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AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... 0.020 solid bleached sulfate. The holographic film with the eye-catching pattern sets the stage for a printed, stamped and embossed surface and stands out on the department store shelf. The Stardust pattern ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... were achieved with a combination of rotogravure, flexography, and electron beam coating using a surface printed registered application on paper with a unique combination of gold and silver hot foil stamping. ...

Pop-Up Card Produced on Iggesund Paperboard

(Carton Box)

January 30, 2018, ... and glued to create a strong base for the pop-up mechanism. The motif is four-color printed by the German pop-up specialists Albrecht creative paper products, who also did the hot foil stamping, embossing, ...

CTI Sensors Locate Heat Loss in Homes

(Label/Tape)

January 02, 2018, ... lunar landscape when a thumb or finger is applied to the 2017 total solar eclipse stamp unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service this past summer. As a result, CTI invented the chemistry for the patent-pending ...

Fresnels Foil Technology Suited for Security

(Flexpack)

December 31, 2017, ... the ability to apply the color changing foil. Said to be easy to use, robust, and secure, Peacock stamping foil has been inspired by the iridescence found in nature to deliver an arresting palette of ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... holography’s role in tax stamp programs in the next 12 months, combating the multi-billion global trade in illicit or counterfeit tobacco and alcohol products. While Europe and North America will ...

Icma Adds to Paper Line

(Flexpack)

December 19, 2017, ... Coppers lends itself to all luxury packaging applications, and the surface of the papers is said to be suited to all printing techniques: digital, offset, hot stamping, and screen. Coppers consists of ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, ... of recycle compatible adhesives is the simple postage stamp. As a bit of legend has it, after a successful letter writing campaign from students related to the fact that the postage stamp was interfering ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... carton designs. Said to be easy-to-use, robust, and secure, Peacock stamping foil is inspired by the iridescence found in nature to deliver an arresting palette of colors and contemporary effects, which ...

Nanotechnology Foils | A New Packaging Design Vista

(Print)

November 07, 2017, ... packaging technologies and applications, particularly in the progress of advanced new printing materials and stamping foils. Developments in foils have progressed so far that the latest generation products ...

Brand Packaging | Foils & Laminates Deliver Outstanding Benefits

(Print)

November 01, 2017, ... were foil stamped or laminated, while others featured no metallic embellishments. The study found that, when faced with foiled and un-foiled versions of both Swiss and Belgian luxury chocolate packs, ...

Cold Foil | How To Be Successful When Choosing a Vendor

(Print)

November 01, 2017, ... liquor labels. Using cold foil on these pieces can create an amazing array of effects, but unlike with hot foil, which produces a flat “stamp” effect, with cold foil you can get an elegant look that follows ...

Kotkamills Develops New Board Grade for Spirits Packaging

(Carton Box)

October 29, 2017, ... for our customers, but without a strong board of high quality, it’s impossible to make beautiful packages, especially when you need to use, for example, hot foil stamping and embossing,” Harju says. “That’s ...

Fresnels Offers Foil for Branded Packaging

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2017, ... stamping foil is inspired by the iridescence found in nature to deliver an arresting palette of colors and contemporary effects, which can be applied by brand owners, printers, and converters using standard ...

PPC Awards | All Packaging Wins Top Prize for SlideBoxCR

(Carton Box)

October 19, 2017, ... three-to-five-year-old participants were unable to access the product. The design also allows for premium graphic treatments. Embossing, foil stamping, spot UV, PMS colors and soft touch coating may ...

Sun Chemical Adds Line of Varnishes

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2017, ... range also includes high-performance, water-based protective coatings developed to enhance the resistance of outdoor print as well as a range suitable for embellishment, including stampable and soft touch. ...

CTI Launches Inks for Tamper Evidence

(News | New Products)

September 04, 2017, ... stamp. Now, we’ve perfected an ink that goes only one-way. It’s irreversible, and it’s used to show a product that has been tampered with or has undergone temperature changes that impact the product’s ...

FTA to Launch New FIRST Resource

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2017, ... for flexographic printers. “When introduced to the flexographic printing process, it was described to me as a crude rubber stamp process, suited only to print bread, ice, and grocery bags,” says Jeff ...

Domino Announces Inks for Security Uses

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2017, ... to currency, stamps, tax stamps, passports, and certificates to prevent forgery, tampering, or counterfeiting of such items. Ink also can be used to incorporate security features onto labels and packaging ...

C+C Packaging Acquires General Die & Die Cutting

(Die-Cutting)

August 23, 2017, ... range of bindery services, die-cutting, stamping, embossing, and carton construction techniques using what they say is state-of-the-art machinery. General Die brings mounting, UV coating, and large-format ...