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CAI Opens Ink and Coating Plant

(Coating/Laminating)

February 09, 2014, ... inks, along with UV, EB, and water-based coatings. CAI says it has made substantial investments in the Rockingham facility, installing state-of-the-art ink processing equipment to allow full manufacturing ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, Process development is taking a product concept through 3 stages: lab, pilot, and production If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters topic, "The 3 Stages ...

Coating Tech Slot Dies a Newly Formed Company

(Coating/Laminating News)

December 21, 2013, Formed as a division of Coating Tech Service, company will manufacture and refurbish multiple slot dies for customers around the globe   EAU CLAIRE, WI | Coating Tech Service, a provider of consulting ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, The world has gone patch coating crazy, but we also have to consider the technical challenges If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters topic, "Intermittent ...

How to Start-Up a Coating Business

(Mark's Coating Matters)

November 12, 2013, So, you want to run a coating company...  Do you have what it takes to found a start-up? If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters blog post titled, "How to ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 2

(Coating/Laminating)

November 11, 2013, In the second of this two-part series on hot melt coating, Mark Miller says the newest technology is not always the best, but the best techniques applied to good technology provide the best product outcomes. ...

AIMCAL Web Coating & Handling & 2013 Charleston

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 30, 2013, After two days rest on return from the K-Show in Dusseldorf, I just attended and returned from the 2013 AIMCAL Web Handling & Coating conference in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.  I have to say, ...

K-Show 2013 & Upcoming Extrusion Coating Seminars

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 23, 2013, ... Coating Seminars I will be conducting several seminars in the coming months through Techno Biz in Bangkok.  Three 2-day seminars entitled "EXTRUSION COATING - Principles, Processing & Troubleshooting" ...

Visualization for Improved Coating Performance

(Mark's Coating Matters)

October 17, 2013, A good theoretical understanding of flow dynamics can reduce the time spent to identify the origination of coating defects. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, Thinner, faster, and state of the art describes the direction hot melt adhesive manufacturing companies are headed. As coating corporations work toward increasing margins, getting more out of the capital ...

SAM, NA - A New Player in the USA for Cast Film & Extrusion Coating Equipment

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 10, 2013, ... structures, as well as modular priming, coating and casting stations.  They are using a Nordson/EDI coextrusion adapter to achieve various coex structures as well as an EDI edge bead reduction die.  It ...

HTI Spectra HE Uses Sound to Dry Inks, Coatings

(Drying)

October 08, 2013, ... dryers, this equipment reportedly uses up to 75% less energy. Equipment offers a significantly smaller footprint. Compatible with film, foil, board, and paper for flexo and gravure printing, coating ...

TAPPI Extrusion Coating Short Course

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 25, 2013, A testament to marketing and tradition, the years that TAPPI holds its extrusion coating short course are those years that the extrusion coating short course I teach at UMASS-Lowell are poorly attended. ...

Multilayer Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

September 23, 2013, Multilayer and simultaneous dual sided coating.  Slide coating for the modern era. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column titled, "Coating Matters | Multilayer Coating," ...

Coating Matters | The Wizard Behind the Curtain

(Coating/Laminating)

September 15, 2013, It's not magic that makes curtain coating work but physics and fluid dynamics. Do you sometimes feel like you are free falling through the coating world? A free fall can be a good thing if you are not ...

Rheology, Math, and Coating Equipment Design

(Coating/Laminating)

August 30, 2013, Rheology + Mathematics = Coating Equipment Design If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column titled, "Coating Matters | Rheology, Math, and Coating Equipment Design," ...

ALTANA Acquires Henkel Specialty Coatings Business

(Coatings)

August 28, 2013, The business, featuring MiraFoil and Miracure products, will be integrated into the ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants division of ALTANA   WESEL, GERMANY | The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired ...

Coating Matters | TWOSD

(Coating/Laminating)

August 19, 2013, Tensioned Web Over Slot Die is a coating technique that has some unique advantages If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column titled, "Coating Matters | TWOSD," click ...

ROI for Fluid Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

July 28, 2013, Cost of ownership and return on investment are critical in the decision of fluid coating technology for a converting industry product. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read ...

AIMCAL Offers Web Coating & Handling Conference

(Coating/Laminating News)

July 13, 2013, ... Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) will host its annual Web Coating & Handling Conference, October 27–30, 2013, at the Marriott Charleston in Charleston, SC. The event begins with four optional half-day ...