Production plant for producing a raw card or a composite of raw cards for identity, value or security documents, comprising: - a supply device for providing at least two individual layers of plastic to be joined together on or to a first workpiece carrier, - a first workpiece carrier transport system comprising a first transportation line which is guided along or through individual processing stations in order to guide the first workpiece carrier loaded with the individual layers along a production flow to or through the individual processing stations, - a pre-fixing station downstream of the supply device in the production flow in order to pre-fix the layers assembled on or on the first workpiece carrier to one another to form a film booklet, - a laminating station adjacent to the first transportation line and downstream of the pre-fixing station in the production flow, in which laminating station a heating device is integrated and which is set up to laminate the foil booklet to form a laminate composite, the laminating station being assigned a transfer device for removing the film booklet from or from the first workpiece carrier before lamination and positioning it between lamination plates of the laminating station for lamination and for loading the first workpiece carrier with the laminate composite after lamination, - a handling device downstream of the laminating station in the production flow, which is set up to remove the laminate composite from or from the first workpiece carrier of the first workpiece carrier transport system in order to feed it to a cutting station belonging to the production plant, wherein the cutting station is set up to subject the laminate composite to a multi-sided trimming, and wherein the handling device is set up to feed the trimmed laminate composite to a second workpiece carrier, - a second workpiece carrier transport system for transporting the second workpiece carrier loaded with the trimmed lamination composite along a second transportation line, and - a magazine storage device adjacent to the second transportation line, which is set up to place the raw card formed from the trimmed lamination composite or the composite of raw cards formed from the trimmed lamination composite into a magazine, wherein a common intermediate lifting unit is provided, which is arranged to displace both the first workpiece carriers and the second workpiece carriers between two transportation lines (108, 144; 128, 148) arranged at different levels. - a supply device for providing at least two individual layers of plastic to be joined together on or to a first workpiece carrier, - a first workpiece carrier transport system comprising a first transportation line which is guided along or through individual processing stations in order to guide the first workpiece carrier loaded with the individual layers along a production flow to or through the individual processing stations, - a pre-fixing station downstream of the supply device in the production flow in order to pre-fix the layers assembled on or on the first workpiece carrier to one another to form a film booklet, - a laminating station adjacent to the first transportation line and downstream of the pre-fixing station in the production flow, in which laminating station a heating device is integrated and which is set up to laminate the foil booklet to form a laminate composite, the laminating station being assigned a transfer device for removing the film booklet from or from the first workpiece carrier before lamination and positioning it between lamination plates of the laminating station for lamination and for loading the first workpiece carrier with the laminate composite after lamination, - a handling device downstream of the laminating station in the production flow, which is set up to remove the laminate composite from or from the first workpiece carrier of the first workpiece carrier transport system in order to feed it to a cutting station belonging to the production plant, wherein the cutting station is set up to subject the laminate composite to a multi-sided trimming, and wherein the handling device is set up to feed the trimmed laminate composite to a second workpiece carrier, - a second workpiece carrier transport system for transporting the second workpiece carrier loaded with the trimmed lamination composite along a second transportation line, and - a magazine storage device adjacent to the second transportation line, which is set up to place the raw card formed from the trimmed lamination composite or the composite of raw cards formed from the trimmed lamination composite into a magazine,