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CBC Coating Successfully Completes FSC Chain of Custody Audit
CBC Coating, Inc., a custom contract coater specializing in "green" water based products, successfully completed the FSC Chain of Custody audit. CBC should receive formal certification in a few weeks. Once official, the approved FSC seal will be advertised to demonstrate their commitment to the environment.

Tom Metivier, President & CEO explains, "CBC has always been green; using water based ...
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Premier Dies Corporation Installs New State-of-the-art CNC Milling Machine
Premier Dies Corporation, (PDC), Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, recently installed a new state-of-the-art CNC milling machine with greater capacity, improved accuracy and higher speed operation. This machining system allows the company to fabricate larger dies with greater efficiency. Manufacturing accuracy is crucial to the performance of high precision slot coating dies used to apply fluids, emulsions and slurries to web materials. ...
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3 Sigma Names Product Manager
3 Sigma Corporation, a leading supplier of specialty custom adhesive and top-coated materials for the pressure-sensitive label industry, has named Lorene Fryer as Product Manager. Fryer has an extensive background in product management, marketing, and communications. She brings 3 Sigma more than 20 years of experience, primarily with Reynolds and Reynolds as Marketing and Communications Manager. She ...
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Ceramalox Produced By Filmtech
In response to industry demands, FILMtech Inc., has expanded their brand to include another revolutionary "clear," barrier product with numerous applications, but especially designed for product packaging. The film (FT-CBA-48) is sold under the brand name Ceramalox.

This clear metallized barrier film is more environmentally-friendly and represents greater value to its customers because of breakthrough cost-effective technology.

Ceramalox is free ...
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Jessup Introduces Glo Brite® Ecō Exit™ Signs For Outdoor and Wet Applications
Jessup Manufacturing Company has introduced a new Glo Brite® Ecō Exit™ PM100 sign that is approved for outdoor and wet applications, as well as being suitable for floor proximity installation.

Developed by North America's leading manufacturer of photoluminescent safety products, Jessup's new Ecō Exit™ PM100 sign provides architects, contractors and building owners a new zero energy, zero maintenance solution ...
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On-Line, Real-Time 100% Scribe Metrology The NxtGen™ Scribe 100
Good scribing is key to high cell efficiency. Scribe widths, pitches and offsets must be accurately controlled to produce panels with maximum conversion efficiencies, and the coatings must be precisely removed.

Traditional metrology and inspection methods use matrix cameras which sample less than 0.05% of the scribe and do so at a very slow rate. While providing information about ...
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Premier Dies Corporation Installs New State-of-the-art ...

3 Sigma Names Product Manager

Ceramalox Produced By Filmtech

Jessup Introduces Glo Brite® Ecō Exit™ ...

On-Line, Real-Time 100% Scribe Metrology The NxtGen™ ...

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The AIMCAL Blogs serve as an interactive home AIMCAL Technical Q&As, where readers pose questions related to metallizing, coating or laminating and experts in the technology provide answers

Specialty Web Coating Blog
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Vacuum Web Coating Blog
Dr. Charles Bishop
Web Coating Blog
Dr. Ed Cohen
Web Handling/Converting Blog
Dr. David Roisum
Extrusion Coating Blog
Dr. Eldridge Mount

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AIMCAL—The Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators
AIMCAL is a nonprofit International trade organization serving converters, suppliers and users of metallized, coated and laminated products since 1970.

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