PROGRAM 2021 - online: Download here

The exact times and the distribution of the lectures over the days will be determined soon. With Speaker Talks and Q&A Sessions the program gets even more extensions for your questions and interactive exchange.

DAY 1

Welcome & Opening - Dr. Marcel Haft & Ina Greiffenberg

Session 1: Application techniques

• “Eco-friendly paper cup using chromatogeny“
  Dr. Mohammed Krouit - Centre Technique du Papier (CTP)

• “Direct application for high strength and barrier properties, on-line, for wood-containing low basis weight papers“
  Tom Larsson - UMV Coating Systems AB

• “Board Precoating: Coating Structure Effects on Topcoat Performance, Binder Hold Out & Barrier Functionality”
  Dr. Janet Preston Imerys

• “Hard nip sizing with spray and curtain application improve the strength properties of liner and coated board grades“
  Henri Vaittinen I Antti Räisänen - Valmet Technologies Oy

• “Coating and laminating processes for paper packaging materials under the aspect of sustainability and recycling”
  Andrea Glawe - KROENERT GmbH & Co KG

Session 2: New Barrier Feedstocks

• “Bio-based Barrier Coatings on Paper with Polyhydroxyalkanoates: a View on Opportunities and Challenges“
  Pieter Samyn - SIRRIS Smart Coatings Lab

• “Bio-Based Barriers for Packaging Materials - Impacts of Surface Treatment and Biopolymers on Barrier Properties of Packaging Paper”
  Dr. Samir Kopacic - TU Graz

• “Technological and commercial advantages exchanging dextrin with native starch as cobinder in coating colours“
  Tilman Bauer - Bauer Verfahrenstechnik GmbH

Summary & Closing Day 1 - Dr. Marcel Haft & Ina Greiffenberg

DAY 2

Welcome & Opening - Dr. Marcel Haft & Ina Greiffenberg

Session 3: Analytics and Process

• “Rheology management in water based barrier coatings“
  Vesa Kukkamo - ACA Systems Oy

• “Oxygen and moisture barrier for packaging application: The impact of different precoating conditions”
  Dr. Beko Mesic - Karlstad University

• “Efficient heating elements for sealing and drying applications”
  Marcus Stein - Watttron GmbH

Session 4: All Cellulose Products

• “Microfibrillated Cellulose – Applications for Sustainable Barrier Papers and Boards”
  Tom Larson – FiberLean Technologies Ltd.

• “Nanocrystalline Cellulose in Coatings and their Effects on Barrier Properties”
  Janja Juhant Grkman - Pulp and Paper Institute, Slovenia

Session 5: Closing the loop

• “When natural is required - achieving sustainability goals and winning the regulatory challenge”
  Phil Greenall – EcoSynthetix

• “Greater sustainability with Waste Coating Colour Recycling”
  Christian Makari - GAW technologies GmbH

• “Dispersion barrier coated fiber based materials and holistic study about repulping”
  Mari Ojanen - KEMIRA Oyj

Summary & Closing Day 1 - Dr. Marcel Haft & Ina Greiffenberg