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WPC-RELATED FORTHCOMING EVENTS






 

Fachseminar "Industrieller Naturfaser Spritzguss für Kreative" (27&28 March, 2008 - Halle/Saale, Germany)

This 2-day seminar, organised by nova-institut and mehrwerk designlabor, is offering an extensive programme of presentations (in German) related to commercial and technical aspects of natural fibres. On Friday 28 March, Christian Gahle (nova-Institut, Hürth) will discuss WPC in furniture ("WPC im Möbelbau - Serienprodukte und aktuelle Entwicklungen", programmed at 9h45)

More details about the whole event from:
Christian Gahle (nova-Institut GmbH), email: christian.gahle@nova-institut.de, tel: +49 (0)2233–481448
or from www.nova-institut.de/pp-nf/kms6/.

 


 

Seattle Wood Symposium - March 31 to April 2, 2008 - USA

The conference will discuss all types of engineered wood, including MDF and thermoplastic biocomposites, in the context of current concerns - climate change and the worsening economic situation.
More details from our WPC news page and from www.woodsymposium.wsu.edu.

 


 

10th International Conference on Progress in Biofiber Plastic Composites - Toronto, ON, Canada - May 12 – 13, 2008

The conference will take place at the Toronto Airport Renaissance Hotel and will address a variety of topics, both technical and commercial, such as materials, processing technologies, design and performance issues and marketing and distribution.

More details from Guida Williamson, Conference Director, tel: (519) 249-0545 (Canada) or from www.biocomposites-toronto.com.

 


 

7th Global WPC and Natural Fibre Composites Congress and Exhibition - June 2008 - Kassel - Germany

This leading European conference on WPC and NFC, organised for the first time in 1998 by the "Institut für Werkstofftechnik der Universität Kassel", will offer a full lecture program, an interactive poster presentation and an exhibition. Simultaneous translation English/German and German/English will be provided. This succesful international event will take place in the historical location of the ‘Stadthalle Kassel’ on June 18-19 in 2008

For more information check the conference website: wpc-nfk.de
or email: Dipl.-Ing. M. Murr or Dipl.-Ing. A. Jaszkiewicz
or telephone:(+49) 561 804 3675

 


 

4th International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood & Hybrid Composites - 6-10 July 2008 - Maine, USA

This conference will focus on the commercial,scientific and engineering aspects of advanced engineered wood and hybrid composites. This international conference provides a setting designed to create dialogue among industrial researchers, business development specialists, wood scientists, structural engineers, polymer scientists and materials researchers.
This event will take place at the Harborside Hotel and Marina, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.

More information from:
Doreen L. Boutin, Administrative Coordinator
AEWC Center
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
Tel: +1-207-581-2121
Fax: +1-207-581-2074
email: doreen.boutin@umit.maine.edu
http://www.aewc.umaine.edu

Call for papers: Deadline for abstract submission: December 1, 2007
Submit your abstract via email to: doreen.boutin@umit.maine.edu