Calendar.Twin Cities Rubber Group, golf outing, Mississippi Dunes, Cottage Grove, MN, Karin Kingstad (414) 529-9580-August 1. Rubber Manufacturers Association, Rubber Industry Safety Summit, Grove Park Inn The Grove Park Inn is a historic resort hotel on the western slope of Sunset Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel is an important example of the Arts and Crafts style. It also features a modern day spa addition. , Asheville, NC, Kim Weber (kweber@rma.org)--August 1-3. New York Rubber Group, golf outing, Black Bear Country Club, Franklin, NJ, Robert Carroll (609) 695-6211--August 3. University of Massachusetts Lowell UMass Lowell was named the University of Lowell from 1975 to 1991, and was created from the merger of the Lowell Technological Institute and Lowell State College in 1975. These colleges in turn were originally named the Lowell Textile School, founded in 1895 to train technicians and , seminar on "High energy processing of polymers," University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. , Lowell, MA, Gwen Smith (978) 934-2405-August 7. University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a , College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering/ Department of Chemistry, 50th Anniversary Conference, Akron, OH, Kenneth Torisky (330) 972-7502--Aug. 9-12. Wisconsin Rubber Group, golf outing, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. National Golf Club, Lake Geneva, WI, Karin Kingstad (414) 529-9580-August 15. Ohio Rubber & Plastics Group, golf outing, Silver Lake Country Club, Silver Lake, OH, Tom Eaton (330) 666-3334-August 28. Windsor Industrial Development Laboratory, seminar on "Finite element analysis Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis. It uses a numerical technique called the finite element method (FEM). There are many finite element software packages, both free and proprietary. ," Holiday Inn Select, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Ben Chouchaoui (519) 966-4479--August 28. SEPTEMBER West Michigan Rubber Group, technical meeting, McGuire's, Cadillac, MI, Mike Morrow (517) 339-0812--September 6. Reliable International Exhibition Services Ltd., China International Tire Expo (CITEXPO) 2006, Shanghai Ever-bright Convention & Exhibition Center, Shanghai, China, Jacky Zhang, jacky_zhang@reliable.org.cn-September 6-8. Thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. Resin Formulators Association, 2006 Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, TRFA TRFA Thermoset Resin Formulators Association TRFA Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy TRFA Teachers' Retirement Fund Association TRFA Tidewater Regional Fire Academy TRFA Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (Australia) (630) 942-6596--September 10-12. Tire Society, 25th Annual Conference, Radisson Hotel, Akron, OH, Tire Society (330) 929-5238--September 11-12. CycloTech, seminar on "Theory and practice of pneumatic conveying," Cyclo-Tech System Proving Facility, York, NE, CycloTech (800) 445-0730-September 12-14. Society of Plastics Engineers International, 6th Annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exposition, Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. Management Education Center, Troy, MI, SPE SPE - Software Practice and Experience (248) 244-8993-September 12-14. Vincentz Network, European Coatings Conference, Holiday Inn Berlin Esplanade, Berlin, Germany, Vincentz Network, tel.: +49 30 38 38 90; fax: +49 30 38 38 99 00--September 14-15. Rapra Technology, Silicone Elastomers 2006, Holiday Inn, Frankfurt, Germany, Sally Humphreys, tel.: +44 (0) 1939 252 429; fax: +44 (0) 1939 251 118--September 19-20. Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry, Polyurethanes 2006 Technical Conference, Grand America Hotel The Grand America, a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Owned by Earl Holding, the hotel opened on March 27, 2001 in preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics. , Salt Lake City, UT, API (703) 741-5103--September 25-27. Intertech-Pira, 15th Plastics Conference: Functional Fillers 2006, Wyndham Midtown, Atlanta, GA, Intertech (207) 781-9622--September 25-27. Ohio Rubber & Plastics Group, fall technical meeting, Garden Hilton Inn, Twinsburg, OH, Tom Eaton (330) 335-6200-September 26. Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association, 2006 Aftermarket Financial Symposium, Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Chicago, IL, Susan Mediek (301) 654-6664--September 26-27. American Society for Testing and Materials, International Training Course on "Rubber testing: Selecting, performing and interpreting ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials rubber test methods," University of Akron, OH, Eileen Finn (610) 832-9686--September 27-28. Chicago Rubber Group, fall technical meeting, The Doubletree, Arlington Heights, IL, Bill Gaspar (224) 535-2818--September 28. OCTOBER Fractal Systems, International Seminar-Commercial Applications of Conductive Polymers, Florence, Italy, Matt Aldissi (727) 723-3006--October 9-11. Rubber Division, American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in , Fall 170th Technical Meeting and Rubber Mini Expo, Cinergy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH, Rubber Division (330) 972-7814--October 10-12. Rubber Division, American Chemical Society, Business Summit, Duke Energy Center, Cincinnati, OH, Rubber Division (330) 972-7814--October 11-12. ASM (1) (Association for Systems Management) An international membership organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1996, it sponsored conferences in all phases of administrative systems and management. International, 2006 Materials Science and Technology Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Don Lensner (440) 338-5411-October 15-19. Rapra Technology Ltd., Plastics Additives and Compounding Conference Addcon World 2006, Renaissance Hotel, Cologne, Germany, Sally Humphreys, tel.: +44 (0) 1939 250383; fax: +44 (0) 1939 251118--October 17-18. Expogral S.A., 1st Fair of Used Machinery, Spare Parts and Services, Center of Exhibitions of the Government of Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Expogral S.A., tel.: (54-11) 4924-5547--October 24-26. NOVEMBER West Michican Rubber Group, technical symposium, Ferris State University Ferris State University consists of eight colleges: Allied Health Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Services, Optometry, Pharmacy, Technology, and Kendall College of Art and Design. Ferris grants doctorate degrees via its Optometry and Pharmacy colleges. , Big Rapids, MI, Mike Morrow (517) 339-0812--November 1. Pira-Intertech, Carbon Black World 2006 Conference, Sofitel Budapest Hotel, Budapest, Hungary, Scott Stephenson (207) 781-9608--November 6-8. Rapra Technology Ltd., Thermoplastic Elastomers Conference 2006, Marriott Hotel, Munich, Germany, Sally Humphreys, tel.: +44 (0) 1939 250383; fax: +44 (0) 1939 251118--November 8-9. Connecticut Rubber Group, fall technical meeting, John J. Sullivan's, Ansonia, CT, Bob Cornell (203) 758-0657-November 9. China Rubber Industry Association, Tires & RubberTech China 2006, Intex Shanghai, China, Mary Xu, tel.: +86 10 58650277; fax: +86 10 58650288--November 20-22. Indian Rubber Institute, International Seminar--Asia Rubtech Expo 2006, Le Meridien, Kochi, Kerala, India, P.K. Mohamed, tel.: +91 480 2725921-November 23-25. DECEMBER Rapra Technology Ltd., RubberChem 2006, Marriot Hotel, Munich, Germany, Sally Humphreys, tel.: +44 (0) 1939 250383; fax: +44 (0) 1939 251118-December 5-6. JANUARY Rapra Technology Ltd., International Conference on Polymers in Electronics, Munich, Germany, Sally Humphreys, tel.: +44 (0) 1939 250383; fax: +44 (0) 1939 251118--January 30-31. |
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