The art of screen printing: reproduction of details and images

Case Study

One of the strengths of Indeco Serigrafia is the dynamism in understanding the needs of its customers, always finding printing solutions to suit their demands. Here are some examples of projects carried out.

We have included them in the Case Study section because it is the combination of different printing techniques that allowed their realisation.

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Thanks to our specialised technical staff, we often change our production lines to fit the product to be created.

The art of screen printing: reproduction of details and images

The art of screen printing: reproduction of details and images

Dot screen printing, the process is a matte Pantone light grey paint application, followed by the application of a dot screen printing that reproduces the face of a sculpture. Processing: The innovative technique adopted in this project was the combination of dot screen printing with a matte Pantone light grey paint. This approach enabled the reproduction of a sculpture’s surface with incredible detail through targeted ink application on a plastic piece. The precision of dot screen printing was crucial in […]

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Luxury perfume – The reflections of the bottle appear like those of the Aurora borealis

Luxury perfume – The reflections of the bottle appear like those of the Aurora borealis

Processing: Iridescent effect painting and hot stamping with holographic foil* on one side   *Respecting the customer’s privacy, we avoided publishing images with the logo made with hot stamping with holographic foil. Problem: Create the classic “Aurora Borealis” effect on a glass bottle The path initially taken, as per practice, was to use the metallization technique. However, after various production batches, we became aware of numerous problems, including: the high processing costs the numerous wastes 3. the imperfections of the […]

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Lancôme packshots with checkered decoration 2023

Lancôme packshots with checkered decoration 2023

For Valentine’s Day 2023, we “unlocked” an even more interesting and captivating level.
Lancôme Packshot 2023 is a lipstick in limited edition, with a 100% mat painting at the base above which we applied a flocking with a checkered decoration.

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A SPIRIT WITH A SHINY, ROUGH SURFACE

Packaging for a GLITTERED SPIRIT BOTTLE WITH A SHINY-ROUGH EFFECT TO THE TOUCH - 70cl

A SPIRIT WITH A SHINY, ROUGH SURFACE

Processing: shiny glittering with a rough effect to the touch Issue: Developing a packaging for a spirit bottle resulting in a very rough finish to the touch, at the same time shiny, in order to distinguish itself and stand out from other spirits, placed under the dim lights of bars and clubs Studying a process able to avoid, of course, dispersion of glitter, since the inner liquid is a drinking spirit (gin or vodka) The packaging needed to result simple […]

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When a very simple neutral container becomes unique and irresistible

Matt white varnished bottle on glass (MATT), gold hot stamping and white flocking

When a very simple neutral container becomes unique and irresistible

Processing: matt white varnishing on glass (MATT), gold hot stamping and white flocking. Issue: actual reproduction, on a neutral container, of a suggestive idea with a great human value of design based on the renewal of the ancient technique of Kintsugi, keeping as common denominator qualitative and resistance characteristics. The word Rinascere (“reborn”), stronger as before with the contribution of everybody, related to the physical return to tradeshows after almost two years of lockdown and pandemic, was designed in May […]

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INDECO BLUE GLITTER WITH STARS EFFECT

Glittery bottle with stars effect

INDECO BLUE GLITTER WITH STARS EFFECT

Processing: Glittering with stars effect on packaging. Issue: developing a new technique able to enhance every single glitter on packaging. Solution: There are two procedures for a glittering finish: the first one, traditional, makes use of varnishing, as we have already seen several times: you spray some glitter together with varnish, but in this way the glittery effect is reduced, limited by varnishing. The second option, designed by our technical department and lab, called “stars”, specially developed for this glass […]

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Full flocking with laser marking on four sides

Velvet perfume

Full flocking with laser marking on four sides

Processing: Full flocking with laser marking of text and graphics on four sides. Issue:Initially, our client requested another processing (screen printing, hot stamping) over flocking, which wasn’t technically possible.   Solution: To further decorate the item we carried out laser marking of texts and graphics. Initially we sprayed glue all over the item, then processed for flocking, when flock hairs get stuck in the glue due to static electricity and finally sent it to the oven to fix it. The […]

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EMBOSSED UV LED SCREEN PRINTING ON PLASTIC MASCARA

Lancôme Mascara Monsieur Big‎

EMBOSSED UV LED SCREEN PRINTING ON PLASTIC MASCARA

Processing: transparent embossed screen printing with logo on cap and plastic container with an incredible tactile and visual effect. Issue: Only one printing technique – UV LED screen printing – granted the quality and resistance required by the L’Oréal company for approval. So far, we had never ventured that far with UV LED screen-printing and, generally, you get embossed screen-printing with inks that swell or other techniques that would have never granted the printing quality required by L’Oréal. In the […]

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UV varnishing on glass bottle

Glass bottle air freshener

UV varnishing on glass bottle

  Processing: ultra-matt varnishing with a soft touch effect that to the touch reminds the soft skin of a peach, on parts of the item. The aim of masking is to create a three-dimensional effect, dynamic and highly tactile at the same time, in order to show the contents of the bottle.   Issue: the effect desired by the client, a decoration technique masking, is generally made with very expensive plastic molds, since this kind of masking requires precise edges to […]

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3D Sublimation with pad printing of the text and UV varnishing as first base

Rheyms parfum (packaging with military camouflage effect)

