Printing industry supplier and manufacturer Inkcups, Danvers, Massachusetts, has released a new feature for Helix® digital cylinder printers: transparent pin curing (TPC). TPC enables UV inkjet printing on clear products without the need to add a UV-blocking agent into the vessel. Traditionally, UV inkjet printing on clear vessels requires a stuffing agent (a “foxtail”) to … [Read more...] about Inkcups Introduces Transparent Pin Curing for Helix® Printers

The coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge worldwide, forcing abrupt change and requiring extensive adaptation. Manufacturers across the US have risen to the challenge, sometimes ramping up to meet critical needs and sometimes pivoting to produce items far afield of their usual industries. Here are five examples of companies that have gone into high gear or applied … [Read more...] about Top 5 Pandemic Pivots for Manufacturers

Meridian Adhesives Group, a manufacturer and custom formulator of adhesives technologies, recently announced the appointment of Brandon Willis to president of the company’s Electronics Division. Meridian’s Electronics Division currently encompasses three companies – Epoxy Technology, Inc., located in Billerica, Massachusetts; Epoxies, Etc., located in Cranston, Rhode Island; … [Read more...] about Meridian Adhesives Group Appoints President of Electronics Division

Chroma Color Corporation, McHenry, Illinois, a specialty color and additive concentrate supplier in the plastics marketplace with manufacturing throughout the US, has appointed Glenn Munshaw as vice president of operations and Jeff Smink as vice president of technology. Most recently, Munshaw was the vice president of operational excellence at RTP Company, where he had OPEX … [Read more...] about Chroma Color Announces Executive Team Appointments

Conference provider AMI has announced that its four focused plastics industry exhibitions, which were scheduled to take place at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on Nov. 4-5, 2020, have been postponed to Nov. 3-4, 2021. Ongoing uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic led to the decision to delay the Compounding World Expo, Plastics Recycling … [Read more...] about AMI Postpones 2020 Plastics Industry Expos