Trade Shows and Associations

Chemical Process Industries (CPI) Exposition
http://www.chemshow.com
 
POWER-GEN International
http://www.power-gen.com
 
Medical Design and Manufacturing West
http://www.devicelink.com/expo/west05


Association of Vacuum Equipment Manufacturers (AVEM)
http://www.avem.org
Phone: 703-538-3543
A trade association for the vacuum industry, which collects statistical information on the worldwide quarterly sales of vacuum pumps, vacuum instrumentation and vacuum hardware.
 
Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
http://www.svc.org
Phone: 505-856-7188
A group that strives to develop and improve high-volume coating using processes-such as vacuum evaporation, sputter deposition, arc vaporization, ion plating, chemical vapor deposition and related technologies-performed in a sub-atmospheric pressure environment.
 
AVS Science & Technology Society
http://www.avs.org
Phone: 212-248-0640
A not-for-profit professional society that promotes communication among academia, government laboratories and industry for the purpose of sharing research and development findings over a broad range of technologically relevant topics. AVS has a subgroup dedicated exclusively to vacuum pump technology.
 
Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA)
http://www.awma.org
Phone: 412-232-3444
An international, nonprofit, nonpartisan professional organization that provides training, information and networking opportunities to thousands of environmental professionals.