Tech Watch: CDigital’s Digital Heat Transfers
by Laura Copeland, contributing editor, Plastics Decorating
CDigital, Baltimore, Maryland, specializes in digital heat transfers which are ideal for quick production runs of large and...
UV-Curable Single-Pass Inkjet Printing of Plastic Parts
by Paul Beliveau and Henry Mossell, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.
Fujifilm Dimatix's Inkjet Technology Integration team worked closely with a team of end user manufacturing engineers...
Key Considerations: Adhesives or Ultrasonic Welding for Plastic Component Assembly?
by Steven A. Williams, manager, Global Product Managment-Ultrasonics, Emerson • Branson
This article will take a brief look at two of the more popular methods...
Q&A: Developments in Plastics Decoration
by Paul Uglum, technology advocate, fabrication engineering, Delphi
There are many reasons for plastic decoration and, to some extent, the term is a misnomer. We...
Association News
Letter from the Chair
Save the date: It's time to plan for the opportunities to learn in 2017. Last year was exciting because of all...
Enhancing Environmental Compliance with Water-Based Coatings
by Hugh Barrett, technical consultant, APV Engineered Coatings
Like companies in many industries, plastics fabricators and decorators are searching for ways to be more environmentally...
A Learning Approach to Equipment Setup
by Perry Parendo, president, Perry's Solutions
Companies desire capital equipment for several reasons: to create a competitive advantage by processing product faster; to use local...
Modern Pad Printing Technology
by John Kaverman, president, Pad Print Pros LLC
All pad printing machines are not created equal. At first glance, they all appear to be doing...
Innovations in Plastics Products Security: Anticounterfeiting Technologies
by Scott Sabreen, president, The Sabreen Group
Counterfeiting is a worldwide epidemic. It threatens the global economy and public health through the production of inferior...
The Global Market for Small-Format Digital Printing of 3D Novelty Products
How interesting is the small-format digital printing market? This is a growing sector of an undefined area of the market. These printers have been...
