Littleton, Colo.

True teamwork is one of the rarest, most exhilarating and most productive human activities possible. Every business wants to harness this incredible energy, but achieving such a level of motivation is not always easy. A team is not just a group of individuals who work at the same location or have the same logo on their business cards. A real team consists of people who may be unequal in experience, talent or education, but who are equal in their commitment to working together to achieve goals for the good of the organization, each other and their customers. If companies are going to be successful,

CPI Card Group, Littleton, Colo., has received the Élan Award for the best non-financial card design for the card manufacturing excellence category. CPI's winning entry was a Starbucks Coffee Company stored value gift card featuring animated artwork of a Vespa scooter and patrons drinking coffee outside an Italian bistro. CPI Card Group also was chosen as one of two finalists for the People's Choice Élan Award for Card Manufacturing for its pink glitter Aeropostale gift card. This card is fashioned with a unique particulate PVC, which is produced exclusively by Reno Plastics, a sister company of CPI based in Reno, Nev. In other news, CPI Card