Equipment Highlight: Pad Printing Equipment
Apex Machine Company
954.566.1572
www.apexmachine.com
Apex Machine Company, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has redesigned a market leader, the C-400, and changed golf tee decorating forever. The most versatile...
Q&A: Selecting the Right Pad Printing Pad
By Riley Mann, digital marketing strategist, Inkcups
Pad printing has been around for 200 years and has very much stood the test of time. It’s...
IMDA Association News: January/February 2025
It’s Our 20th Anniversary!
The In-Mold Decorating Association is celebrating its 20th year in 2025. According to the wedding anniversary experts, the traditional gift is...
Churchill Container Butters Up Movie-Goers with Mean Girls Popcorn Bucket
Edited by Cori Watkins, contributing editor, Plastics Decorating
The “Mean Girls” movie centers on teenagers vying for dominance in popularity and social status, and the...
How to Set Up a Design of Experiments
By Perry Parendo, Perry’s Solutions, LLC
We have all been there. We get a call from production. Our new product is not working as it...
Choosing the Best Surface Treatment Technology: Plasma vs. Flame
By Wilson Lee & Mark Plantier, Enercon Industries Corporation
Surface treatment technologies, including plasma and flame, play a pivotal role in enhancing adhesion, improving surface...
Colors in Decorated Plastics – Pigments and Dyes
By Paul Uglum, Uglum Consulting, LLC
What would plastic decorating be without color? At its core, plastic decorating relies on the ability to produce...
Top 5 Articles from 2024
While work on the first issue of 2025 is well underway, we paused to see which Plastics Decorating articles from 2024 caught the eyes...
IMDA Honors Best in IML/IMD/IME in 2024 Competition
The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA) once again recognized industry leaders in in-mold labeling (IML), in-mold decorating (IMD) and in-mold electronics (IME) by announcing the...
Viewpoint: October/November 2024
Stepping Up Social Media
I find myself looking on LinkedIn a great deal more these days. The content and information have improved, and it has...
