Industry datebook.

May

23      OHIO POLYMER SUMMIT
        PolymerOhio Network, Columbus Renaissance
        Hotel, Columbus, Ohio (440-248-9814)

23-25   RAPID 2006: PROTOTYPING &
        MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE & EXPO
        Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Pheasant
        Run, St. Charles, Ill. (800-733-4763)

24-25   CHINA PACK
        Pira Intertech, Hotel Allegro, Chicago
        (207-781-9800)

Jun

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

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

7-8     ROBOTS 2006
        Robotic Industries Association/Automated
        Imaging Association, Harrah's, Las Vegas, Nev.
        (734-994-6088)

14-17   INTERNATIONAL 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)

Jul

5-6     1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
        RAPID MANUFACTURING
        ImechE/Rapid Manufacturing Research
        Group et al, Holywell Park Conference
        Centre-Loughborough University,
        Loughborough, U.K. ([phone])

16-18   SPI VINYL PRODUCTS DIP. 17th ANNUAL
        COMPOUNDING CONFERENCE
        Society of the Plastics Industry Inc., Loews
        Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, Tenn.
        (202-974-5234)

Sep

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

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   MAJOR TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR
        PLASTICS (COURSE)
        ASTM International, Holiday Inn Select--Downtown/Convention
        Center, St. Louis, Mo.
        (610-832-9686)

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, Itasca
        (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
        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES
        ASTM International/Univ. of Michigan Center
        for Lightweighting Automotive Materials,
        Fairlane Center at the Univ. of Michigan,
        Dearborn, Mich. (610-832-9714)

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 Polyurethane Industry,
        Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
        (703-741-5656)

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

(Telephone numbers provided are of conference sponsors)