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Inkjet Age of Materials Conference 2018
Embassy Suites Chicago – Lombard/Oak Brook
Lombard (Chicago Area), Illinois
September 5-6, 2018
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IMI’s Inkjet Age of Materials Conference 2018 is designed to address the current and needed developments in inkjet materials necessary to realize the full potential for inkjet technologies in current and new applications.
The inkjet industry has made great strides in developing successful inks and functional fluids for many applications, yet continued ink and fluids development is considered by many to be the most essential component for inkjet’s continued applications diversification and market growth.
IMI’s Inkjet Age of Materials Conference 2018 addresses the challenges, options, and opportunities associated with future inkjet materials requirements, technology choices, drivers & barriers, and other issues required to effectively implement inkjet ink and fluids technologies for applications expansion and diversification. This strategic conference for the inkjet industry provides high value information on innovations, trends, and issues for senior executives, commercial managers, development teams, end users, and others looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of materials developments, products, and technologies shaping the future of inkjet as well as exchanging ideas with industry experts and peers.
This two day event includes the following elements:
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Updates & views from industry pacesetters
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Market & opportunity perspectives from industry experts
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New technology needs &introductions
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Networking lunches, breaks & reception
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Complimentary display space
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Suppliers Forum presentation opportunity
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IT Strategies market report: Digital Document & Industrial Print Beyond the Office
STRATEGIC ADVISORY BOARD
The Strategic Advisory Board of industry luminaries, whose expertise covers a wide range of inkjet and inkjet ink technologies, provide guidance and advice in developing the conference program of topics and presentations. The Strategic Advisory Board members are
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John Cooper, President, TRS Consulting
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Lawrence Gamblin, President, Kao Collins Inc.
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Mark Hanley, President, I.T. Strategies
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Dr. Alan L. Hudd, Director & Founder, Alchemie Technology
John Cooper
TRS Consulting
Lawrence Gamblin
Kao Collins
Mark Hanley
I.T. Strategies
Dr. Alan L. Hudd
Alchemie Technology
Conference Speakers
Dave Bell, Ricoh Production Print
Dr. Nasser Budraa, Ricoh Printing Systems America
Kim Champion, Memjet
John Cooper, TRS Consulting
Lawrence Gamblin, Kao Collins
Mark Geeves, Color-Logic
John E. Grant, Honeywell
Daisuke Hamada, Kao Collins
Mark Hanley, I.T. Strategies
Peter Hessney, Sensor Films
Molly Hladik, Michelman
Dr. Alan L. Hudd, Alchemie Technology
Valerie Kaiser, Shepherd Color
Bob Keller, Marabu North America
Dr. Simon Kew, Alchemie Technology
Andreas Knecht, Zhuhai Print Rite
Tom Molamphy, Siegwerk
Im Rangwalla, Energy Sciences
Dr. Ray A. Work, III, Work Associates
INKJET AGE OF MATERIALS CONFERENCE 2018
September 5-6, 2018
Embassy Suites Chicago - Lombard/Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
Topic Coverage and Schedule
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
8:00 a.m. Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. Opening Session
Welcome & Introductions
Alvin G. Keene, President, IMI, Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Inkjet at the turning point
Mark Hanley, President, I.T. Strategies, Hanover, Massachusetts
- Inkjet being drawn into graphic arts, packaging, & industrial markets
- What is inkjet development status on film, paper, textiles, & hybrid substrates?
- How much ink is used in which markets & on which substrate (liters & $)?
- What are the performance limitations by market, substrate, & ink type?
- What has to be done to maximize inkjet capability?
- When can it be done?
Specialty chemicals for jetted fluids
John Cooper, President, TRS Consulting, Hendersonville, North Carolina
- Diverse jet ink applications
> Documents
> Textiles
> Decoration
> Functional
> And the list keeps growing!
- Major chemicals for jet inks
> Polymer binders
> Dispersants
> Dyes & pigments
> Solvents
> Biocides, surfactants
- Challenges/Opportunities
> Economic
> Environmental – VOC, Reach, Others
Inkjet materials play key role in applications diversification
Lawrence Gamblin, President, Kao Collins, Cincinnati, Ohio
- It takes a village
- Economic factors
- - Technological developments with potential to accelerate innovation
> Chemistries
> Drying
> Equipment
- Technical developments driving market growth
> Water based inks
> UV/EB inks
> Solvent inks
> Electronics
> 3D printing
> Medical
> Food
- Expected winners & losers
12:00 Noon Networking Luncheon
1:30 p.m. Session 2
All print starts at design – Why you should care?
