Plastics Decorating magazine, Topeka, Kansas, will host its first sponsored event, The Surface Summit, a one-day educational opportunity taking place Nov. 5, 2019, in Dearborn, Michigan. The event will offer a full day of technical papers and workshops targeting surface treatment and curing technologies for molded plastics in a variety of end-use markets. In addition to … [Read more...] about Plastics Decorating to Host The Surface Summit
08/2019
Can You Afford the Loss of a Key Employee?
Article courtesy of Federated Insurance If you’re like most business owners, you have go-to employees when it comes to the day-to-day operation of your company. They have the management skills, technical know-how, experience or customer relationships upon which you rely — you trust them to make the right decisions when you’re not available. They can be at any level or in any … [Read more...] about Can You Afford the Loss of a Key Employee?
Kurz Introduces IMD PUR Technology Process
Coating manufacturer Leonhard Kurz, Fürth, Germany, has developed a process for combining IMD with PUR technology. In this process, called IMD PUR, plastic parts are decorated during injection molding by means of in-mold decorating and then overflooded with PUR (polyurethane) within the same clamping unit. This produces sophisticated designs under a crystal clear, high-gloss … [Read more...] about Kurz Introduces IMD PUR Technology Process
World’s Biggest Plastics Fair Coming in October
K 2019, the trade fair for plastics and rubber, will host more than 3,000 exhibitors from more than 60 countries in some 1.8 million sq. ft. of net exhibit space from Oct. 16-23, 2019, at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. More than 200,000 trade visitors from all over the world are expected to attend. K 2019, which takes place every three years, will address current … [Read more...] about World’s Biggest Plastics Fair Coming in October
IMLCON™ IMDCON™ IMECON™ Scheduled for September
AWA Conferences & Events’ dedicated annual conference on in-mold technologies and markets – IMLCON™ IMDCON™ IMECON™ – is scheduled to take place this year on Sept. 5-6 in Chicago, Illinois. The 2019 theme is "Collaboration, sustainability and new technologies." For all involved or interested in any aspect of in-mold activity, the three concurrent tracks dedicated to IML, … [Read more...] about IMLCON™ IMDCON™ IMECON™ Scheduled for September