Industry datebook.

INDUSTRYE Datebook

Apr

25       DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT WITH
         AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING PLASTICS
         CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
         Society of Plastics Engineers, Best Western
         Sterling Inn, Sterling Heights, Mich. (248-244-8993)

25-26    MOLDMAKING EXPO 2006
         MoldMaking Technology Magazine/Plastics
         Technology/Modern Machine Shop, Rock Financial
         Showplace, Novi, Mich. (646-827-4848, ext.7102)

25-26    JOINING PLASTICS 2006
         Rapra Technology Ltd., National Physical
         Laboratory, London, U.K.([phone])

26-29    CHINAPLAS 2006
         Adsale Exhibition Services, New International
         Expo Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China
         ([phone])

30-5/4   SAMPE 06 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
         SAMPE, Long Beach Convention Center, Long
         Beach, Calif (626-331-0616)

May

1-2      PROGRESS IN WOODFIBRE-PLASTIC
         COMPOSITES 2006 CONFERENCE
         Materials and Manufacturing Ontario/Univ. of
         Toronto, Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto,
         Ont. (905-823-2020)

2-4      AUTOMOTIVE CONGRESS: PLASTICS IN
         MOTION 2006
         Executive Conference Management, Le Meridien
         Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal (734-737-0507)

4        ADHESION & BONDING AUTOMOTIVE
         PLASTICS WORKSHOP
         Executive Conference Management, Wyndham
         Hotel, Chicago (734-737-0507)

7-8      PMA 2006 ANNUAL MEETING
         Polyurethane Manufacturers Association, JW
         Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, Orlando, Fla.
         (414-431-3094)

7-10     MACHINERY, MOLDERS, AND MOLDMAKERS
         2006 SPRING CONFERENCE
         Society of the Plastics Industry, Registry Resort,
         Naples, Fla. (202-974-5231)

7-11     ANTEC 2006
         Society of the Plastics Engineers, Charlotte
         Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C. (203-775-0471)

8-9      PETNOLOGY FORUM EUROPE 2006
         PETnology GmbH, Holiday Inn Munich-City
         Centre, Munich, Germany ([phone])

8-10     STRETCH FILM 2006
         Applied Market Information, Maritim Hotel,
         Cologne, Germany (610-478-0800)

11-12    THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER CONFERENCE
         American Chemical Society, Radisson Hotel,
         Akron, Ohio (330-972-6527)

16-17    BLOWING AGENTS AND FOAMING
         PROCESSES 2006
         Rapra Technology Ltd., Marriott Hotel, Munich,
         Germany ([phone])

16-19    PLASTEX-INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS,
         RUBBER AND COMPOSITES FAIR
         Trade Fairs Brno, Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno,
         Czech Republic ([phone])

22-24    BOPP FILM 2006
         Applied Market Information, Radisson SAS Hotel,
         Frankfurt, Germany (610-478-0800)

Jun

1-3      INDOPLAS 2006
         Messe Dusseldorf Asia, Jakarta International Expo
         Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia (312-781-5180)

6-7      MEDICAL POLYMERS 2006
         Rapra Technology Ltd., Renaissance Hotel,
         Cologne, Germany ([phone])

6-8      MEDICAL DESIGN & MANUFACTURING EAST
         Canon Communications, Jacob K. Javits
         Convention Center, N.YC. (310-445-4200)

6-8      EASTPACK
         Canon Communications, Jacob K. Javits
         Convention Center, N.Y.C. (310-445-4200)

14-17    DEGRADABLE PLASTICS SYMPOSIUM
         Society of the Plastics Industry, Hyatt Regency
         Hotel, Chicago (202-974-5267)

18-19    NANOCOMPOSITES 2006
         Executive Conference Management, Wyndham
         Hotel, Chicago (734-737-0507)

19-23    NPE 2006
         Society of the Plastics Industry, McCormick Place,
         Chicago (202-974-5235)

(Telephone numbers provided are of conference sponsors)