Pad printing is used to mark products with lettering or logos. The process uses a flexible rubber pad to transfer ink from an etched plate on to the product surface. Because the pad is flexible, the surface can be convex, concave or even textured.

The process therefore fits in very neatly in with the Simtek manufacturing philosophy where a product can be directly marked to customer requirements.

Simtek are able to produce etched plates to customer artworks that can be purposefully distorted to give a correct reading result. By using this method we can successfully produce two colour prints onto radio cases, switch buttons and even golf balls.