OCCA Ontario Section News
2008
Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting will take place on April 23, 2008 at:
Tony Roma's Restaurant
2575 Dundas Street West
Mississauga
The meeting will start at 5:00 pm with a reception and at 5:40 pm with the meeting itsself.
The agenda for the meeting includes the following items:
- Election of a new Chairman
- Elections of all positions as listed on the left hand side of the newsletter
- Plant tour
- Other business
Twelfth Annual Printing Ink Symposium
Our twelfth annual printing ink symposium was a sucess.On March 29th 2008 the Annual OCCO Printing Ink Symposium was held at the Stage West Hotel in Mississauga. The event was sold out as 10 speakers from around the Industry gave presentations on various topics and technologies on ink.
The symposium included the following speakers:
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What Ink Technician’s Know and No One Listens! –Successful Colormatching & What It Takes To Get There!, Bill Poulson, Harper Corporation
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UV Inks – Formulation and Chemistry, Ross Waldo, TS&D Graphics, Radcure, Cytec Industries Inc.
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Solvents: A Review and Closer Look , Jos De Wit, Eastman Chemical
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Performance Properties of Pigments For Inkjet Applications, Lucy Gibbons, Dominion Colour Corporation
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Waterbased Dispersing Resins For Difficult To Disperse Pigments, Kay Sanborn, Rohm and Haas Co.
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Pigments, Dispersions and Stir-In Colorants for Non-Aqueous Inkjet Ink, Mark Ortalano, Sun Chemical USA
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Novel White Pigment for Corrugated Board Inks, Juha Kuusivaara, Kemira Pigments Oy
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Additive Approach Toward High Performance Inks, Diana Hull, Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
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Controlled Polymerization Technology (CPT) – Novel Technology for Synthesizing Polymers, Gene Franklin, BYK USA
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Waterborne UV Inks & Overprint Varnish, Andrew Seecharan, TS&D Graphics-Radcure, Cytec Industries Inc
If you would like a copy of the presentations please contact Darrin Colquhoun.
The presenters are shown in the pictures below. We would like to thank all presenters for their interesting topics.
Left to right: D. Colquhoun, Symposium Chair, Kay Sanborn (Rohm and Haas), Jos deWit (Eastman), Bill Poulson (Harper Corp), Lucy Gibbons (Dominion Colour), Ros Waldo (Cytec Industries)
Diana Hull (Lubrizol)
Left to right: D. Colquhoun (Symposium Chair), Gene Franklin (BYK USA), Mark Ortalano (Sun Chemical), Andrew Seecharan (Cytec Industries), Jack Baarends (Hexion)
Plant tour
A location has been secured for the annual plant tour. Please check your e-mail inbox for a separate announcement that will include all the details in regards to the plant tour.
Industry News
The links below are from InkWorld, Label and Narrow Web Magazine and GravureEzine:
Color Management for Packaging: Spectral Colors & Beyond
Label Traxx adds HP Indigo parameters to software
Scammers target label converters
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