We take care of every stage: printing of collectible cards and stickers, packing, and the production of albums and displays.
We create customized collectibles (boosters) that combine cards, packs, and/or albums according to your specifications. Large or small print runs, special materials, and complete quality control.
High-quality offset printing for personalized collectible cards or stickers, with a wide range of special finishes available.
We design and print custom collectible albums, aligned with your brand’s visual identity and your consumers’ experience.
Hermetic sealing, random mixing, and fully customizable packaging to ensure perfect protection and presentation for every collection.
We manufacture displays and point-of-sale units designed to enhance the visibility and commercial impact of your collectibles.
Collectible card boosters are sealed packs containing a set number of cards with different finishes (common, uncommon, rare, and ultra-rare). The element of surprise and controlled randomness are the drivers of collecting: the buyer knows how many cards they will receive, but not exactly which ones.
Beyond traditional trading card games, boosters have become a marketing tool for retail, sports brands, and cultural events, generating recurring traffic and engagement with the end consumer.
Producing boosters requires specific technical capabilities: printing on specialized board, differentiated finishes for rare cards (holographic, metallic, UV varnish), automated packaging with rarity control, and hermetic sealing.
Grifoll Print Solutions offers a complete booster production service — from card printing to packaging and final packing — with over 50 years of experience in specialized printing and the capacity to handle runs from 10,000 to millions of units.
Collectible cards are used in loyalty programs to generate emotional engagement with the brand, increase purchase frequency, and build community among consumers. Unlike points-based systems, they offer a tangible reward with its own identity that customers can collect, trade, and display.
Their effectiveness is based on solid psychological principles: the drive to complete collections, anticipation of variable rewards, and the social component of trading between collectors.
The sectors that use them most are retail and FMCG, food brands, sports clubs, and cultural events. Well-executed campaigns can increase purchase frequency by 15–25% during their duration.
Grifoll Print Solutions offers complete production of collectible cards for loyalty programs: high-quality board printing, special finishes (holographic, metallic, UV varnish), and automated packaging with rarity control, with capacity for any print run volume.
Manufacturing high-quality collectible cards requires specific technical capabilities beyond conventional printing: specialized paper or board (300–350 gsm), differentiated finishes for rare cards (holographic, metallic, UV varnish), automated packaging with controlled distribution of special cards, and batch traceability.
In Spain, few manufacturers offer this complete cycle under one roof. Outsourcing critical stages across different suppliers increases project complexity and the risk of quality inconsistencies.
Grifoll Print Solutions integrates the entire production process — from printing to packaging and final packing — with over 50 years of experience in specialized printing. This vertical integration simplifies project management, ensures quality consistency across stages, and enables everything from test runs to large-scale national campaigns, with specialized technical support at every stage.
The manufacturing process of custom card boosters consists of six main stages: design and prepress, offset printing on specialized paper or board (300–350 gsm), application of finishes (lamination, holographic, metallic, selective UV varnish), precision die-cutting with rounded or sharp corners, automated packaging with controlled distribution of special cards, and packing into master cartons for distribution.
Each stage has its own technical requirements and quality control checkpoints. Packaging is the most specific stage: it requires specialized machinery that groups cards according to the defined rarity distribution, inserts them into packs, seals them hermetically, and verifies the contents of each unit before continuing along the line.
Grifoll Print Solutions executes this entire process under one roof — from artwork preparation to final packing — with over 50 years of experience in specialized printing, ensuring full traceability, consistent quality across stages, and the capacity for runs of any volume.
Special finishes are the key differentiating element that communicates rarity and value in collectible cards. The main ones are holographic (a film with microstructures that create color-shifting effects depending on the viewing angle), metallic (a surface with a uniform reflective gold, silver, or metallic color, applicable as full coverage or in specific areas via stamping), lenticular (cylindrical microlenses that create motion, flip, or 3D effects when the viewing angle changes), and selective UV varnish (intense gloss with slight relief applied only to specific areas of the design).
Each finish has different technical characteristics, costs, and visual effects. The most premium cards combine several of them: for example, a holographic background with metallic details and selective UV varnish on the character name.
Grifoll Print Solutions has the technical capability to apply all these finishes in collectible card projects, providing specialized guidance in selecting the optimal combination for each rarity level and offering fully integrated production under one roof.
At Grifoll, we work with brands, licensees, and promotional agencies across Europe.
We provide a fast, reliable, and certified technical and production service.
In addition to printing on different materials and custom die-cutting, Grifoll can apply a range of special effects to the cards to highlight specific elements of the collection. These effects include: lenticular, metallic, gold, silver, holographic, transparent, luminescent, glitter, embossed varnish, high gloss, heat-sensitive, and ultraviolet.
Meet our specialists in printed solutions
Loyalty Programs for Large Distribution
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+34 607 330 996
Labeling, IML, PLV, and Industrial Printing
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+34 935 883 892
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Please note that we are a B2B company and require a minimum number of units for our orders. Be sure to include this information in your request.
