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Playing card pioneer
A one-
plasticplayingcards Review. “The company has
stop
COPAG been investing in this
product development
A Pioneer in playing card since more than a decade
manufacturing in Brazil, and as a result you will have
solution
Copag has grown to be one a product perfect for
of the key manufacturers dealing - they don’t get
worldwide in the sector. marked or creased easily casinofurniture be fitted with anatomic seats. It must be noted, however,
The company, which cele- and provide excellent shuf- CTC HOLDINGS “We offer a wide range of that CTC is not solely focused
brated its 100th anniver- fling and sliding.” equipment in different price on developing regions. The
sary in 2008, was founded Copag has a wide Established in 1991, Latvian ranges to satisfy every pos- company recently signed an
in 1908 by Albino product line in 100 per cent gaming tables, products and sible need of casino opera- exclusive distribution deal for
Gonçalves in the city of São plastic material cards that casino furniture manufacturer tors and poker tournament the UK and Ireland with MD
Paulo and passed from gen- have been specially devel- CTC Holdings has steadily organisers,” said managing Gaming International.
eration to generation. oped for poker players, grown its installation base director Edvins Lobinsh. “We believe that with our
Three years ago, Copag with different options of across Europe and beyond. CTC has become well new partner, our quality prod-
became part of the Carta- face design, back design. The company, which manu- known for entering high- ucts and competitive pricing
mundi Group after the They are manufactured in factures and supplies poker growth markets, and last year, CTC Holdings will be an
world’s largest playing card high-quality PVC and, chairs, poker tables, table in an effort to bolster its pres- interesting option for UK and
manufacturer acquired 50 according to Mateus, inter- layouts and gaming chips both ence in eastern Europe, exhib- Irish operators,” Lobinsh said
per cent of the company. nationally recognised for to casinos and poker rooms, ited its full range of products in the wake of the deal.
Copag’s manufacturing their exclusive non-trans- maintains a diverse approach at the Entertainment Arena Explaining the advantages
facilities are located in parent, waterproof and to the industry, and recently gaming exhibition in Romania. his company has to offer to
Manaus, Amazon, and the highly durable formula. moved into the development of Since that time, the Riga- world casino operators, the
firm’s products can be Mateus added: “Copag is bespoke poker table designs based company has company’s managing direc-
found in the five continents the only company in the for poker television shows and remained busy outside of tor added: “There is no origi-
and in some of the most world which has the internet operations. Europe, resupplying its exist- nation charge for CTC poker
prestigious casinos and 100 per cent plastic playing ISO:9000 (Quality Certifica- Moreover, CTC’s new range ing customer Casino Oceano table layouts. Therefore, our
championships world- cards, it’s impossible not to tion) over the last 15 years of poker chairs with roller in Liberia and supplying a full customers can have specific
wide, both in paper or 100 think about Copag,” inter- and also ISO:14000 (Envi- bases have been developed to range of casino equipment for theme design for every event
per cent plastic. national business director ronment) and SA:8000 give extra comfort to the Aden Bay, a new casino in or tournament at a flat price
“When you think about Marta Mateus told Casino (Social Responsibility).” players. These chairs can also Djibouti, east Africa. of E110 per layout.”
Fournier awarded
key card contract
renewal
Longstanding Spanish card maker Nh Fournier has
once more been awarded one of the world’s leading
poker tournament supply contracts.
plasticplayingcards dards and we aim to improve
NH FOURNIER on this still further in season
six - with new additions to the
The European Poker Tour, schedule as well as a richer
which has become known mix of games and buy-ins to
throughout the world as one cater for more players,” said
of the most prestigious poker John Duthie, CEO of EPT. “All
tournaments with the biggest of them will play with
prize pool and the largest Fournier 100% Plastic Cards,
number of participants, has which are, to many, the finest
again opted to use Nh cards in the world due to their
Fournier playing cards for durability, resistance, flexibil-
season six, which started on ity and unique shuffling.”
August 18 in Kiev, Ukraine. Tracing its roots back to
After enjoying two seasons 1868, when Heraclio
as supplying the official EPT Fournier, descendant of
tournament cards, Fournier’s renowned master printers of
100% Plastic Cards will be Paris, established and founded
back on the tables of the 13 a small playing card factory in
European cities that the event Vitoria, Spain, Fournier has
will visit in 2009. long been renowned as a
Last year’s PokerStars EPT leading manufacturer of
season proved a massive luxury, durable playing cards.
success and overtook the WPT While the group has
in terms of amount of players recently bolstered its pres-
and prize pools. EPT season ence in the ever-demanding
five generated a total prize consumer market through
pool of almost E55m, with year occurred during the licensing deals with the
7,980 players from 97 coun- fifth season of the PokerStars owners of the Lonely Planet
tries - of which 3,077 were EPT at the PCA ($12.7m); travel guides and Marvel
PokerStars players. Monte Carlo ($12.3m); San Comics franchises, the
The four richest prize Remo ($7.5m); and renewal of the EPT contract
pools available in poker tour- Barcelona ($7m). cements Fournier’s position
naments outside the US last “We have set very high stan- in the key casino sector.
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