

The second run does not match the first.

Artwork, colour references and encoding stay on file with us. A reorder is produced against the approved sample, so the card in a wallet from last year and the one printed this week are the same card.

Nobody can tell you what it is made of.

We can. Every job is made in our own factory, so a question about a material, a chip or a finish is answered by the people who ran it, in the same conversation.

Card materials

What it is made of.

Each card material responds differently to print, foil and engraving. Ask for any of them as a sample.

Close up of the corner of a gloss white PVC card, showing the laminated edge

PVC

The standard. Offset print, hot foil, embossing and a signature panel, all on the same card if you need them.

Offset · Hot foil · Embossing · Signature panel
Close up of the corner of a recycled PVC card, printed with a green recycling symbol

Recycled PVC

Prints, foils and laminates like standard PVC. Choose matte and the card stops catching reception lighting.

Offset · Foil · Matte laminate
Close up of the corner of a cherry wood card, showing the grain and the laser cut edge

FSC® Wood

Basswood, cherry, black walnut and bamboo. Engraving cuts a pale line into the grain, so no two cards are the same.

Engraving · UV print · FSC-C195226
Questions

Asked before every order.

Will your card work with the reader or lock we already have?

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That is the first thing we settle, in writing, before anything is produced. The model of the lock or reader is usually enough. Where it is not, a photo of the card in use today gets us there, and a free sample proves it in the door rather than on paper.

Can you match the card we already use?

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Usually, and the card itself settles it fastest. Size, material, chip, printing and finish are read off the original rather than guessed from a description. Where the chip is encrypted, we supply the right one and the key holder writes the credential.

Do we see a sample before production?

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Yes, and nothing goes on the line until it is approved. The material, the print and the finish are things you have to hold to judge. If compatibility is the question, the sample answers it in the real door, which is worth more than any specification sheet.

What materials can you make cards in?

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PVC, recycled PVC and wood, the wood being basswood, cherry, black walnut and bamboo. The chip is the same across all of them, so the choice is almost never technical. It is about how long the card has to last and where it lives.

Can you print names, photos and numbers on each card?

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Yes, in the same pass as the artwork rather than as a later step. Photographs, names, titles, sequential numbering, barcodes and QR codes. The cards arrive finished and ready to issue, not ready to personalise.

Will a reorder match the cards we ordered before?

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Artwork, colour references, chip and finish stay on file, and a reorder is produced against the approved sample rather than quoted again. That is the point of holding it, because both batches are in circulation at once.

How we work

What happens after you get in touch.

Nothing goes into production until you have seen exactly what you are getting.

01

Tell us what your card needs to do

Send the model of your reader, terminal or lock, the name of your system, or the specifications or a photo of the card you use today.

02

We confirm the specification in writing

Chip, size, material, print and finish are all confirmed on one page before you commit.

03

We send a real sample to your office

Check the actual material, print and finish, and test compatibility if you need to, before production starts.

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We make it in our own factory

Production follows the approved sample and specification, from the first card to the last.

Verification

Things you can check yourself.

Certificates, standards and addresses, with the numbers you need to look them up.

FSC Chain of Custody
Licence code:FSC-C195226
Certificate:SGSHK-COC-331895
Issued by:SGS Hong Kong Limited
Scope:wood and bamboo cards
Listed at info.fsc.org under Xinkaiwei Smart Card (Dongguan) Ltd, our manufacturing company.
Standards the cards are built to
Card body:ISO/IEC 7810, ID-1
MIFARE and NTAG:ISO/IEC 14443 Type A
ICODE:ISO/IEC 15693
UHF Gen2:ISO/IEC 18000-63
Every specification names the chip part number, so you can check it against your own reader.
Where the cards are made
Plant:Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Production floor:1,300 m²
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Tell us what it has to do.

You do not need a full specification to start. A brief in your own words is enough, and so is a photo of the card you use today.

If the card has to work with a reader, a lock or a system you already own, send us the model. We confirm the chip against it before anything goes into production.

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