By Jeff Peterson, editor-in-chief, Plastics Decorating At the recent Plastic Product Decorating Summit, Paul Strunk, Inkcups; Bob Travis, InkWorks Printing; and Lindsey Dimon, Falcon Plastics, were panelists discussing how to sell the value of decorating for plastics. The following article summarizes the panel discussion and information from the program. When working with … [Read more...] about Selling the Value of Decorating Techniques: Direct to Object and IML/IMD
Decorating and Assembly
Developing Engineering Skills for Decorating Launch and Production
By Paul Uglum, president, Uglum Consulting, LLC Plastic decoration is, by its very nature, a multifaceted and complex set of technologies. Given this, it is important to understand the set of skills and training needed to successfully execute decorated plastic design and manufacture. Unfortunately, there is no one degree or educational path that provides all of the skills … [Read more...] about Developing Engineering Skills for Decorating Launch and Production
Backlighting Decorated Plastics
By Paul Uglum, Uglum Consulting, LLC One useful feature of decorated plastic surfaces is the ability to selectively backlight through them. This adds a whole new dimension to traditional plastic decorating and can be used either for aesthetic effect or to provide information needed to operate the completed product. Choosing this option greatly enhances the visual impact and … [Read more...] about Backlighting Decorated Plastics
Association News: October/November 2020
Letter from the Chair We are all working in the new virtual world now. From conferences and tradeshows to customer meetings, we are all becoming experts at using Zoom, GoToMeeting or some other similar platform. It will be very interesting, once we work through the pandemic, to see how much of the virtual communication will remain part of our everyday lives. I certainly … [Read more...] about Association News: October/November 2020
Association News: July/August 2020
Letter from the Chair I don’t believe anyone could have imagined the situation we are currently living and working in. It is so hard to predict what might happen next. What we do know, as things start improving and getting back to some type of normal, is that things cannot go back to exactly how they were – our world will be different. From our SPE Decorating & Assembly … [Read more...] about Association News: July/August 2020