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AIMCAL Elects Officers and Directors

Published: April 02, 2013

An impressive array of industry notables will serve the association for 2013–2014

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

Published: March 11, 2013

Susceptor technology expands applications to microwave cooking of crisp bacon. FLEXPET film with renewable content receives Sustainability award; EnerLogic window film honored with Technology of the Year.

AIMCAL Announces Conference, Calls for Papers

Published: March 05, 2013

The 2013 Web Coating & Handling Conference will feature tracks covering web coating, vacuum web coating, and web handling

Nordmeccanica Acquires Galileo Vacuum Assets

Published: February 26, 2013

With metallizers added to its line of coating and laminating machinery, Nordmeccanica Group starts up Nordmeccanica Vacuum

AIMCAL Offers Updated Metallizing Reference

Published: February 15, 2013

The 5th edition includes data on testing, contamination, web cleaning, planarization, heat stabilization, and much more

AWA Reports on Vacuum Coating and Metallizing

Published: June 04, 2012

Substrates, markets, and trends are covered in Vacuum Coated & Metallized Products Markets Global Review 2012 from AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.

Filmquest Announces PET Film Price Increase, Provides Market Update

Published: April 24, 2012

Pricing for Filmquest PET film goes up, exhaustion of excess film accumulated during 2011 in the entire supply chain is among reasons for blame.

ITW Foils Issues Guide to Metallic Effects

Published: March 28, 2012

“Designed to Shine” gives benefits of metallic effects for printers and converters, including ways to use the effects without hurting the environment

Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year

Published: March 12, 2012

The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators presents nine awards for its Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product Competition plus one coveted Sustainability Award.

SVC To Explore Future Innovation at Annual Symposia

Published: August 11, 2011
SVC announces its vacuum coating education tutorial courses and technical program for its upcoming TechCon 2012, slated for April 28—May 3 at the Santa Clara Convention Ctr., Santa Clara, CA

New BOPP Plant Starts Up in Egypt

Published: July 01, 2011
NOIDA, INDIA | The UFLEX Group has commissioned its new greenfield BOPP film plant in Egypt, about 40 km from Cairo. The 8.7-m-wide, 500-mpm coextruded

SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference

Published: June 01, 2011, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
CHICAGO, IL | The Society of Vacuum Coaters held an ambitious TechCon Technical Conference April 16-21 at the Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk. This year,

EMA Launches Information Series on Metallized Paper & Film

Published: April 26, 2011
The European Metallizers Assn. (EMA) has published the first brochure of what it says will become a series of brochures that will deal with industry related topics

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

Published: April 01, 2011, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Assoc. Publisher/Editor
At the Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminator's annual management meeting March 20-23 at the Boulders Resort in Carefree, AZ, top honors were

Galileo, Rusnano JV Enjoy Growth Separately

Published: April 01, 2011
CAREFREE, AZ | At a meeting with Galileo Vacuum Systems' CEO Pietro Profumo and VP Paolo Raugei during AIMCAL's March Management Meeting, Profumo revealed

Galileo, Rusnano JV Enjoy Growth Separately

Published: March 25, 2011
At a luncheon meeting with Pietro Profumo (CEO) and Paolo Raugei (executive VP) of Galileo Vacuum Systems during the March 20-23 Management Meeting in Carefree, AZ

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

Published: February 01, 2011, By By Dr. William Llewellyn, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.
In the world of packaging, vacuum-coated products offer converters and brand owners three key properties: barrier, aesthetics, and sustainability. Barrier

Galileo-Nanotech Vacuum Coating Partnership

Published: June 03, 2010
Galileo's CEO, Pietro Profumo, presented an overview of Galileo-Nanotech, the new joint venture between Galileo Vacuum Systems and Russian Nanotechnology Corp. (a.k.a. RUSNANO)

Dunmore Marks 40 Years

Published: May 01, 2010
BRISTOL, PA | This year Dunmore Corp. joins The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) in celebrating 40 years in the industry.

A future for photovoltaics

Published: May 01, 2010, By By Dr. Charles Bishop, C.A. Bishop Consulting Ltd.

Some areas of vacuum web coating have progressed in the past decade, others have lagged behind. A hot topic 20 years ago was transparent barrier coatings.

AIMCAL Sees Economic Gains

Published: February 01, 2010
FORT MILL, SC The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators has released results from its fourth quarter survey, the Economic Index. Results

AIMCAL Announces Matteucci Awards

Published: December 01, 2009
AMELIA ISLAND, FL | Following in the tradition of past Fall Technical Conferences, the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL)

Very Revealing

Published: October 01, 2009
Multifilm Packaging, Elgin, IL, is introducing its D-Met de-metallization process, which partly removes metal from a metallized film, leaving a clear window in an otherwise metallized design.

Green Is Global

Published: February 01, 2009, By By Corey M. Reardon, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.

While functional excellence remains a given, buyers and converters of packaging and labeling materials are influenced strongly by other market drivers

AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry

Published: December 01, 2008, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
Myrtle Beach, SC | The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators featured two short courses preceding the official opening day's sessions

AIMCAL Energizes Business Leaders

Published: April 01, 2008, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Assoc. Publisher/Editor
PALM SPRINGS, CA It's no secret that winter meetings for most associations are anything but grueling, particularly when they're held at such posh resorts

Metal Is in the Mix

Published: March 01, 2008, By By Yolanda Simonsis, Assoc. Publisher/Editor
This year's winners of the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) competition truly reflect the composition of the organization's

Melamine Revisited

Published: February 01, 2008, By By Ann Hirst-Smith
Barrier-coated flexible packaging, both metallized and clear, is a much-favored choice among brand owners and retailers across the globe today. It offers

Holographic Plastics

Published: December 21, 2007
Vacumet Corp. has launched HoloPRISM holographic plastics, a complimentary extension of HoloPRISM papers, with applications in consumer, cosmetic, personal care, and entertainment packaging; gift wrap; labels; and publications.

Coaters Assist Move Toward Solar Energy

Published: December 01, 2007
LITTLETON, CO Two new OptiLab roll-to-roll vacuum sputter coaters from General Vacuum Equipment (GVE) are aiding Ascent Solar Technologies (AST) in its

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