FINAT TECHNICAL SEMINAR 2010

INTRODUCTION

Title:    'Self-adhesive labels, adding value'
Venue: Fira Palace, Barcelona, Spain
Date:   11, 12 March 2010

The one and a half day seminar (in English with simultaneous translation in German, French and Spanish) is designed to give an update on issues relating to legislation, materials science, converting technology and application requirements and is targeted at all levels of the technical community from R&D or production to technical directors & executives.
These topics will all be presented by expert speakers, who aim to offer delegates input which can be used in their own companies to create more efficient and profitable future business.

PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

19.30 Welcome cocktail, tabletop exhibition and dinner at the hotel

Thursday, 11 March 2010

08.30  Opening of the seminar and short FINAT introduction
          Andrea Vimercati FINAT President (NL)

08.40  Introduction of the seminar
          Sean Duffy, Bluestar Silicones, Chairman Seminar Sub Committee FINAT (F)

08.50  Update on environmental legislation
          Paul Verspoor, Sitmae Consultancy (NL)

09.40  Welcome speech: Helping our customers sell through innovation
           Iban Cid, Germark (E)

10.15  Coffee break and opportunity to visit the tabletop exhibition

MORNING SESSION (CHAIRMAN: HANS LAUTENSCHLAGER)

10.45  How to handle new requirements when printing food labels
          Niklas Olsson, Flint Group (SE)

11.15  Recycling friendly adhesive technology (RCA)
          Ulli Nägele, Herma (D)

11.45  Dispersion based PSAs - adding value to the value chain
          Cornelis Beyers, BASF (D)

12.15  UV hot melt adhesives
          Wolfgang Ziegler, Novamelt (D)

12.45 Lunch and opportunity to visit the tabletop exhibition

AFTERNOON SESSION (CHAIRMAN: SEAN DUFFY)

14.15  New insights into die-cutting
          Prof. Dr. Dirk Burth, University of Applied Sciences Munich (D)

14.45  Overview major digital printing techniques
          Christian Menegon, HP Indigo (NL)

15.15  Produce Locally, Manage Globally
          Isabelle Billerey Rayel, Dalim Software, (D)

15.45  Coffee break and opportunity to visit the tabletop exhibition

16.15  Why tension control is essential for consistent print quality
          Graham Waters, Martin Automatic (UK)

16.45  RFID - what happened to the technology – cost & system integration
          Raghu Das, IDTechEx (UK)

17.15  Adding Dimension to Graphic Design with Holographic  Imagery:
          The New Business Model
          John Hazen, Hazen Paper Company (USA)     

17.45  CLOSURE DAY 1

20.00  Dinner at Miramar located at the Montjuic mountain

Friday, 12 March 2010

09.00  Linerless self-adhesive labelling 
          Michael Cooper, Catchpoint (UK)

09.30  Can sustainability contribute to cost reduction?
          Kishore Sarkar, Gallus Ferd. Rüesch (CH)

10.00  Sustainable self-adhesive growth via ecofriendly innovation, 
          Eelko Leeuwenburgh, Avery Dennison (NL)    

10.30  Coffee break and opportunity to visit the tabletop exhibition   

11.00  VskE project: ‘Good health and safety practice in label printing’
          Thomas Gulden, Schreiner Group (D)

11.30  A call to action: connect and innovate with your customers
          Paul France, principal engineer Procter & Gamble (USA)

12.30  Closure of the seminar
          Håkan Saxén, UPM Raflatac, Chairman FINAT Technical Committee (FIN)

12.45  Lunch and opportunity to visit the tabletop exhibition

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Participation fee

FINAT & ANFEC members: Euro 495
Non-members:                 Euro 625

Tabletop exhibition

Supplier members have the opportunity to exhibit their products during the event.
Costs Euro 500.

Cancellation fee

All cancellations must be done in writing. No fee will be charged for cancellations received up till 28 February. From 1 March till 5 March Euro 150 will be charged. After 5 March the full participation fee remains due.

Hotel reservations

FINAT has made a block booking at the:

Fira Palace Hotel
Avda Rius I Taulet, 1-3.                                                           
E-08004 Barcelona, Spain                                                        
Tel: +34 934 262 223                                                              
Fax: +34 934 248 679                                      
E-mail: reception@fira-palace.com                                          
URL: www.fira-palace.com         

Room prices:   € 169 (double, single use) € 185 (double). Breakfast included, 7% city tax excluded (PRICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN 2010)

The programme and registration forms can be found in the right hand column.

TECHNICAL SEMINAR 2010

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