AWA Global Release Liner

Industry Conference & Exhibition

March 20 - 21 2014Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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1 day prior to the Conference:

AWA Linerless Label Seminar 2014&

AWA Silicone Technology Seminar 2014

Attracts delegates from across the value chain

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The Conference

The annual conference focused on Release Liners will take place on March 20 - 21, 2014 in Amsterdam,

the Netherlands. This two day conference is the only conference dedicated to release liners. The event will

build upon the success of previous years and will pull together experts in their respective disciplines and

address the key issues and opportunities for the Release Liner Industry across the value chain.

The Program

The event will feature presentations and panel discussions by leading industry players, presenting the

latest release liner and related technologies. The program will include discussions on current industry

issues, new innovations and provides up-to-date information on the market and its evolving platforms of

opportunities. Accompanying the formal event program is a concurrent exhibition and extensive

networking program providing the ideal setting to promote your company and its products to an

international audience. The exhibition space will be situated directly outside the conference room in the

coffee and networking area.

The Audience

This conference is targeted towards all associated with the

Release Liner Industry across the value chain from supplier to

user. The prime location and timing of the event will draw

industry professionals from around the globe. The majority of

attendees to this event are key decision makers within their

organization.

In 2012 & 2013 the event attracted over 120 delegates from

countries around the globe.

 

   

Sponsorship Packages

As a sponsor your logo and/or company name will be included in event marketing and promotional

materials, press releases, social media advertising and more. We offer three sponsorship packages and

the opportunity for you to create a tailored package to suit your individual company needs.

For questions about the sponsorship opportunities or to inform us of your wishes for a tailored package

please contact Chanchal Lemkes at c.lemkes@awa-bv.com or call +31 20676 2069.

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8.00 – 9.00 Exhibition Open, Registration & Welcome Coffee

9.00 – 9.15 Conference Opening & Introduction Corey Reardon, President & CEO, AWA Alexander Watson Associates

9.15 – 9.45 Keynote Presentation State of the Industry & Future Expectations Michael Apperson, CEO, Loparex

9.45 – 10.45 Executive Leadership Panel A panel discussion focused on key issues in the industry including globalisation, innovation, leadership, talent, challenges and opportunities.

Moderator: Corey Reardon, President & CEO, AWA Alexander Watson Associates Panelists: Michael Apperson, CEO, Loparex Dr. Bernhard Klofat, CEO, Felix Schoeller

10.45 – 11.30 Coffee & Networking Break

11.30 – 12.00 Global Release Liner Market Overview Corey Reardon, President & CEO, AWA Alexander Watson Associates This presentation provides up-to date, concise, and accessible quick scans of growth, developments and trends of selected markets worldwide, providing material suppliers, silicone coaters and companies involved in the release liner market with a complete and global industry overview.

12.00 – 12.30 Annual AWA Industry Survey Jackie Marolda, VP & Senior Consultant, AWA Alexander Watson Associates This presentation will present an analysis of the thoughts of industry players on the state of the industry and market development. The survey will highlight their thinking and expectations on key industry topics like Sustainability,

Industry Cost & Profitability, Mergers & Acquisitions and Growth & Expectations.

Conference Program March 20, 2014

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AWA Linerless Label Seminar 2014 The AWA Linerless Label Seminar 2014 is the first industry event dedicated to linerless label use and technology. The ever-increasing industry focus on lower costs and reducing waste has driven a greater interest in linerless labels in the product decoration and packaging industry. This seminar aims to educate and inform the audience with the latest material, technology and machinery developments in linerless labels, so that you can best build your business strategies.

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AWA Silicone Technology Seminar 2014The AWA Silicone Technology Seminar 2014 is focused entirely on silicone and silicone coating technology highlighting developments, technical advances, and innovation. The seminar is expected to attract industry professionals in the silicone-release liner and pressure-sensitive segment. The audience will be from all levels of the technical community from research and development to production, including chemists, technical directors, and executives.

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Related Seminars March 19, 2014

Attend one these Seminars and the AWA Global Release Liner Conference & Exhibition for a reduced, combination fee!

