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ACS Rubber division, call for papers

The Rubber division of the American Chemical Society (www.rubber.org) is now accepting online abstract submissions for the 176th technical meeting being held during the Rubber Expo, October 13 – 15, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pa. Scheduled symposia include the following: Automobile Elastomers…

Interphex 2009 Show Preview

The world’s largest pharmaceutical conference and exhibition, Interphex, will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York from March 17 – 19, 2009. On the show floor, attendees will find equipment and solutions for drug manufacturing,…

Nominate an innovative process or product for the 2009 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award

Many of you know of a company — perhaps your own employer — that has recently commercialized an innovative process, product, or other chemical-engineering development. If so, we would like to hear from you. Nominations are open for this magazine’s…

Editor’s Page: Saluting the human element

In nearly every issue of this magazine, a majority of the content focuses on the roles that technologies — and the companies that supply them — play in the chemical process industries (CPI). Indeed, products and services bond the CPI…

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North America ProMat 2009. Material Handling Industry of America. (Charlotte, N.C.). Phone: 704-676-1190; Fax: 704-676-1199; Web: promatshow.com Chicago, Ill. Jan. 12 – 15 1st Fertilizer Latino Americano Conference & Exhibition 2009. FMB Consultants Ltd. (Hampton Hill, U.K.). Phone: +44 20…

Newsfront: CE’s 2008 Personal Achievement Award

The winners are Brian W. S. Kolthammer, Research Fellow at The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Shyam Lakshmanan, group general manager at See Sen Chemical Bhd & Malay-Sino Chemical Industries Sdn Bhd (Perak, Malaysia; www.taikogroup.net). Their careers are…

Letters: November announcements

Dreyfus Foundation Establishes $250,000 Prize for Chemical Science The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation announces the establishment of the Dreyfus Prize in the chemical sciences to recognize an individual for exceptional and original research in a selected area of chemistry…

Calendar —  November and December 2008 CPI Events

North America Pointwise User Group Meeting 2008. Pointwise (Fort Worth, Tex.). Phone: 817-377-2807; Fax: 817-377-2799; Web: pointwise.com Fort Worth, Tex. Nov. 5 – 6 Pack Expo International. PMMI (Arlington, Va.). Phone: 703-243-8555; Fax: 703-243-8556; Web: pei2008.packexpo.com Chicago, Ill. Nov. 9…

September Letters

2008 Perkin Medal Honors a Pioneer in CFC and HCFC Aternatives On the 18th of this month, the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI; London; www.soci.org) awards its 2008 Perkin Medal to Dr. Ian Shankland, director of technology for Honeywell’s Fluorine…

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  North America 37th Turbomachinery Symposium. The Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University (College Station, Tx.). Phone: 979-845-7417; Fax: 979-845-1835; Web: turbolab.tamu.edu Houston, Tx. Sept. 8 – 11 LogiChem 2008. Worldwide Business Research (New York, N.Y.). Phone: 888-482-6012; Fax: 646-200-7535; Web:…