Mark Geeves, Director of Sales & Marketing, Color-Logic Inc., West Chester, Ohio
- All print, conventional or digital, starts with design
- Today, brands managers (not just printers/converters) are involved in
> Printing process selection & implementation
> Approval of printed materials
- Ink developments must have brand strategy & designer in mind
- Benefits for brands in differentiating themselves
- Decorative & reflective color plus white communications system
> Brand with shelf impact at lower cost than standard printing
> Print foil and reflective substrates using white ink & CMYK
> 250 new metallic colors using only 5 inks
> Adapts to future substrates, inks, and coatings
- Case studies of digital print ink advancements resulting in
> No major capital expense – print on current presses
> Economical production
> Getting to market faster
Pre & post coat fluids development for aqueous inkjet commercial & packaging printing
Kim Champion, Vice President Inks & Materials, Memjet, San Diego, California & Molly Hladik, Technical Product Manager, Michelman, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Goal: Enable inkjet printing on standard offset coated commercial papers, coated corrugated liners, & folding cartons
- Goal: Apply with standard flexo coating equipment
- Goal: Enable leading cost/performance for inkjet commercial & packaging print
- Memjet introduction & Duralink overview with focus on aqueous, pigment inks
- Market dynamics for standard media vs inkjet coated media
- How we “win” with use of pre/post coats
- Pre/post coat fluids development: Why & how Memjet partnered with Michelman
- Michelman introduction
- Process development of novel pre coat fluid: How technology differs from other offerings in the market
- Optimization of post coat fluid
- Results & performance
Ink innovation fuels expansion of applications
Dave Bell, Manager Product Marketing (Media), Ricoh Production Print, Boulder, Colorado
- Understanding the basics of applying aqueous inks to paper
- Early development & challenges of aqueous inks with uncoated & coated substrates
- Difference between inkjet treated & inkjet coated media
- Significant increase in inkjet specific substrates drives new applications
- Properly matching the inks & substrates to the application
- Options in today’s market & the race to capture the commercial print market
Complex inorganic color pigments – Durable pigments for inkjet applications
Valerie Kaiser, Technical Sales Representative, Shepherd Color, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Where CICPs are currently used in various markets/industries
- What properties make CICPs so valuable
- How CICPs are made & what they are mad of make them different
- Adapting this technology to inkjet applications
Authentication solutions using inkjet technology
John E. Grant, Business Development Manager, Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies, Morris Plains, New Jersey
- Global impact of counterfeiting
- Levels of authentication for document security & brand protection
- Technology of fluorescent dyes & pigments in inkjet inks
- Invisible bar code scanning equipment
- Machine readable UV + pigments/dyes
- Detectors custom designed for specific client applications
New dye sublimation ink for textile printing
Andreas Knecht, GM Export Sales, Zhuhai Print Rite New Materials Corporation Ltd., Zhuhai, China
- Dye sublimation principles, inks, media interaction, transfer, economics
- SuperPremium dye sublimation solution
- Ink formulation enables higher yield & density, sharper images & lower cost
- Performance results
- Development capabilities
Suppliers Forum: 5-Minute presentations related to materials technologies, capabilities, services, new product introductions, etc. The Suppliers Forum is open to all conference registrants. For additional information or to sign up, contact Al Keene al@imiconf.com or check off box on registration form.
