Calendar.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Manufacturing 2002 Conference, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, SME [phone]-September 4-11.

Akron Rubber Group/Northeast Ohio Rubber Group, Scholarship Golf Outing, Prestwick Country Club, Uniontown, OH, Kenneth M. Immel [phone]-September 9.

The Tire Society, 21st Annual Meeting & Conference on Tire Science & Technology, Radisson City Center Hotel, Akron, OH, Gary Zolton [phone]-September 9-10.

Crain Communications, ITEC 2002 International Tire Exhibition and Conference, John S. Knight Center, Akron, OH, Crain Communications [phone]-September 10-12.

Fort Wayne Rubber & Plastics Group, fall technical meeting, Ceruti's, Fort Wayne, IN, Karol Johnston [phone]-September 12.

Philadelphia Rubber Group, fall technical meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Robert Ohm [phone] -Sept. 12.

Chemical Market Resources, 2002 World Polyolefins and Elastomers Licensing Fair, Hilton-NASA Clear Lake, Houston, TX, Dr. Balaji Singh [phone]-September 17.

Instron, Advanced Material Hardness Testing Seminar, Cleveland Airport Marriott, Cleveland, OH, Jessica Carroll [phone], ext. 5373-September 17.

Rapra Technology Ltd., Wire & Cable 2002, Brussels, Belgium, Paul Whittaker, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]-September 17-18.

Energy Rubber Group, educational symposium and golf outing, Columbia Lakes Resort and Conference Center, West Columbia, TX 77486-September 17-19.

Messe Frankfurt, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Germany, Messe Frankfurt [phone]-September 17-22.

Chemical Market Resources, Flexpo 2002, Seventh Annual Polyolefins and Elastomers Intermaterial Substitution Opportunities Conference, Hilton-NASA Clear Lake, Houston, TX, Dr. Balaji Singh [phone]-September 18-20.

Intertech, Functional Fillers for Plastics 2002 Conference, Wyndham Bristol Place Toronto Airport Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Scott Stephenson [phone]-September 18-20.

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Practical Course for Laboratory Viscometer Operators, Middleboro, MA, Brookfield [phone]-September 19.

Bayern Innovativ Ltd., International One-on-One Cooperation Forum for Automotive Component Suppliers, Kongresshalle Olma Messen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Bayern Innovativ, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]-September 23-24.

Akron Rubber Group/Northeast Ohio Rubber Group, Joint Fall Technical Meeting, Casa di Borally, Richmond Heights, OH, Kenneth M. Immel [phone]-September 24.

Chicago Rubber Group, technical meeting, Radisson Hotel, Arlington Heights, IL, Paul Stoeck [phone]-September 26.

Instron, Advanced Material Hardness Testing Seminar, Instron Headquarters, Canton, MA, Jessica Carroll [phone], ext. 5373-September 26.

OCTOBER

Rapra Technology Ltd., Interplas Seminars, Birmingham, U.K., Paul Whittaker, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]-October 1-3.

Rubber Division, ACS, workshop on "Introduction to rubber technology," David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Victoria George [phone]-October 7.

Federation Argentina de la Industria del Coucho, Rubber Technological, VI Latinoamerican Journeys, IV Iberoamerican and V Argentine Journeys, Buenos Aires, Argentina, FAIC, tel: [phone] al 14; tax: (54-11) 5218-6515-October 7-8.

Porous Materials, short course on "Advanced techniques for pore structure characterization," Ithaca, NY, Mindy Durrani [phone], ext. 33 October 7-11.

Rubber Division, American Chemical Society, 162nd Fall Technical Meeting and Rubber Mini Expo '02, David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Rubber Division [phone]-October 8-11.

Rapra Technology Ltd., Polymer Characterization Conference, United Kingdom, Paul Whittaker, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]-October 9-10.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D10 on Packaging meeting, Waterside Marriott, Norfolk, VA, Tom O'Toole [phone]-October 13-15.

Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry, Polyurethane Conference 2002, Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT, Lisa Smith [phone]-October 13-16.

American Society for "resting and Materials, Committee D14 on Adhesives meeting, Norfolk, VA, Scott Orthey [phone]-October 14-16.

Instron, advanced material hardness testing seminar, Marriott South, Fort Worth, TX, Jessica Carroll [phone], ext. 5373-October 15.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee F03 on Gaskets meeting, Norfolk, VA, Jim Olshefsky [phone]-October 15-17.

St. Louis Rubber Group, technical meeting, Schneithorst's Restaurant, St. Louis, MO, Teresa DeVall [phone], ext. 179-October 17.

Polyurethane Manufacturers Association, 2002 Fall Meeting, Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield, CO, PMA [phone]-October 20-22.

American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM Fourth Symposium on Insulation Materials: Testing and Applications, Mills House Hotel, Charleston, SC, Tim Brooke [phone]-October 21-22.

Rapra Technology Ltd., Addcon 2002, Budapest, Hungary, Paul Whittaker, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]-October 22-23.

American Society for Testing and Materials, Committee D30 on Composite Materials meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Jim Olshefsky [phone]-October 23-25.

Rubber Association of Canada, 2002 Rubber Recycling Symposium, Delta Centre-Ville Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, RAC [phone]-October 23-25.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Fabtech International Exposition and Conference, International Exposition (I-X) Center, Cleveland, OH, SME [phone]-October 29-31.

NOVEMBER

Francal Feiras, Expobor-sInternational Rubber Technology, Machines and Articles Exhibition, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Lucia Cristina, tel.: [phone]; fax: [phone]-November 5-8.