3D Sublimation with pad printing of the text and UV varnishing as first base

Processing: at the beginning, on the bottle in neutral glass, a white covering UV varnishing is carried out to get, when the decoration is complete, a covering camouflage effect; later, a second specific transparent varnishing able to receive the 3D sublimation is carried out on it, later the 3D sublimation consisting in a soy based sheet where the camouflage decoration with green and yellow spots and the metallic grey effect has been digitally impressed. In the end, pad printing of […]

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HOT STAMPING ON METAL TANK

Perfume by Sileno Cheloni, Sangue Blu (metal bottle packaging)

HOT STAMPING ON METAL TANK

Processing: UV varnishing softening from black to blue on metal surface and hot stamping of logo and a special graphic, with a silver color, reflecting on the low part of the bottle. All of this to give the container much more elegance. Problem: The request was to paint the aluminum bottle with two colors with a soft effect and to make the most of a hot-stamped graphic with very tiny details, which usually can’t be accomplished with a hot stamping film. […]

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FULL 360 ° FLOCKING AND LASERING OF LEGAL TEXT

Carolina Herrera Perfume - Good Girl Velvet Fatale (Shoe-shaped packaging)

FULL 360 ° FLOCKING AND LASERING OF LEGAL TEXT

Processing: Bormioli Luigi, a leading company in the processing of glass containers, requires us to decorate a packaging with high quality standards. His end customer, the Carolina Herrera brand of Puig Group, annually develops products that must have characteristics of innovation especially decorating techniques. In this specific case, the fragrance always remains the stress and the attention is then turned to the decoration of the packaging. Problems: The problems we had to face in this particular case were: high quantity, over […]

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4-sided pad printing and final UV protection varnishing

L'Oréal Balmain lipstick

4-sided pad printing and final UV protection varnishing

Processing: the famous lipstick is composed of two parts, a cap and the central body both with a square base. The intense black color is obtained thanks to the double passage of a very covering black pad printing, on all 4 sides, as initially the piece is gold metallized. On one of the four sides of the hood we made the Balmain logo in negative, highlighting the color gold of the lower layer in contrast with the black of the […]

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The multi-color processing technique

Trousse Flash and Mascara Rocket Rock 'n'doll and false lashes

The multi-color processing technique

Process: The multi-color processing technique focuses heavily on the aesthetic appearance of the product with strong fluo colors. This is because the customer needs to be recognized on the market in an attractive and different way among the many brands present with the same product. In the object, the challenge of the project, with this decorative design, was carried out with a great graphic development work to achieve the shades (more or less strong), combined with six color passages with […]

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VARNISHING, glitter effect

Caps for mascara and lipsticks

VARNISHING, glitter effect

Process: The technique is glittering with different glitter sizes and colors. It is requested in the world of cosmetic and it has been really successful since last year, both in the high end brands and in the mass market world. Problem: The real problem of this kind of work is in its intrinsic limits, since sometimes the idea of ​​the customer is not technically feasible, and for this reason finding a synergy between the different end customer requests and the […]

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HOT STAMPING

Glass bottle for air freshener and eau de toilette

HOT STAMPING

Processing: transparent green painting on neutral glass + logo hot printing + bearer nuances pad printing Issue: the customer wanted to have a luxury product, in which the logo reflected all its range. The exigency was to give the packaging an elegant base effect playing on the metalized mirror gold, which is very popular in the niche perfumery. The idea was to reproduce the mark, represented by a bear in a three-dimensional way, underlined the fur and the face of […]

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PAD PRINTING

Plastic mascara for makeup. Lancôme Show 2013

PAD PRINTING

Plastic mascara for makeup. Lancôme Show 2013 Processing: 6 colours registered pad printing, in a single cycle (plastic). Issue: The customer was looking for a company able to customise their conical and cylindrical packaging. By printing on all the mascara (4 sides in two colours), for millions of pieces at low prices. Solution: InDeco purposely purchased a new line to automatically process the request. Research and development, before and during production,were essential to achieve the required result. All carried out at industrial costs […]

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UV METALLIZATION

UV METALLIZATION

Processing: UV metallization with iridescent effect on black plastic. Issue: the customer wanted to obtain a solution of decorum with iridescence. This particular process allows for a given object a rainbow effect, that is, the possibility to view all the colors of the chromatic scale according to how it is exposed to light. Although it becomes more popular in the world of perfumery and cosmetics, decoration with iridescence is difficult to reproduce by simply varnishing the object. Solution: to obtain […]

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UV SCREENPRINTING

Plastic pencil for lips

UV SCREENPRINTING

Processing: UV screen printing in two colours applied to black plastic Issue: The customer wanted to apply two colours on a lip pencil using UV screen printing: the white texts and a band of colour corresponding to the lipstick. The first difficulty was the collection of lip pencils, consisting of about 20 colours very similar to each other. The customer wanted that each colour of the lipstick was reported accurately outside the pencil to make it recognizable to customers that […]

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3D SUBLIMATION

Candleholder

3D SUBLIMATION

(for issues of confidentiality we can not publish the object of desire) Processing: three-dimensional sublimation of a painted and flocked glass at the bottom. Issue: The customer wanted to decorate the glass, with the inspiration from the Tuscan potteries made by hand and their bright colours. To create these aesthetic effects on a glass, the only possible technique was the 3D sublimation. The client wanted that internally the glass was gold-coloured and in the lower part he wanted to have […]

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