Patent ID: 7758923

Claim:
A method of producing a molded article, comprising: performing a molding with an extruder having a heating cylinder and an extruding die, wherein the performing of the molding includes: impregnating a pressurized fluid containing a metal complex for electroless plating catalyst core, in a thermoplastic resin inside the extruding die; and continuously molding the thermoplastic resin into a form of a film by ejecting the thermoplastic resin in which the metal complex has been impregnated from the extruding die so that the metal complex is impregnated to only one side of the thermoplastic resin molded into the form of the film, and performing an insert molding with an injection molding apparatus having a mold, wherein the performing of the insert molding includes: holding the thermoplastic resin molded into the form of the film inside a cavity of the mold of the injection molding apparatus; and injecting a molten resin in the injection molding apparatus into the cavity in which the thermoplastic resin molded into the form of the film is held.