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Gold for our honey: KURZ SCRIBOS wins WorldStar 2025

02/06/2025

It is a great honor for a strong project: KURZ and SCRIBOS not only won the WorldStar 2025 Award in the ‘Digital Packaging’ category with the visionary honey project ‘Sweet Honey’, but also secured Bronze in the ‘WorldStar 2025 Marketing Special Award’ category. The award ceremony took place on May 30 in Milan. The packaging and label were designed by KURZ Design Management with a focus on sustainability. The viewer receives a digital experience on the journey through the beehive, which protects the packaging from counterfeiting by means of 2-factor authentication with ValiGate® using a copy-supported QR code. The honey project shows how packaging works today - digitally, sustainably and interactively. The WorldStar Award from the World Packaging Organization (WPO) is one of the most important and prestigious packaging awards in the world.

Book Covers with Character - Thanks to Digital 3D Finishes from KURZ

05/05/2025

CPI Books takes the next step in innovation: CPI is the first book production company in the United Kingdom to integrate KURZ's DM-MAXLINER 3D into series production. The high-tech solution enables brilliant 3D metallization and UV coating in a single pass - quickly, precisely, and economically.

With the DM-MAXLINER 3D, CPI is relying on a perfectly coordinated complete system consisting of machine and finishing material - for the highest quality in book covers and special editions. The decision in favor of KURZ underscores the shared commitment to taking book finishing to a new level.

CPI and KURZ have been close partners for over 20 years. The current installation marks another milestone on the path to even more efficient and high-quality book production.

KURZ Tax Stamps: Secure, Modular, and Customizable

02/04/2025

Every year, counterfeit products such as cigarettes and spirits cause billions of dollars in lost revenue and tax income. LEONHARD KURZ offers a highly secure solution to help governments and businesses fight this problem: Modular tax stamps designed for effective tax control and product authentication. A turnkey tax stamp system seamlessly integrates diffractive KINEGRAM® security elements, printed labels with the unique ValiGate® security structure, and the TRUSTCODE® digital authentication tool. This combination provides authorities, companies, and consumers with increased transparency, protection against counterfeiting, and complete supply chain control. KURZ will showcase the full capabilities of its tax stamp system at the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum, taking place in Cape Town from April 7 to 9.

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We Are Driving forward the Decarbonization of Industrial Production

31/03/2025

Together with ENERGYNEST - the specialist for thermal energy storage - we at KURZ are continuing to drive forward the green transformation: For this purpose, we are integrating a power-to-heat solution with a 3 MW electric heater and a 12 MWh heat storage unit at our German site in Sulzbach-Rosenberg with the aim of sustainably decarbonizing our industrial production processes. The system uses surplus solar energy from our company's own photovoltaic system and supplies over 3 GWh of clean process heat every year. In this way, we cover more than 70% of the heat requirements of a production line - and save over 3.5 GWh of natural gas and more than 700 tons of CO₂ per year. This project is part of KURZ's long-term sustainability strategy, which envisages CO₂-neutral production by 2040, and is in line with European initiatives such as the ‘Green Deal’ and ‘Fit for 55’.

KURZ at ProWein 2025: Innovation Meets Security

11/03/2025

At ProWein 2025 in Düsseldorf, LEONHARD KURZ will showcase innovative wine label solutions that combine design and anti-counterfeiting protection. A true highlight is the collaboration with globally renowned winemaker Willi Opitz: a highly refined label that merges motorsport aesthetics with an exclusive brand identity. Thanks to TRUSTSEAL® technology, it incorporates security features that make tampering and counterfeiting more difficult. Visit KURZ from March 16 to 18, 2025, in Hall 4, Booth A36, and experience cutting-edge label designs along with an exclusive wine tasting with Willi Opitz.

Learn more in our press release