Arthur Blank Company

Arthur Blank Company is the largest producer of private label plastic cards in North America, printing and personalising more than 850 million plastic cards a year. Manufacturing capacity exceeds 1 billion cards. Major customers include American Airlines, American Express, Amtrak, AT T, Barnes Noble, British Airways, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Costco, Exxon, Hyatt Hotels, IBM, L.L. Bean, Pizzeria Uno, Sears and 7-Eleven. 

Capabilities include colour matching, foil stamping, holograms, unusual die cuts, and high-resolution ink jet imaging. They can also add signature panels, bar codes, encoded magnetic stripes and individual 

Arthur Blank introduced CornCard USA, a corn-based plastic card based on NatureWorks PLA as an alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastic cards. CornCard USA is identical to traditional plastic cards in look, feel, and durability while offering the same reliability and functionality. Major national retailers and quick service restaurants are already considering alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics. 

Arthur Black was the first volume manufacturer to offer PLA-based plastic cards, which is available for virtually the entire product line including gift, loyalty, debit, membership, and ID cards. 

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Babcock and Wilcox Company. Steam Its Generation and Use. Reprint. Whitefish, Mont. Kessinger Publishing, 2010. This easy-to-read book provides extensive information about all manner of fossil-fueled boilers as well as nuclear steam generators. Blank, David A., Arthur E. Bock, and David J. Richardson. Introduction to Naval En neering. 2d ed. Annapolis, Md. Naval Institute Press, 2005. Intended for use by freshmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, this book provides a simple, nonmathematical discussion of heat exchangers used on naval ships. 

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