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PRESS RELEASE
Leonhard Kurz among the Leaders at the FSEA Awards
Fürth/Germany, 19 May 2011: The coveted Gold Leaf Awards of the FSEA (Foil and Specialty Effects Association) were presented again on May 5th in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee. Four awards this year went directlyto Kurz, a supplier of foils for hot stamping and cold foil transfer. Kurz received a Gold Leaf Award in the cold foil application category for its 2010 Seasons Greetings Card. The Kurz 2011 Wall Calendar obtained the Silver award in the holographic foil application category. Two Bronze awards went to cold foil decorated promotional items - a calendar and a CD packaging - that were developed by the US subsidiary Kurz Transfer Products. Kurz was indirectly involved in a further nine awards as well for other print products submitted by its customers, which had been hot stamped using Kurz foils.
The stamping tools manufacturer Hinderer and Muehlich, also a member of the Kurz Group, was especially successful, receiving two Gold, two Silver and one Bronze award. The die manufacturing specialist received Gold in the “Embossing” and “Miscellaneous” categories, Silver in the “Book Cover” and “Self Promotion” categories, and Bronze for a difficult application on folding carton. Kurz is particularly proud of the fact that all of the print finished products it submitted made it onto the winner’s podium.
The FSEA Gold Leaf Awards were awarded for the 18th time in 2011. The association, which was founded in 1992, seeks to recognize with this award print finishing projects that are outstanding from a technical and design standpoint. FSEA members and non-members from around the world regard this competition as an opportunity to show off their talents, and each year submit their most creative and demanding graphic products to the jury. The award-winning hot stamping and cold foiling applications from Kurz competed with over 75 entries this year.
The Gold Leaf Award winning Hinderer and Muehlich poster
About Kurz:The Kurz Group is the global leader in the manufacture of hot stamping foils, and a technology supplier for hot stamping and cold foil transfer, inmold decoration and optical security features. The range of applications for Kurzstamping foils is virtually without limit - on greeting cards and packaging, electronic and household products, cosmetic articles, textiles, furniture, automotive parts and lots more. With 3,500 employees located at nine plants in Europe, Asia and the USA, together with 19 subsidiaries and 70 agencies strategically placed around the globe, the Kurz Group manufactures and distributes a comprehensive product range for the surface finishing, decorating and counterfeit proofing sectors. A complete range of stamping machines and tools rounds off its product offering. Kurz is also continuously investing in new technologies. The company is active in the areas of thin layer technology and printed electronics, and is developing innovative solutions for RFID, photovoltaics and printed displays.
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