Industry datebook.

Sep

10-12    TRFA 2006 ANNUAL MEETING
         Thermoset Resin Formulators Association, Hyatt
         Regency Hotel, Montreal, Que. (630-942-6596)

12-13    BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS IN PACKAGING
         Intertech-Pira, Hotel Allegro, Chicago
         (207-781-9800)

12-14    14th ANNUAL HEALTH & BEAUTY AMERICA
         (HBA) CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
         CMP Media, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center,
         N.Y.C. (845-368-0608)

12-14    6th ANNUAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPOSITES
         CONFERENCE
         Society of Plastics Engineers, MSU Management
         Education Center, Troy, Mich. (203-775-0471)

12-14    NANOEUROPE 2006
         Olma Messen St. Gallen, Swiss Fair Center,
         St. Gallen, Switzerland ([phone])

13-14    SPE FOAMS 2006
         Society of Plastics Engineers, Holiday Inn,
         Elk Grove Village (Chicago), Ill. (574-970-0256)

16-20    THERMOFORMING CONFERENCE 2006
         Society of Plastics Engineers, Nashville Convention
         Center, Nashville, Tenn. (608-275-7215)

17-20    21st ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE OF
         THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES
         ASTM/Center for Lightweighting Automotive
         Materials, Fairlane Center at the Univ. of Michigan,
         Dearborn, Mich. (610-832-9714)

17-20    WEB HANDLING SEMINAR
         Web Handling Research Center, Oklahoma State
         University, Stillwater, Okla. (405-744-9217)

20-22    COMPOSITES EUROPE
         Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH, Exhibition
         Centre, Essen, Germany ([phone])

22-24    PEC 2006 CHINA PLASTICS EXHIBITION
         China Plastics Processing Industry Assn. et M,
         Taizhou International Convention & Exhibition
         Center, Taizhou City, China ([phone])

25-26    WOOD-PLASTIC AND NATURAL FIBER
         COMPOSITES 2006
         Principia Partners, Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor,
         Baltimore, Md. (443-535-0727)

25-27    POLYURETHANES 2006
         Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry,
         Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
         (703-741-5656)

25-27    FUNCTIONAL FILLERS 2006
         CONFERENCE
         Intertech-Pira, Wyndham Midtown Hotel, Atlanta
         (207-81-9624)

26-27    POLYPROPYLENE 2006 WORLD CONGRESS
         Maack Business Services, Swissotel, Zurich,
         Switzerland ([phone])

27-29    BIOPLASTICS 2006
         National Research Council of Canada/Quebec
         Materials Network, Hotel Delta Montreal,
         Montreal, Que. (450-641-5238)

Oct

2-3      NOVA-PACK EUROPE 2006
         Schotland Business Research Inc., Hotel
         InterContinental Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
         (609-466-9191)

17-18    ADDCON WORLD 2006: PLASTICS
         ADDITIVES AND COMPOUNDING CONFERENCE
         Rapra Technology Ltd., Renaissance Hotel,
         Cologne, Germany ([phone])

17-21    FAKUMA 2006: INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
         FOR PLASTICS PROCESSING
         Schall Trade Fairs & Exhibitions, Messe
         Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
         ([phone])

18-20    COMPOSITES & POLYCON 2006
         American Composites Manufacturers Association,
         America's Center, St. Louis, Mo. (703-525-0511)

23-24    CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN
         POLYMER DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES
         Society of Plastics Engineers, University of Akron,
         Akron, Ohio (585-588-7415)

25-26    MASSPLASTICS 2006
         North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce,
         Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center,
         Fitchburg, Mass. (978-840-4300)

29-11/2  PACK EXPO INTERNATIONAL 2006
         Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute,
         McCormick Place, Chicago (703-243-8555)

(Telephone numbers provided are of conference sponsors)