Industry datebook.

INDUSTRY Datebook

Jun

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)

27-29    MASTERBATCH 2006
         Applied Market Information, Swissotel, Zurich,
         Switzerland (610-478-0800)

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 DIV. 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 SelectDowntown/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
         THE 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)

Oct

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

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)