Letter from the Chair The SPE Decorating & Assembly Division is starting off 2020 with a lot of activity. First, our division will be sponsoring a session at ANTEC® 2020 (details below), scheduled for the afternoon of Monday, March 30. We also are working on another educational webinar sponsored by our division. Our plan is to have another webinar by the end of February. … [Read more...] about Association News
2020 Jan/Feb
2µm Lasers: Revolutionizing Welding of Clear Plastics
by Josh Brown, global sales manager-laser plastic welding, Dukane Until recently, laser plastic welding had a serious disadvantage: the inability to bond clear parts. While laser plastic welding has been aggressively adopted in a wide range of commercial applications for decades, adoption of this technology is driven by the obvious benefits over other joining methods like … [Read more...] about 2µm Lasers: Revolutionizing Welding of Clear Plastics
One-on-One Meetings Matter More Than You Know
by Kate Zabriskie, Business Training Works, Inc. There are only two of us in my department. Why should I bother with a formal meeting? We sit right across from each other. I tried meeting individually with my direct reports, but they had nothing to talk about. Besides, we’re all adults. We know what we’re supposed to be doing at work. I see my direct report about once a … [Read more...] about One-on-One Meetings Matter More Than You Know
Inkjet Printing for Flexible and Wearable Plastic
by Scott R. Sabreen, president, The Sabreen Group, and Dene Taylor, founder, Ph.D. SPF-Inc. UV LED-curable flexible inks for color printing of flexible/stretchable and wearable plastics products is one of the newest advancements in industrial inkjet technology. Customizable vivid images and two-dimensional codes are jetted onto a variety of flexible polymer products such as … [Read more...] about Inkjet Printing for Flexible and Wearable Plastic