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News Release from: OFT Technology (Foiltone) | Subject: Foiltone litho cold foil application system
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 February 2008
Cold Foil World First On 6-Colour KBA
Press
OFT Technology, the British manufacturer of the Foiltone litho cold foil application system, has claimed a world first with an application on a six-colour KBA 162 press in Italy.
John Hopkinson, OFT's sales director, said: "There were significant technical challenges that had to be overcome to produce a system that would operate at normal press speed with a foil width of 1,600mm (63") We are now the only company in the world that can offer systems on all sizes of press, irrespective of the manufacture." OFT said it has retrofitted several makes of lithographic presses, including those from KBA, Komori, Mitsubishi, Heidelberg and Man Roland and that it has systems operating in Europe, the USA and Japan
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 27 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Hopkinson continued: "Since introducing litho cold foil application to the market several years ago there have been significant developments in foils, adhesives, inks, including UV inks and coatings as the manufacturers of those products have seen their market opportunities multiply.
This in turn has lead to significant advances to cold foil application techniques, which have now become of interest to print sectors not previously associated with foil stamping.
Our principle growth area is in commercial print market where previously foil had been rarely used." He added that further developments at OFT include systems to allow several rolls of foil to be run across the width of the press and Foilstop, which only allows foil to run when the foil pressing section of the press is in impression.
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