A Design Engineer’s Guide to Control Panel Overlays
What does heavy-duty industrial machinery have in common with a cutting-edge medical device?...
7 Considerations for Designing a Custom Graphic Overlay
First appearances may be deceiving. Take the graphic overlay, for instance. At initial glance, this...
A Designer's Guide to Color Matching in a Graphic Overlay
Color can be a very subjective, even emotional topic. We all have our favorite shades and hues that...
Mind Your Ps – Choosing Polycarbonate or Polyester for Graphic Overlays
Here at Tapecon, one question we often get from customers is, “What’s the best material for a...
10 Questions to Assess Your Manufacturing Sustainability
Did you know that according to the EPA, American manufacturing accounts for nearly 23% of global...
3 Ways to Improve Recyclability of Labels and Packaging
By now, most companies understand the importance of a sustainability plan – the challenge is...
What the Circular Economy Means for Product Designers
As the effects of climate change impact communities around the globe, there’s a growing...
Stressed Out? Understanding Shear and Peel Strengths for Adhesives
Stress is an unavoidable part of life. We all experience it in one way or another, and we all have...
Case Study: How Tapecon Assessed and Reduced Chemical Footprint
In 2021, through a program called the Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) run by Clean Production...