by Amy Bauer Chicago-based Magenta LLC has positioned itself as an expert at developing custom packaging solutions, while also crafting a healthy line of stock products to serve its wide range of customers. Its biggest customer is lip care and personal care company Blistex, based in neighboring Oakbrook, IL. Other customers are scattered across the country and include … [Read more...] about IML an Award-Winning Growth Strategy for Magenta LLC
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Optimizing Ultrasonic Welding Results
by Jeffrey Frantz, Branson Ultrasonics Corp. Ultrasonic welding is a technology that has been used for decades to assemble plastic components. There are many benefits of this technology. It allows for plastic parts to be assembled without consumables. This not only eliminates the cost of the consumable (such as screws or rivets), but in the case of adhesives and solvents, … [Read more...] about Optimizing Ultrasonic Welding Results
Dedicated Creative Services Department Sets Berry Plastics Apart
by Dianna Brodine Berry Plastics began as a small injection molder headquartered in Evansville, IN, but today the company has more than 15,000 employees in manufacturing facilities across the globe. Its growth as a leading producer of plastic packaging is impressive in its own right, but the company's Creative Services department is part of what makes its customers' containers … [Read more...] about Dedicated Creative Services Department Sets Berry Plastics Apart
Innovating Inkjet Technologies for Plastic Products
by Scott R. Sabreen, The Sabreen Group, and Dene Taylor, Ph.D., SPF-Inc. The demand for digital inkjet printing on three-dimensional plastic products is increasing exponentially. Application challenges to achieving robust operations are the optimal ink chemistry-printhead design, compatibility between the ink and polymeric substrate and curing. This article discusses the … [Read more...] about Innovating Inkjet Technologies for Plastic Products
Progress in Lasers Improves Polymer Joining
by Tony Hoult, IPG Photonics Lasers still are often perceived as exotic energy sources, but the rapid emergence of a new type of highly cost-effective laser – the fiber laser –gradually may change this. We will define fiber laser technology as the technology where the laser beam is generated or amplified actually within a fiber optic component itself, rather than simply … [Read more...] about Progress in Lasers Improves Polymer Joining