Industry datebook.

Oct

17-21     FAKUMA 2006
          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,
          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)

Nov

2-3       52nd MADISON THERMOSET MOLDING
          CONFERENCE
          University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
          Concourse Hotel, Madison, Wis. (608-262-2068)

5-7       ARM INTERNATIONAL 31st ANNUAL FALL
          MEETING & TECHNICAL EXHIBITS
          Association of Rotational Molders International,
          Hyatt Crystal City, Washington, D.C.
          (630-571-0611)

6-8       FIRE RESISTANCE IN PLASTICS 2006
          Applied Market Information, Renaissance Hotel,
          Dusseldorf, Germany (610-478-0800)

7-8       PLASTICS CAPS AND CLOSURES
          European Plastics News/Plastics & Rubber
          Weekly, Marriott Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
          (44-0-20-7841-4811)

8-9       TPE 2006
          Rapra Technology Ltd., Marriott Hotel, Munich,
          Germany ([phone])

13-15     UNDERSTANDING & OPTIMIZING EXTRUSION
          SEMINAR
          Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, Sheraton Sand
          Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, Fla. (530-269-1082)

14-15     GLOBAL PLASTICS STRATEGIES
          European Plastics News/Plastics & Rubber
          Weekly, Marriott Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
          ([phone])

14-16     TWIN-SCREW COMPOUNDING WORKSHOP
          Extrusioneering International, Polymers Center of
          Excellence, Charlotte, N.C. (973-895-4088)

16-17     TROUBLESHOOTING EXTRUSION SEMINAR
          Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering, Sheraton
          Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, Fla.
          (530-269-1082)

21-22     1st EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS
          CONFERENCE 2006
          European Bioplastics, Crowne Plaza Hotel,
          Brussels, Belgium ([phone])

29-12/2   EUROMOLD 2006
          Demat GmbH, Frankfurt/Main Exhibition Center,
          Frankfurt, Germany ([phone])

Dec

5-6       BIOPLASTICS PROCESSING CONFERENCE
          Plastics Technology Magazine/Polymer Process
          Communications, Marriott City Center, Charlotte,
          N.C. (646-827-4848, ext. 7101)

5-6       RUBBERCHEM 2006
          Rapra Technology Ltd., Marriott Hotel, Munich,
          Germany ([phone])

6-7       8th ANNUAL BIOPLASTICS CONFERENCE
          European Plastics News/Plastics & Rubber
          Weekly, Radisson SAS Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany
          ([phone])

11-13     POLYETHYLENE FILM 2006
          Applied Market Information, Fort Lauderdale
          Grande Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
          (610-478-0800)

14        THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY STRATEGY
          SEMINAR
          Applied Market Information, Fort Lauderdale
          Grande Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
          (610-478-0800)

14-16     FLEXPACKCON 2006
          Society of Plastics Engineers, Renaissance Resort
          at Sea World, Orlando, Fla. (217-479-1106)

(Telephone numbers provided are of conference sponsors)