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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Hannover Messe, Trade fair offers 13 shows at one location, including: Industrial Automation; Motion, Drive & Automation; Energy; Power Plant Technology; Wind; and, Digital Factory. Contact: Jennifer Cooke, info@hf-canada.com. Hannover, Germany. April 4-8, 2011.

Plant Maintenance, Design Engineering Show 2011. PMDS allows manufacturing professionals from Quebec to find the products, services and information they need to stay competitive. Montreal. May 17-19, 2011.

PACKEX Toronto, Packaging and process equipment, products and technology trade show. Co-located with Automation Technology Expo Canada, Design & Manufacturing Canada and Plast-Ex shows. Toronto. June 21-23, 2011.

HyperWorks Technology Conference 2011, Americas. Altair Engineering simulation software applications users’ event. Orlando, FL. June 22-23, 2011.

Check out the Calendar of Events on the DPN website for more upcoming industry seminars, conferences, shows and training sessions.

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