Month: July 2018

– The global folding market is growing, and will likely reach around $125 Billion by 2022. -According to researchandmarkets.com, the premiumization of folding cartons is escalating in America, due to an increase in consumer living standards, and more sales of luxury goods. -Brand owners are demanding more differentiation in an ever-more-crowded...

Sleeking™ Technology Significance The technological impact of the new 4-Step Sleeking, and the Over-Printable Foiling, is significant on many fronts.  Based on the original innovation of bonding a special metallic foil or spot coating (gloss, matte, or holographic), 4-Step takes this to a new level. Market significance for equipment: Firstly, this technology removes the most time-consuming and costly portion of the traditional foil-stamping market: dies.  For several centuries, dies have been needed to properly foil-stamp mono-color foil onto a variety of substrates.  They are typically expensive, require outsourcing (except for larger shops), offer little variable-data options, and must be...