INVENTORY
Our inventory is enormous, consisting of three shelving levels and ten rows of foils. On the top and bottom levels are most of our more than seven hundred jumbo rolls. A jumbo roll may contain 4000' x 24" to 60000' x 24" of foil on three and six inch cores. On the middle level are most of our more than six thousand master rolls ranging from 200' to 3000' on one inch cores.
SAMPLES
When you are looking for a particular shade, we will search in our database and our inventory, and will send you the closest stock color available. Customers must test and approve samples before purchasing foil. Samples should be tested simulating actual production conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL
After the drying of each coating, the solvents are burned off in our catalytic oxidizer. The state of New Jersey has some of the most rigorous standards for the environment in the nation. Our pollution control equipment meet or exceed those required standards.
MANUFACTURING
In general, pigment and metallic foils have release coatings, color coatings, and adhesive size coatings. Pigment foil manufacturing begins with dissolution of resins, addition of pigments and solvents, mixing, then grinding of the "paint." The paint is then matched and may need to be reground. Metallic foils have a transparent dye coat as well as a metallized aluminum coat. All foils must be ready to internal specifications before they are proceeded to the coating machines. Our coating machines are basically rod and gravure type methods. Foils are usually manufactured on 48 and 60 gauge polyester film, but we can accommodate other thicknesses. Our coating machines are totally enclosed, such that solvents do not exit into the building or the atmosphere.
LAB
Our pigment and metallics lab have eleven stamping machines to achieve consistency at various temperatures, pressures, dwells, and types of artwork. We are equipped with a densitometer, spectrophotometer, as well as utilizing other techniques for color evaluations.
