An essential guide to Hot Stamping Foil
Hot stamping or foil stamping is done with pre-dried ink or foils transferred to another surface at high temperatures. Hot stamping is one of the most important modes of decoration on plastic products since the latter half of the 1970s. In the 19th century, hot tamping was a popular technique of applying gold tooling or embossing in book printing on leather and paper. Ernst Oeser recorded the first patent for hot stomping in 1892. Since the 1950s, hot stamping has become a popular means of marking plastic used for automobile parts (interior and exterior materials), electric components (TV frames, audio components, refrigerators etc.), and cosmetic containers (lipstick, cream, mascara, shampoo bottle etc.). It has also been used as a technique for security printing since 1998. Holostik hot stamping foil secures the product and enhances its aesthetics for high visibility. Foils are the multi-layered coatings that are transferred to the surface of the ...