Metallic inks shine on

By using foil-effect metallic inks made from a vacuum metallized process to replace hot foiling, a change in graphics requires only a plate change and not an expensive and time-consuming process to make a hot stamp die, said Tom Hammer, director of product portfolios at Akzo Nobel Inks (Plymouth, Minn.). "This opens up new markets to achieving foil effect where using foil was once cost prohibitive," he said.