Five Keys to Successful Pad Print Project Management
by John Kaverman, Pad Print Pros LLC
Companies that are unsuccessful in pad printing usually fail to observe one or more of the five keys...
UV Printing Technologies Can Add Variety to Decorated Plastics
by Hiroshi Ono, Group Product Manager, Roland DGA Corp.
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Traditionally, the plastics decorating market has been served by processes such as pad printing, hot stamping...
Q&A: Cliché Choices
Not long ago, the only real choice for creating a pad printing cliché was to chemically etch a steel plate. However, advancements with photopolymer...
Markets To Watch: Pharmaceutical Packaging and Plastic Containers
Packaging is one of the biggest markets in North America, and it's safe from offshore manufacturing. It covers a variety of products including food...
Ask the Expert: Inkjet Printing
By Stephen Chrisos, Inkcups Now
How is the inkjet printer industry evolving?
Promotional and industrial products are being printed with inkjet technology more than ever before....
Eco-Friendly Waterborne Coatings
By Scott Sabreen, The Sabreen Group, Inc.
Decorative waterborne coatings are environmentally-friendly and provide exceptional appearance and functionality. For many applications, waterborne chemistries offer equal...
Formulating Plastics for Direct Laser Marking
by Scott Sabreen, The Sabreen Group, Inc.
Advancements in material science formulations, combined with nanosecond fiber laser technology, achieve unprecedented marking quality, contrast and speed...
Industry Tradeshows Meet with Success
Two industry tradeshows recently wrapped up with higher attendance numbers over previous events. Despite opening its doors at Chicago’s McCormick Place the day before...
Q&A: Process Solutions for Adhesion Bonding of Nylon
by Scott Sabreen, The Sabreen Group, Inc.
Question: We're having adhesion failures when trying to bond a molded Nylon-66 automotive part using epoxy adhesives. The...
Q&A: Laser Marking QR and Data Matrix Codes
by Scott Sabreen
Question: What exactly are QR codes (I see them everywhere)? How do they differ from Data Matrix codes and can they be...
