Report on 1993 Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium

Abstract

The 1993 Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium cosponsored by TAPPI and Japan TAPPI was held at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 30-May 1.
This Symposium objective was to discuss deeply on fundamental aspects of paper coatings, especially, coating consolidation and structure. The program was divided into 3 sessions, and composed of 14 presentations including 4 presentations by Japanese and roundtable discussion at the end of every session.
144 researchers and engineers from numerous countries attended the Symposium and made lively discussions on the above issues.
In this paper, an outline of the Symposium are reported.