Since October 1, 2024, the Ile-de-France site of Wauters, a manufacturer of luxury packaging since 1909, has been equipped with a brand-new "duo machine" combining hot foil stamping and embossing, replacing the old installation.
Thanks to this acquisition, the Wauters Group is strengthening its know-how, which will be rewarded in 2022 by the EPV label (entreprise du patrimoine vivant - living heritage company), which recognizes French companies with outstanding craftsmanship and industrial know-how.
A high-performance solution for exceptional finishes
"The Wauters Group has always invested in state-of-the-art equipment, including machines with dual expertise: verso/recto printing, embossing and foil stamping. This avoids a makeready step and guarantees better register quality.the company says.
The new duo machine offers enhanced performance for simultaneous hot stamping and embossing operations, guaranteeing optimum consistency and production quality.
The benefits of technological renewal
Ideal for finish overlays, it achieves unrivalled levels of detail and excellent register quality.
The new equipment also offers productivity gains: set-up and production times are reduced, with two "rolled" operations in a single pass.
Designed to minimize energy consumption, it's also more environmentally friendly.
Hot stamping and embossing: two EPV areas of expertise
For over a century, gilding has been Wauters' core expertise. Initially carried out on leather (book covers, desk blotters, etc.) in the first Wauters workshop in the Marais district of Paris, this expertise evolved into labels, and then more broadly into luxury packaging in the late 1960s, benefiting from the company's move to the graphic arts industrial zone in Villebon-sur-Yvette, Essonne (91).
Today, hot stamping is complemented by our expertise in cold stamping. Embossing is another finishing technique inseparable from luxury packaging. Wauters has developed this workshop in all its forms: multi-level, stamping, dry embossing...
