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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.