Letter from the Chair It is hard to believe we are moving into 2020. For SPE, 2019 went very well. We had a successful SPE Decorating & Assembly Topical Conference (TopCon), partnering once again with the In-Mold Decorating Association’s IMDA Symposium. There was a great combination of papers on the latest technologies in plastics decorating, assembly and in-mold … [Read more...] about Association News
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Productivity and Prioritization: Business Books to Read Now
by Dianna Brodine, managing editor, Plastics Decorating On my bulletin board at work, I have a small business card-sized reminder. It reads, “There’s no point in doing well that which you should not be doing at all.” That card was given to me – and every other attendee – in 2012 at a conference by speaker and author Tom Connellan. For seven years, it’s served as a reminder … [Read more...] about Productivity and Prioritization: Business Books to Read Now
2019 IMDA Awards Recognize Top Five In-Mold Labeled, Decorated Products
The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA) honored the winners of its 13th Annual Awards Competition last June at the trade group’s 2019 Symposium at the Marriott Cool Springs Hotel in Franklin, Tennessee. The awards recognize the industry’s best examples of in-mold labeled (IML) packaging and in-mold decorated (IMD) durable products based on creativity in design, engineering … [Read more...] about 2019 IMDA Awards Recognize Top Five In-Mold Labeled, Decorated Products
High-Flying Security at the Nanoscale
by Veronica Savu, CEO, Morphotonix From the thousands of males flapping around her, the blue morpho butterfly must choose her mate. How does she single out Mr. Right from among the contenders? Each morpho butterfly has wings with millions of tiny scales – shimmering nanostructures tuned to the wavelength of light. Lepidopterists believe the butterfly sees the unique pattern of … [Read more...] about High-Flying Security at the Nanoscale
Bonding Bioplastics Using Adhesives (Trēva™)
Zachary Sayah, application engineer, Henkel Corporation, and Wenlai Feng, Ph.D., chemist, Eastman With the growth in the use of bioplastics, questions continue to arise on how they can be used and how they will react to processes such as adhesives, welding, decorating, etc. This article will summarize a recent study that was performed on Eastman Treva™ - a high-performance … [Read more...] about Bonding Bioplastics Using Adhesives (Trēva™)