Bondmaster
Active member
Yes I agree, I would like to hear from more on the subject, to help companies such as ours to understand the market. Lamination should always be offered as an embellishment at a higher value than any coatings. There are coatings in the wind that may change this, but as far as add on value with good profit only spot UV gains the sort of margin that lamination does. Mainly because it is perceived like foiling as a product. But the missing info we need is what quantity of sheets do operations out there see them using either the scuff factor or the embellishment factor.
Put it this way , we have a tiny laminator at $5000 that laminates one side at say 700 sheets per hour or 5600 sheets per day,laminates 2 sides at once at the same speed, can be set to use 1.2mil high gloss anti curl nylon or basic polypropylene, then change to heavy weight 3 to 10mil polester laminates for menu covers, ID cards etc and recently we've discovered we can create foil effect on it using the toner system of foils. We do not put this into the scuff or "somewhat visual" arena as we don't know where it fits, but at shows down here we sell all we have?
So yes, I'm going to shut up for a while and hope more members chip in.
Put it this way , we have a tiny laminator at $5000 that laminates one side at say 700 sheets per hour or 5600 sheets per day,laminates 2 sides at once at the same speed, can be set to use 1.2mil high gloss anti curl nylon or basic polypropylene, then change to heavy weight 3 to 10mil polester laminates for menu covers, ID cards etc and recently we've discovered we can create foil effect on it using the toner system of foils. We do not put this into the scuff or "somewhat visual" arena as we don't know where it fits, but at shows down here we sell all we have?
So yes, I'm going to shut up for a while and hope more members chip in.
