Association News
Letter from the Chair
It has been an exciting year. Advances in decoration and assembly technologies continue to provide solutions to more and more complex...
Balancing Automation with the “Right” Assembly Technology
by Dan Zaborowski, T.A. Systems
In today's world of automation, there are many wonderful assembly technologies from which to choose. This is, of course, a...
CI Medical Cuts Into the Health Care Industry
by Amy Bauer, Plastics Decorating
Transfer pad printer CI Medical, Inc. was founded 30 years ago as Creative Imprints, Inc., with a focus primarily on...
IMDA Survey Offers Insight into IMD/IML Trends
The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA), Scottsdale, AZ, recently completed an analysis of data from its Fall 2014 Short Shot Business Survey. The six-question survey...
Q&A: Pad Printing Ink Options Expand
by Jen Clark, Plastics Decorating
Pad printing has long been a popular choice for decorating plastic parts. It gives marketers the ability to decorate a...
Preparing for Machine Installation
by John Kaverman, Pad Print Pros, LLC
Recently, I've been in two different companies to install pad printing systems and to train their operators. Neither...
Best Practices for Bonding Semi-Crystalline Thermoplastics
by Scott Sabreen, The Sabreen Group
From commodity to high-performance grades, semi-crystalline polymers are difficult to bond to themselves and dissimilar materials. To create strong...
Tech Watch: Innovative Digital Systems’ Mach1 Digital System
by Brittany Willes, Plastics Decorating
Innovative Digital Systems, a worldwide provider of custom digital printing integration systems with headquarters in Indian Trail, North Carolina, is...
Technology Innovation in Plastics Decorating
by Edward B. Crutchley, Crutchley Consulting Limited
The plastics industry is the third largest in the US, and aesthetics play an important part in most...
Basic Test Methods for In-Mold Labels and Label Materials
AWA has drafted a basic list of test methods for in-mold labels. It is not intended that the tests be strict and definitive, but...
