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"Laser cutting eliminates all tools," confirms Dr. Jules Farkas, managing director of Wave Front Technologies, "not just rotary dies but also tools for perfing, hole punching, and cutting forms out of the web."

Aesthetic results, too, figure on the positive side. The laser's forceless cutting process does not typically damage materials, and pressure-sensitive label tests have shown better peel on laser kiss-cut labels than rotary diecut labels.