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Conference Program (cont.) March 20, 2014

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.00 Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Global Consolidation in the Labels Industry Thomas Blaige, Chairman and CEO, Blaige & Company Utilizing proprietary research over the past decade, Tom Blaige will discuss the impact of global consolidation on the labels market. With approximately 55% of the top 50 plastics & packaging companies having undergone a change in ownership, or having been eliminated over the past 12 years, Blaige will cover valuable strategies to help label company owners understand and “win” in today’s mergers and acquisitions market.

14.00 – 14.30 The US’s Transformed Industry: Still Full of M&A, Conversions, and Fight Gregory Rudder, Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week An ongoing and significant consolidation and M&A drive transformed the US pulp and paper industry over the last 15 years. Today, this means far greater segment capacity is in fewer hands as US firms focus on lower energy cost, supply and demand balance, and appropriate mixing of commodity and niche products, including machine conversions out of low-demand to sustaining-demand segments. These changes occurred against an unprecedented 15% and 15-million -ton paper and board capacity decline since 2000 in the USA as well as while China became the world capacity leader.

14.30 – 15.00 Global Polyolefins Market and Pricing Outlook Remko Koster, Director Polyolefins Europe / Africa, IHS Chemical The global polyolefin markets are changing rapidly. The Middle East expansions are followed by Chinese coal-to- polymers and North American shale-based investments. What are the consequences for the European polyolefin producers and converters? And what does this all mean for the regional price trends for polyethylene and polypropylene?

15.00 – 15.45 Coffee & Networking Break

15.45 – 16.45 Market & Industry Panel Discussion Moderator: Corey Reardon, President & CEO, AWA Alexander Watson Associates Panelists: - Sjaak Elmendorp, Vice President Technology, Avery Dennison - Sean Duffy, Global Business Manager - Silcolease® Release Coatings, Bluestar Silicones - Christian Velasquez, Global PSI Market Leader, Dow Corning Corporation - Dr. Stefan Stadtmüeller, VP of Product Line Surface Technologies, Evonik Industries AG - Nadine Aigner, Marketing Manager, Paper Coating Performance Chemicals, Wacker Chemie

16.45 – 17.15 See-through Graphics made with Self-adhesive Films Roland Hill, Chairman & Managing Director, Contra Vision Supplies Ltd See-through graphics are now an established part of the urban environment on building and vehicle windows and other transparent panels. A variety of perforated and non-perforated self-adhesive films are used to make one-way vision and other see-through graphic panels with a variety of liner constructions and specifications. End uses which will be illustrated are in the fields of Advertising, PoP, Architecture, Automotive and Security.

17.15 – 18.00 Supplier Forum

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8.00 – 9.00 Exhibition Opening, Coffee & Networking

9.00 – 9.15 Conference Opening Day Two Corey Reardon, President & CEO, AWA Alexander Watson Associates

9.15 – 9.45 Specialty Applications: A “Specialty” Story in Release Liner Duncan S. Wall, President, Fox River Associates A discussion of market segments including growth areas, account level identification, inventory turn, grade strucures and converting essentials.

9.45 – 10.15 The Complexity of Being Green Calvin Frost, CEO, Channeled Resources There are so many global streams of environmental improvement. The process of becoming Green can be both intimidating and confusing. They include, waste diversion, reducing carbon footprint, green certifications, customer scorecards, and new applications using non-recyclable byproducts. This presentation summarizes all of these activities with an interesting spin on why silicone coated liner recycling fails.

10.15 – 10.45 The Development of the European Envelope Industry Udo Karpowitz, Vice President Sales, Mayer-Kuvert-Network GmbH & CEO B.O.S. GmbH Consulting The European envelope industry is facing a rapidly shrinking market with an impact also on the release liner market. However, not all areas of this fragmented market are affected in the same way. Where do we find new and existing opportunities in the envelope market? Mr. Karpowitz will try to give you some answers.

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee & Networking Break

11.15 – 11.45 The EU Waste Review & How This Affects Packaging and Packaging Waste Virginia Janssens, Managing Director, EUROPEN - The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment This presentation will provide insights on the ongoing review of EU Waste Legislation, in particular on the review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. Ms Janssens will also contextualise the waste review within the EU

Resource Efficiency objectives. Key challenges for the release liner industry and more broadly the packaging supply

chain in Europe, in a shifting policy and business context, will also be presented.

