EcoLeaf
Sustainable printing technology

Sustainable: Protecting the environment

Print finishing with hot or cold foiling is now the most common method for metallic finishes. It has been proven to increase sales as the light reflections it creates make your product stand out on the shelf. Conventional hot or cold foils come in large plastic rolls, and pressure and heat are used to transfer metallic shapes onto the material. Once the metallic shapes have been cut out the remaining foil is discarded, resulting in significant wastage. With ecoLeaf technology, the metallic pigments are transferred directly onto the label, so there’s no wastage as everything is used. The new technology also cuts out the need for making elaborate embossing dies.

Diverse: More colours to choose from

ecoLeaf offers new possibilities in metallic colours. Gold and silver tones are particularly popular in the wine and spirits, and luxury food industries, especially for lettering, coats of arms or embellishments. Not all gold is the same. As with jewellery, there are warm and cool tones. Thanks to ecoLeaf we can now offer our clients a wide variety of gold tones, and other unusual colours without restrictions such as minimum quantities. “With ecoLeaf, we’re deliberately positioning ourselves in the premium segment and we’re excited to see what new horizons we can conquer,” Matthias says. “ecoLeaf is still in the test phase at Vollherbst. The first client projects are scheduled to start this year.”

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