Converting Quarterly

Converting Quarterly – the official technical magazine of AIMCAL –
covers the web-processing technologies of solution, extrusion and vacuum coating; laminating; film manufacturing; flexographic and gravure printing; slitting, sheeting and other finishing methods.

In the 2013 Quarter 2 Issue

2013 AIMCAL Product of the Year, Technology & Sustainability Awards
Specialty Papers Market Forecast
Silicone coatings offer new opportunities in food-contact paper performance
Sintering-free electro-conductive patterning with silver nanoparticle inks
Getting peak performance from enclosed chambers for flexo, gravure printing
How rotating cylinder brushes can assist slitting, perforating operations
Hybrid heat-transfer rolls end corrosion damage, boost thermal conductivity
2013FLEX Conference Review
ITO sputter-coated films for touch panels; web coating defects: improving coater performance; determining radiant-energy heat load on polymer webs; selecting the best winding process

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Industry News

EU project BioBoard to increase recyclability of paper-based packaging materials by replacing plastic coatings

On International Recycling Day, Bioboard EU-funded project campaigns for the valorisation of currently discarded food and protein-rich waste while many tons of paperboard, coated paper and cardboard are every day manufactured worldwide, with polyethylene (PE) or petrochemical bas...

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Atlas Holdings and Blue Wolf Capital to acquire Twin Rivers Paper Co.

Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings have reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper Co., Inc., from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.The transaction is expected to close in approximately three w...

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Two million metric tons of new BOPET film capacity, but is it enough?

After the supply shortages of commodity bi-oriented polyester (BOPET) thin films in 2010, the global BOPET film industry has done its best to ensure global supplies will not dry up again – or has it? UK-based researcher PCI Films Consulting’s latest review of...

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US demand for specialty films to reach $8 billion in 2017

US demand for specialty films is forecast to advance 5.2 percent per year to $8.0 billion in 2017. Gains will be driven by the increasing need for high-performance plastic films which offer barrier properties, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance in packaging applic...

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Harper Corporation of America Announces Cincinnati SMART Roadshow Stop, Hosted by Nilpeter

Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is happy to announce that the Central Piedmont Community College stop on its 2013 SMART Roadshow, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, was a major success. Now, the company is looking forward to the next stop on its list,...

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STOP PRESS: New Dates Added For Sell-Out AWA Heat Shrink Sleeve Workshop!

Due to high demand for registrations, AWA Alexander Watson Associates are adding an extra Introduction to Heat Shrink Sleeve Label Technologies Workshop to their events schedule, directly after the original event in Plymouth, MN, USA on Tuesday June 11 and Wednesday June 12. ...

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