Leonhard Kurz (UK) Ltd Blog


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  • Mike Webber
Europe, UK, Ireland, Home Care, Automotive, Car Parts, Consumer Durables, Furniture, Machinery, Printing, Labelling Machinery, Decorating, Printing Machinery, Hot Stamping Machines, Packaging Decoration, Hot Stamping

Thanks to its superior application machinery, state-of-the-art foils, and exceptional tool-making capabilities, KURZ has become a leading supplier of hot stamping technology. Whether used in the production of automotive parts, household appliances, home entertainment products, credit cards, packaging, or furniture, KURZ machinery and foils are helping to decorate a wide variety of surfaces around the world.

KURZ's application equipment has been expertly designed to provide optimal performance in a wide variety of production processes.

For example, our stamping machines can be easily adjusted to accommodate all types of hot stamping foils, as well as an exceptional assortment of shapes and substrates. Thanks to their modular design, many KURZ machines and handling devices can be integrated into automated manufacturing processes. They can also be easily coupled with injection molding, assembly, and packaging machines. In addition, KURZ supplies a broad spectrum of reliable machinery for stand-alone operation.


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  • Mike Webber
Europe, UK, Ireland, Shows, Associations, Media, Packaging Trade Associations

Building up a brand costs millions - protecting it costs only a fraction of this. Optical security features from KURZ protect your image and offer an effective defence against counterfeiting. These economical and widely-used features ensure that genuine products stay genuine.

To prevent loss of sales and damage to your image, effective product protection is becoming more and more important - for example, through optically variable security features from KURZ.

KURZ is a member of IHMA (International Holographic Manufactures Association).


  • Kurz
  • Mike Webber
Europe, UK, Ireland, Labelling, Sleeving, Printing, Coding, Supply Chain Services, Coding, Traceability

Coding foils are used to stamp various markings onto product packaging by means of a coding Devise. These marking provide the consumer with important information, such as the expiration date, the production date, the weight, or the price.

KURZ coding foils are ideal for efficient product labeling and represent the very best in quality and performance. Our customers can choose from a diverse product line that includes a wide range of grades and colors. As a result, KURZ can satisfy even the most demanding requirements of modern product labeling.

Environmentally Compatible Standards

The KURZ Group has done outstanding work in creating products that will not harm the environment. The selection of non-harmful raw materials is central to the development and manufacture of our coding foils. KURZ refrains from using cadium pigments, chloro-hydrocarbons, and other ozone endangering substances commonly used in today's market. This is of significant benefit to both processors and consumers.

All foils in the coding product line comply with the strict limits in EN 71/Part 3, the EU packaging guidelines 94/62/EC, and the American CONEG specification for heavy metals and lead chromate.


Europe, UK, Ireland, Machinery, Printing, Labelling Machinery, Labelling, Sleeving

Desktop or inline printers, flat head or near edge head - our program of Thermal Transfer Ribbons covers the suitable quality for every type of printer and almost every substrate.

The formulas are free of heavy metals in accordance with the European standard EN 71 part 3, and based on a large choice of colors open up almost unlimited creative possibilities.


Europe, UK, Ireland, Beauty, Personal Care, Cosmetics, Plastic, Textiles, Textiles - Silk

Hot stamping technology has been the process of choice in the cosmetics industry for many years now when it comes to the finishing of cosmetic products. As the market leader in this area, the KURZ group excels with its foil product range tailored to each specific application.

The processor can select from an undoubtedly unsurpassed selection of numerous gold tones, from high-gloss to matte silk. Diverse bronze tones follow the latest trends in this area. In the COLORIT® product range he will find the customary large selection of matte and gloss pigment foils in many colours.


Europe, UK, Ireland, Beauty, Personal Care, Cosmetics, Eating, Drinking, Food, Packaging Decoration, Colouring, Hot Stamping, Metallization, Product Development Services, Package Design

With its foil product families LUXOR/ALUFIN®, LIGHT LINE, COLORIT®, and TRUSTSEAL® as well as Holograms, KURZ, who has been a competent partner in the hot stamping field for many years now, is able to offer two comprehensive design product families to meet the needs of both processors and designers.

Packaging means adding value. Enhancing the product and its packaging separates you from the competition. Where products and contents are becoming increasingly homogeneous, the incorporation of hot stamping foil in a package design will greatly increase the product's shelf appeal thereby attracting the buyer's attention.

Consider the packaging currently used in spritis, cosmetics, and certain food packagings. Metallized hot stamping foils from KURZ, in gold, silver and a variety of colors are available for use with many products.

Whether high value cosmetic packaging, spritis and certain food packagings, the range of applications for the graphics industry is bound only by your imagination. KURZ foils are engineered specifically for the demands ranging from small to large volume production.


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  • Created 15 Dec 2015
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