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 ...

At the second station, host company Distinctive Plastics showed a 3D in-mold decoration process that a Fanuc six-axis robot attended. Kurz Transfer Products LP of Charlotte, N.C., demonstrated its ...

Leonhard Kurz premiered an innovative in-mold decoration (IMD) process in combination with functional foil bonding (FFB) at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this week. Jointly developed with ...

MGS Manufacturing Group has formed a joint venture with a German firm to make parts using in-mold decoration. MGS is adding two special manufacturing cells at its Germantown, Wis., headquarters to ...

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 ...

A polyurethane processor has developed its own version of in-mold decoration for long-fiber reinforced parts. GMP, in Oderzo, Italy, is now hoping to sell the technology to third parties. The ...

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, ...