Chicago, Ill. – GPA, the market leader in substrate solutions for digital, wide format, and offset printing, announces the addition of Touch Class® Specialty Fine Papers to their offering. As their name implies, this collection is meant to be experienced through touch; with a rich tactile feel and a special surface treatment, these papers offer added resistance to fingerprints, water, and even oils, far surpassing traditional paper performance. These papers were originally introduced to the European market by Fedrigoni; now, they are exclusively available in the North American market through GPA.
Their sophisticated appearance and superior performance make Touch Class® papers ideal for everything from restaurant menus and museum maps, to wedding save-the-dates, family photo cards, birth announcements, and more. These papers can be transformed through a variety of finishing processes, including letterpress, folding, scoring, gluing, die cutting, embossing, and debossing. For truly dramatic results, these sheets can also be enhanced with foils or dimensional embellishments. Thanks to their unique surface treatment, these are the first uncoated papers in the world that perform beautifully with post-press embellishments produced by Scodix and MGI technologies.
Customers can choose from two different versions:
- Nature Touch Class® Cover offers a smooth finish and creamy, natural white shade.
- Tintoretto Touch Class Cover® is a white sheet with a felt texture on both sides.