Plastics Decorating Magazine is hosting “The Surface Summit” on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at the Dearborn Inn in Dearborn, Michigan. The one-day summit will feature technical presentations and workshops focused on surface treatment and UV, UV LED and electron beam curing for all types of molded plastics. If your company is involved with these surface treatment and curing … [Read more...] about Surface Summit to Focus on Treatment, Cleaning and Curing

Dukane, corporate headquarters in St. Charles, Illinois, has acquired all of the assets and intellectual property of Aurizon, LLC, based in Kimberly, Wisconsin. Aurizon is a global leader in developing high-power rotary ultrasonic systems for converting nonwoven materials, bonding textiles, and films and sealing packages. With 30+ years of R&D in product design and … [Read more...] about Dukane Announces Acquisition of Aurizon, LLC

Inkcups, Danvers, Massachusetts, has announced the launch of three pad printers to expand its pad printing offerings into different markets. The ICN-120, ICN-200 and 2200-DLI were developed to enable pad printers to print bigger, longer and farther. The ICN-120 is a 1-color, 120 mm cup pad printer. Along with the ability to print images up to 110 mm in diameter, this pad … [Read more...] about Inkcups Expands Pad Printing Offerings

The value of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) shipments in North America increased in the second quarter, according to statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS), Washington, D.C., Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). Following a 27.6% decrease in the first quarter, plastics machinery shipments increased … [Read more...] about Plastics Machinery Shipments Improved in the Second Quarter

DIC Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE). The acquisition will broaden DIC’s portfolio as a global manufacturer of pigments, including those for electronic displays, cosmetics, coatings, plastics, inks and specialty applications, by creating a … [Read more...] about DIC Corporation to Acquire BASF’s Global Pigments Business