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2012 Conferences and Trade Shows
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May 1 & 2, 2012
The Hilton Inn, Akron/Fairlawn, Ohio
The goal is to help promote profitability through the presentation of strategic solutions to the competitive issues facing manufacturers, suppliers and
fabricators in the U.S. silicone industry. The Conference program will include topics such as:
- How to sell silicone against competitive rubber materials
- "Green" environmental and energy reduction issues
- Domestic and international regulatory issues and product safety updates
- Global trends and projections
Target Audience:
Senior management, compounders, plant production and operations managers, manufacturing technicians, technical personnel and purchasing managers involved
in the manufacturing of rubber products using silicone.
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August 14 & 15, 2012
The Hilton Inn, Akron/Fairlawn, Ohio
The International Rubber Molding Conference will help rubber manufacturing professionals broaden their focus in all areas of responsibility in regard to
rubber molding. The conference program will include topics such as:
- New compounds and materials
- Problem solving in design and manufacturing
- Reducing lead time and labor/energy costs
- Mold designs and new mold release additives
Target Audience
This comprehensive technical event is for senior managers, manufacturing engineers, plant managers and plant supervisors, R&D compounders, quality
assurance supervisors and purchasing management involved in all aspects of the manufacturing of rubber products.
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September, 18, 19, 20, 2012
The I-X Center Cleveland, OH
ITEC 2012 will deliver high-quality, decision-making tire professionals with new presentations and programs designed to attract even more attendees,
including:
- Free admission to the exhibits
- New single day pricing levels for attending the presentations
- Exciting theme days including free parking and complimentary food vouchers,
- More exclusive exhibit hours
- Optimizing the show floor for special presentations and exhibit opportunities
Target Audience
The ITEC 2010 event had attendees from 40 tire manufacturing companies with nearly 650 tire professionals in attendance from every U.S manufacturing/plant
and technical facility. Seventeen percent of the attendees were international.
Titles at ITEC 2010 included:
- Advance Concept Development Engineer
- Global Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Manager
- Innovation Center Development Manager
- Product Analysis Compounder
- Tire Performance Predictions Technical Director
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2013 Conferences |
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July, 2013
The Hilton Inn, Akron, Ohio
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LATEX INDUSTRY EVENT AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IS TAKING PLACE IN 2013
Since 1997, the International Latex Conference has helped industry professionals broaden their focus in all areas of responsibility in regard to processing
with synthetic and natural latex. The more than 250 papers presented provided a unique opportunity to understand the many factors that contribute to a
successful operation.
The 14th International Latex Conference will be held in July, 2013. Please check back periodically on the conference web site for more information.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the 2013 event, please click on the Present a Paper link or contact Jim Finn, Conference Chairman, at
jimfinn@akrondispersions.com.
If you are interested in exhibiting at the 2013 conference or sponsoring an event, please contact Brent Weaver at 330-865-6119,
bweaver@crain.com.
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August, 2013
The Hilton Inn, Akron, Ohio
The 2013 Hose Manufacturers Conference will help industry professionals broaden their focus in all areas of responsibility in regard to the art and science
of manufacturing of rubber hose. The papers to be presented provide economical, technical, ecological and fundamental approaches that need to be taken
into consideration while considering how to produce and market hose at the industrial scale.
The next Hose Manufacturers Conference will be held in August, 2013. Please check back periodically on the conference web site for more information.
If you are interested in presenting a paper at the 2013 event, please click on the Present a Paper link or contact Lori DiFrancesco Conference Coordinator
at ldifrancesco@crain.com
If you are interested in exhibiting at the 2013 conference or sponsoring an event, please contact Brent Weaver at 330-865-6119,
bweaver@crain.com.
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