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A salary survey that sparkles

I’m sure you noticed a special luster on this month’s cover.

It comes by way of Unifoil Corp. (www.unifoil.com), specialists in laminating, coating, and metallizing.

Unifoil took the original cover design by Packaging World art director Dave Bacho and produced a custom holographic “origination” of it. Unifoil then used this holographic origination—essentially a master image used to make a microscopically embossed surface that diffracts light at different angles—to manufacture a holographic UniLustre™, which is a monolayer paper that delivers the intrigue and beauty of holography in a manner considerably more sustainable than traditionally possible. The proprietary UniLustre transfer-metallizing process applies an extremely thin, 0.0003-in. layer of metal directly to the substrate, which in this case is an 80-lb paper stock. This eliminates the need to create the holographic effect on a separate film substrate—typically a polyester—and then laminate that substrate to paper.

Because it obviates the need for a multilayer structure, says Unifoil, this process results in a material that is easier to recycle. In addition, the transfer-metallizing process uses no solvents or water and requires no drying, thereby saving the energy consumed by thermal or infrared dryers. Finally, UniLustre paper and paperboard can be recycled in traditional waste streams, is repulpable and compostable, and is capable of containing recycled content.

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