Calendar February 2013 Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop,


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May


EASTEC 2013 Exposition, West Springfi eld, MA, May 14–16. SME


Plant Maintenance & Design Engineering Show (PMDS), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 14–16. SME


June Houstex 2013,


Houston, TX, Feb. 26–28. SME March


SME Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 2–4. SME


Western Manufacturing Technology Show (WMTS), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 4–6. SME


NAMRC 41, Madison, WI, June 10–14. SME


AeroDef Manufacturing 2013, Long Beach, CA, March 19–21. SME


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