Finishing - Foiling

The UEI Group unveiled its new headquarters, which was completed in advance of the 50-year anniversary of the original UEI company. With the continued growth and expansion of the UEI Group companies, it became important to have a UEI Group facility dedicated to the improvement of all UEI Group companies.

Tactile enhancements, eye-catching embellishments, and natural finishes are just some of the ways brands are bringing luxury to their packaging.

Infinity Foils released its new Foil Selection Guide, the largest guide to date. The guide offers an expanded foil shade range and increased product offering, with a compressive shade guide. The foil shade selection guide book also features shade cross-reference charts, and foil tear tabs.

During PRINTING United, Heidelberg will launch its new Digimatrix 60 FC diecutter and hot-foiler as well as the Diana Go 85 folder/gluer aimed at short run and digital packaging solutions for the North American market.

Flexographic Tech took home the Gold award for the College Student Category of Flexographic Technical Association’s 2019 Excellence in Flexography Awards. Students of Flexo Tech's 12-week press operator course created the winning card on a 23-year-old, gear-driven Mark Andy 2200.

The packaging featured in this week's episode of POW! is both functional and beautiful, utilizing storytelling to attract consumers. Method's Creative Growth Art Collection line of soap uses colorful shrink sleeves and an ElastiTag to create a piece of decor in the home that will be useful for weeks at a time.

Rohrer Corp., a supplier of high-visibility retail packaging, has installed an Eagle Cold Foil system from Eagle Systems at its facility in Buford, Ga. The cold foil system is operating in-line with a Komori LSX40 offset printing press.

Esko and Scodix have announced a collaboration to include Scodix packaging enhancement applications within the Esko Studio suite. The applications include Scodix Foil, Scodix Embossed Foil, Scodix Sense for UV embossing and Scodix Spot for varnish applications.

Eagle Systems announced that it installed its cold foil system at the production facility of Utah PaperBox in Salt Lake City, Utah. Eagle’s President and CEO Mike King declared that UPB now has the “largest cold foiler in the Americas”.

One of the most important tasks a brand has is to maintain a positive perception among consumers. Package printers and converters can play an important role by providing the right packaging embellishments.