If you find yourself reading this article, you will know that one of the possible ways to attract your customer's attention, if you deal with marketing, is certainly to obtain product prints that are brighter or that are also perceptible to the touch .

And here to help you, among the various methods used,it  is hot stamping, also called HOT FOIL. As we have already seen is a printing system so called because the decoration occurs by transferring the colored pigment contained in the foil by means of the pressure, speed and heat exerted by the machine. We at Dolce Lucio therefore could easily say that using hot stamping is synonymous with application flexibility for maximum performance.

In this article, therefore, we will understand and see which materials hot stamping can be used on.

Hot stamping: materials and fields of application

You should know that hot stamping can be done on a multitude of materials, including:

• Paper: Hot stamping on paper is very common and is used to create prints with a metallic effect, widely used in the luxury packaging sector and in paper converting. Hot stamping is used for personalized shopping bags, cases and boxes, labels and gift cards, giving the customer the feeling of receiving a high-level product;
• Cardboard: Hot stamping on cardboard is widely used to produce customized cases and boxes. This process adds a touch of elegance and makes the products more attractive to consumers;
• Plastic: Hot stamping on plastic is often used to personalize products such as pouches, containers, caps, bottles, jars, and a variety of items. This technique allows you to create eye-catching, high-quality designs;
• Painted metals: Hot foil printing is used to decorate various objects in this material. An example above all: the capsules for wine, liqueurs and oils. But also objects used in the automotive, household appliances, nautical, etc.
• Leather, leather and synthetic materials: hot stamping is also used in the personalization of many clothing accessories (such as jeans labels) as well as various objects. Often used in combination, for this type of material, with "burning" marking (fire marking) which can both be performed with the same machine that decorates in hot foil.
• Wood: hot stamping is used on this material in very different fields. To personalize and decorate luxury packaging boxes and various objects, it is used similarly to leather, combined with the use of hot stamping. It finds various applications in the agri-food sector for printing, for example, pallets and baskets.

About the products you should know that hot stamping is mostly used for:

• Various Packaging: on a shelf there are dozens of similar products, often boxes or packages with brighter writing can attract the consumer's attention and push them to purchase that item. It is therefore better to rely on hot stamping which gives added value to the packaging. Examples of packaging where hot foil printing is used
• Cosmetics: caps and capsules for jars and bottles / boxes / caskets / jars and bottles / various containers
• Food & Beverage : caps and capsules for wine and spirits / roll paper for the external packaging of products (e.g. chocolate bars,...) / boxes and caskets (e.g. for bottles,...) / trays and containers for pastry shops / etc...
• Clothing and accessories: bags / shoppers / boxes / cases / caskets / glasses holders / special papers for clothing packaging (e.g. tissue paper) etc...
• Crates, baskets, bins intended for various sectors:
• Waste: bins, bins and baskets for waste collection
• Agri-food: baskets and boxes for fruit and vegetables, etc
• Clothing Accessories: objects of various materials and various uses. Some examples:
• Coat hangers / jeans labels / buttons / buckles / counter displays / etc
• Domestic appliances and Automotive: accessories and parts of various materials and uses. Some examples
• Details of household appliances or their bodies (e.g. refrigerator drawers, handles, temperature or level indicators, frames or profiles, etc...
• Accessories or parts of cars, boats, motorbikes, etc. (e.g. knobs, dashboards, rims, etc....)
• Medical: various types of plastic components and objects. Some examples:
• Bags for medicines / dispensers / etc...

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