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By Staff -- Purchasing, 9/7/2000

ePurchasing Week events

Various e-commerce conferences are being sponsored later in September by the International Quality & Productivity Center. In London, at the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel,

a Sept. 19-21 conference will focus on learning how international companies are achieving direct and immediate impact on their bottom lines via ecommerce. Web Site: www.epurchasing-week. com. The second conference will be in Chicago at the Palmer House Hilton on Sept. 25-28 to explore the latest trends, strategies and techniques in online procurement. Web site: www.iqpc. com/P240epurchasing.com. The Steel Online conference will be held in Chicago at the Knickerbocker Hotel on Sept. 27-29 to delve into "Negotiating, Purchasing and Distributing Steel in the New E-Conomy." Web site: www.iqpc.com.

Plastics procurement fair

A one-day fair sponsored by Mid-America Plastics Partners is scheduled MAPP for Oct. 27 in Toledo, Ohio, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Quality Hotel. The event has been created to help designers, engineers and purchasing professionals to meet with potential suppliers of plastics manufacturing, tooling, design and prototyping. Contact: Troy Nix at 317-913-2442. Web site: http://www.mappinc.com/ si2000.html