The In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA), Scottsdale, AZ, recently completed an analysis of data from its Fall 2014 Short Shot Business Survey. The six-question survey was sent to molders, brand owners, printers, industry suppliers and equipment manufacturers to provide insight into the growth of in-mold decorating (IMD) and in-mold labeling (IML). The results from this most … [Read more...] about IMDA Survey Offers Insight into IMD/IML Trends
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Tips for In-Mold Label Storage and Packaging
Plastics Decorating These recommendations are excerpted from the IN-MOLD LABEL TECHNICAL MANUAL & TEST METHODS report by AWA Alexander Watson Associates. Incorrect packaging, storage and storage conditions all have an adverse effect on the processing of in-mold labels in subsequent processes. For example, research1 has shown that the static receptivity will be negatively … [Read more...] about Tips for In-Mold Label Storage and Packaging
Basic Test Methods for In-Mold Labels and Label Materials
AWA has drafted a basic list of test methods for in-mold labels. It is not intended that the tests be strict and definitive, but they may be used as a basis for further adaptation and customization to build a full understanding of the critical parameters that companies are required to address when converting, supplying or using in-mold labels. In this excerpt, testing for … [Read more...] about Basic Test Methods for In-Mold Labels and Label Materials
Expanding the Market for In-Mold Decorating at Eimo Technologies
by Dianna Brodine, Plastics Decorating In Michigan, the automotive industry downturn in 2009 hit nearly every business, requiring a reality check and a revised plan for continued survival. For Eimo Technologies, Inc., that reality check was intensified by the knowledge that the injection molder recently had shifted its market focus to the very industry that now was in the … [Read more...] about Expanding the Market for In-Mold Decorating at Eimo Technologies
Q&A: IML-I vs. IML-T
by Roman Artz, Inland Label At the 2013 In-Mold Decorating Association (IMDA) Symposium, held in October in Chicago, IL, workshops were held in which discussions centered on the advantages of injection in-mold labeling (IML-I) and thermoformed in-mold labeling (IML-T). The premise was that containers made by IML-I and IML-T are competing for many of the same packaging … [Read more...] about Q&A: IML-I vs. IML-T