Holographic Plastics
Vacumet Corp. has launched HoloPRISM holographic plastics, a complimentary extension of HoloPRISM papers, with applications in consumer, cosmetic, personal care, and entertainment packaging; gift wrap; labels; and publications. ...
Coaters Assist Move Toward Solar Energy
LITTLETON, CO Two new OptiLab roll-to-roll vacuum sputter coaters from General Vacuum Equipment (GVE) are aiding Ascent Solar Technologies (AST) in its...
SVC Plans TechCon 2008
The 2008 of the Society of Vacuum Cleaners' (SVC) 51st TechCon will take place April 21-22, in Chicago. The program will address a number of technological breakthroughs and point to the most important, promising, and attractive developments for the future. ...
Vacuum Coated Papers & Films World Sourcebook 2007
AWA Alexander Watson Associates have published the Vacuum Coated Papers & Films World Sourcebook 2007. This report is the successor of the industry standard Metallized Papers and Films World Sourcebook 2004. ...
4th Ed. AIMCAL Metallizing Technical Reference Goes to Print
The 4th edition of the AIMCAL Metallizing Technical Reference will go to print shortly. In addition to updates in the seven existing chapters from the 3rd edition, the latest edition has been expanded with new chapters with information on the vacuum web coating processes. ...
AIMCAL and SVC Establish Scholarship Fund
AIMCAL and the Society of Vacuum Coaters have agreed, using the resources of the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation, to establish the Bernard Henry AIMCAL and SVC Scholarship Fund the honor of the late Bernard Henry. The scholarships are open to students worldwide to attend qualified instructors of higher learning. ...
AIMCAL Announces Speakers at Summer School 2007
AIMCAL is offering two tracks for this year's Summer School, being held August 6-9, 2007, in Minneapolis, MN: Web Handling and Web Coating and Laminating. Speakers for these tracks include: Dr. David Roisum, PFFC columnist Timothy J. Walker, Dr. Ed Cohen, Dr. Al Pocius, and Dr. Ted Lightfoot....
AIMCAL Holds Summer School
Now in its 9th year, AIMCAL's Summer School assembles consultants and educators for four days of focused technical sessions. This year's schools will be held in Minneapolis, MN, August 6-9 and New Delhi, India, August 20-21....
Knowledge = Power = Success
Training. It's as essential to the growth and vitality of a converting operation as air and water are to all living things. Many companies have in-depth,...
Sweets Success
Located in the industrial left bank of Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine's bustling capital city, Ukrplastic is the nation's largest flexible packaging converter....
Leader of the Six-Pack
Members of the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators hitched their horses to a Texas hoedown-style venue at the annual winter meeting...
Leader of the Six-Pack
Seven winners and one “leader of the pack” flaunt their looks and high-tech features in AIMCAL’s annual competition....
Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2
Innovative use of metallized products will drive future growth as traditional markets begin to slow....
Fast and Juicy
Graphic Packaging Intl. (GPI), Marietta, GA, has teamed up with Oscar Mayer to offer hot dogs that are juicy and ready to eat after 35 sec in the microwave....
New Metallizing Process
Celplast Metallized Products has developed a process for metallizing standard 48 g PET films, giving metal adhesion values that are equivalent or superior to those of chemically-treated metallized PET. ...
A Super Idea
Celplast Metallized Products, Toronto, ON, Canada, has developed a process for metallizing standard 48-ga PET films that reportedly results in metal adhesion...
Metallizing Makeover
Celplast reinvents its business model to focus on value-added specialty films....
Puttin' On the Ritz
Marketing glitz and glamour equally share the limelight with technical merit in this year's annual metallized and coated products competition, staged by AIMCAL, the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators....
AIMCAL Blogs Launch
AIMCAL launched four blogs August 1, 2005 covering web coating and laminating, vacuum web coating, web handling and converting, and specialty web coating....
Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 1
You won’t find your company’s future in a crystal ball, tarot cards, or tea leaves, but you might find it in Peter Drucker’s advice: "The best way to deal with the future is to create it."...
The Mettle of Metallizers
Published back in 1997, The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, 2nd ed., stated: The field of vacuum metallizing serving the packaging industry...
AIMCAL Awards, Page 2, PFFC, March 2004
AIMCAL recognizes winners of its annual competition for opening new markets and for technological superiority....
The Family Breadwinner
AIMCAL recognizes winners of its annual competition for opening new markets and for technological superiority....
The Global Metallizing Market
Dr. William Llewellyn, senior consultant, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., highlights current market trends from AWA's forthcoming Metallized Films and Papers: Global Sourcebook 2004....
Darwin Would Approve
Since its founding, Vacumet has pursued the goal of meeting the needs of its customers by adapting to changes in the marketplace. Now, the company has done it again with a new division and a new plant....
