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LATEST 'P.ATURE A VAILABLE, .. A just-released, updated edition of Polyurethane and Polyi&c. .nurate Foam Insulations from SPI Polyurethane Division... Covers spray, board]- end pour-in-place insulation for roofs, walls and other applications... Four- colorj, illustrated, eight-page publication available at $25 per 100 copies for SPI members and $40 per 100 copies for nonmembers... Orders prepaid to SPI, to Literature Sales Department, SPI/New York... Rigid Vinyl Siding Application now includes illustrated section on "Soffit and Fascia System"... Published by SPI Vinyl Siding Institute, four-color, 35-page brochure offers basic instructions for applying systems... Available in quantities of less than 100 at $1.50 per copy for SPI members cold $2.50 per copy for nonmembers (no postage charges); in quantities of 100 or more, $2.25 each plus postage for SPI members, $2,25 each plus postage for nonmembers... Orders prepaid to SPI, to Literature Sales Department, SPI/New York... The Vinyl Institute has made available two new publications: Facts about Working with PVC, an eight-page booklet which provides information on health and safety aspects of handling of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and its raw materials, vinyl chloride monomer and processing the polymer... Facts about Disposal of Solid Waste Containing PVC, reviews disposal options, specifically focusing on the health and safety aspects of incineration of municipal solid waste. Both publications are 50 cents each for SPI members and $2.00 each for nonmembers... Orders prepaid to SPI, to Literature Sales Department, SPI/New York. ****** SPI EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE DIVISION SCHEDULES TWO SEMINARS ON PACKAGING... Part of EPS Shape Education Outreach program, sponsored by EPS shape molders, machine and tool suppliers, as an effort to acquaint future package design engineers with the material and Its various applications... First seminar-on November 20, 1985 (9:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m.), University of Wisconsin Stout, Menominee, Wisconsin... Second seminar on December 6, 1985 (9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, has four speakers lined up: Leora Rosen and Mort Rosen (Polyfoam Packers), Jeff Elgin (Kohler General) and A1 King (Foam Fabricators)... Additional information: Margaret Shallcross, SPI/Mldwest Se*ct*io*n.*** SPI INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK CONFERENCE SET FOR MARCH 20-22, 1986... "The Plastics Industry -- Positioning for Growth -- Issues, Challenges and Opportunities" is the theme of the Thursday-Friday meeting sponsored by SPI Cormittee on Resin Statistics... Glen Siner, senior vice president of General Electric, will be luncheon speaker on March 20... Three sessions with speakers include: Industry Analysis: "U.S. Automotive Plastics -- Uses and TrendsLouis Chmura (Ford Motor Corp^); "Innovations in Barrier Packaging," Rich Freundlich (Campbell Soup Plastics Center)i "Plastics in Electrical/Electronics Applications(AT&T); "The Changing Plastics Machinery Industry," Dean Reber (Cincinnati Milacron, Plastics Machinery Division); Materials: "PolyolefinsFrederick A. Hajduk (Norchem); "Composites," Jim Burns (Hercules, Inc.); "Polyvinyl Chloride," C.T. Lee (Formosa Plastics Corp.); and "Polyurethanes," Nicholas Cullen (Mobay Chemical Co.); Trad* and Technology: "The Competitiveness of the U.S. Engineering Plastics Industry, n Michael~T. Kelley (U.S. Department of Commerce); "Shifts in Plastics Trade Patterns," Mineo Bayama (C. Itoh); "Plastics Combustibility," Jerome Beckman (Keller & Beckman); and "The Profitability of the U.S. Plastics Industry," Anantha Raman (Anantha Raman Associates)... Registration Fees: $295 per person for SPI members, $395 per person for nonmembers; $25 additional per person for on-site registration... Additional information available from staff director At Evans, SPI/New York. ****** PLASTICS SUBJECT OF ARTICLE IN SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINES NOVEMBER ISSUE... Ten-page, illustrated article entitled "On land, on sea and in the air, those polymer Invaders are here," states: 'plastic has captured a new high-tech image -- and has captured the marketplace to boot.' SPI-26764