By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Decorating At the 2024 Plastic Product Decorating Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Kamla De La Haye of Polyfuze Graphics Corporation and Eric Steinwachs of CDigital participated in the “Heat Transfers and Polymer-Fusion Labels – Technologies and Advantages” panel discussion, during which they described their companies’ direct-to-object … [Read more...] about Direct-to-Object Polymer-Fused Labels and Heat Transfers
Heat Transfers
Hot Stamping/Heat Transfer
Goldstar America954.305.8490www.goldstarprinters.com Goldstar America, Twinsburg, Ohio, has introduced the C-350, an automatic thermal transfer labeling machine engineered for efficiency and precision. Designed to accommodate cylindrical and conical containers ranging from one to 20 liters, the C-350 offers full automation with loading and unloading capabilities. Key … [Read more...] about Hot Stamping/Heat Transfer
CDigital’s Digital Heat Transfers
Edited by Erin La Row, editor, Plastics Decorating Heat transfers have long been a technique to decorate products. It’s a process that’s been around for about 70 years, according to Eric Steinwachs, director, sales and marketing at CDigital. Traditional heat transfers use wet ink printing methods like screen printing, flexography or gravure. This process can produce images … [Read more...] about CDigital’s Digital Heat Transfers
Ask the Expert: Understanding Heat Transfers in the Plastics Industry
Plastics Decorating The name “heat transfer” has become a generic term referring to a preprinted image applied to a product using heat and pressure to transfer the image off a carrier to a product. There are different ways to print a heat transfer, including gravure, flexo, screen or digitally printed transfers. Plastics Decorating recently sat down with CDigital’s director of … [Read more...] about Ask the Expert: Understanding Heat Transfers in the Plastics Industry
Industrial Decorating Solutions’ CER Technology
by Lara Copeland, writer, Plastics Decorating CER technology from Industrial Decorating Solutions (IDS), a division of ITW located in Oyonnax, France, utilizes a traditional decorating method that has been around for decades – hot stamp/heat transfer – while incorporating cutting edge technology that facilitates unprecedented decorating rates and product quality. This … [Read more...] about Industrial Decorating Solutions’ CER Technology