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AIMCAL Pavilions 2008
AIMCAL is proud to offer Pavilions at some of the industry's most important shows. Visit the Pavilions area to find out how to participate in any of our upcoming pavilions at CPP EXPO and Converting Show India.
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Converting School!
AIMCAL is proud to present Converting School, providing productivity-enhancing educational opportunities for members of the converting industry. Course descriptions, instructors, places and dates can be found at www.ConvertingSchool.com
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Economic Index 1st Quarter 2008
The AIMCAL Economic Survey Results are now available in the Member's Only area!
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FALL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
The AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference is an Industry forum for the global technical community involved in web coating processes. Visit the Call For Papers online for guidelines and to submit yours today!
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    Fast-cure Solventless Adhesive Technology Impresses Packaging Converters
    Specialty materials producer Rohm and Haas in conjunction with equipment manufacturer Nordmeccanica, recently proved that the company's new fast-cure MOR-FREETM L75-164 adhesive could easily achieve line speeds of as much as 1,200 feet-per-minute for difficult polyester-to-polyester laminations. Live demonstrations held at Nordmeccanica's North America facilities left no doubt among many invited packaging converters that this solventless adhesive, coupled with Nordmeccanica's ...
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    New Coating System Provides Superior Printing and Processing of Plastic Media on HP Indigo Presses
    Michelman and Utopia Digital Technologies have teamed up to develop a new advanced printing surface designed to enhance the printing of polymer and plastic media on HP IndigoŽ presses.

    The HP certified coating, called ExtrevaŽ CS3, was developed collaboratively by Michelman and Utopia, and is a modification of Michelman's DigiPrimeŽ, a proven technology used by film producers and converters ...
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    NEW! AWA's Extrusion Coated Materials North American Market Study 2008
    AWA Alexander Watson Associates has published in-depth reports on the European market for extrusion coated materials since 1984, tracking market and material trends and the changing market structure. This report represents our first North American extrusion coated materials study.

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    Presidente and Presidente Light Beer Celebrate the Holidays with Vacumet
    The Dominican Republic's top-selling beer company called on Vacumet's expertise in holographic labeling for a special holiday promotion. Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, a long-time user of Vacumet's metallized Vacu-BRITEŽ paper, attracted holiday consumers with a unique, festive label never seen before on their well-known Presidente Beer and Presidente Light Beer brand. Vacumet's HoloPRISMŽ holographic paper in the festive snowflake ...
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    PCI Introduces Improved Laser Point II™ Ablatable Film
    Precision Coatings, Inc., Walled Lake, MI, has recently announced an improved version of its patented Laser Point II™ laser ablatable film. This film allows flexographic platemakers to produce negatives for analog plates on the same laser that is used to ablate digital plates. Due to the buildup of a static charge from handling and processing, the previous version of the ...
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    New Product Guide Features Environment-Friendly Packaging And Printing Materials From Unifoil
    Consumer goods manufacturers, converters, printers, and designers can obtain information about state-of-the-art image-enhancing recyclable packaging and printing materials that can help a company reduce its carbon footprint in a new product guide from Unifoil Corporation (www.unifoil.com.) Inside the handy reference guide, which is printed on recyclable Holographic UniLustreŽ board, a unique, multidimensional nonlaminated metallized material, is an exciting array of ...
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