INDUSTRY CALENDAR: AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference & 22nd International Conference on Vacuum Web Coating

The AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference and 22nd International Conference on Vacuum Web Coating is scheduled for October 19-22 at the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes?in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and is an industry forum for the global technical community involved in web coating processes. Topics of interest for this year's conference will include:
Vacuum Web Coating
Process optimization and preventive maintenance in the vacuum web coating processes
Leading edge roll to roll technologies, products and markets?including flexible displays, flexible semiconductors, superconductors, thin film battery, flexible solar cells, super barriers, film sensors, anti-counterfeiting films and papers, OLED, holography, and solar control
Machine and equipment accessories upgrade cost / benefit
Advances in substrate technology
Advances in process control and measurement
Patterning and edging of vacuum coated films and papers
New coating processes, tools and equipment
Advances in barrier performance, process and measurement
Atmospheric Web Coating and Laminating
Web Coating Technology related to applications and fluid rheology Process Measurement including coating weight, defects, viscosity, process modeling
Laminating processes including alternatives to laminations, process optimization, web variability, modulus, guiding and tracking
Coating Operations: An overview that compares/contrasts various coating techniques, roll-coating systems, slot die/curtain coating techniques, extrusion coating, coating thin on metallized films, toll coating
Substrates and liners technology including new technology and performance, innovations, and applications
Web coated product markets - technology and market overviews
Specialty Web Coating
Novel or developing web coating technologies
Nano coating technology
Photovoltaics technology
Developing web coating technologies and markets
Specialty substrates and coatings technology
RFID technology
A session on Market Trends in the Converting Industry is being scheduled. Topics of interest are global market and technology trends, future role of converting process in growth industries and integrating product development through the supply chain.
