2019 International Elastomer Conference expands opportunities for industry

Lakisha Miller-Barclay (center), the newly appointed Rubber Division executive director, talks with attendees at the Rubber Division booth.

Troy Nix (left) and Beth Jeffries of ARPM.

Chemical supplier Nisso America Inc. is a first-time exhibitor at the 2019 International Elastomer Conference, but Bruce Bartlett, Nisso America deputy sales director for specialty chemicals, said this is his seventh IEC as an attendee.

A look at some of the 3d printed items on display at the R.D. Abbott booth.

Rubber chemical and polymer distributor Americas International Inc. had a booth at the 2019 International Elastomer Conference in Cleveland. Pictured are (from left)Kim Baltes, customer service representative; Lynn Bryant, technical sales director; and Amanda Zazo, business manager.

The Rubber & Plastics News booth is spicing things up with its sriracha sauce freebie.

River Falls, Wis.-based NELA-USA was at the 2019 International Elastomer Conference exhibiting its fully automated vision inspection machine to detect faults and variations in dimension, said NELA-USA managing director Bob Barton. Manufactured in the Black Forest region of Germany, NELA’s machine is typically used for small rubber parts under four inches in diameter, such as O-rings and seals, Barton said. Barton is on the left, posing with Service Technician Dean Smoll.

Though Cassatto, Italy-based Lawer S.p.A. is listed as a first-time exhibitor at the 2019 International Elastomer Conference in Cleveland, the manufacturer of automatic powder weighing systems actually exhibited at the IECs in 2014 and 2015, according to Lawer Sales Area Manager Luca Mariuzzo.

A look at the BaRotation machine from Bareiss.

Rubber Division International Elastomer Confrence attendees have a chance to play cornhole at Ace Products booth.

Copley-Fairlawn Local Schools teacher Gene Lynn leads and educational session with high school students from Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Copley, Field and Rootstown.