Call for Papers: 99th meeting of ALCA

09/09/2002

The American Leather Chemists Association (ALCA) has called for papers for their 99th annual meeting, to be held on 19-22 June 2003 at the Grandover Resort and Conference Centre in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The association has specified it will take studies relevant to hide preservation, hide and leather defects, leather manufacturing technology, new product development, tannery equipment development, leather properties and specifications, tannery environmental management or other related subjects.

Abstracts must be submitted by 30 January 2003, and should be sent to the chair of the Technical Programme:

Dean T. Didato

Buckman Laboratories Inc.

1256 N. McLean Blvd.

Memphis TN 38108-1297 USA

E-Mail: dtdidato@buckman.com

Fax: (001) 901-726-5910

Completed papers in publication-ready form are expected by 1 June 2003. Three copies of the manuscript should be sent to the Journal Editor:

Dr. Kenneth Boni

330 White Falls Drive

Columbia, SC 29212

E-Mail: kboni@aol.com

All papers presented at the annual meeting will be submitted to the journal of the American Leather Chemists to be considered for publication.