Industrial Materials -Nissha IMD-

What is IMD?

Plastic products such as mobile phones play many important roles in our lives. IMD is one of the techniques used to apply a variety of expressions to surfaces, such as colors, patterns, glazing and metallic textures.

IMD is used in the following ways

IMD has been used on a variety of products according to different eras, such as radio cassettes, headphone stereos, make-up containers and refrigerators. It is aimed at "plastic" products that seek a beautiful design. Currently, the technology is mostly used for mobile phones, laptop computers, car interiors and electrical appliances.

IMD's unique mechanisms

IMD is a unique "printing" technology that allows images to be attached to three-dimensional plastic.
How are we able to attach images to something that isn't flat?

The image is printed onto a transparent film material in advance.
This is referred to as the "IMD foil".

Plastic products are formed inside molds. (This is called injection molding).
The IMD technique involves feeding the IMD foil inside this mold.

When plastic resin melted at a high temperature is injected into a mold which has had the IMD foil fed into it...

The image layer (ink layer) alone comes away from the IMD foil as a result of the heat and pressure inside the mold and is transferred to the plastic surface.
When the mold is opened, not only has the product's shape been formed but an IMD molded product with an image attached has been completed.

The advantages of Nissha IMD

Nissha is regarded as the world's leading company in the field of IMD. This is because we possess the technology and support systems that allow us to respond to the following customer needs.

• Customers who want to innovate elegant designs upon products!
• Customers who want to mass-produce products of identical quality!
• Customers who want technical support in the proper use of Nissha IMD!