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 in two words:"in-mold."Responding to excitement in automotive,appliance,and electronics industries,at least 19 companies are showing materials or equipment for in-mold film-insert decorating or labeling (IMD,IML) for injection molding and thermoforming.
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