CHICAGO - On May 11 and 12, 2006, Atlas Material Testing Technology will hold the second ATCAE (Atlas Technical Conference for Accelerated Aging and Evaluation) in Sanary-sur-Mer, France. ATCAE 2006 will focus on natural outdoor weathering and laboratory weathering, as well as the correlation between these two methods.

Some 14 presentations will be given by noted speakers from France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, as well as Atlas outdoor-weathering experts from the United States.

The conference will provide insight on the newest results and the latest weathering technologies. It will, furthermore, offer the chance to get to know the climatic and environmental conditions of the Atlas outdoor weathering site at Sanary-sur-Mer.