Magicard ID Printers are produced by Ultra Electronics Card Systems which is part of the international defense, aerospace and security group Ultra Electronics Holdings plc, with a worldwide workforce of 3,000 employees. Card Systems has been designing and manufacturing its Magicard range of secure ID Card Printers since 1993, and is recognized as one of the world's leading manufacturers. The high technology Magicard printers are used in a wide variety of portrait ID and access control applications, and incorporate innovative HoloKote anti-counterfeiting technology, which prints a transparent watermark across the card surface for security. Holokote was developed and patented by Ultra Electronics, and is an important product differentiator for the Magicard range of ID card printers.