The Introduction to Pressure-sensitive Adhesive Workshop is designed to introduce participants to the basics of PSA products, including their design, manufacture and end-use. The target audience are professionals involved with marketing, research, technical support, quality control and production, they may be new to the PSA industry, or those professionals needing a primer on the technical aspects of PSA products. To support understanding of the market and the technical background for self-adhesives, a broad range of topics from market trends to “why pressure-sensitives work” will be covered. This introductory workshop explains many topics to a basic level of understanding, making it ideal for participants new to the pressure-sensitive adhesive world.

The program includes the topics to be covered along with a description of the content of each one. Furthermore, a “glossary of terms” will be reviewed during the course to help participants understand the language of this industry. This workshop provides the essential knowledge and information in design, manufacture, testing and end-use performance of the pressure-sensitives used in the tape and label industry.

Who attends: It doesn't matter if you're in sales, marketing, finance, product management, etc.....This workshop is designed to teach you the basics. Perfect for someone entering the industry for the 1st time or if you've got 15+ years. All are welcome!

Workshop Leaders: Chemsultants

DAVE MCCANN, TECHNICAL/ QUALITY DIRECTOR - Dave is Technical/Quality Director at Chemsultants in Mentor, Ohio, USA and has been at Chemsultants since 2008. In this position he manages technical business development and quality/regulatory affairs for Chemsultants’ laboratory, including consulting, contract research and development, problem solving, physical testing and analytical testing. The range of projects includes adhesives, sealants and coatings, with much of the work involving pressure-sensitive adhesive products.

He has over 30 years of industry experience in a variety of functional disciplines including process engineering, quality assurance, adhesive coating processes, technical service, new application development, product development and product commercialization. The majority of his career has been in the pressure-sensitive adhesive industry, including pressure sensitive adhesive labels and tapes and durable outdoor/digitally printed graphics.

Dave holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton. 

MIKE HILSTON, RESEARCH CHEMIST - Mike is a Research Chemist at Chemsultants in Mentor, Ohio, USA and has been at Chemsultants since 2010. In this position he is responsible for a variety of contract adhesive and coated product development projects. Mike is also involved with problem solving, physical testing, test method development, and analytical testing projects.

He has over 25 years of PSA industry experience working with baby diaper tapes, labels, industrial tapes, packaging tapes, finger bandages and many coating and processing technologies. Mike has also worked in other areas where polymer technology is important such as battery separators, ion exchange membranes, hydrogel films and elastic film extrusion.

Mike holds a B.S. in Chemistry degree from Cleveland State University

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Note: This event was rescheduled from November 2017 to March 19-20, 2018.