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AIMCAL and SPE Come Together for Tech Conference

SPE’s FlexPackCon is added to the AIMCAL fall conference, reportedly covering the industry from resins to extrusion to converting and packaging

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

In premetered coating, a slot die is the control valve that turns fluid flow through a pipe into a precise, flat, and even coating on a continuous substrate. How does a chunk of metal do this?

Faustel Adds Yokogawa Gauge to Battery Electrode Coating Lines

Gauge monitors coating thickness reportedly allows line to run faster, meeting higher production demands with improved production efficiency

Coating Tech Institute Offers Slot Die Coating Course

Topics in the three-day course include fluid coating technology, rheology, coating defects, business, and more

Defects in Coating

Fluid coating is only as good as the quality team says it is. Once the fluid hits the substrate many things can happen... Read about how to identify, analyze and remedy coating defects.

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) awards winners of its Vacuum Metallized or Coated Products, Sustainability & Technology Competitions.

Gloucester Engineering Creates Two Divisions

A Lifetime Support Division will focus on aftermarket products and customer service, while the OEM division focuses on company’s product line

BF Consulting Is In Business

Bruce Foster brings more than 30 years of experience in adhesives, polymers, and coatings to his new consulting business

Carestream Tollcoating Expands Services

Initiatives carried out in 2013 include a new coating assessment lab, more pilot coaters, and an alliance with Polaris Battery Labs

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

The development of coating, curing and converting for the fluid industry leads the individual process engineer in the direction of choices within boundaries. Do your operational choices allow for the future?

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What?

To solve coating issues, you need to have a rudimentary understanding of curing technologies

CAI Opens Ink and Coating Plant

Company reports investments in new manufacturing and distribution facility include state-of-the-art equipment and on-site labs

AIMCAL Calls for Papers for European Conference

Association seeks papers focusing on technology for the European Web Coating & Handling Conference

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

Process development is taking a product concept through 3 stages: lab, pilot, and production

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

As 2013 draws to a close, we bring you our annual review of the Top 10 new products of the year

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