Save the Date: ANTEC, TopCon Events Plastics Decorating The SPE Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) will take place at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana, from May 23-25. The Decoration and Assembly Division again will have a session focused on the latest technologies in plastic decoration and assembly. A more focused technical conference, hosted by … [Read more...] about Save the Date: ANTEC, TopCon Events
01/2016
Branson Ultrasonics Announces New Power Supply Generation
Branson Ultrasonics Announces New Power Supply Generation Plastics Decorating SUBMITTEDNew functions improve process stability and weld quality in Branson Ultrasonics' new F models of DCX generators. Branson Ultrasonics, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation, Danbury, Connecticut, has integrated a series of functions that improve process … [Read more...] about Branson Ultrasonics Announces New Power Supply Generation
IMDA Announces 2016 Awards Competition
IMDA Announces 2016 Awards Competition Plastics Decorating The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA), Scottsdale, Arizona, will recognize the industry's best in-mold labeled packaging and in-mold decorated durable products during the annual IMDA Awards Competition. Entries for the 10th anniversary of the competition will be accepted from March 1 through April … [Read more...] about IMDA Announces 2016 Awards Competition
Inkcups Introduces Rotary Inkjet Printer
Inkcups Introduces Rotary Inkjet Printer Plastics Decorating SUBMITTEDThe Helix from Inkcups Now Corporation, Danvers, Massachusetts, is a rotary inkjet printer for straight-walled and tapered cylinders. Inkcups Now Corporation, Danvers, Massachusetts, has released a new rotary inkjet printer for straight-walled and tapered cylinders. The Helix is … [Read more...] about Inkcups Introduces Rotary Inkjet Printer
Medical Device Tax Suspended
Plastics Business Congress has suspended for two years the 2.3 percent medical device tax. This tax went into effect Jan. 1, 2013, as part of the Affordable Care Act. The tax required medical device manufacturers to pay the Internal Revenue Service a 2.3 percent tax on sales – not profits – which is an estimated average of $194 million per month. It inhibited access to medical … [Read more...] about Medical Device Tax Suspended