There’s nothing quite like finding the perfect canvas to promote your brand. As leaders in the branding and printing industry, our team of experts, together with our wide range of tech and top-quality products, is the solution you’re looking for when it comes to getting your brand out there. Here are just some of the printing and branding techniques we have at our fingertips. Questions? Don’t hesitate to give us a call 011 568 9636.
BELLY BANDS
Make a statement that can’t be ignored with full-colour, digitally branded Belly Bands. An excellent way to ensure enhanced visibility for your brand. They are perfect for adding a finishing touch to notebooks. You will never go unseen.
CO2 LAZER ENGRAVING
A logo is burned into a product with a CO2 laser by removing the top layer of the item to expose the second layer.
DEBOSSING
A die in the shape of a logo is pressed into the surface of a product using both heat and pressure, creating a permanent stamped impression in the product.
DIGITAL PRINTING ON BAGS
A full-colour digital image is printed onto a special transfer paper. This paper is then coated with a unique powdered glue which is cured onto the ink with UV rays. Thereafter it is placed onto the product which is inserted into a heat press and the heat from the press allows the print to be transferred directly onto the fabric.
DIGITAL TRANSFER PRINTING
A digital image is printed onto a special transfer paper and the product that is being branded is treated with a chemical before the logo is applied. The transfer paper is then placed onto the product, transferring the ink from the paper onto the product. At this stage the branded product is treated with a sealing chemical to ensure permanency of the logo. This technology is perfect for ceramic or metal mugs as well as metal flasks and water bottles. The Digital Transfer Printer does not print the colour white so this process is best used on white and metal items. On metal products, the colours in the logo take on a metallic tinge but the ability to create a permanent, full colour branding is unique to this process and therefore extremely attractive.
LAZER ENGRAVING
A logo is burned into the product with a laser, replicating the logo with precise accuracy. The laser “burns” the top layer of the product off and reveals the layer beneath. If the layer beneath is a different colour to the top layer, when engraved, the bottom layer’s colour is exposed. Because the top layer is “burned off” in the process, laser engraving is a permanent method of branding and the tonal shades make it an upmarket, subtle choice. This process is used mainly for items such as metal pens, keyholders, mugs, flasks and BBQ items.
LAZER ETCHING ON CLOTHING
A logo is burned into a product with a CO2 laser by removing the top layer of the item to expose the second layer.
PAD PRINTING
Pad Printing is an o set printing process that involves ink being transferred from an engraved metal plate onto a product via a silicone pad, creating an image on the product. Each colour is applied separately but the detail in the print can still be excellent.
DOMED STICKERS
Stickers are digitally printed on an adhesive vinyl in full-colour and then automatically cut to the required shape and size. The stickers are coated with a polyurethane resin to give a three-dimensional appearance.
DIRECT TO PRODUCT PRINTING
Direct to Product Printing provides for the application of full-colour logos directly onto the product. By using specifi cally engineered jigs, a specialised digital printing head transfers UV-cured ink onto fl at or slightly curved surfaces with photo-print quality and bold, vivid colours.
DIGITAL PRINTING ON NOTEBOOKS
Employing the latest customised UV technology we are able to digitally print full-colour, high-defi nition digital images directly onto notebooks.
DIGITAL PRINTING ON DRINKWARE
This new UV printing process provides for the application of a full-colour digital wrap print directly onto drinkware.
EMBROIDERY
Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric with designs stitched in strands of thread. Driven by computers that read digitized embroidery fi les, embroidery machines automatically create a design on the product in the form of the logo that was input into the machine.
FOIL HOT STAMPING
Hot Stamping with foil is a similar process to debossing except that a thin foil is pressed into the product to create a colour. Even though heat and pressure are applied, they are applied in lesser volume than during debossing and therefore the impression is not as deep.
SCREEN PRINTING
Screen Printing is the process whereby a logo is exposed onto a mesh screen, with the blank areas coated with an impermeable substance. Ink is then placed onto the screen and a squeegee pushes the ink through the screen in the areas where the logo has been imposed. Colours are printed one at a time so accurate registration is essential.
SUBLIMATION PRINTING
Sublimation Printing is a process done by way of a digital full-colour printer which is fitted with special sublimation inks. The logo is printed onto a special transfer paper and cut automatically to the correct shape. The logo is then placed onto the product and heat is applied, causing the inks to migrate from the paper onto the product.
VINYL STICKERS
Stickers are digitally printed in full-colour on an adhesive vinyl and then automatically cut to almost any shape.
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