New Changes for the US Playing Card Company:

A little history:

The United States Playing Card Company is the leader in the production and distribution of premier brands of playing cards, including Bee, Bicycle, Aviator, KEM, Tally Ho, and Hoyle playing cards, plus other gaming accessories like Poker chips.
The privately held company, has been based in Cincinnati, Ohio since it’s founding in 1867, manufactures, markets and distributes playing cards, children's card games, collectible tins, puzzles and card accessories.

While at their first location on College Street, the firm printed theatrical and circus posters, placards and labels. By 1872, the business had increased so much, it was forced to seek larger quarters, and in November 1872, it moved into a new, four-story building on nearby Race Street.

                Race street building

The Present & Future:
They have now moved to a high tech facility in Hebron, Kentucky as of July 2009. They will be investing in excess of $30 million over the next two years to establish a new manufacturing, distribution and headquarters on the new 40 Acre campus.  USPCC will relocate to a 570,000 square foot facility on the campus. The facility will be the headquarters operations for USPCC, which has been located in the Greater Cincinnati city of Norwood, Ohio since 1901.  The campus will also serve as the headquarters for Loew-Cornell, a respected leader in the art and craft supply market and also part of Jarden Branded Consumables, whose corporate functions will be relocated to Boone County from Englewood, NJ.  They have decided to take on the move in an effort to modernize their facilities and equipment, in order to remain competitive in the next 100 years.

USPCC will continue to have operations in Cincinnati, including a display of the company's museum of historical playing cards dating back to the fourteenth century.

Bicycle cards:

Bicycle has been the best selling playing card brand in the world for more than 100 years. The US Playing Card Company has already unveiled a new box design for their Bicycle Rider Back 808 playing cards, the most popular selling card, both for them as well as magic shops world wide.

Murphy’s Magic Supplies, Inc. has purchased the entire remaining inventory of the decks featuring the classic Bicycle box design. After we sell through the stock on hand, we will carry the new design. The design to the outside box design is the only thing to change on these cards. Inside you still have the same design, and the same quality that you know and trust.  We will continue offer the classic style tuck case while supplies last.

We will have more information on the New decks as we prepare to bring them to you.

New Tuck Case for the Bicycle Cards.  

article by Marc Duva