By Joseph P. Trybula, CFP®, AIF®, Printers 401K For successful business owners and their employees, planning for retirement requires a strategic approach that maximizes tax efficiency and ensures substantial savings. Combining a Cash Balance Plan with a 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan offers a powerful way to achieve these goals – turning an ordinary retirement plan into an … [Read more...] about Elevate the 401(k):Turning an Ordinary Plan into an Extraordinary Retirement Strategy

By Paul Uglum, president, Uglum Consulting, LLC Plastic packaging in its various forms is pervasive; everywhere one looks, products are packaged in plastic. This is because plastics are singularly effective in meeting the packaging needs and customer expectations in a wide variety of applications. These include a broad range of markets from foods and medications to … [Read more...] about The Future of Plastic Packaging Decoration

By Kerryn Harrington, global product manager, BransonTM Welding and Assembly at Emerson No matter the industry – automotive, medical, textile, electronics, packaging or others – there are many factors that go into a decision to automate ultrasonic welding operations. Some of these are common issues for virtually all manufacturing or assembly businesses, while others are … [Read more...] about The Five-Step Plan to Selecting the Best Automated Ultrasonic Welding Solution

By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Decorating At the 2024 Plastic Product Decorating Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kamla De La Haye of Polyfuze Graphics Corporation and Eric Steinwachs of CDigital participated in the “Heat Transfers and Polymer-Fusion Labels – Technologies and Advantages” panel discussion, during which they described their companies’ direct-to-object … [Read more...] about Direct-to-Object Polymer-Fused Labels and Heat Transfers

By Dianna Brodine, vice president, editorial, Plastics Decorating Automation plays a crucial role in plastics decorating processes, enabling faster production speeds, automating quality inspections and freeing labor resources for higher-value production tasks. To understand the types of automation utilized in plastics decoration processes, as well as the considerations … [Read more...] about Automation for In-Mold Labeling and Secondary Processes in Plastics Decorating