A line of metal pressed once, hot, into the page — and the brand is heavier than it was a moment ago.
What it is.
i.Foil-stamping is the oldest decoration on a Huamei box and, still, the most argued about. A heated die meets a sheet of pigmented foil, and that foil — copper, champagne, silver, or one of the four blacks we keep on the floor — transfers in the shape of the die. Nothing is printed. Nothing is glued. The decoration is mechanical.
What that means for the eye is specific. Light catches the line in only one direction. A logo set in foil is brighter than a logo set in ink and, at the same time, somehow quieter — because it disappears when the surface is held off-axis. A box that uses foil well rewards the hand and not the camera.
We hold seventeen foil colours in-house and match the rest on order. Registered emboss-and-foil — where the die rises and lights at once — is a Huamei specialty; we will demonstrate it on the proof.
In the archive.
All 8 volumes →Specification.
Huamei · Archive- Stock list
- 17 colours · in-house
- Plate material
- Magnesium · 0.6 mm
- Press temperature
- 120 – 160°C
- Dwell
- 0.4 – 0.8 s
- Min run
- 200 pcs
- Lead time
- 20 – 28 days
- Min line weight
- 0.15 mm
- Registration
- ±0.1 mm to emboss
- Substrates
- Coated · Uncoated · Cloth
What buyers ask first.
Huamei · FAQHow many foil colours do you stock?
17 in-house across five optical families — warm metallics (5), cool metallics (4), pigmented (4), holographic / pearlescent (2), specialty (2). Free swatch set posted within 5–7 days.
What registration do you hold for emboss-and-foil?
±0.1 mm at Huamei. Industry typical is ±0.3 mm. The press operator re-checks alignment every 200 sheets across the run.
What's the press temperature and dwell?
120–160 °C, dwell 0.4–0.8 s. The press operator dials each to the substrate — uncoated paper needs a higher dwell than coated; book-cloth needs a softer die.
Read further.
Notes from the press floorPull a foil sample, or send us a die.
We will press your wordmark on three stocks — coated, uncoated, and Gmund cloth — in your chosen foil and post the swatches within five working days.