Heat stamping

This type of refinement is used in different kinds of valuable books but is commonplace in the production of labels and packaging as well. A metal layer is applied onto the surface of the material, while heat and pressure applied to the rear of the foil itself releases the adhesive that attaches and separates a part of the foil in the shape of the motif on the stamping plate. A broad range of colour foils specifically for this type of refinement for printed materials currently exists, but gold foil remains far and away the most common. A significant one-off cost is always the production of the stamping form itself.