Printing lamination

Lamination of the print

Lamination of the print is a process of refining a printed product, consisting in permanently joining two or more raw materials with each other in order to obtain a higher grammage and stiffness. Laminating also consists in covering with a thinner raw material (commonly known as veneer and end paper) a much thicker material (such as solid or corrugated cardboard). Veneers and endpapers can be printed or not and give the box aesthetic value. In combination with hard raw material they make the packaging very solid. A typical example is wrapping with thin, printed paper, e.g. cardboard, on which, due to its thickness, it is impossible to print directly on a printing machine. Laminating is also closely related to the concept of foiling. Often, the veneers are additionally foiled to protect the raw material against lamination.