Case Studies

INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION: HOW DURATECH ENHANCED CAREWEAR'S MICRO-LED MEDICAL DEVICES Background CareWear, a privately held manufacturer of Class II FDA Approved Medical Devices, specializes in innovative treatments using pulsed micro-LED technology. These patches, applied directly to the skin, are effective in treating various conditions such as physical pain, trauma-induced bruising, [...]

DURATECH CREATES ONE OF THE FIRST IN-MOLD ELECTRONICS (IME) PRODUCTS IN THE U.S. When engineers at Watlow® wanted to improve durability for an industrial controller, they turned to DuraTech. Together, they pioneered a truly innovative solution, creating one of the first in-mold electronics (IME) products manufactured in the [...]

WHAT MAKES A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR IMSE? Overview of IMSE In-mold structural electronics (IMSE) is the combination of a printed graphic, printed electronic traces and injection molding. The end product is a functional, durable part. You may encounter IMSE parts as the functional display on an oven or washing machine, [...]

DURATECH SOLVES INK CRACKING PROBLEM TO KEEP IN-MOLD LABEL PROJECT ON TRACK When TH Plastics was faced with a confusing and difficult in-mold labeling challenge, they needed a cost-effective solution, and quickly. “They had a very, very small processing window,” said BJ Tully, account [...]

For more than 45 years, DuraTech has been providing manufacturers with quality and affordable solutions for their custom graphics needs. As a 3M Preferred Converter, DuraTech continues its long-standing relationship with 3M by providing OEM facilities with a revolutionary screenable adhesive process: SP7202. This new iteration of screenable adhesive improves the manufacturing process by [...]

When an industrial air filtration supplier reported to us that competitors were peeling off their identification labels and replacing them with their own, in order to persuade customers into buying their replacement filters instead, we helped them design a new label. Learn how DuraTech’s durable identification labels helped to increase their replacement filter sales.

When a large equipment manufacturer approached us to produce multiple safety and warning labels for their generators, we proposed a different label manufacturing process that saved them from shutting down operations, a problem they faced often with their previous method of purchasing labels. Learn how our label kits lowered production costs and increased quality.

When a manufacturer of industrial thermal controllers shared with us the quality issues they were having with their controller’s rubber keypads, including customer return rates, we presented a newer-technology. Learn how replacing their rubber keypads with a slider button, through our IME technology, has proven to be more durable, reliable and cost effective.