The following is a list of technical meetings, courses and seminars of interest to the plastics industry. This feature is updated and published once a month.
March
March 16-Understanding Thermo-forming, sponsored by the Canadian Plastics Institute, will be held at the Board of Trade - Airport Club in Etobicoke, Ontario. Contact (416) 441-3222.
March 16-17-Fundamentals of Injection Molding, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, will be held at the Sheraton Airport Plaza in Charlotte, N.C. Contact (313) 271-1500, ext. 386.
March 17-Thermoforming Troubleshooting, sponsored by the Canadian Plastics Institute, will be held at the Board of Trade - Airport Club in Etobicoke, Ontario. Contact (416) 441-3222.
March 21-Recycling Plastics Technology, sponsored by the Canadian Plastics Institute, will be held at the Board of Trade - Airport Club in Etobicoke, Ontario. Contact (416) 441-3222.
March 26-29-Source Reduction: Strategies That Save Money and Cut Transit Damage, sponsored by the International Safe Transit Association at the Clearwater Beach Hilton in Clearwater Beach, Fla. Contact (813) 447-9566.
March 27-28-Key Issues in Managing Information Technology, will be held at Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Ill. Contact (708) 491-3365.
March 29-The Institute for Plastics Innovation's Annual Symposium & Workshop held at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Contact (508) 934-3445.
April
April 3-4-Short Cycle Manufacturing, will be held at Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Ill. Contact (708) 491-3365.
April 3-7-Solid-State Shear Extrusion Pulverization Technology, will be held at Northwestern University's BIRL research and development laboratory in Evanston, Ill. Contact (708) 491-7600.
April 5-6-Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data seminar, sponsored by International Techne-Group Inc. at ITI's headquarters in Mildord, Ohio. Contact (513) 576-3900.
April 5-7-Introduction to Basic Extrusion Coating, sponsored by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry at Colony Square Hotel in Atlanta. Contact (404) 446-1400 ext. 393.
April 6-Thermoplastic assembly seminar, sponsored by Herrmann Ultrasonics Inc., will be held in Grand Rapids, Mich., at the Holiday Inn East. Contact (708) 980-7344.
April 6-7-Designing Injection Molded Parts for Assembly, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, in San Jose, Calif. at the Hyatt San Jose. Contact (800) 733-4763.
April 11-Understanding the Influence of the Packing/Holding Phase on Part Quality, sponsored by Plastics & Computer Inc., will be held at the Ramada Inn O'Hare in Rosemont, Ill. Contact (708) 817-5131.
April 11-13-Orlando '95 Exposition, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Educational events are fundamentals of adhesive bonding, painting systems for industrial applications, and fundamentals of injection molding. Contact (800) 733-4763.
April 12-Fundamentals & Applications of Gas Assisted Injection Molding, sponsored by Plastics & Computer Inc., will be held at the Ramada Inn O'Hare in Rosemont, Ill. Contact (708) 817-5131.
April 12-13-Fundamentals of Injection Molding, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Contact (800) 733-4763.
April 17-21-Airframe Stress Analysis and Sizing, will be held at the Extension Building at the University of California Los Angeles Extension Department of Engineering, Information Systems and Technical Management. Contact (310) 825-1901.
April 18-19-Quality by Design, will be held at Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Ill. Contact (708) 491-3365.
April 24-25-Modern Extrusion Techniques, sponsored by the Canadian Plastics Institute at the Board of Trade - Airport Club in Etobicoke, Ontario. Contact (416) 441-3222.
April 24-25-Life Cycle Assessment environmental conference, sponsored by Executive Conference Management, will be held at the Holdiay Inn North Campus in Ann Arbor, Mich. Contact (313) 420-0507.
April 24-26 -ASTM is sponsoring Instrumental Analysis of Thermoplastic and Thermoset Polymers in Chicago. Contact (215) 299-5480.
April 24-28-Solving the Plastic Product Design/Develop Puzzle, at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The course is offered by the College of Engineering and Applied Science's Center for Continuing Engineering Education. Contact (414) 227-3105.
