Industry datebook.

Aug

1-3       8th ANNUAL EXTRUSION SEMINAR AND
          HANDS-ON WORKSHOP

          Pennsylvania College of Technology/Rauwendaal
          Extrusion Engineering, Pennsylvania College
          of Technology facility, Williamsport, Pa.
          (570-320-2400)

16-17     PLASTICS PROCESSORS CONFERENCE &
          WORKSHOP
          Chemical Market Associates Inc., Park Plaza Hotel
          & Towers, Boston (281-531-4660)

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
          APPLICATIONS
          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, 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/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)

19-20     SILICONE ELASTOMERS 2006
          Rapra Technology Ltd., Holiday Inn, Frankfurt,
          Germany ([phone])

25-26     WOOD-PLASTIC AND NATURAL FIBER
          COMPOSITES 2006
          Principia Partners, Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor,
          Baltimore (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, Que.
          (450-641-5238)

Oct

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])

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 number provided are of conference sponsors)