Leonhard Kurz has been selected as the “Best Special Solutions Printer” at the European Digital Press Awards 2015. The specialist for decorative and functional coating technology received the award for its DM-Liner enhancing machine.

The European Digital Press Association handed over the prize at the award ceremony that took place on May 20 at FESPA in Cologne, Germany.

The award-winning DM-Liner, a patented technology developed by Kurz, transfers metallic layers onto paper and cardboard. The DM-Liner applies a specially developed digital metal foil to sheets of paper preprinted with toner in the digital method. The sheets can be overprinted as desired in digital or offset printing, resulting in colorful metal tints. The metal effects can be achieved from the first copy for personalization and numbering.

The European Digital Press Association is an association of European trade journals in the print and graphics sector that focuses on digital production. The EDP Association has 20 member magazines covering 26 countries in Europe and reaching more than half a million of readers. The organization seeks to support the digital printing industry and to honor companies that have earned recognition for advancing digital technology. Every year it rewards the best products in the digital printing sector with the EDP Awards and publicizes it within the industry.