Documentation

Technical datasheets describe the foil itself: carrier construction, release-layer notes, metallised layer, adhesive compatibility, optical density and recommended storage. Use them as the source of truth when populating your converter ERP and writing the artwork specification sheet your brand owner signs off.

Press setup guides translate the datasheet into operating windows for common press platforms — Bobst, Heidelberg, Nilpeter, Mark Andy and others. They contain reference anilox volumes, UV lamp doses, web tensions and nip pressures known to work on each substrate family, so a first-time operator can approach specification on the first form.

ICC profiles and colour references let pre-press teams soft-proof overprint colours on top of cold foil with more confidence. Each profile is built from a measured printed reference under D50 lighting on a calibrated spectrophotometer, with the substrate and overprint varnish documented in the profile description.

Compliance and sustainability documents include composition and restricted-substance declarations for the foil, storage and handling guidance, and design-for-recycling notes. Formal certificates (where we hold them, matched to the lot supplied) are shared on request during qualification.

Every PDF carries a revision code in the footer in the form REV-YYYY-NN. When a document is updated — a new ICC profile, an extended substrate matrix, a refreshed lab report — the previous revision stays accessible for twelve months so converters mid-qualification do not have to re-sign artwork against a moved goalpost. Older revisions are then archived; if you need a specific historic version for an audit, our team can retrieve it from the internal archive within two business days.

Sign-in events on the converter portal are logged for traceability: which document was downloaded, by which authenticated user, at what timestamp. This protects both sides — you can prove which revision was in use during a production run, and we can prove that a controlled document was released under our IP terms rather than copied from an open URL.

If the standard documentation does not cover your project — a non-listed substrate, an unusual press configuration, a regulatory regime you need to address, or a bespoke pigmented foil developed for one brand — our applications team can prepare a project-specific qualification pack. Typical turnaround is one to three weeks depending on whether new lab work is required.

Common custom packs include narrow-web label-press qualification notes, colour studies for cosmetics and beverage brands, design-for-recycling notes for a specific substrate + coverage combination, and documentation to support brand-side buyer qualification in the US and EU.