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Cleveland expo to have international pavilion, recycling for first time
By Jim Mackinnon Beacon Journal business writer
Published on Tuesday, Oct 16, 2007
The Cleveland Convention Center probably looks a bit like bouncy, stretchy, twisty heaven to rubber industry types.
There's rubber making, shaping and recycling technology to look at, touch and perhaps buy. As many as 170 rubber-related technical paper and Power Point presentations are at the ready. Speakers who can talk knowledgeably about such things as elasticity, compounds, polymers, elastomers and more and people who have paid good money to hear them.
No surprise, then, that what the convention center on Lakeside Avenue is hosting is the ''Rubber Expo & International Rubber Conference'' that opens in full today. As many as 7,000 visitors from around the globe are expected to attend before the exhibits get taken down and the last program comes to a close late Thursday.
This is the 30th anniversary of the expo, said Ed Miller, executive director of the sponsoring group, the Akron-based Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society.
''It's aimed at professionals in the rubber and related industries,'' he said. The related busi ness summit will focus on globalization issues that involve and affect the rubber industry.
This is the first time that the exhibitor's hall will have an international pavilion, including a large China presence, Miller said. Another first will be a pavilion that focuses on rubber recycling, he said.
The event includes academic paper presentations by college and graduate students, along with a related jobs fair. Area high school students have also been invited to try to get them interested in the rubber industry.
The international pavilion is intended to appeal to foreign nationals, said John Boruta, the Rubber Division chairman and a Philadelphia-area rubber industry consultant.
''We are looking to draw people here (from around the world),'' he said.
While the Rubber Division has been working to make this event, which takes place every two years, more global in scope, attendees have said they prefer the expo's location remain in Northeast Ohio, Boruta said.
''We have tried other venues that weren't successful,'' he said. As a result, ''it's always been in Cleveland for the most part.''
Jim Mackinnon can be reached at 330-996-3544 or jmackinnon@thebeaconjournal.com.
The Cleveland Convention Center probably looks a bit like bouncy, stretchy, twisty heaven to rubber industry types.
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