Article provided courtesy of MarketLine Between 2014 and 2018, the global containers and packaging market experienced healthy growth with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5%, according to research. As the economies in emerging countries improve, an increase in consumerism will encourage further growth within this market. In 2019, the report, “Containers & … [Read more...] about A Look at the Global Container and Packaging Market
2019 Oct/Nov
Future of Plastics Decorating: 2020 and Beyond
by Brittany Willes, editor, Plastics Decorating As the fourth quarter kicks off, and 2019 begins drawing to a close, it’s worth taking some time to examine how the plastics industry has fared over the past few years. According to Grand View Research, as of 2017, the global plastics market was valued at around $522 billion USD. Furthermore, “The growth of the construction … [Read more...] about Future of Plastics Decorating: 2020 and Beyond
Association News
Letter from the Chair It is hard to believe we are moving into 2020. For SPE, 2019 went very well. We had a successful SPE Decorating & Assembly Topical Conference (TopCon), partnering once again with the In-Mold Decorating Association’s IMDA Symposium. There was a great combination of papers on the latest technologies in plastics decorating, assembly and in-mold … [Read more...] about Association News
Productivity and Prioritization: Business Books to Read Now
by Dianna Brodine, managing editor, Plastics Decorating On my bulletin board at work, I have a small business card-sized reminder. It reads, “There’s no point in doing well that which you should not be doing at all.” That card was given to me – and every other attendee – in 2012 at a conference by speaker and author Tom Connellan. For seven years, it’s served as a reminder … [Read more...] about Productivity and Prioritization: Business Books to Read Now
High-Flying Security at the Nanoscale
by Veronica Savu, CEO, Morphotonix From the thousands of males flapping around her, the blue morpho butterfly must choose her mate. How does she single out Mr. Right from among the contenders? Each morpho butterfly has wings with millions of tiny scales – shimmering nanostructures tuned to the wavelength of light. Lepidopterists believe the butterfly sees the unique pattern of … [Read more...] about High-Flying Security at the Nanoscale