RL serves the following industries: printing and converting, document security and brand protection, hologram application and foiling, tobacco and specialist application industries such as the medical sector.

In particular, visitors to the API Foils stand were invited to view its latest cold foiling technology, which has become one the most cost-effective solutions for creating brand enhancement and differentiation in the label industry.

"We are delighted with the response to the launch of this product at Labelexpo USA and the interest in the samples on display, produced with API Foils and its new, cold die-less foiling product," said Liz Zinnbauer of Akzo Nobel Inks.

He thought the material might make the hair foiling process easier.

Cal Door foils RTF doors on a unique foiling press line is the first to foil with an air vacuum system rather than with the standard bladder system, allowing wrapping to take place with minimum imperfections and distortion of the falls, according to the company.

Cold foiling on shink sleeves is a logical alternative.

API Foils has introduced Digital dieLESS foiling -- a development of its dieLess[TM] foiling technology which enables the application of variable information in the form of foil rather than conventional print.

Depending on the substrate, the digital cold foil system can operate at speeds up to 246 fpm (75 mpm) and can be supplied as a standalone unit or be retrofitted to an existing foiling station.

The terms 'foiling', 'blocking' and 'hot stamping' all describe the same process; that of transferring a metallic layer from a carrier foil onto a substrate.

Working well with nearly 98 percent of inks and cold foil glues in current markets, CF4.6's high gloss and over-printability can appear on most printing substrates perfectly in an inline cold foiling process, which means costs and time may be saved for converters.