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in partnership with JEC Composites E-letter April Aircraft interiors April 1-3 Hamburg, Germany www.aircraftinteriors-expo.com Farnborough International Airshow July 14-20 Farnborough, UK www.farnborough.com CompoTec October 29-31 Carrara, Italy www.compo-tec.com Composites Polycon www.acmanet.org 6th European “Thermo-forming” Spe Conference April 3-5 Berlin, Germany www.e-t-d.org September 14th China Composites Expo September 17-19 Shanghai, China www.chinacompositesexpo.com Data 2007: - 320 exhibitors - 9 000 visitors Composites & Polycon In response to attendee and exhibitor feedback, the American Composites Manufacturer’s Association (ACMA) announced that it will move the next Composites & Polycon to early 2009. The association is exploring several first-rate venue options for the show. www.acmanet.org Data 2007: - 232 exhibitors - 4 000 visitors May XXV International Conference Reinforced Plastics May 12 - 14 Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic www.dtplzen.cz Reach USA April 15-17 Boston, Massachusetts, USA www.rapra.net Composites World Expo September 3-5 Chicago, USA www.compositesworld.com July 17th International Conference on Composite Materials - Iccm July 27 - 31 Edinburgh, UK www.iccm17.org May Sampe USA May 18 - 22 Long Beach, CA, USA www.sampe.org Data 2007: - 254 exhibitors - 3,850 visitors Sampe Fall Tech Conference September 9-10 Memphis, USA www.sampe.org November Feiplar November 21-23 Sao Paulo, Brazil, www.feiplar.com.br Composites Europe September 23-25 Essen, Germany www.composites-europe.com Data 2007: - 200 exhibitors - 4 127 visitors Reinforced Plastics Balaton May 20-22 Balaton, Hungary www.emsz-kompozit.hu BOOK Engineering Biopolymers: Composites Homopolymers, Blends and By Debes Bhattacharyya and Stoyko Fakirov This volume covers the results of world-wide efforts to implement natural polymers as engineering plastics and the use of their inherent properties. The processing opportunities and applications for these natural materials as reinforcement of polymer composites are discussed, including both the structural, morphological and thermal characterization and the mechanical (fracture, failure, etc.) and degradation behaviour of the materials obtained. Also covered is the preparation of biodegradable homopolymers, blends and composites, which involves chemical reactions regardless of the type of starting material. The book examines the characterization and surface modification of natural fibres, including plasma treatment. It includes a discussion of several fibre-reinforced composites (sisal, flax, cellulose, coir, hemp, jute, wood and steam-exploded wood fibres). It provides processing examples with thermosets and thermoplastics matrices; for example, injection moulding with several types of composites, pultrusion of flax-polypropylene composite profiles, and wood-fibre mats as reinforcements for thermosets. It also deals with bioplastics (all-green plastics) and biodegradability through blending, by way of composite scaffolds for bone engineering, biodegradation studies and fibre/resin interface modification in “green” composites. June Windpower June 1-4 Houston, USA www.windpowerexpo.org Setec ‘08 technical conference & table top exhibition September 18 - 19 Augsburg, Germany www.sampe-europe.org Eccm 13 - European Conference on Composite Materials June 2-5 Stockholm, Sweden http://eccm13.sicomp.se October Ibex October 6 - 8 Miami, USA www.ibexshow.com 7th Global WPC and Natural Fibres Composites Congress and Exhibition June 18-19 Kassel, Germany www.wpc-nfk.de July Footbridge July 2-4 Porto, Potugal www.footbridges2008 JEC Composites Asia October 22-24 Singapore www.jeccomposites.com 450 pages, £96.00 / US$200.00 / €138.00 Edited by Hanser Gardner publications, USA Mor e infor mation: www.hansergardner.com No37 December 2007 / JEC Composites Magazine

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