Want to produce recyclable foil-boards?

Metallized foil boards are produced using different technologies. Some of the commonly used technologies are;

• Metallized poly film lamination
• Metallized co-extrusion process
• Cold foiling process

Theoretically, even a hot foil process can be used, however it is never feasible due to the limitations in the technology.

Metallized poly film lamination

In this process, we laminate an aluminum based PET or PP film on to the paper or board substrate using a vertical lamination process. This is one of the older technologies used and still finds application where the need for barrier is involved.

Metallized co-extrusion process

Here, we extrude granules which are coated on the paper board substrate. This process is more economical when it comes to high volume production of metallized foil boards. It also gives better control on the coating material and thickness and has better performance when used for various conversion processes.

Cold foiling process

Cold foil is more of a printing process where the aluminum coating on the foil is adhered to the print area using adhesive. This process makes the cold foil boards more eco friendly and recyclable unlike the other processes of metallized paper board production, since there is no plastic layer on the paper substrate.

Most cold foil units can be retrofitted on any existing sheetfed offset press for better flexibility and wider job applications.

Eco foil boards are produced using the Cold foil process. To make eco foil boards, we need a cold foil unit such as the Eagle cold foil system, which can be retrofit on any existing sheet-fed press.

We usually recommend a 6 color sheet fed press to retrofit a cold foil unit as the cold foil process will take two print units and the remain 4 print units can be used to print process colors.

There are exceptional cases, where cold foil units are retrofitted on 2 color sheetfed offset presses, however to make the best of this technology it is always recommended to use at least a 6 color press if not more.

We can help you develop your recyclable cold foil packaging business model. Please reach out to us at sales@carbonprintz.com if you need help.

Eco foil boards, as the name suggests are eco friendly. These boards can be recycled into the existing recycling streams used for paper.

Foil board packaging is mainly used to increase the aesthetic appeal of the package to help the package stand out on the shelf in a retail space. Most foil boards produced using conventional technologies have a flat surface because of the process used. The poly film surface is flat thus affecting the reflection of light on a shelf.

Recyclable foil boards produced using cold foil technology have a better light reflection degree due to the printing process. Thus, this process brings more flexibility, creativity and sustainability in the overall production of foil boards packaging.

If you need help with starting up your foil board production plant, please feel free to reach out to us at sales@carbonprintz.com

The answer is NO.

You can always produce eco-foil boards using a cold foil technology like the Eagle systems on a UV press, but there are a lot of successful cases where the cold foil technology like the Eagle systems have produced amazing results on conventional presses too.

It does not matter if your press is UV. or conventional. If you have the right cold foil technology with you, then there is nothing to stop you from producing the most creative cold foil printed applications.

If you need help with developing your eco-foil board business, please feel free to reach out to us at sales@carbonprintz.com. 

At Carbon, our primary focus is in helping you build your business model through an informed decision making process. The type of machines, material and every other resource comes at a later stage. We first help you establish the scope of the business. We then follow a structured approach to validate the identified scope using our proprietary analysis tools.  

There are cases, where the client would have already done this part before reaching out to us. In such cases, we begin the project at the next level, with technical pre-qualifications, strategy building, resource planning etc. Every project is different. The best way to find out is to reach out to us for an initial project scope discussion and let us discover together how can we help you kick start your project. 

If you need help with setting up your packaging business, please feel free to reach out to us at sales@carbonprintz.com.