uv.eb West 2017 Celebrates Record Attendance uv.eb West 2017, held February 27-March 1 in San Francisco, California, welcomed more than 300 atten- dees and 50 exhibitors. Formlabs’ Maximilian Zieringer helped keynote the 3D printing session with a presentation on Material Science: Advancing the Future of Digital Manufac- turing and 3D Printing , while Jake Hundley, HRL Laboratories, discussed Process-Microstructure Rela- tionships in Additively Manufactured Photopoly- mer-Derived Ceramics. The role that UV (ultraviolet) and EB (electron beam) technologies are playing in food packaging and disinfection were presented in depth, with Con- nie Williams, Mars Chocolate, NA offering a review of Mars and the Food Safety Modernization Act . A session on Next Generation UV Inkjet Technology included talks on new materials and enabling low mi- gration, with a special presentation by Matt Hirsch of Lumii, an MIT start-up company, on Lumii Light Field 3D Prints:A New Dimension for UV Printers . A special session on UV Materials for Displays: Touch + Beyond included a review of the soaring au- tomotive touch display market, as well as new materi- als and processes for fabrication.The event wrapped
up with a series of presentations on the application, materials, equipment and measurement advance- ments that are enabling the fast emerging implemen- tation of UV LEDs. Henkel, Clearwater Paper Awarded By ICG The Independent Carton Group (ICG), an associa- tion of 18 independently owned and operated fold- ing carton manufacturers, has announced that Clearwater Paper Corporation and Henkel Corpora- tion have both been presented with the ICG Supplier of the Year Award for 2016. The award is presented annually to the ICG supplier that receives the highest marks on performance evaluations completed by ICG members for the prior calendar year. This is the first time in the history of the award that the mem- ber evaluations resulted in a tie, causing the group to present two suppliers with the award. Clearwater Paper and Henkel are both past recipi- ents of the ICG Supplier of the Year Award. This marks the fourth time since the introduction of the award six years ago that Clearwater Paper has re- ceived the award. It is the second such recognition for Henkel.
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