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 china. However, since I don’t need more fancy dishware in my life, what I really want this year is your engagement in IMDA activities. What are those activities, you might ask? Great question! First of … [Read more...] about IMDA Association News: January/February 2025
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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 Mean Girls Popcorn Bucket by Churchill Container (Churchill) lived up to the hype by effortlessly securing a top spot at the IMDA Awards Competition. The Lenexa, Kansas-based company designs and produces … [Read more...] about Churchill Container Butters Up Movie-Goers with Mean Girls Popcorn Bucket
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 did during early development. How could that be? Plus, our time already is consumed. We have started working on our next project. That prototype needs to get built and tested soon. Our long-awaited vacation is scheduled for next week. We had to … [Read more...] about How to Set Up a Design of Experiments
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 energy and enabling efficient and repeatable manufacturing processes. Choosing between these technologies depends on the materials being treated, application speed and system integration. In … [Read more...] about Choosing the Best Surface Treatment Technology: Plasma vs. Flame
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 a wide range of colors and to place them wherever wanted. This is in a world where plastics themselves are relatively bland and where the resins and other components of paints and inks also are relatively without color. Since … [Read more...] about Colors in Decorated Plastics – Pigments and Dyes