Advances in Laser Marking for Plastics

Table of Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Overview
  • Overview
  • Global Technology Highlights (Europe; North America; Asia)
• Scope and Methodology
  • Scope
  • Methodology
  • Laser Marking for Plastics Webwatch Directory

2 PLASTICS LASER MARKING INTRODUCTION (EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA)

• Laser Marking Plastics Overview
  • Laser Technology Central to Plastics Processing
  • Laser Marking Equipment Fundamentals
  • Laser Material Compounding Basics
• Laser Marking Technology Market Drivers
  • Emerging Product Liability Tracing
  • Disruptive Electronic Technology Opportunities
  • Multifunctional Laser Technology Cost-Efficiency

3 PLASTICS LASER MARKING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT (EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA)

• Laser Direct Structuring Applications
  • Overview
  • TRW MID-Based Steering Wheel Electronics
  • LDS 3D MID in High-Tech Hearing Aid
• ' Day and Night' Marking Applications
  • ‘Day and Night’ Marking
  • ' Day and Night' Design of Driver Information/Entertainment System Panels
  • ‘Day and Night’ Aerospace Instrument Panels
• Traceability Applications
  • Overview
  • Industrial Life-Cycle Parts Traceability
  • Traceable Laser Marked Parts Improve Manufacturing Efficiency
  • Traceability of Foodstuffs
  • New LaserMark Solutions Assists Food Packagers and Others
  • DataLase Additive Used in Tamper Evident Container Seals
  • Revolutionary Solution for Laser Marking Edible Products
• Emerging Authentication Technology
  • Anticounterfeit Laser Applications
  • DataLase Technology’s Multilevel Brand Protection
  • Microtrace LLC Provides Brand Security
• Decorative Laser Marking Applications
  • Decorative Laser Marking Advances
  • Acetal Copolymer Chosen for Laser-Marked Auto Levers
  • Alfalas MOF (Marking-On-the-Fly) Cork Laser
  • Unique Colored Laser Marking

4 ENABLING MATERIAL AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN PLASTICS LASER MARKING (EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA)

• Laser Systems
  • Laser Systems Suitable for Plastics Marking
  • Laser Marking Techniques
  • Laser Marking Effects
• Laser Marker Developments
  • New ‘Green’ Laser Marker
  • Fiber Lasers-A Disruptive Technology
  • Customizable Pulsed Fiber Laser Marking System
• Laser Direct Structuring
  • LPKF Laser Direct Structuring Process
  • LPKF LDS Laser Scanning
• Laser Direct Structuring Materials
  • LDS Resin Grades
  • Thermoplastics for LDS
• Plastic Resins; Additives and Formulations for Laser Marking
  • Plastics Material Suitability to Laser Marking
  • Common Plastics Marking Comparison
  • Plastics Laser Marking Additives
  • Limitations of Laser Marking Additives
• Laser Marking Material Technologies
  • Engelhard’s Mark-it Laser Marking Pigment
  • Additive Allows Low Power Laser Marking of Plastics
  • Micabs Laser Marking Additive Technology
  • New Micabs Based TPU from Bayer
  • Laser Color Transfer-A New Plastics Laser Marking Technology
• Laser Marking Software
  • TRUMPF Offers ‘Marking on the Fly’
  • Tampoprint’s ‘Mark on the Fly’ Technology

5 PLASTICS LASER MARKING TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET ASSESSMENT (EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA)

• Advances in the Laser Marked Plastics Industry
  • Academic Research Advances Laser Marking of Plastics
  • Plastics Laser Marking Business Dynamics
• Advances in Laser Marking for Plastics Specialty Materials Strategies
  • DataLase’s Color Change Laser Chemistry
  • DSM Laser Center’s Versatile Marking Dispersion
  • BASF Catalyst’s Manufacturing Versatile Laser Pigments
• Advances in Laser Marking for Plastics Innovative Process Strategies
  • LPKF’s Laser Inscribable Electronic Circuitry
  • Miyachi Unitek’s Branded Laser Products and Services
  • Tampoprint’s Multicompetency Marking Solutions

6 PATENTS; INDUSTRY CONTACTS; GLOSSARY AND REFERENCES

• Key Patents Listing and Industrial Company Sourceguide
  • Key Patents Lists
  • Industrial Company Sourceguide (North America; Europe; Asia)
• Appendices
  • Dot Matrix Codes
  • Unique Identification
• Plastics Laser Marking Glossary and Additional Plastics Resources
  • Plastics Laser Marking Glossary
  • Additional Plastics Resources

7 DECISION SUPPORT DATABASE

• Database Tables
  • PCB Sales (1999-2006)
  • Number of Manufacturing Enterprises (1999-2006)