2024 Summer Course 

2024 Summer Course

SAVE THE DATE - NAPIM's 2024 Summer Course will take place July 15 -19, 2024 at the Sonoco Institute at Clemson University! For more details please see below.

2024 NAPIM Summer Course Schedule

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Monday 7/15

Start Time

Subject

Speaker

Location

12:00 PM Lunch   Sonoco
1:00 PM Graphic Arts Printing Ink Industry Overview George Fuchs Sonoco
1:30 PM Print Processes Intro Les Watkins Sonoco
2:30 PM Substrates – Paper Properties & Printability Lokendra Pal Sonoco
4:00 PM Organic/Inorganic Pigments, Metallic & Special Effect Colorants Mike Oberski Sonoco
5:30 PM Group Dinner   Hotel
6:00 PM Aqueous, Energy Cure, Conventional Sheetfed Coatings Presentation David Aynessazian Hotel
Tuesday 7/16

Start Time

Subject

Speaker

Location

8:00 AM Lithographic Print Process Les Wakins Sonoco
9:00 AM Litho Paste Ink Vehicle Composition David Aynessazian Sonoco
10:00 AM Break   Sonoco
10:30 AM Litho Paste Ink Composition Les Wakins Sonoco
11:30 AM Lunch James Ford Sonoco
12:00 PM Energy Cure (UV, EB, LED…) Curing mechanisms,equipment, chemistry David Aynessazian/Les Watkins Sonoco
1:00 PM Troubleshooting (Paste Inks) Les Watkins Sonoco
2:00 PM Formulating Litho Inks & Vehicles David Aynessazian/Les Watkins Sonoco
3:00 PM Break   Sonoco
3:30 PM Printed Electronics (concurrent 13) Chip Tonkin Godfrey
3:30 PM Digital Press Demo (concurrent 12) Eric Weisenmiler Godfrey
6:00 PM Group Dinner   Hotel
6:30 PM Printing Ink Testing David Biro Hotel
Wednesday 7/17

Start Time

Subject

Speaker

Location

8:00 AM Fountain Soln/Press Room Chems Frank Pannell Sonoco
9:00 AM Liquid Ink Additives Kai Yang Sonoco
10:00 AM Break   Sonoco
10:30 AM Principles of Rheology & Practical Applications  Saeid Savarmand Sonoco
12:00 AM Viscosity Demo (concurrent 17,18) Borpit Intawiat Sonoco
12:00 AM Inkometer Testing Demo (17,18) Dean Kershaw Sonoco
1:00 PM Lunch    
1:30 PM Principles of Dispersion James Ford Godfrey
2:30 PM Offset Press Demo (Bus)three groups (concur 21,22)  Eric Weisenmiller  Godfrey
2:30 PM Printability/Proofing Demo (concur 20, 22) Paul Sopkin  
2:30 PM Offset Ink Construction (concur 21, 20) Dale Flackett Godfrey
6:00 PM Open Night (no group dinner)   Hotel
Thursday 7/18

Start Time

Subject

Speaker

Location

8:00 AM Flexo & Gravure Solvent Vehicle Composition Davis Allred Sonoco
9:00 AM Flexo & Gravure Water Based Ink & Vehicle Composition Dave Tappa Sonoco
10:00 AM Break   Sonoco
10:30 AM Digital Ink Systems Terry Clayton Sonoco
11:30 AM Lunch    
12:00 PM Flexo ink Construction/Press Demo (concurrent with 26) Tucker, Tappa, Pedersen Sonoco
12:00 PM Flexo/Gravure Print Processes(concurrent with 25) Davis Allred Sonoco
2:00 PM Formulating Flexo & Gravure Vehicles and  Inks Davis Allred Sonoco
3:00 PM Break    
3:15 PM Anilox Discussion/Application Paul Teachout Sonoco
4:00 PM Flexo Plate Making/Mounting Brad Gasque Sonoco
5:30 PM Dinner    
6:00 PM Regulatory Overview George Fuchs  
Friday 7/19

Start Time

Subject

Speaker

Location

8:30 AM Introduction to Color Matching  Bobby Congdon Sonoco
9:30 AM Film Substrates Devin VanDeWalle Sonoco
10:30 AM Break   Sonoco
11:30 AM Troubleshooting   (Liquid Inks) Jeremy Rohan Sonoco
12:15 PM Review Feedback - Formal Q&A (Other NAPIM Classes/Tech Conference) George Fuchs Sonoco
12:30 PM Box Lunch    

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