Photo gallery: International Rubber Expo opening ceremony

A ribbon stretches across the entrance of the International Rubber Expo ahead of the event's opening ceremony.

Leo Goss, ACS Rubber Division Steering Committee chair, welcomes attendees to the International Elastomer Conference and Rubber Expo.

Leo Goss, ACS Rubber Division Steering Committee chair, cuts the ribbon, officially opening the International Rubber Expo, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

Leo Goss, ACS Rubber Division Steering Committee chair, cuts the ribbon, officially opening the International Rubber Expo, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

Posing for a photo after helping with the ribbon cutting ceremony at the International Rubber Expo are (from left): Firuza Mir, president and CEO of Lanxess Sybron Chemical Inc. and IEC keynote speaker; Judit Puskas, University of Akron professor and newly announced winner of the Charles Goodyear Medal; Terry DeLapa; Leo Goss, steering committee chair; and Kimberley Dempsey-Miller.

Maria Ellul (left), principal scientist at Exxon Mobil Chemical Co. poses for a photo with Judit Puskas, a University of Akron professor who was announced as the recipient of the Rubber Division's Charles Goodyear Medal.