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NEwS watch | MEETINGS | March plastics USa 2008 March 4-6, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 800/SPI-0015 Email: tradeshows@socplas.org Website: www.4spe.org Expo Manufactura March 4-6, Monterrey, Mexico Contact: 301/493-5500 Email: poblete@ejkrause.com Website: www.expomanufactura.com.mx 2008 International hardware fair/practical world March 9-12th, Cologne, Germany Contact: +49-221-821-2476 Website: www.hardwarefair.com Global plastics Environmental conference 2008 March 10–12, Orlando, Fla. Website: www.4spe.org/conf EhX Spring 2008 March 11-15th, Orlando, Fla. Contact: (508) 663-1500 Website: www.ehxweb.com Metal Matters March 12-14, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Contact: 815/227-8253 Email: denam@fmanet.org Website: www.fmanet.org packaging Strategies 2008 March 12-14, Weston, Fla. Contact: 610/935-2183 Email: meetings@packstrat.com Website: www.packstrat.com aBMa 91st annual convention March 12-15, Carlsbad, Calif. Contact: 630/631-5217 Email: info@abma.org Website: www.abma.org powertest 2008 March 17-20, New Orleans, La. Contact: 269/488-6382 Email: neta@netaworld.org Website: www.netaworld.org cartS USa March 17-20, Newport Beach, Calif. Contact: 703/907-8024 Website: www.ec-central.org/ CARTSUSA/index.htm International home & housewares Show March 16-18, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 847/292-4200 Website: www.housewares.org pLaStEc South March 19-20, Charlotte, N.C. Contact: 310/445-4200 Website: www.devicelink.com/expo/ spack2007/plsouth_expo.html Southpack March 19-20, Charlotte, N.C. Contact: 310/445-4200 Website: www.devicelink.com/expo/ spack2007/spack_expo.html powder & Bulk Solids Southeast March 19-20, Charlotte, N.C. Contact: 310/445-4200 Website: www.devicelink.com/expo/ spack2007/pbs_expo.html Design and Manufacturing South March 19-20, Charlotte, N.C. Contact: 310/445-4200 Website: www.devicelink.com/expo/ spack2007/dmsouth_expo.html aMExpo and automated technology Expo South March 19-20, Charlotte, N.C. Contact: 310/445-4200 Website: www.devicelink.com/expo/ spack2007/at_am_expo.html NaMa Spring Expo March 26-28, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: 312/346-0370 Email: rlinde@vending.org Website: www.namaexpo.org pharmaMedDevice March 26-28, Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: 800/518-6672 Email: inquiry@pharmameddevice.com Website: www.pharmamedevice.com INtErphEX2008 March 26-28, Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: 888/334-8704 Email: inquiry@interphex.com Website: www.interphex.com cMX - ciphex 2008 March 27-29th, Toronto, Canada Contact: (800) 282-0003 Email: cmxciphex@salshow.com Website: www.cmxciphexshow.com wEStEc 2008 Exposition & conference March 31-April 3, Los Angeles, Calif. Contact: 800/733-4763 Email: service@sme.org Website: www.sme.org aprIL Ipc printed circuits Expo, apEX, and the Designers Summit April 1-3, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: 847/615-7100 Email: shows@ipc.org Website: www.goipcshows.org 6th European thermoforming conference April 4-5, Berlin, Germany Contact: 32 (0)3 541 7755 Email: spe.europe@skynet.be Website: www.speeurope.org K/BIS April 10-13, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 800/241-9034 Website: www.kbis.com National coil coating association annual Business conference April 11-15, Tucson, Ariz. Contact: 216/241–7333 Email: ncca@coilcoating.org Website: www.coilcoating.org Embedded Systems — Silicon Valley April 14-18, San Jose, Calif. Contact: 415/947-6626 Email: jsteele@cmp.com Website: www.esconline.com world adhesive conference and Exposition April 20-23, Miami, Fla. Contact: (301) 986-9700 Email: bob.willis@ascouncil.org Website: www.ascouncil.org 11th annual coatings for plastics Symposium April 21-23, Lombard (Chicago) Contact: (888) 530-6714 Website: www.coatingsforplastics.com 2008 ahaM annual Member Meeting April 27- 28, Ft. Myers, Fla. Contact: 202/872-5955 Email: info@aham.org Website: www.aham.org acEc’s 2008 annual convention April 27-30, Washington, D.C. 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(Page 16)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Widely Used Capacitive Touch Controls Evolve and Expand Beyond Traditional Uses. (Page 17)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Widely Used Capacitive Touch Controls Evolve and Expand Beyond Traditional Uses. (Page 18)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Widely Used Capacitive Touch Controls Evolve and Expand Beyond Traditional Uses. (Page 19)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Widely Used Capacitive Touch Controls Evolve and Expand Beyond Traditional Uses. (Page 20)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Acoustic-Based Sensing Expands Range of Material that can be Used for Touch Controls. (Page 21)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Acoustic-Based Sensing Expands Range of Material that can be Used for Touch Controls. (Page 