AIMCAL/SPE Recognize 10 Outstanding Technical Papers
- Published: November 05, 2015
NAPLES, FL | The Intl. Assn. of Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) held its annual Web Coating & Handling Conference USA on October 25-28 in conjunction with the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) FlexPackCon at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, giving recognition to outstanding presentations. Attendance this year broke a record at 415 plus staff and guests. The associations confirmed their commitment to staging future conferences as a joint effort. This year's winners include the following:
2015 AIMCAL John Matteucci Award for Technical Excellence in Web Coating:
“Electronic and Optical Devices via Self-Assembly of Hybrid Materials and Nanoimprint Lithography: Towards Solution-Based R2R Nanomanufacturing” by James Watkins of the Univ. of Massachusetts.
Three honorable mentions in Web Coating:
- “Drying Laboratory Methods for Characterization of Limited Rate Drying in Simulation Models” by Steve Zagar of B&W Megtec.
- “Cationic Cure Mechanism of UV HMPSAs” by Natalie Ganio of Henkel Corp.
- “Solution Delivery for High-Precision Coating” by Todd Arndorfer of Carestream Contract Mfg.
2015 AIMCAL John Matteucci Award for Technical Excellence in Vacuum Web Coating:
“New Rotatable Magnetrons and Target Materials Enabling Higher Performance Sputter Coatings” by Wilmert De Bosscher of Soleras Advanced Coatings.
Three honorable mentions in Vacuum Web Coating:
- “New Materials for Transparent Conductors” by Ajay Virkar of C3 Nano.
- “Cathode Heating in Reactive Magnetron Sputtering: A Previously Ignored Hysteresis Loop Provides a Direct Determination of the Secondary Electron Yield” by Donald J. McClure of Acuity Consulting and Cedric Bedoya and Edward L. Anderson of 3M Corporate Research Laboratories.
- “Materials Property Database of Thin Films by Pilot-Scale Roll-to-Roll Sputter” by Dr. Sang-Jin Lee of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology.
2015 SPE FlexPackCon Best Paper Award:
“Testing and Prediction of Puncture Resistance of Flexible Food Packages” by Barry Morris of DuPont.
2015 FlexPackCon People’s Choice Award:
“Peelable Seal Films with Enhanced Moisture Barrier Properties for Flexible Packaging” by Dan Falla of NOVA Chemicals.
The 2016 AIMCAL/SPE joint technical conferences will be held at The Peabody in Memphis, TN, on October 9–12.
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