Payment card manufacturing assets on four continents have been purchased over the last two months. The buyers were Idemia, Toppan, HID Global, and Paragon ID. Terms were not identified in any of the transactions. Three of the acquired businesses were among the largest payment card manufacturers worldwide in our ranking published in issue 1163. France-based Idemia, the second largest payment card manufacturer worldwide, purchased Smart Metal Art, the metal payment card business and patents of U.S.-based XCore Technologies, in October. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have certified Sma...