11.45 – 12.15 Release Liner: A Label Makers Perspective Alan Hazlewood, Materials, Quality and Technical Support Manager (Group), Skanem AS The presenter will develop an overview of release liner in the pressure sensitive label market reviewing why liner is important to the fast moving consumer goods segment, how current market dynamics and the demand for “more value at less cost” is impacting business. He will comment on the interest in filmic and linerless options and will offer his view on how the liners will be used during the next 3 - 5 years.

12.15 – 12.45 Release Liners for the Support of Extruded Polymer Films/Medical Applications Mike Yates, Product Development & Technical Manager, Smith & Nephew Extruded Films This presentation will explain the requirements, benefits and challenges of using release liners to support thin, difficult to process, polymer films in the medical market from a technical and commercial standpoint.

12.45 – 13.00 Conference Closing Comments

13.00 – 14.00 Exhibition & Networking

Conference Program March 21, 2014

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Gold Sponsors:

Event Sponsors

Bluestar SiliconesBluestar Silicones is one of the foremost fully integrated silicone manufacturers in the world. With over 60 years silicones expertise, Bluestar Silicones offers a comprehensive range of silicone products in the sectors of release coatings, engineering elastomers, healthcare products, specialty fluids, emulsions and resins.The Bluestar Silicones SILCOLEASE range is unique in its ability to cover all technologies used in silicone release coatings: Solventless Thermal , Solventless Radiation (Epoxy chemistry with cationic cure, Acrylate chemistry with free radical cure), Emulsion and Solvent. For 2013 and 2014 UV products to complement our already wide range have been launched.

For Cationic SILCOLEASE® UV 200 range a new odourless, safe & low migration catalyst system SILCOLEASE® UV CATA 243 will be introduced along with subsidiary mono-component systems using this technology. For Free Radical SILCOLEASE® UV 100 range a new photoinitiator SILCOLEASE® UV CATA 102 and reactive diluent SILCOLEASE® UV ADD 152 will be introduced to improve ease of use and safety aspects of the system.

Dow Corning CorporationDow Corning has more than 70 years of labeling expertise and market-driven innovation. Our global network of technical experts work alongside customers to identify ways in which Dow Corning’s silicone technology can reduce cost, improve efficiency and deliver optimal performance. An extensive portfolio of silicone solutions is available for pressure-sensitive adhesion and release coating applications include labeling solutions, water-based release coatings, pressure-sensitive adhesives, protective films and tapes. For customers who need help to

improve a formulation or to refine and improve production processes, we offer ongoing technical support. But we’re also keen to put our innovation expertise to work to meet market trends whether it’s the shift from paper to heat sensitive filmic release liners, or the desire to reduce platinum dependency or increasingly challenging converting conditions. For more information on how we can help you visit www.dowcorning/psi

Platinum Sponsor:UPMUPM Label Papers is the world’s leading producer of high quality face and release base papers. Our comprehensive product range offers a variety of options for pressure sensitive and conventional labeling. With our strong confidence in the self-adhesive label business, we are constantly developing our solutions and technology to fulfil our customers’ requirements. The global presence guarantees local e.g. sales, logistics, technical and extensive environmental services worldwide. UPM Label Papers is responding to the rapidly growing demand for environmentally sustainable products. Our products are sustainable over their lifecycle. The products are made of renewable, recyclable and biodegradable materials in two high-performing mills. We optimise our processes to minimize the environmental impact of our product throughout their entire lifecycle. For more information, please visit: www.upmpaper.com

Evonik Industries AGEvonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. In 1985 Evonik pioneered in Radiation Curing Silicones for the use in release liners.

Today, Evonik is a recognized market leader when it comes to Radiation Curing Silicones. The broad product range of TEGO RC® Silicones offer innovative and cost reducing process alternatives in the manufacture of release liners for a multitude of self-adhesive products.

TEGO RC® silicones can easily be applied by standard printing equipment, they are first choicefor the siliconizing of temperature sensitive materials and they can be used to produce labelstock on your own.

