Converting Quarterly - Back Issues

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In the 2011 Quarter 4 Issue

• Vacuum Web Coating Market Report
• R2R atomic layer deposition: Latest process hope to deliver low-cost, high-barrier coatings
• How to achieve consistency, repeatability in hot-melt, slot-die coating
• Nanotechnology Market Forecast
• 2012 US Economic Forecast: Crystal ball “not so clear”
• Replacing PET and OPP with PLA: Considering properties, converting and end uses
• Choosing the right anilox-roll engraving for the print or coating application
• Assessing the value and benefits of 100-percent flexo, gravure print inspection
• Inkjet-printing processes for packaging and labeling: An introduction
• Ultrasonic bonding, laminating and embossing of nonwovens and films
• Web coating: Controlling dryer defects, Part 1

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In the 2011 Quarter 3 Issue

• Market Report: Labels put best face forward
• 100% solids, UV-curable, pressure-sensitive adhesives as an alternative to solution acrylics
• How to achieve consistency, repeatability in hot-melt, slot-die coating
• Reducing silicone mist in high-speed coating systems
• What's needed to drive release-liner recycling
• Fall 2011 Show Planner: CPP EXPO, ICE Europe and more
• Servomechanism-controlled shear knifeholders: Their performance benefits, potential for data collection
• Understanding peel strength in relation to substrate performance in various lamination methods
• Correlating anilox-roll specifications to flexographic print targets and tolerances
• Web-tension guidelines for polymer films, papers and paperboard webs
• How acoustically-enhanced drying improves productivity, cuts energy consumption
• Web-coating defects: Reducing bubble spots

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In the 2011 Quarter 2 Issue

• State of the Flexible-Packaging Industry 2011
• Polyester Film: A Supply-Chain Update
• How to build a total-barrier film structure
• Benefits of machine direction orientation (MDO) films in flexible-packaging applications
• Vacuum web coater with process flexibility for eco-friendly, transparent barriers
• The 2011 AIMCAL Awards
• Gravure print quality takes the gold
• Geothermal energy cools plant operations
• Barrier-sealant layers cut package weight, energy use in laminations
• Understanding optimum cure times for solventless film-laminating adhesives
• Load-cell sensitivity: What it is, how it's measured
• Evaporated aluminum on polyester: Optical and electrical properties as a function of thickness and time. Part 2
• Myths debunked: Pros and cons of ITO/flex, its applications, capabilities and performance
• Web-coating defects: Steps to improve coating-weight uniformity

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In the 2011 Quarter 1 Issue

• What printed electronics need to succeed
• Printed Electronics Glossary
• How printed electronics enable one-time passcode cards
• Novel atmospheric-plasma process for roll-to-roll processing of solar cells
• Inkjet printing for printed electronics: An introduction
• ICE USA 2011 Planner
• Evaporated aluminum on polyester: Optical, electrical, and barrier properties as a function of thickness and time
• Drying laboratory methods for development of complex empirical drying data
• How to achieve accurate, consistent tension control in roll-to-roll processes using closed-loop systems
• Web Coating Defects: Streaks and how to eliminate them
• Choosing a servo architecture: What’s best for your application?