Excellence Engineered, Quality Assured
Experience Unmatched Quality with CTLAY Products
At CTLAY, quality is not just a standard it’s a commitment. With over 20 years of expertise in the production of prelaid, high-security hologram application, magnetic stripes, we deliver solutions that meet the most demanding specifications.
Every product is backed by a rigorous quality system aligned with ISO 9001:2015, Intergraf 14298 and 15374 standards, ensuring continuous improvement and full compliance with international regulations.
Choose CTLAY where innovation meets reliability, and quality is built into every layer.
Staff
At CTLay, we believe that the foundation of quality lies in the people who bring our vision to life. That’s why we invest continuously in structured, role-specific training programs that empower every team member with the knowledge, skills, and awareness needed to perform at the highest standards.
Our training approach is rigorous and tailored:
Every employee is educated not only in technical competencies but also in the importance of workplace safety, ergonomics, and proactive risk prevention.
But training is just the beginning. What truly sets our team apart is the culture of precision and care that permeates every task. From the meticulous handling of materials to the consistent application of safety protocols, our people embody a mindset where no detail is too small to matter.
This commitment is reinforced by our internal Code of Conduct, which promotes professionalism, transparency, and accountability in every interactionwhether with colleagues, clients, or partners.
At CTLay, quality is not just a result it’s a habit, cultivated through education and expressed in every detail.
Raw Materials
Quality Starts at the Source: Excellence in Raw Material Selection
At CTLay, we believe that the quality of the final product is rooted in the integrity of its components. That’s why we apply a rigorous and structured approach to the selection and qualification of raw materials and suppliers.
Our procurement process is guided by a robust evaluation framework:
• Every supplier undergoes an initial qualification based on their ability to meet CTLay’s technical and economic requirements.
• We assess past performance, product consistency, and the presence of certified quality systems (e.g., ISO 9000), ensuring that only partners with proven reliability are approved.
We don’t compromise on quality. Materials are scrutinized for visual and functional defects such as surface scratches, particulate contamination, or hologram inconsistencies-according to strict acceptance criteria.
This attention to detail ensures that every sheet, every layer, and every component that enters our production line contributes to the excellence our clients expect.
At CTLay, quality isn’t just controlled-it’s cultivated from the very beginning.
Machinery
Precision by Design: Machinery Tailored to Our Vision
At CTLay, excellence is engineered from the ground up-starting with the machines that power our production.
Every piece of equipment we use is either custom-designed or carefully adapted to meet the specific technical and operational requirements of our processes.
Our production lines are not generic-they are the result of close collaboration between our R&D, Quality, and Production teams, ensuring that each machine integrates seamlessly with our materials, workflows, and quality standards.
From magnetic stripe application to hologram embedding and lamination, every phase is supported by machinery that is:
CE-certified and digitally controlled, ensuring safety, precision, and repeatability.
Equipped with custom heating heads and tooling to maintain exact temperature and alignment tolerances during adhesive activation and material bonding.
Designed for ergonomic handling and efficient layout, reducing operator fatigue and optimizing throughput
Controls
Precision You Can Trust: Quality Control and Hologram Traceability at CTLay
At CTLay, quality is not just a goal-it’s a system. Our approach to hologram application is built on rigorous inspection protocols and full traceability, ensuring that every security element we produce meets the highest standards of integrity and performance.
Uncompromising Quality Control
Each hologram undergoes a multi-point inspection process that includes:
• Centring accuracy: Verified using reference films to ensure precise alignment within defined tolerances.
Adhesion checks: Differentiating between material-related and application-related defects, with thresholds as strict.
• Surface integrity: Detection of flakes, dust, scratches, and brightness variations.
• Root cause classification: Every defect is categorized to identify whether it stems from raw material inconsistencies or process deviations, enabling targeted corrective actions.
End-to-End Traceability
From incoming materials to final packaging, every hologram is tracked through a robust labeling and documentation system.
A detailed and complete identification system permits to verify for each order the raw materials used. An internal C.T. LAY production number completes these data. For security applications, a progressive number and bar coded info are printed on each single sheet. While finishing an order, a precise production report is made indicating the number of sheets rejected during production.
Each customer’s audit is an occasion to improve. We will be waiting yours !
CT Lay has been specializing in the application of magstripes, holographic spripes and holograms on plastic overlay for the last 15 years. Security lamination plates represent the latest add-on to the company’s offer of advanced security products.
All manufactured materials are tailor-made following customer’s specifications.
About 90% of CTlay’s annual turnover comes from international markets; Customers are for the most part card producers
The company is pursuing an increase in the annual turnover coming from security products (mainly holograms and security plates) on the basis of a strategy set forth by the board of directors and meant to promote high value-added products.
The executive board, conscious of the mounting request for widely recognized quality standards on the market, elects to implement a quality management system conform to the ISO 9001:2015 norm, convinced of the internal improvements which can be achieved by the continuous development of a company-wide Quality culture.
The company will reach this goal by identifying, analyzing and solving all issues through the adoption of adequate operational means, the creation of a favorable ambience for the correct progress of the activities and mostly by responsabilizing in a coordinated way the whole Personnel working inside the organization.
The strength of our company lies in the capability to offer personalized service to each one of our Customers through a detailed analysis of the their requests and needs; such analysis concretized in the definition of procedures tailor made to their specific needs.
Our next target is to make all these activities happen in the most efficent and economic way by activating a company-wide quality management system based on the following fundamental principles:
1) Satisfy Customers, respecting systematically the requirements specified in the supplier’s contracts, consolidating a trust based relationship and building a cooperation based on transparency, flexibility and reactivity, with the engagement of obtaining a feed back on the quality of the offered products and services.
2) Take care, responsabilising each employee of the company, of the business relationship with the Customer and solving each eventual cause of dissatisfaction
3) Define and put in place criteria of selection and qualification of suppliers based on materials/products/services offered, on the flexibility and relaibility of the supplies and on the technical competence of the personnel.
In order to guarantee that the completion of all activities complies with the defined Quality policy and satisfies its targets, the board has appointed the RSGQ with the task to formalize the Quality System, monitor its application and evaluate its results in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.
The Board is determined to assume an active role in the promotion and guide of each activity having influence on Quality through the diffusion, at each level, this policy.
Global thinking, crafted with quality
Global thinking, crafted with quality