AIMCAL - Fall Conference

The Fall Conference program is divided into two sections:

Select One: Coating/Laminating and Vacuum Web Coating.

These provide options focusing on different aspects of the Industry.

Coating/Laminating Sessions
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Sunday, October 18
9:00am- 5:00pm	Conference Registration
6:00pm- 7:00pm	Keynote Address - Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, Applied Materials: PV Solar Electricity: Technology and Markets with Special Emphasis on Flexible Solar
7:00pm- 9:00pm	Welcome Reception & Table Top Exhibits
Monday, October 19
7:00am	Conference Registration Opens
7:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
Joint Session 1: Sustainability Session Leaders: Ingrid Brase - Henkel Corporation, Andrew Jack - Bobst
8:30	Carbon Footprinting in the Web Converting Industry Bernard T. Delaney & Dean DeGhetto First Environment
9:00	What Sustainable Packaging Means to Brand Owners, and What We Can Do About It Dante Ferrari Celplast Metallized Products Ltd.
9:30	Oxidizer Operating Cost Reduction Strategies Jeff Kudronowicz Anguil Environmental Systems
10:00	BREAK
Joint Session 1: Six Sigma/Lean
10:30	Getting Started with Lean Manufacturing Principles in Flexible Substrate Coating and Converting Dave Schoellerman Tollcoating.com by Carestream Health, Inc.
11:00	Production Improvements to increase Profitability with an emphasis on Set up Reduction / 5s, Process Gary Samuels Dunmore Corporation
11:30	Roll Variability Analysis - Six Sigma for Roll Goods Processing William M. Stratton - Adhesives Research, Inc. Paul Frost - PJ Associates
12:00	LUNCH - Sponsored by PRUFTECHNIK
Session 2B: Cost Reduction Session Leaders: Greg Williams - Exopack Advanced Coatings, Ken McCarthy - Clean Room Coating Solutions
1:00	Uses of the Module Dryer in the Converting Industry Preston Hendersonzzz Spooner Industrieszzz
1:30	Advantages of a Multilayer Slide Coating Application - A Retrospective on a Successful Transfer Ken McCarthy Clean Room Coating Solutions
2:00	Rollers Affect Line Speed and Web Thickness - Do More With Less Stephen Huff Imperial Rubber Products, Inc.
2:30	Making Your Coating Process Lean Chuck Hubbard Davis-Standard Converting Systems
3:00	BREAK
3:30	Reducing Cost & Lead Times Through Cure Acceleration Bruce Foster Mica Corporation
4:00	Solution Delivery for High Precision Coating Bill Devine, Jason Payne, Steve Moses Tollcoating.com by Carestream Health, Inc.
4:30	RTO UPGRADE PROVIDES COST SAVINGS AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS Mark Fehlmann Madico, Inc.
5:00pm - 7:00pm	Table Top Exhibition & Reception
Tuesday October 20
7:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
Session 3B: Process Optimization Session Leaders: Doug Krasucki - R.D. Specialties, Inc., Mike Sellers - Advance Systems, Inc.
8:00	Dryer Technology Update: Meeting the Unique Demands of Emerging Markets Steve Zagar, Dan Bemi MEGTEC Systems, Inc.
8:30	Determining Static Dissipater Locations Using Web-Roller Electrification Kelly Robinson Electrostatic Answers LLC
9:00	Flotation Dryers: Expanding Applications for Air Foils William R. Henry Advance Systems, Inc.
9:30	BREAK
10:00	Common issues in high speed silicone coating and what to do about them Kenneth Glade Polytype America Corporation
10:30	Hot Melt Slot Die Coating Technology Sam Iuliano Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC
11:00	Web Tension Control Technology in Laminating Machinery Giancarlo Caimmi Nordmeccanica NA Ltd
	Tuesday afternoon and evening are free.
Wednesday, October 21
7:00-9:00	Continental Breakfast
Session 4B: Product Improvements Session Leaders: Jessica Bodine - Mica Corporation, Cathy Boysko - Ashland Performance Materials
8:30	Advancements in Ceramic Laser Engraved Cylinders Alex James Harper Corporation of America
9:00	Coating Die Flow Channel Design for Optimized Distribution Steven Jonjak Premier Dies Corporation
9:30	Surface Modification of Inks, Coatings and Adhesives - The Interfacial Effects Rory Wolf Enercon Industries Corporation
10:00	BREAK
10:30	Novel Polymer Design for Radiation Curable PSAs Timothy (Tim) Golden Cytec Surface Specialties
11:00	Overview of Polyurethane dispersions for Film Coatings & Adhesives Pete Schmitt, James Thompson-Col�n Bayer Material Science LLC
11:30	UV Curable Solution Acrylic PSA with Optical Clarity John Ouyang, Ingrid Brase Henkel Corporation
12:00	LUNCH - Sponsored by Intral
Joint Session 5: Impact Technologies Session Leaders: John Fenn - Fennagain, Ed Cohen - Edward D Cohen Consulting
1:00	Supertough UV-Durable Silane/Silica Gas Barrier Coatings on Polymers Pierre Fayet Tetra Pak (Suisse) SA, Development & Engineering Romont
1:30	Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition: High-Quality Films on Continuous Substrates David Levy Eastman Kodak Company
2:00	Printed and Flexible Electronics: Global Markets and Trends 2009-2019 Raghu Das IDTechEx
2:30	High-Speed Room Temperature Curing of Functional Inks Stan Farnsworth Novacentrix
3:00	Roll-to-Roll OLED for Lighting Min (Martin) Yan GE Global Research
3:30	New PEDOT Formulations Enable Highly Conductive PET Michael Wobser Eastman Kodak Co
4:00	Farewell Reception - Matteucci Technical Award

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