6:30 p.m. Networking Reception in Display Area
Thursday, September 6, 2018
8:30 a.m. Session 3
How to support extended range of ink materials through printhead improvements
Dr. Nasser Budraa, Director of R&D, Ricoh Printing Systems America, Simi Valley, California
- Ink is most important aspect of inkjet technology
> Printhead technology must follow
- Printhead design improvements to support wider range of inks
- An outline of ink compatibility test requirements
- Current printhead portfolio vs ink requirements
- Future printhead design & performance directions
A material impact: Ink selection in printed electronics production
Peter Hessney, President, Sensor Films, Victor, New York
- Materials considerations when developing robust production processes for printed electronics
- Performance evaluation of commercially available conductive inks in
> High throughput operations
> Production systems for multilayer, multi-material structures
- Enablers for rapid & efficient printed electronics production
- Materials trends and future requirements
Precision digital coatings
Dr. Alan L. Hudd, Director & Founder & Dr. Simon Kew, VP Technology& Business Development, Alchemie Technology, Cambridge, UK
- Digital materials science overview
- Technologies for digital precision coatings of functional materials
- Challenges of applying precise coatings in a digital world
- Deposition using liquid and powder digital technologies
- Typical industrial applications
- Future trends and predictions
Water based inkjet inks for coated paper stocks
Daisuke Hamada, Executive Vice President (R&D), Kao Collins, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Many attempts to substitute water-based solutions for solvent-based & energy
curable ones due to its environmental friendliness
- Requirements for water-based inkjet ink for industrial applications such as flexible packaging
> High reliability
> Good image quality on large varieties of substrates
> High image durability on non-absorptive substrates
- Desire to improve image durability of water-based systems vs. UV systems
- Development of new water-based ink providing high durability ink film by combination of two
different technologies
> Pigment nano-disperson technology
> Polyester resin technology used for toner binder in electrophotography
- Introduction of water-based pigment ink with high image durability and its working mechanism
- Summary & discussion about potential applications
12:00 p.m. Networking Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Session 4
UV/EB session in collaboration with
New designs in UV & latex inks for graphics
Dr. Ray A. Work, III, President, Work Associates, Bradenton, Florida
- UV/LED gel inks from Oce/Canon
- Hybrid UV/LED from Sun, EFI, & Durst
- New generation latex inks from HP, flatbed application & white ink
- Technical capabilities, benefits, and challenges
- Implementation of these technologies today
- Potential for the future
UV low migration capable inkjet inks for packaging – where do they fit?
Tom Molamphy, Sales & Technology Manager Inkjet – North America, Siegwerk, Portland, Oregon
- Inkjet continues to gain foothold in packaging markets
- UV ink application areas in packaging
- Focus on “low migration” UV capable inks
- Comparison of UV & water based inks
- “Low migration” issue: Specifics of what this means for inkjet when used as part of “low migration” capable system for packaging
Digital ink for glass drinkware – a success story for digital manufacturing
Bob Keller, General Manager, Marabu North America, North Charleston, South Carolina
- Evolution from inorganic to organic UV screen inks
> Establishing the path to digital
- Inherent challenges for UV on glass
- UV ink component selection – the basic (and trade-offs)
- Industry durability requirements
- The impact of pre-treatment
- Major players & projects
- Future advancements
New compact low voltage EB equipment for curing inkjet inks for packaging
& label markets
Im Rangwalla, Market Development Manager, Energy Sciences, Inc., Wilmington, Massachusetts
- What is EB curing & its applications today
- Advantages of EB curing for food packaging applications
- Theory of EB technology – how does it work?
- EB requirements for curing inkjet inks, coatings & adhesives
- New compact EB equipment for inkjet applications
4:00 p.m. Conference Adjournament
Conference Sponsorships
IMI is excited to announce a new sponsorship opportunities to enable inkjet industry participants to position themselves “front and center” before a key groups of inkjet industry business leaders including executives, product developers, technologists, major users, etc. PLUS distributing their message to IMI’s global database of over 20,000 relevant contacts.
Our goal is to develop a “community” focused on the conference programs and the Sponsors to generate excitement about inkjet technology, market, and application developments - benefiting all industry participants and end users.
For additional information on this sponsorship opportunity, contact Al Keene al@imiconf.com or click here
Speaking Opportunities
If you have a potential topic for presentation at this or another IMI conference, please submit your proposed presentation topic and a brief outline to Al Keene al@imiconf.com.
IMI is always looking for potential speakers for upcoming conference programs and will be pleased to discuss your ideas for potential presentation topics.
Free Displays & Suppliers Forum
Printer, materials, and other product demonstrations/displays by both conference speakers and registrants are encouraged. IMI will cooperate with all interested parties to provide appropriate space so products can be displayed and demonstrated during the conference breaks & receptions. There is no charge in addition to the conference registration fee to have a display table and/or give a 5-minute Suppliers Forum presentation. Interested companies should contact IMI President Al Keene al@imiconf.com to ensure that proper arrangements are made for product displays and demonstrations.
IT Strategies Market Report
All participants will receive a free copy I.T. Strategies latest annual Market Report "Digital Document & Industrial Print Beyond the Office.” Commissioned by IMI and generated from I.T. Strategies’ worldwide digital printing industry model, it provides an ongoing source of market information based on a consistent methodology and reporting structure.
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