Offset printing is a type of printing technology that is accessible. It is a kind of flat printing where the image is transferred via an intermediary cylinder that is wrapped in a rubber blanket from a flat plate to the substrate (paper, cardboard, etc.).

Flexographic printing, often shortened to flexo, is a high-speed printing technique that uses flexible printing plates. It’s like a modern version of letterpress printing, but on a roll and able to handle a wider range of materials.

Flexo excels at printing on flexible packaging, labels, and all sorts of surfaces – plastic, foil, paperboard

Usually applied during the offset printing process, coating the printed cardboard surface produces striking visual effects (such variations in print colour or surface characteristics) in addition to providing mechanical protection against ink wear.

The next steps in coating are typically dispersion and UV varnish, which can give the package a glossy or matte look and cover the whole surface or just specific areas (spot varnish).

Using a layer of PET film applied to the whole surface of a sheet, conventional laminating (either a “cold” or “hot” technique) produces an eye-catching metallic coating.

Printed or unprinted lamination substrates are available, depending on the product type and desired finish (e.g., laminated food trays, premium packaging).

Using high temperatures to produce a bright metallic finish, hot stamping is a surface decoration technique. The process entails heating the dye to 100°C and applying an aluminium layer to the substrate from a carrier foil. 

Decorative accents and product security are highlighted through the employment of this technique in high-end cardboard packaging. You can polish and overprint foils to make them more durable.

Using an embossing technique, one can create 2D or 3D patterns on cardboard. Braille text embossing, also known as “dry embossing,” is achieved with special equipment and produces a delicate high relief, debossing, or 3D impression.

Typically, embossing is used in conjunction with additional finishing techniques like hot stamping or spot coating with a unique or UV varnish.

When producing cardboard packaging, either solid or corrugated, the litho lamination method is employed. It was created to treat corrugated cardboard, which offset printing cannot handle because of its high pressure.

This technology is mostly utilised in the manufacturing of packaging where product weight necessitates durability.

Die cutting is a technique used to mould corrugated or cardboard into the correct shape for packaging.

It can also involve embossing, which is a three-dimensional design made with scoring knives, creasing rules, and die cutters.

For high-end goods or gift packages, window patching is a common way to guarantee product exposure from various viewing angles. 

Offering a range of sizes, forms, and styles, it’s a creative and effective method to draw attention to the product’s distinctiveness

Depending on the design and material, multipoint glueing is a flexible procedure used in packaging production that uses different kinds of hot-melt and cold-melt glue. 

The most popular kind of glue for basic cardboard packing is cold glue. For metallized or litho-laminated substrates, many kinds are employed

Is a final process of which the shape that was being die cut comes to a specific shape for its end state etc. cups, buckets and round cheese boxes.

These machines are specified for each of theirs products that run with high speed to give a final shape and finish to the desired product