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ProPak China 2006
July 11-13 -
Shanghai, China
This year, ProPak China
attracted over 500 exhibit-ing companies from 19 countries/regions. The
companies showcased a variety of processing and packaging solutions.
Buyers from industries including food & bev-erages, dairy, beer,
phar-maeutical, cosmetics, FMCG and industrial manufacturing were present
to source for the industry’s best and were also treated to a host of
professional seminars. ProPak China 2006 incorporates DairyTek China and
BevTek & BrewTek China 2006.
Suzhou International Machine Tool & Mould
Technology Exhibition
August 23-26 - Suzhou
International Expo Center
The 3rd Annual Suzhou international exhibition features
exhibitors participating from the Plastic injection mold, Cold Die Mold,
Forging Mold, Die-casting Mold, Glass Mold and Rubber Mold sectors.
Companies in the Metalworking Equipment, Manufacturing & Auxiliary
Equipment, Materials & Parts, Tooling & Tools, Measurement, Heat Treating,
Cold Working and Materials Handling sectors will also be exhibiting.
COMING
SOON
IMTS 2006
September 6 – 13, 2006 in
Chicago, IL
www.imts.com
PDM 2006 'Plastics Design & Moulding'
September 26-28 -
Telford, England
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Can You Live With-out The Tooling Engineer?
By William J. Tobin
Recently, Glenn Starkey, president
of Progressive Components (a TPN Sponsor) happened upon the 1993 inaugural issue of Injection Molding Magazine and read through
the issue to see what might be still timely in today’s global market,
and what might not. He found Bill Tobin's article entitled “Can You
Live Without the Tooling Engineer?” and thought it would not only be
pertinent today, but back in ‘93, if taken to heart, might have helped
some compan-ies later in the tumult-uous ‘00/’01 period. Rather than
selling this copy on eBay for millions of dollars, he
presented the issue to Bill at NPE 2006 and also passed it forward to
the TPN. So we now present it to you, our readers, as this month’s
Guest Speaker column.
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