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Lanyard And Badge Showcase

PromoVision Palomino
Two-Color Silkscreen Lanyards
901.795.6500

Printed in the United States. Five styles. Large quantities available.

Karlen Promotional Products
5/8-inch screened lanyard
800.887.0861

Classic lanyard with groovy black ring and black rubber bead.

Evans Manufacturing
Neck Secure-A-Badge
800.745.3826

30-inch retractable cord. Safety release makes lanyard efficient and attractive.

MeetingsDirect
Sporty 2 Retractable Nametag
800.216.3293

Length-adjuster. Convenience-release. Integrated retractable device. Same-day shipping available.

Creative Leather Imaging
Leather Lanyard with Debossed Logo
310.313.1931

Full-grain black and brown leather. 34 inches. O-ring or bulldog clip.

Beacon Promotions
Retractable Badge Holder
800.628.9979

30-inch retractable string, easy-to-snap metal clip. Available in four colors.

Sonoma Pins
Customized Lanyard
800.996.8655

Embroidered printed or Flexo PVC inset. Multiple attachment options available.

Pinnacle Designs
Slider Badgeholders
800.826.7467

Die-cast, slides on rope. One or two pieces. Split-ring optional.

Earl Butler & Associates
Impression Line name badges
800.579.0039

Gold or silver finished borders. Large four-color-process imprint area.

Assurance Industries Co.
Trade-Show Badge Holder
800.772.3217

Three pockets hold all trade-show necessities. Available in four colors.

SnugZ USA
VNUB
888.447.6840

Nonabsorbent, can be disinfected and wiped clean. Perfect for health-care industry.

CrazyCordz
PVC 3-D Lanyards
877.276.4666

Two customizable panels. Choice of hooks. Safety breakaway, detachable stealth available.

Calibre International
Half Screen-Printed Lanyards
800.707.2757

A super-fantastic arrangement of lanyards with many exciting options.

Gyssien International
AromaCord
888.822.3898

Strategically placed scented beads are aromatic two weeks. Shoestring lanyard.

Croakies
Neoprene Lanyard
800.443.8469

Up to seven printed colors. Multiple attachments. 1-inch, 3/4-inch.

Visage Promotionals Inc.
Lanyard with Clip
435.874.1530

High-quality materials. Customized in order to fit any need.

Perhaps you should, suggests Jake Jacobs, president of Brea, Calif.-based Avenue-One Inc. Without the extensive bureaucratic definition, FIPS 201 is a new program for improving the identification of federal employees and contractors, and authenticating access to federal facilities and information systems. OK, so much for avoiding the bureaucracy: What does this mean for the promotional products industry?

Jacobs hopes millions of dollars. For the past 50 years, ID cards have been “slot-punched,” which is the process of making a small, rectangular hole in order to attach the item to clothing, lanyards or clips. The new regulations are making slot-punching a thing of the past.

Besides the cost of the slot-punch machine — plus labor — the process has a tendency to irreparably damage and break cards. Breaking a simple PVC ID card with an employee’s photo on it is one thing; however, breaking a Smart ID Card with an expensive, electronic chip embedded inside is quite another.

With the new Smart ID Card technology being implemented by the government and other commercial applications, the slot-punch is quickly becoming an antiquated process. Consequently, the new government policies all but eliminate certain clips and rings that used to attach the cards to their owners.

This provides a unique challenge for the industry: If split rings and clips can no longer be used on ID cards, who will create a new way to keep ID cards attached to the employee?

Avenue-One offers a Card Clamp that is available on a number of badge-holder products including lanyards, retractable reels and a simple clip-on holder.

It’s estimated that when the new regulations are enforced, 50 million government employees and subcontractors will need a way to carry their ID cards, creating a huge opportunity for distributors.

“The idea is to help educate the distributor sales force about this new requirement and arm them with sample product,” Jacobs explains. He says this will allow them to demonstrate the product “amongst the various federal and commercial end users who, in many cases, don’t yet know about this new federal standard.”