Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG

Innovative coating solutions for the markets of today and tomorrow

KURZ is a global leader in hot stamping and coating technology with over 5,000 employees.

KURZ develops and produces decorative and functional coatings applied to carrier films for a wide variety of products: Car parts, cell phones, televisions, washing machines, furniture, packaging, books, textiles, bottle labels, bank cards and much more.

KURZ coatings decorate products, enhance brands, identify goods, protect surfaces and prevent counterfeiting. In addition, KURZ backs optical elements with digital functions and links the visual world with the virtual world.

KURZ offers complete solutions including project consulting, machine and tool technology. With 14 production sites in Europe, Asia and the USA, 24 international subsidiaries and a worldwide network of representatives and sales offices, we ensure short distances, reliable delivery and individual on-site support.

Innovations

• IMD-PUR process: Combined use of in-mold decoration and polyurethane flooding
• IMD-Varioform®: Decoration of complex 3D geometries in a one-step process
• Automated integration of touch sensors via functional foil bonding
• Hybrid machine for hot stamping decoration and digital printing
• Digital finishing on plastic tubes: 360-degree metallization and individual metal optics
• TTR Uniqe VEROSPEC®: Thermal transfer ribbons with invisible anti-counterfeiting protection
• DIGITAL METAL®: Digital transfer of metallizations onto paper andplastic, in sheets and on rolls

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