The regulatory burden on manufacturing has skyrocketed over the past few years. According to a report from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the cost of federal regulations in 2012 was ...

Engineers designing plastic parts enjoy plenty of alternatives when it comes to choosing colors and finishes for their products, but a new trade group believes there's still a lot to be learned about ...

Tier 1 vehicle lighting solutions provider J.W. Speaker Corp. is commercializing one of the first production applications of in-mold electronics, also known as plastronics. The new cost-effective ...

For more than two decades, AWA Alexander Watson Associates (Amsterdam) has been a leading source for advances related to in-mold labeling (IML) and in-mold decorating (IMD) through IMLCON and IMDCON.

Adding an in-mold decorating component significantly boosts complexity and time to each of the phases. Once past the build and qualify phases, the processor needs to watch for films not separating ...

CORONA, Calif.—Innovations in liquid silicone, cube molds, in-mold decoration and Industry 4.0 were featured in a technical symposium at Engel North America's Corona technical center. Markus Lettau, ...

In-mold decoration (IMD) technology is gaining increasingly interest in producing high-quality, reliable interior components within the automotive industry. This study synthesizes the primary factors ...

Simulation software that pinpoints problems in molding helped Tier 1 supplier OEM/Erie Inc., Erie, Pa., add in-mold decorating (IMD) to its manufacturing portfolio. Simulation software that pinpoints ...