The IMDA 14th Annual Awards Competition recognizes the industry’s best IML packaging, IMD durable products and IME in-mold electronics in multiple categories. This competition is open to all companies involved in any form of in-mold labeled packaging and in-mold decorated durable products. Entries will be accepted through April 15, 2020. Entries will be judged by an … [Read more...] about 2020 IMDA Awards Competition Accepting Entries

PRINTING United, Atlanta, Georgia, the most comprehensive expo and event showcase in the printing industry, announced that the event has already eclipsed the total square footage sold in 2019 and is on track to sell out again in 2020. This second edition of the show — which brought the entire printing industry together for the first time under one roof in North America — … [Read more...] about PRINTING United on Track to Sell Out 2020 Show

ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, has announced a revision to its standard for resin identification code, or RIC (known as D7611), that brings greater specificity to resin code “1.” ASTM’s plastics committee (D20) invites interested participants to join in further revisions of the standard, as code numbers and mechanisms for adding codes continue to be … [Read more...] about ASTM International Plastics Committee Revises Resin ID Code

The value of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) shipments in North America increased in the fourth quarter, according to the statistics compiled and reported by the Washington, DC-based Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). The preliminary estimate of shipments value from reporting companies in the … [Read more...] about Plastics Machinery Shipments Stayed Low in 2019 Despite 4th Quarter Uptick

Direct-to-substrate, industrial inkjet printing equipment manufacturer LogoJET, Lafayette, Louisiana, has launched its 15th anniversary celebration with the announcement of the UVx40R PLUS, the latest enhanced edition of the UVx40R tabletop flatbed printer. With the increased popularity of LogoJET’s UVx40R, some customers requested a longer print bed to accommodate larger … [Read more...] about LogoJET Announces UVx40R PLUS