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The fundament of every packaging innovation and sustainable print finishing remains quality.

Research

Fogra core competence Packaging & Print finishing

The research section deals with topics of industrial bookbinding, print finishing and packaging production. A large number of bookbinding projects have resulted in limit values and tolerance specifications that have established themselves as technical guidelines or standards in the industry.

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Man demonstrates the adhesive binding capability of printing paper on a thick book using a machine

Binding capability of printing papers

Packaging & Print finishing   03/04/2021

Development of a method for evaluating the perfect binding capability of uncoated printing papers for high-speed inkjet printing.

Process parameters for film lamination

Process parameters of film laminations

Packaging & Print finishing   03/04/2021

Material and process characteristics of film laminations to predict thermal and mechanical resistance.

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Development of a method to evaluate the coating strength of printing papers for bookbinding

Packaging & Print finishing   03/01/2016

Two methods for evaluating the line break in the fold were developed: the inner fold test and the outer fold test.

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Material, process, finishing and climatic influences on the appearance of metallic effects in printing

Packaging & Print finishing   02/28/2014

Metallic prints were characterised in different printing processes with different inks and on different substrates.

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Investigation of the influence parameters in the pull test within the context of the further development of an optimised and standardisable test method

Packaging & Print finishing   09/01/2010

The new “page-pull test”, resulting from the project, became an international standard (ISO 19594).

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