MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Each track is focused on providing information that is specific to a particular segment of the Expo audience. Click here or mouse over icons to get track descriptions.
C01 Slitting & Rewinding Fundamentals
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Room 504C
Presented by: Representatives from, CEMA/AIMCAL
This seminar is ideal for anyone involved with the slitting and rewinding operations for paper, film, nonwovens, and other continuous flexible materials. The people who design and manufacture slitting and rewinding equipment will take you to step by step through the best practices techniques in such areas as winding, slitting, cores and cutting, retrofitting, chucks, shafts, spreading, and guiding.
C02 Coating & Drying Fundamentals
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Room 504D
Presented by: Representatives from, CEMA/AIMCAL
This seminar takes attendees through the web coating operation from unwind to rewind, with everything in between. The instructors are experts on their topics and present the fundamentals of coating and drying through engaging presentations. The presentations will include real-world tips for improving productivity, reducing downtime and waste, and increasing yield and throughput.
C03 New Options for Inkjet Package Printing
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Room 505A
Presented by: Jeff Wettersten, President, Karstedt Partners
Discover the various inkjet options for small and production-run package printing. New developments for direct print and preprinted liners are being developed creating exciting options for personalization and product tracking. These developments meet or exceed flexo and litho label print quality while taking less time and effort to produce than traditional methods. If you are looking or just curious, this program will open your eyes to the benefits and options of inkjet for packaging.
C04 Successful Shrink Film Printing for the CPG
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Room 505A
Presented by: Tim Ferons, Sales & Marketing Director, Traco Packaging
Looking for new profit centers or how to better promote and protect your products? Heat shrink sleeves, labels and bands is one of the fastest growing segments in the packaging world. How can your company take advantage of this? In this presentation we’ll explore part of the “why” for considering shrink labels and the “how” to plan a successful launch into the production and usage of shrink labeling. Learn how to work with the various decision makers that can be involved and how to accommodate the needs of each person including Product Managers, Marketing Departments, Package Designers, Print Providers, Contract Fillers, Fulfillment and others. Each plays a critical role and must be considered to achieve the ultimate goal. Discover the basic technical information you need to understand how the shrink sleeve actually works on the container it’s intended for. Making one simple oversight here can kill the success of the entire project. We’ll cover a lot of ground that will get you confident that you can adopt shrink labeling and expand in many ways. Whether you’re looking to produce digital, flexo or roto gravure shrink products, you’ll come away with a solid foundation of what you need to successfully, and profitably launch into shrink!”
C05 Advances in Food Package Printing with InkJet: Aqueous Inks
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Room 505A
Presented by: Dene Taylor, Ph.D., Principal and Founder, SPF-Inc.
Digital printing of food packaging has been handicapped by concerns of chemical migration from colorants such as inks and toners, limitations in speeds and widths, and difficulties integrating the directly into full converting lines. The key components of inkjet printing have been modularized and are provided by specialist vendors directly to the analog printing OEMs. This has transformed a number of industrial markets, in great part because for these OEMs development is merely using a different print engine – they know the material handling, the industry, and the applications. Additionally, some of the vendors for thin films also know how to dry water-based inks and coatings on typical flexible packaging substrates – comparatively plain impervious films. Aqueous inkjet inks also have fewer limits meeting indirect food contact regulations, even for dairy. Some have even been formulated for printing on food. The ramifications of these game-changing developments will be described.
C06 The New Success Model: Coordinating Promotion from Computer to Print to Packaging
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Room 505A
Presented by: Vince Cahill, President, VCE Solutions
The value of print is shifting from providing information to performing marketing, product promotion and security. This seminar will examine new business models and technologies producing sustainable profits and success in the changing print world. It will provide incite into the new digital technologies that are helping print businesses succeed. It will describe print applications with the greatest potential. Based on current success examples, it will detail the steps to success. In addition, it offers projections of the growth of digital print for packaging.