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 ...

It’s almost axiomatic: When you’ve demolded a composite component, the job’s only half done. The addition of an attractive color, product logo and/or other decoration is an important part of making ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 30, 3:40 p.m. EST) — In-mold assembly and in-mold decorating are attractive to U.S. injection molders looking for a way to compete globally, according to two speakers at the ...

MGS Manufacturing Group (Booth S2096) has formed a joint venture with a German company to make plastic parts using in-mold decoration techniques. MGS is adding two special manufacturing cells at its ...

Dale Brosius , Contributing Writer, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) Composite parts are decorated for a number of reasons. In most cases, the appearance of the part ...

Applying the Finishing TouchThe Precision Decorating arm of Phillips Plastics proves there's plenty of value to be added at the end of the molding process. Find out how to add more visual appeal to ...

Rotating stack molds give designers a variety of options for not only molding multicomponent parts but also doing secondary assembly operations inside the injection molding machine. ''What will it ...