By Paul Uglum, president, Uglum Consulting, LLC Plastic decorating can be a treacherous endeavor. Although plastic parts are decorated using many different technologies, one thing is true for all of them, at some time or another there will be field problems. No matter how well run the manufacturing process, there always is a risk of field failure and unhappy customers. When … [Read more...] about When Disaster Strikes – How to Respond to Field Failures in Plastic Decorating
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Medical Products and Pad Printing – A Great Combo
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Decorating The medical products market is a growing and ever-evolving market sector. With this growth, there continues to be opportunities for plastics molding as well as decorating of medical devices. Catering to this market, however, calls for flexibility and pinpoint accuracy in the manufacturing and decorating processes. This accuracy … [Read more...] about Medical Products and Pad Printing – A Great Combo
Sussex IM Takes IML Out to the Ballgame
Edited by Dianna Brodine, vice president, editorial, Plastics Decorating For sports fans, there’s nothing better than when the leaves begin to change and the stadiums fill to overflowing. From Major League Baseball’s postseason play to football’s weekly match-ups, volleyball matches and soccer games, eager supporters of high school, college and professional athletic teams, … [Read more...] about Sussex IM Takes IML Out to the Ballgame
Results Through Alliances
By Ed Rigsbee, CSP, CAE, Rigsbee Research Alliance or Results…too frequently business people get confused as to the end game. They get derailed into thinking it is the conduit that they want rather than what the conduit delivers. The quintessential story about the one-fourth drill; whereas one buys the drill for what the drill will get them – a one-fourth hole in … [Read more...] about Results Through Alliances
Insights into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Climate-Related Disclosures Rule: Part 2
By Jennifer Heathcote, vice president, Business Development, GEW (EC) Limited The NGOs World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) published the Greenhouse Gas Protocol in 2004. In doing so, they defined Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Scope 3 was added in 2011. Scope 4 was proposed in 2017. Scope 4 is illustrated in Figure 4. … [Read more...] about Insights into the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Climate-Related Disclosures Rule: Part 2