IMDA Announces 2017 Award Winners Plastics Decorating The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA) announced the winners of its 11th Annual Awards Competition, which honors the industry's best in-mold labeled packaging and in-mold decorated durable products, during the 2017 IMDA Symposium, which was held in conjunction with the SPE Decorating and Assembly … [Read more...] about IMDA Announces 2017 Award Winners

KBA-Kammann Offers Fully Automatic Multicolor Printing Machine Plastics Decorating SUBMITTED The K22CNC from KBA-Kammann USA, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, can print to any article shape in the highest possible quality. The machine combines the latest CNC technology with a modern and ergonomic user concept. The fully automatic servo-controlled printer … [Read more...] about KBA-Kammann Offers Fully Automatic Multicolor Printing Machine

Kurz Process Creates High-Gloss Metallic Finishes Plastics Decorating SUBMITTED A new decoration method for plastic sealing caps from Leonhard Kurz, Fürth, Germany, enables true metal layers to be applied without electroplating. The patent-pending Kurz CAP-tivate Luxury process creates a high-gloss metallic finish, similar to electroplating, and … [Read more...] about Kurz Process Creates High-Gloss Metallic Finishes

SPE Names Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Plastics Decorating SUBMITTED The Automotive Division of SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers), Bethel, Connecticut, will honor Dr. Suresh Shah, a retired senior technical fellow at Delphi Corporation, as its 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award winner during the 47th-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala on … [Read more...] about SPE Names Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Systematic Automation Develops Bottle Treater Plastics Decorating SUBMITTED Systematic Automation Inc., Farmington, Connecticut, has developed a low-cost, high-production UV curing and pretreatment system for any cylindrical product. The Bottle Treater (patents applied) is revolutionary in its method of delivering UV, flame or Pyrosil treatment to … [Read more...] about Systematic Automation Develops Bottle Treater