Method for manufacturing an injection moulded article

A method of manufacturing an injection moulded article having a label received on a surface thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a carrying means having a flexible and electrically conducting layer disposed thereon;
• (b) securing a label to a surface of the electrically conducting layer disposed on the carrying means;
• (c) positioning the carrying means with the label secured to the surface of the electrically conducting layer so that the electrically conducting layer urges a surface of the label opposite the electrically conducting layer against a surface of a first mould half;
• (d) applying an electrical potential to one of the carrying means and the electrically conducting layer, with the applied electrical potential electrostatically charging the label so that the label is electrostatically attracted to the surface of the first mould half;
• (e) releasing the label from the surface of the electrically conducting layer;
• (f) positioning the carrying means remote from the first mould half;
• (g) mating the first mould half with a second mould half, with the surface of the first mould half and a surface of the second mould half defining a mould cavity corresponding to the form of the injection moulded article;
• (h) injecting heated and plasticized plastic into the mould cavity;
• (i) separating the first mould half and the second mould half;
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• (j) removing the injection moulded article from the mould cavity.