Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
Western Michigan University will host the 5th Barrier Coating Symposium on October 7–8, 2008. In 2006 this biennial event attracted over 100 professionals working in the area of barrier coatings.
Program Highlights
- New highly modified potato starches
- Preservation of fresh fruits and vegetables helped with nano-composite coatings
- Layering functional coatings using a multilayer curtain coater
- Stimuli-responsive coatings
- New FDA-compliant fluorochemistry
- Engineered pigment contributions to barrier coatings
- Barrier between plasticizers in recycled liner and board and its contents
- New coater and metering element yields new barrier board grades at German mill
- Manufacturers roundtable
- More...
ATTENTION SUPPLIERS: Tables available for table displays during the second day of the symposium. To reserve a table, send a paragraph (short) describing your products and contact information for those attending the symposium to margaret.joyce@wmich.edu. To help attendees locate you, send an optional head photograph of your attending sales personnel. The paragraph, contact info, and optional photo will be published and included in the attendee materials. The table is 2.5' X 6' and it is free, but the number of tables available is limited, so sign up early.
Feedback from the 2006 symposium attendees is available for your review.