I thought I would be able to find the answer to this question with a simple Google search but turns out I could not. Does anyone know where in the United states cards are printed?
And also does anyone know if they give tours? I would love to be able to go and see the hustle and bustle of the process of it all! I remember seeing a video on here several months ago on some thread that showed a brief clip of the WOTC printing factory in 1999. It looked awesome! I recall seeing a cart of some sort being wheeled around with massive stacks of uncut sheets on it.
If they do give tours, has anyone on here ever been on one?
Iād be stoked to plan a vacation around getting to spend a day seeing how the cards we love so much come to life! Hopefully it isnt somewhere God awful and boring like where I call homeā¦
If Rudy, and how Hasbro/WotC print MTG, itās pretty save to say that Pokemon uses at least 2 different locations to print in the USA. And maybe some is even printed overseas (quiet possible speciality cards like Trophy cards are printed by MediaFactory in Japan)
@neverforget50in07, @thundermoo I had never heard of cartamundi before. I cant find anything about pokemon on their website, so Iām not sure if they print them. They do apparently print magic though? Which I thought was done by wizards, but I guess wizards uses them for the printing?? Maybe I was wrong but I always thought wizards printed their own cards themselves
Yup they sure do, I didnt see that in my initial (and apparently unthorough) search! I think Iāll reach out to them and see about a tour! Thanks for pointing that out!
Was looking into this topic and found this thread. The only place that I have found is mprintgroup.com/ a company in North Carolina. Who is owned by Park Communications London I Believe? The only reason why I was looking is that I was interested to see if any of them are on the stock market.
However, they go on to say they only have four presses ( half-decent printers that donāt jam so much). Which I find amazing and makes be believe there are more companies out there.
Some YouTuber made a video about the North Carolina location recently. They were reviewing the promo video on Millennium Print Groupās website. Actually, I think someone posted it here if I recall.
They arnt printed in just one location. Iām sure itās all contract based. Cartamundi, Millennium, PBM (now RRDonnelley), whoever in Texas, Iām sure a handful of other companies all bid on orders.
One of the places is in Morrisville, NC. If you look on Zip Recruiter there is a job posting about it under the name MVP staffing. It doesnāt say the address where the company is manufacturing them but it clearly states it is in Morrisville, NC.