Put Foil In Your Plans

Stewart Glazer, vice president for sales and marketing at Crown Roll Leaf, in Paterson, N.J., a manufacturer of hot stamping foils and holographic diffraction gratings, introduces readers to the potential of this media by answering commonly asked questions.

What is hot stamping foil?

Technically, hot stamping foil is a carrier film with a release coat, and a thin layer of vaporized aluminum sandwiched between the color coat (top coat) and the sizing (adhesive coat).