LUXOR® (gold and metallic colors) and ALUFIN® (silver) - the umbrella name in the

KURZ Group for its wide range of grades of aluminium metallized foils - is synonymous with expertise in hot stamping technology and highest quality stamping foils. The LUXOR®/ALUFIN® standard program comprises an extensive and most diverse qualities and colors for all sectors within the graphics and plastics decorative industries.

Decades of experience in research and development combined with the most

modern production techniques has enabled LUXOR®/ALUFIN® foils to gain a leading position in the stamping foil industry.

The properties of all foils in regard to release, edge definition, surface stamping properties, adhesion characteristics, temperature resistance, abrasion/scratch and chemical and physical resistance, are harmonized for the respective applications.

LUXOR/ALUFIN® foil gives a metallic look in different shades of gold and silver. COLORIT® may be used to achieve radiant colors, whereas our LIGHT LINE™ range imparts a diffractive, light reflecting effect. By labeling products with TRUSTSEAL® foil, product protection is combined with visual upgrading.

As a member of the KURZ Group, Hinderer + Muehlich offers you a wide product range of hot stamping tools and stamping accessories.

A great degree of flexibility is required when products have to be labeled with data that changes - such as price, quantity or sell by dates. Whether you plan on using coding foil or thermal transfer ribbons, KURZ's foil range offers a variety of solutions for your specific decoration and packaging needs - suitable for use on virtually all commonly used printers and coding machines.

KURZ's thermal transfer ribbons or coding foils ensures sharp, crease resistant results on smooth or rough paper as well as on different plastic surfaces.

A variety of colors and formulations make them ideally suited for efficient product labeling.

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.

Complex part geometries with extremely deep profiles to be decorated and recesses, brilliant and exclusive look in highest possible gloss levels, extremely hardwearing surfaces for interior and exterior use, these are some of the demands the automotive industry of today places on an innovative decoration process.

Cost aspects also play a part in this, along with the desire for an environmentally friendly process. That's exactly why, these days more than ever, the hot stamping process with its various technologies figures highly among the decoration processes used in the automotive industry and what has made KURZ, the market leader in this area, the component partner of choice in the industry.

Around the world our development teams keep in continuous contact with the large manufacturers to adapt the foil and machine standards to the current state-of-the-art. KURZ's extensive product range in the automotive area, "Advanced Decoration", is evidence of this successful cooperation.