Custom Aluminum Beverage Cans
Design Without Limits
Aluminate cans offer beverage makers the ability to push their brand beyond the old limitations of aluminum drink can design and decoration. From custom tactile effects to unique color combinations, one-of-a-kind visual effects, photorealistic images, and so much more, we’ll help your cans stand out on the shelves. Browse the gallery to get a sense of what’s possible.
Dimension
Tactile embellishments combined with metallic effects printed throughout the can gives the illusion of varied materials.
Gloss orange overprinted on the substrate creates the appearance of copper.
Copper artwork and cryptic line work stand out with a hi-build varnish.
Background artwork prints matte CMYK.
No limits
Unlimited number of colors and halftones connect seamlessly with 360° decoration.
All silver artwork knocks out to reveal the aluminum substrate.
Product name stands out with a hi-build varnish.
All artwork prints in attention-getting gloss CMYK.
Vibrancy
Neon colors pop with gradient shading through a variety of embellishments.
Background artwork prints in attention-getting gloss CMYK.
The product name prints matte white with a hi-build varnish.
Impact
Detailed textured effects and sharp text continue end-to-end.
All black line work prints hi-build varnish.
Background graffiti prints 100% solid and 80% matte black.
All white artwork prints with a matte finish.
All color artwork prints in color-matched Pantone spot colors.
Printing Capabilities
Unlimited color matching? Gradients? Halftones? We can do it all! Photorealistic images can even be combined with tactile embellishments to create multi-sensory beverage experiences (ooooh fancy). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Get the details below.
Unlimited color matching
Using 11 simultaneous process colors (plus three additional print embellishments), Aluminate can match specific colors or Pantones much more accurately than any four color or Hexachrome system.
Over 95% of the Pantone Plus color space with ΔE<2.0 can be printed all at the same time to create amazing decorations and differentiate your brand.
Infinite gradients and halftones
Aluminate’s direct-to-shape digital technology offers exceptional accuracy when printing fine gradients. Get smooth, controlled and reliable gradation from any color to any color, whether horizontal, vertical or diagonal, as many times as required.
Photorealistic images
It has arrived! Printed can decoration that matches the original design intentions. With an extended color gamut, highly accurate color registration, and resolution of up to 1,200 dpi, Aluminate technology enables you to print sharp, vibrant images and pictures.
Achieve the high-quality photorealistic images required for brand success and accelerate your ability to meet the customization and personalization trends that demand ultra-realistic images.
Sharp text
Ultra-high color registration, zero shifting, and drop shape control ensure that Aluminate text quality is nearly identical to offset.
Choose high-quality process colors — not just spot colors or the basic process colorants — as well as text with inter-color gradients to make your text stand out.
Unique substrate interactions
Raise ink and substrate interaction to a whole new level with high opacity digital white ink. Unlike analog technologies, this ink can be applied selectively, enabling the printing of highly transparent process colors on top of the white. The resulting to create designs that completely decouple the decoration from the substrate color.
Make use of the widest range of metallic colors when decorating on aluminum brite cans, add selective white base color effects and so much more.
Tactile embellishments
High-accuracy tactile embossing is simple, allowing you to create Braille text, logo embossing, image embossing, tactile effects on thin lines and more. Embellishments can also be used in addition to the full set of process colors.
Gloss + matte embellishments
Selectively apply highly transparent and reflective digital gloss as well as highly transparent and diffusive digital matte. Take advantage of combining unlimited, highly granular gradients and our full set of process colors for effects ranging from full gloss to full matte.
360° endless designs
The Aluminate direct-to-shape industrial digital solution makes truly endless decoration options possible.
Achieve full 360° decoration regardless of production diameter tolerances, using Aluminate’s unique real-time manipulation algorithms. We can also eliminate the visual seamline on cans with on-seam decoration.
End-to-end decoration
Aluminate inks deliver full functionality on any material or coating. Coupled with our unique color management algorithms, the decoration space is expanded like never before — including on the chime and neck of cans.
Create a premium, differentiated and custom look on any aluminum beverage can, opening up a world of design possibilities.
The Aluminate Advantage
Faster production, lower costs, premium materials, reliable durability, infinite recyclability and proprietary printing technology — plus your custom designs? That’s Aluminate. Let us help you gain your edge and elevate your brand.
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