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REVIEW

AMBA Annual Convention
March 3 – 8 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

The AMBA reported that its '07 Annual Convention was successful, drawing some 125 attendees from 29 member companies.  Attendees commented on the high quality of the convention and the speakers brought in.  

International Home & Housewares Show

March 11-13 - Chicago, IL

The International House-wares Association announced that the 2007 event set record retailer attendance with an overall growth of  2.8 percent. Total registration was over 60,114, including nearly 22,000 buyers. The Show also featured more than 2,100 exhibitors from over 40 countries. More than 500 of those exhibitors were new to the Show. 


PREVIEW

10th China Intl. Machine Tool Show (CIMT 2007)
April 9 -15 - Beijing, China

China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT) is the largest and most powerful Interna-tional machine tool show in China, and it is spon-sored by CMTBA once every two years under the approval and support of China's Government.

MoldMaking Tech Expo April 18-19- Rosemont, IL
The MoldMaking confer-ence is an important com-ponent of the MoldMaking Expo 2007—the only trade event of its kind in North America, offering high-quality, noncommercial conference programming that provides audience members with practical solutions for dealing with the challenges and complexities of their jobs.

Plastec South/Southpack
April 24-26 - Atlanta GA

PLASTEC South is a key feature of SouthPack and offers every aspect of plastics processing. This expanded event serves as the total resource for packaging products and services as well as plas-tics processing solutions.


COMING SOON


Plast-Ex 2007
May 1-3 -Toronto, Canada

ANTEC 2007
May 6–10-Cincinnati,OH
 

Plastics Encounter
May 8-10-Cincinnati, OH

111th Metalcasting Congress
May 15-18-Houston, TX 

Chinaplas 2007
May 21-24-Guangzhou, Pashou, China


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3-D, Non-Contact Scanning for Inspec-tion:  What Mold-makers Need to Know

Understanding the diff-erences and similarities between CMM and 3-D scanning allows mold-makers to adapt to, apply and leverage 3-D scanning technology within their shop environment.

By Craig Crump

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Smarts: Are We Hardwired for Success?

by Chuck Martin, Richard Guare, Peg Dawson

Twelve specific and very important cognitive functions begin developing in the brain at birth. These "skills" are built in to every individual and are fully developed -- and unchangeable -- by adulthood. Everyone has these same capabilities, but to varying degrees. And it is this unique and unalterable combination of one’s strengths and weaknesses that determines success or failure in any given role. Smarts contains the groundbreaking Executive Skills Profile: a powerful self-assessment tool that will identify, once and for all, a person’s innate strengths and weaknesses.

 

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