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- Thermoforming: Ready for In-Mold Labeling?
- After several fits and starts over the last decade, thermoforming IML appears ready for prime time, thanks to improvements in output and labeling technology. For now, the action is mostly in European packaging.
Article Published: 4/1/2007
- Rigid Packaging Goes Lighter, Thinner With Microcellular Foam
- Molding higher volumes of a rigid thin-wall part typically means going to a larger press for increased injection and clamping capacity.
Article Published: 1/1/2007
- Adhesion Promotion: Now Plasma-Treat the Resin, Not the Molded Part
- A new approach to plasma treating applies the treatment to resin pellets or powder in order to achieve enhanced adhesion of paints, glues, or foamed-in-place urethanes to the molded part.
Article Published: 12/1/2006
- Micro-Thermoforming Makes Its Debut
- Manufacturers of micro-size components that until now relied exclusively on injection molding may have another option to consider.
Article Published: 11/1/2006
- NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: New Materials and Equipment for Decorating In and Out of the Mold
- Among the latest developments in decorating and printing at the NPE show in Chicago were digital printers, flexographic printers for bags, and scratch-resistant heat-transfer foils for hot stamping and in-mold decoration (IMD). Also featured was new...
Article Published: 10/1/2006
- Learning to Master In-Mold Labeling
- As in-mold labeling, or IML, attracts a growing following among U.S. molders, some are finding that mastering a complex new technology is no small task.
Article Published: 9/1/2006
- NPE 2006 News Wrap-Up: Thermoforming
- Several new processing technologies unveiled at NPE point to thermoforming’s growing capability to produce in-mold labeled and decorated plastic parts.
Article Published: 8/1/2006
- What to See at NPE 2006: Decorating, Printing and Finishing
- While there is plenty of news at NPE this year in pad, screen, dry-offset, flexo, and inkjet printing, as well as laser marking, hot stamping, heat-transfer decorating, and some less familiar technologies—the real star of the show is summed up...
Article Published: 6/1/2006
- Improved Machines and Molds Highlight Fall Rotomolding Show
- Worldwide commercial availability of “ovenless” rotomolding machinery, new cast-aluminum molds that provide faster cycles, improved material pulverizing systems, and new graphic transfer systems for engineering materials such as nylon we...
Article Published: 2/1/2006
- Headlines for the Next 50 Years
- Ever wonder what it would be like to get tomorrow’s newspaper today? After reviewing the most important technical developments of the past 50 years in our October issue, we asked industry experts to help us imagine the biggest headlines in plastics ...
Article Published: 12/1/2005
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