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AIMCAL Webinar Series -
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March 16 - 16 |

AIMCAL Converting School:
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March 16 - 17 | Atlanta, GA

AIMCAL Converting School:
Winding: Machines, Mechanics & Measurements
March 18 - 19 | Atlanta, GA

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March Management Meeting 2010
March 21 - 24 | La Jolla, CA (San Diego)

In-mold Technologies Seminar 2010
March 25 - 26 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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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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Unifoil Corporation And IGH Solutions Create Spellbinding IML Cups For "New Moon" Blockbuster
Unifoil Corporation, Fairfield, New Jersey (www.unifoil.com) and IGH Solutions, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota (www.ighsolutions.com) recently partnered on the manufacture of dazzling IML (in-mold label) drinkware created as a promotional item for the The Twilight Saga: New Moon blockbuster screening at Hoyts (www.hoyts.com.au) theaters in Australia. The eye-catching New Moon cup, made with IGH Solutions's new metalized KRŌM™ IML cup technology, ...
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3 Sigma Names Upper Midwest Account Manager
3 Sigma Corporation, a leading supplier of specialty custom adhesive and top-coated materials for the pressure-sensitive label industry, has named Mark Ryan as Account Manager covering the Upper Midwest, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Ryan has more than 20 years of sales and engineering experience in the converting industry, most recently as an Independent Sales Engineer ...
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NORDMECCANICA GROUP, New Installation at Bostik inc.
Nordmeccanica and Bostik are proud to announce a new installation at Bostik of a Labo Combi 400 coater and laminator and a state of the art meter mixing unit: World Mixer for two components solvent free adhesives. Labo Combi 400 is the laboratory size (17" wide) coater and laminator from Nordmeccanica for research and development applications. The new Labo coater ...
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Bobst Group Announces Changes
Starting in January of 2010, following the worldwide model, Bobst Group North America re-aligned into three Business Units - Sheet Fed, Web Fed and Services.

Recently it's been announced that as part of its re-organization of responsibilities, Bobst Group SA has named Alain Jendly, formerly North American Vice President - Flexible Materials, to the newly created position of worldwide Head of ...
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tesa® Tapes Reach New Heights with Trip into Space
Innovations in spacecraft development within the past 20 years have led to the ability to deploy many spacecraft vehicles on more than one space mission; a feat not possible prior to the launch of the Space Shuttle Program. With the ability to re-commission spacecraft came the need to mark and identify spacecraft parts and components for inventory and warranty purposes. ...
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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
Dr. John Fenn
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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