Unrivaled in the entire sector: KURZ provides you with the thinnest decoration layers on the market. Because our technology is based on an ultra-thin, dry coating layer that carries the design (1.5 to 3 μm). This is on an extremely thin polyester carrier (PET), which is removed once the transfer is complete.
So whether hot stamping, cold or digital transfer – with the advantages of the transfer technology from KURZ, you can bridge the gap between a packaging design with an outstanding finish and an environmentally-friendly approach. Because, with our environmentally-friendly transfer decoration process, no film is transferred and no lamination takes place.
Hot stamping is fundamentally environmentally-friendly: Wafer-thin aluminum and lacquer layers (the decoration) are transferred from a thin PET carrier to a substrate during the printing process. The carrier is removed and the decorative layer remains on the substrate. The transfer process itself is emissions-free and no wet varnishes are used. Due to the extremely thin decoration layer transferred, the application takes place with a lower energy consumption per square meter of decorated surface than with other decoration processes.
With cold transfer for sheet-fed and web-fed, wafer-thin aluminum and varnish layers are also applied to a substrate. But in this case, an adhesive is used. Firstly, the adhesive is applied to the substrate with the utmost precision. Then the cold transfer design is precisely applied and the adhesive is cured, for example using UV light. Once cured, the carrier is removed from the substrate. The decoration remains on the parts of the substrate bearing adhesive.