22)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Acoustic-Based Sensing Expands Range of Material that can be Used for Touch Controls. (Page 23)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Acoustic-Based Sensing Expands Range of Material that can be Used for Touch Controls. (Page 24)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New Generation Infrared-Based Touch Controllers Provide Design Flexibility in Terms of Configuration and Layout. (Page 25)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New Generation Infrared-Based Touch Controllers Provide Design Flexibility in Terms of Configuration and Layout. (Page 26)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New Generation Infrared-Based Touch Controllers Provide Design Flexibility in Terms of Configuration and Layout. (Page 27)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Digital Sensing Technologies Eliminate the Need for Signal Conditioning. (Page 28)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Digital Sensing Technologies Eliminate the Need for Signal Conditioning. (Page 29)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Digital Sensing Technologies Eliminate the Need for Signal Conditioning. (Page 30)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Digital Sensing Technologies Eliminate the Need for Signal Conditioning. (Page 31)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Laser-Based Optoelectronic Sensors Provide More Data than Traditional Optoelectronic Components. (Page 32)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Laser-Based Optoelectronic Sensors Provide More Data than Traditional Optoelectronic Components. (Page 33)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Laser-Based Optoelectronic Sensors Provide More Data than Traditional Optoelectronic Components. (Page 34)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Laser-Based Optoelectronic Sensors Provide More Data than Traditional Optoelectronic Components. (Page 35)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Thick Coating for Fingerprint Sensors Provides Design Flexibility for Placement. (Page 36)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Thick Coating for Fingerprint Sensors Provides Design Flexibility for Placement. (Page 37)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New IGBT Concept Boosts Performance of Induction Cooking Systems. (Page 38)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New IGBT Concept Boosts Performance of Induction Cooking Systems. (Page 39)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New IGBT Concept Boosts Performance of Induction Cooking Systems. (Page 40)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New IGBT Concept Boosts Performance of Induction Cooking Systems. (Page 41)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New IGBT Concept Boosts Performance of Induction Cooking Systems. (Page 42)Appliance Design - February 2008 - New IGBT Concept Boosts Performance of Induction Cooking Systems. (Page 43)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Self-Piercing Riveting Technology can Join Dissimilar Materials with Different Thicknesses. (Page 44)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Self-Piercing Riveting Technology can Join Dissimilar Materials with Different Thicknesses. (Page 45)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Self-Piercing Riveting Technology can Join Dissimilar Materials with Different Thicknesses. (Page 46)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Self-Piercing Riveting Technology can Join Dissimilar Materials with Different Thicknesses. (Page 47)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Injected Metal Process Permits Zinc Alloy to Bond Parts and Replace Adhesives. (Page 48)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Injected Metal Process Permits Zinc Alloy to Bond Parts and Replace Adhesives. (Page 49)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Understanding Principles of Strain Relief is Essential to the Specification and Appilcation of Cordsets. (Page 50)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Understanding Principles of Strain Relief is Essential to the Specification and Appilcation of Cordsets. (Page 51)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Understanding Principles of Strain Relief is Essential to the Specification and Appilcation of Cordsets. (Page 52)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Understanding Principles of Strain Relief is Essential to the Specification and Appilcation of Cordsets. (Page 53)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Design Marts (Page 54)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Advertiser’s Index (Page 55)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Association Report: AHRI (Page 56)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Association Report: AHRI (Page Cover3)Appliance Design - February 2008 - Association Report: AHRI (Page Cover4)http://www.nxtbookMEDIA.com

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