Global Release Liner Industry Conference Program Announced

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—The program for the Global Release Liner Industry Conference & Exhibition, hosted by AWA Conferences & Events and being held in Chicago March 31 - April 1, has been published. This annual forum is for all the people concerned with the in the manufacture and use of release liners. The conference agenda explores both opportunities and issues in an industry which, as a whole, provides technical functionality across a variety of markets. Expert presentations, panel discussions, and exclusive AWA market data, including the results of the company’s annual industry survey, provide the core of the formal program to deliver a comprehensive overview of the current market environment, growth and business development prospects, industry trends, and technology innovation.

Those unable to attend the full conference can instead visit the exhibition, which will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the first day, and from 8 a.m. to 2: 30 p.m. on the second day.

The keynote speakers include Todd Williams, procurement manager, decoration and tubes, North America, for Unilever; Ian Murdoch, director, global forest, paper and packaging, Austria, for PricewaterhouseCoopers; and Yolanda Simonsis, associate publisher and editor of “Paper Film and Foil Converter” magazine.

The formal program concludes with a special session devoted to release liner waste, led by Channeled Resources Group’s Calvin Frost, and featuring a checklist of the tools that drive liner recycling (e.g., scorecards, legislation, cost reductions, and corporate sustainability statements); a study of sustainable recycling of polyester release liners; converting release liner into energy; and an open panel discussion on release liner waste and solutions.