Calendar.

RUBBER DIVISION

Future Meetings

2004

Grand Rapids      May 17-19
Columbus        October 5-8

2005

San Antonio        May 16-18
Pittsburgh      November 1-4

Rubber Pavements Association, Asphalt Rubber 2003, Blue Tree Park Hotel, Brasilia, Brazil, Divents Events Division, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--December 2-4.

Leistritz, Twin Screw Extrusion Workshop, Somerville, NJ, Marion Donnelly [phone]--December 3-4.

Fort Wayne Rubber & Plastics Group, technical meeting, Ceruti's, Fort Wayne, IN, Karol Johnston [phone]--December 4.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E-17 on Vehicle-Pavement Systems meeting, Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa, FL, Dan Smith [phone]--December 7-10.

Institute of Industrial Engineers. IMC-2003, 18th International Maintenance Conference, Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, FL, Terrence O'Hanlon [phone]--December 7-10.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D-24 on Carbon Black meeting, Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa, FL, Tim Brooke [phone]--December 8-10.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D-11 on Rubber meeting, Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa, FL, Tim Brooke [phone]--December 8-11.

Reliable International Exhibition Services Ltd., China International Tire Expo 2003, Shanghai East Asia Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China, Joe Ho, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--December 13-15.

Tidland, Bladerunner Slitting Seminar, Best Western, Richmond, British Columbia, Tidland [phone]--December 16.

JANUARY

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing meeting, Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa, FL, George Luciw [phone]--January 11-15.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee E12 on Color and Appearance meeting, Embassy Suites Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Tim Brooke [phone]--January 12-14.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D16 on Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Related Chemicals meeting, Tampa Marriott Waterside, Tampa, FL, Nancy Morrissey [phone]--January 14-16.

Tidland, Bladerunner Slitting Seminar, Hotel Wyndham, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tidland [phone]--January 26.

FEBRUARY

Indian Rubber Institute and Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer & Tire Research Institute, India Rub Tech Expo 2004--National Conference & Exposition on Rubber & Allied Materials, Chamundi Indoor Sports Stadium, Mysore (Karnataka), India, V.K. Misra, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--February 13-14.

Society of Plastics Engineers, Polyolefins 2004 Conference, Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel, Houston, TX, Suzanne Biggs [phone]--February 22-25.

Messe Dusseldorf North America, Upakovka 2004, 13 International Trade Fair for Packaging Machinery and Equipment, Moscow, Russia, Messe Dusseldorf North America [phone]--February 24-27.

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, seminar on "Rubber extrusion technology," UWM School of Continuing Education. Milwaukee, WI, Murali Vedula [phone]--February 25-27.

MARCH

Chicago Rubber Group, course on "Basics of rubber technology," Chicago Rawhide, Elgin, IL, Andy Dangel [phone]--March 1-3.

Idexpo, Caoutchouc Caucho Gomma 2004--3rd International Rubber and Polymers Exhibition, Pare des Expositions/Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France, Idexpo, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--March 9-11.

Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung, 22nd International Plastics Technology Colloquium, Aachen, Germany, Bernd Lauer, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--March 10-12.

Society of Plastics Engineers, Flexible Packaging Conference, Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA, SPE [phone]--March 24-26.

Society of Plastics Engineers, European Thermoforming Conference, Viareggio, Italy, Yetty Pauwels 32-3-541-77-55--March 25-27.

Eastern Michigan University, Coatings Research Institute, course on "Waterborne coatings, Halle Library, Ypsilanti, MI, Sandra Tanner [phone]--March 30-April 1.

APRIL

Eastern Michigan University, Coatings Research Institute, course on "Polymers for coating technologists," Halle Library, Ypsilanti, MI, Sandra Tanner [phone]--April 27-29.

Brazilian Technology Rubber Association, Tenth Brazilian Congress of Rubber Technology, Expo Center Norte, Sac) Paulo, Brazil, ABTB, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]--April 27-29.