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ANGEL customers’ needs, wants and concerns and offer support and advice—“Not just to sell things to them,” says Mr Shigeta. • Security—ANGEL strives each day to improve security through improvements to its facilities, equipment, systems and training of employees. “We have been working hard to develop these three aspects of our operation, and we believe this is the best and only way to achieve the trust of customers all over the world,” states Mr Shigeta. “We promise our customers that we will make consistent efforts to maintain that trust through enhanced quality, service and security.” Award winning— Inside Asian Gaming Editor Michael Grimes (left) presents ANGEL Playing Cards Co President and Chief Executive Officer Yasushi Shigeta the trophy for Best Table Gaming Essential, won by Angel pre-shuffled cards in IAG’s Supplier Awards – 2011 Secure reputation—ANGEL eight-deck shuffled cards Development ANGEL says its casino playing cards are manufactured adapting to the customer’s preference, such as choice of materials, processing method and forms of products, and supplied to the market. The company supplies the following products for the casino industry: • Blackjack—ANGEL develops and sells shuffle machine-friendly plastic playing cards with optimal durability for use in casino blackjack games; • Poker—ANGEL makes specialised POKER CARDS made from soft-textured and highest-quality acetate. It also offers POKER CARDS made from PVC and suitable for shuffle machines. • Baccarat—ANGEL offers eight-deck shuffled paper playing cards especially for baccarat. The cards are superior in terms of randomness and security, and have gained an unparalleled reputation in the market. • In addition, ANGEL has produced a secure card shoe called ANGEL EYE that is extremely common in baccarat with eight-deck shuffled paper playing cards. “Today, ANGEL has 80% share of the Asian and Australian casino market and has risen to become the biggest supplier of playing cards for casinos in the world,” says Mr Shigeta. “We are making effort to convince people that ANGEL provides the best quality casino playing cards and corresponds quickly to customer’s request, and we will continue to strive to meet our customer’s expectations” INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | July 2011 34