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AWA Annual Release Liner Conference
January 7, 2011
From pP inBox
The annual forum for those concerned in the manufacture and use of release liners, the Global Release Liner Industry Conference & Exhibition, hosted by AWA Conferences & Events, takes place this year in Chicago.
Record Crowds at Labelexpo Asia
December 18, 2009
From pP inBox
Labelexpo Asia confirmed its status as the leading label event in Asia when the show welcomed a record 16,601 visitors in early December—compared to 14,004 in 2007, an increase of 18.5 percent.
Dow Corning and Heraeus to Present at AWA Conference
January 2008
From Press Center
MIDLAND, Mich.—At the 2008 Global Release Liner Industry Conference, Dow Corning Corporation and Heraeus Metallhandelsgesellschaft will offer a joint presentation titled Platinum Challenges: Trends and Developments, Wednesday, February 6, at the Hilton Amsterdam Hotel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Dow Corning’s Global Release Segment Team Leader Norm Kanar and Heraeus’ Head of Marketing and Sales Wolfgang Wrzesniok-Rossbach will discuss trends in pressure sensitive release markets and how they have influenced recent development activities by market segment and by technology. “Platinum is an important component in silicone release systems,” Kanar said. “Although the cost of platinum metal continues to increase, efforts within the release
Labelexpo Europe 2007 Breaks All Records
October 2007
From pP inBox
BRUSSELS, Belgium—Labelexpo Europe 2007, which took place Sept. 26-29 in Brussels, surpassed all of its previous records in terms of visitors, exhibitors, and equipment sales. According to the show producers, this makes Labelexpo Europe 2007 the largest and most successful label event ever to have taken place. In total, 24,752 visitors from 114 countries attended this year’s show, an increase of 7 percent over the 2005 event. This included large delegations from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and the Middle East. Sixty-six percent of visitors extended their visit by at least a day (compared to 2005), which meant that the
Labelexpo Europe 2007 Breaks All RecordS
October 2007
From Press Center
BRUSSELS, Belgium—Labelexpo Europe 2007, which took place Sept. 26-29 in Brussels, surpassed all its records this year, in terms of visitors, exhibitors and equipment sales. This makes Labelexpo Europe 2007 the largest and most successful label event ever to have taken place. In total, 24,752 visitors from 114 countries attended this year’s show - an increase of 7 percent over the 2005 event. This included large delegations from Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and the Middle East. An incredible 66 percent of visitors extended their visit by at least a day (compared to 2005), which meant that the daily attendance
Label Industry Global Awards Announce Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
June 2007
From Press Center
BRUSSELS, Belgium—A panel of label industry experts has reviewed the votes for the Label Industry Global Awards and announced the winner of the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement category. Andrew Jack from Dow Corning was selected as the overall winner by the international label industry judging panel at the FINAT World Congress in Berlin following a review of the online votes against the Awards criteria. This prestigious Award category is sponsored by Avery Dennison in the year which marks the 100th year since the birth of Stan Avery. Andrew Jack has a career spanning over thirty-five years in the silicone industry, firstly with Midland
Dow Corning to Open Recycled Fiber Lab
March 2007
From Press Center
MIDLAND, Mich.—Dow Corning Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative silicone solutions for the pulp and paper industry, has announced the opening of its Recycled Fiber (RCF) Lab in Barry, Wales. Dedicated to innovative recycling technologies and products, the facility is expected to help processors meet tightening environmental regulations, contain costs, and improve product quality. “In this lab setting, we can conduct very efficient initial testing on a wide range of potential product formulations, under varying conditions,” said John Francis, Dow Corning Pulp & Paper Application Engineer and RCF Technical Leader. “We can accurately simulate many different applications, such as newspapers and lower-grade writing papers,
Industry to Vote for Label Industry Global Award Winners
March 2007
From News
BRUSSELS, Belgium—The fourth Label Industry Global Awards will take place on the first evening of Labelexpo Europe 2007 on Wednesday, September, 26 in Brussels. The international judging panel have shorlisted a number of nominees. The industry now has the opportunity to vote for their own selected individual nominees at
www.labelawards.com until the end May. The Awards feature four categories which recognize achievement in various areas of the label industry. The nominations are as follows: R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award: • Angelo Bartesaghi, Omet Srl. • Joseph Weber, Jnr, Weber Marking Systems • Tom Rink, Ritrama S.p.A • Jaume Puigbó, Caposa Group