Choices in packaging decoration can make or break a product’s ability to be recycled. The 2024 Plastic Product Decorating Summit will feature a special discussion on the Recyclability of Decorated Plastics, featuring Ruben Nance, program director for Preferred Design Recognition at the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR).

The 2024 Plastic Product Decorating Summit returns to the Milwaukee Marriott West in Waukesha, Wisconsin, after a successful inaugural year, and will be held September 18-20. The event brings the plastics industry together to learn, listen and discuss all types of direct-to-object plastic decorating and in-mold decorating (IMD), labeling (IML) and electronics (IME) applications.

Technical programming and industry panel discussions will focus on the latest application methods, equipment, best practices and market trends. Also on tap in the arena of direct-to-object plastic decorating and in-mold decorating, labeling and electronics applications are the following:

• plant tours at label printer Inkworks Printing and custom injection molder PolyFab LLC (a Daiho Group Company)
• keynote featuring Laurie Harbour, Wipfli – Market Trends and Economic Factors Affecting the Plastics Industry
• expert panels on In-Mold Electronics Applications and Challenges; Heat Transfers and Polymer-Fusion Labels; and Decorating Options for Tactile and Textured Surfaces
• presentations on Achieving Excellence in Backlit Decorated Plastics and Direct to Shape Inkjet Printing as an Alternative to Labels
• and many more

Attendees of the Plastic Product Decorating Summit 2024 will have the opportunity to engage in networking activities at the Milwaukee Brewers baseball game, IMDA awards reception, the Supplier Trade Fair and more. Exhibitors participating in the Supplier Trade Fair include 3DT LLC, CDigital, Central Decal, Diversified Printing Techniques, DyeMansion, IDS – Division of ITW, KURZ Transfer Products, Marabu, Nissha Eimo Technologies, Polyfuze, Schober USA, StackTeck Systems Ltd, Sussex IM, Thierica and Wipfli.