What foil stamping means as printing solution?

If you are even little knowledgeable about printing press you would surely know about foil stamping People doesn’t know about it, this is a form of printing solution that has been around longer than the printing itself and the more surprising part is that this method still continues to be a favorite method of developing unique, fine, polished and attractive finishing on different items. 

Foil stamping is also known as hot stamping, foil printing, dry stamping and leaf stamping. Gradually, as the time passed on varieties in types of foil stamping were developed, which are now used depending on design needs. While all the process are named differently, the basic process remains the same, i.e. they all use heat and metallic film in a specialty printing process that creates a shiny design on the paper or material of your choice heat and metallic film to create a shiny design on the paper or any given  material.

Foil stamping has emerged as a great printing solutions to embellish various items like, cover of a leather photograph album, printed with family's monogram; any given piece of cloth bookmarked with a favorite quote or text; leather bag or wallet engraved with personal symbol; etc. There can be other interesting use foil stamping, such as wedding invitations having intertwined silver vines, gold rings and blue flowers. Businesses also have a have great use of foil stamping, like to identify cards, folders, signs, and magnets with their company logo. Foil stamping is premium in printing solution that signifies the status symbol and conveys your standard of choice.

Importance of SBS in printing and packaging

SBS is one of the highly sought-after materials for printing & packaging. In fact, it is turning into an integral part of printing & packaging process due to the level of quality it offers to uplift quality production. But before we proceed any further, it is important to clear first what is SBS, because it is not a very common term for novices. 

SBS is stand for Solid Bleached Sulfate. It is a premium paperboard grade which holds the label of being the most expensive paper board substrate at present. It is produced from 80% bleached virgin wood pulp with highest quality coating to improve its printing surface. The best feature of these boards is that they can prevent moisture penetration and keep content safe from damp, providing high-end packaging for moist sensitive content. Next, it can be easily creased, cut, hot foil stamped and embossed to create an ideal pack for any type of product.  

Another prominent feature that makes it vital for printing & packaging industry is its perfect printing surface. It has good printing properties for graphics as it is white from both inside and out. Anything printed on its surface appears sharp and enhanced. So no matter if it is graphical image or text, SBS is a perfect material for quality printing. 

SBS is also hygienic and pure without any odor and taste. Hence, it is highly preferred for aroma and flavor sensitive products such as cigarettes, chocolate and cosmetics. Some of its other application areas include pharmaceutical packaging and frozen food packaging, health and beauty packaging, wedding card, book cover, etc. Without SBS it was really tough to achieve the quality of packaging it offers for the above mentioned products.

What is integrated packaging and labeling?

The technique of packaging and labeling has come a long way since the time it got active in commercial business and has also achieved many levels of advancement since then. Today, integrated packaging and labeling is one of the many advanced methods, which are extremely in demand in almost entire manufacturing industry. Now what is integrated packaging and labeling that has revolutionized the commercial sector? Well, this is a method of managing and executing packaging, labeling, documentation and delivery of a product so as to match the regulatory compliance and market. 

The benefit of integrated packaging and labeling is that it removes the error, minimizes the risk, guarantee safety and reduce time required to reach global market. In short, this method has been designed to achieve zero defects. This is a one step solution that makes your product easy and hassle-free to reach end users.

For rapid design, easy deployment and quick execution, basically there are three steps that are followed for integrated packaging and labeling.

1. Study, preparation and blueprinting
2. Standardized universal labeling and IPM deployment
3. Validation, ongoing support and maintenance

All these three steps together work to add finishing touch to the product when they are employed in an appropriate and panned manner. 

This method of packing a product is not limited to any certain types. There are different types of integrated packing that are used depending on the category of product, for instance - bottling lines, carton packers, capsule fillers, laser engravers and the humble laser printer. Among them laser engravers are use for bar codes or part numbers on particular types of parts. Similarly, humble laser printer involves uses of a dedicated computer and label software. Integrated packaging and labeling is an advance technique to make your commercial products safer until it reaches the end users.