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Mondi Mondi Release Liner is a leading supplier of silicone coated and speciality re¬lease liners.With five plants in Europe, three plants in the US, one plant and two converting terminals in Asia as well as a global sales and service network, we are dedicated to produce high-perform¬ance release liner solutions worldwide. To fulfil constantly changing requirements and to support our customers in fast growing markets, we offer innovative product and process development as well as product support and professional consultation by our team of experienced ap¬plication engineers. Our range of substrates, silicone systems, printing and finishing capabilities enables us to tailor customised products to fulfil customer’s individual requirements.

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Event Sponsors

Silver Sponsors:

Felix Schoeller ReleaseFelix Schoeller Release offers individual relase liner solutions based on our fully integrated production. Key to success is our unique combination of own base papers with a specially designed set-up of our twin extruder and inline siliconization - utilizing state of the art silicone chemistry which is based on platinum catalyzed, solventless, thermal cured silicones.

SAScoat VietnamSAScoat is a producer of high-end labelstock, founded in 2008, with their main factory in South of Vietnam and distributor center in Europe. In a short period of time, SAScoat has been establishing itself as a reputable label-stock manufacturer, aiming to offer a good and reliable solution to customers worldwide.

BillerudKorsnäsBillerudKorsnäs provides high quality paper and state of the art packaging expertise. Together with our global network of converters we develop smarter packaging solutions that save costs, boost brands thanks to improved design, and contribute towards smoother logistics and a cleaner environment. We have a turnover of SEK20 billion and employ 4,400 people in 13 countries.

Two dedicated events the day prior - March 19, 2014

AWA Linerless Label Seminar 2014 The AWA Linerless Label Seminar 2014 is the first industry event dedicated to linerless label use and technology. The ever-increasing industry focus on lower costs and reducing waste has driven a greater interest in linerless labels in the product decoration and packaging industry. This seminar aims to educate and inform the audience with the latest material, technology and machinery developments in linerless labels, so that you

can best build your business strategies.

View the brochure

AWA Silicone Technology Seminar 2014The AWA Silicone Technology Seminar 2014 is focused entirely on silicone and silicone coating technology highlighting developments, technical advances, and innovation. The seminar is expected to attract industry professionals in the silicone-release liner and pressure-sensitive segment. The audience will be from all levels of the technical community from research and development to production, including chemists,

technical directors, and executives.

Register online

Boise Inc. Boise Paper, a Packaging Corporation of America company, is a leading supplier of release liner papers to the global pressure sensitive industry. Our substrates are incorporated into pressure sensitive laminate constructions for use in label applications. Boise provides customers with the highest level of value through capability, collaborative service, and enduring commitment.

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Wacker Chemie AGWACKER Chemie is a globally operating chemical company. WACKER has five divisions. In the division SILICONES with its range of over 3,000 silicone products, WACKER ranks among the world’s largest manufacturers of silanes and silicones. We are also the market leader in key subsegments. Our product portfolio ranges from silanes through silicone fluids, emulsions, elastomers, sealants and resins to pyrogenic silicas. Thanks to their highly diverse properties, silicones offer virtually unlimited potential for intelligent, customized solutions in numerous sectors. Key application areas include engineering, electronics, chemicals, cosmetics, textiles and paper.

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Media Partners:

Delfortgroup AG

Pricing and Registering

Registration fee includes:Conference attendance, lunch, coffee, light refresh-ments, cocktail reception, conference proceedings.

Venue and Accomodation:Park Plaza Hotel Amsterdam AirportMelbournestraat 11175 RM LijndenThe NetherlandsTel +31(0)20 6 580 580Hotel rooms are not included in the conference fee and are the responsibility of individual participants.

Hotel reservation information:AWA has arranged special room rates for delegates: Single Occupancy: € 109,- (excl 6% city tax, incl breakfast). This special rate is available for a limited amount of rooms based on first come first served. Follow this link when making your reservation to receive the discount. After this time the hotel will accept reservations, but for the best available rate.

Registration Fees:Regular fee: € 1195Group fee: € 895 *AWAccess Member fee € 985Combination Deal**: €1595 *Valid when registering 3 or more people from the same company. Price is per person

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