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John Matteucci Technical Excellence Award

John Matteucci Award

John Matteucci was recognized around the world as a leader in the field of vacuum coatings. His inspiration to AIMCAL Conferences and the International Conferences on Vacuum Web Coating has led to a special monetary award being given to the authors of the best paper in each of the Web Coating and the Vacuum Web Coating sessions of the AIMCAL Web Coating Conference. Each paper is evaluated for breadth of subject, technical content, presentation style and future impact on the technology or marketplace. Judging is done by three members selected from the Conference participants with the proviso that the judges are ineligible for the awards. The competition is sponsored by Converting Quarterly.

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October 2011

Best Vacuum Web Coating Paper

Flexible Glass Substrates for R2R Manufacturing

Sean Garner, Corning

Abstract:

Substrate choice is critical for overall flexible electronic device and process optimization. Compared to alternatives, glass substrates offer advantages of dimensional and thermal stability, hermeticity, transparency, and surface quality. This paper discusses flexible glass properties that enable high performance devices using roll-to-roll processes. Also described are approaches to achieve the flexible glass mechanical reliability required for process compatibility. Patterning of photolithographic features on a spooled glass using a representative roll-to-roll process is demonstrated.

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October 2011

Best Web Coating and Laminating Paper

Game-Changing Surface Pre-Treatment Technology

Tom Gilbertson, Enercon Industries

Abstract:

The Flexographic printing industry, despite the still-ebbing recessionary downturn, continues to experience a technological revolution aimed at value-adding graphics, increasing consumer motivation, and delivering sustainable solutions for a host of challenges throughout the manufacturing and distribution chain. High performance package configurations and new flexographic technologies continue to drive packaging into existing as well as completely new markets. Statistically, the Freedonia Group forecasts revenues for the US commercial printing industry will reach $82 billion in 2011 and that US demand for printing inks will grow 1.8% annually to reach $4.8 billion by 2013. And although the global packaging industry is valued at a burgeoning $450 billion, the emerging markets of China and India for example convert only about 7% of all their packaging by the flexographic process. The market growth opportunities for flexography are therefore vast. As new state-of-the-art flexographic technology is installed in these markets and with processing costs under pressure to enable flexography to ramp-up in 2011, surface pre-treatment technologies must become a key enabler relative to higher processing speed, wider widths, and requirements on inks and coatings to transfer and adhere to substrates at these speeds and widths. This paper presents evidence of new flexible packaging print performance opportunities using new atmospheric plasma treatment (APT) technology.

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