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Polymer group requests $70M in federal funds for jobs, sustainability, economic growth.
But Akron’s polymer cluster could receive even more in separate federal funding. In October, the U.S. Department of Commerce named Akron as one of 31 new federal tech hubs across the country.
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Foster joined the University of Akron Polymer Science faculty in 1990 at the rank of assistant professor. He served as chair of the department of polymer science from 2005 to 2008. Since 2008, he has held roles as associate Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, as well as Director of the Akron Global Polymer Academy. [3] [4]
James Lindsay White (January 3, 1938 – November 26, 2009) [1] was an American polymer scientist.. White was a key figure in defining the field of polymer engineering. [2] He founded two polymer engineering programs, one at the University of Tennessee and the other at the University of Akron.
The company was founded in 1928 by Alex Schulman by selling rubber products from a plant in Akron, Ohio. [2] In 1972, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. [1] In 1994, the company acquired Comalloy International, a subsidiary of Exxon based in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] [4]
The effort was championed by U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes, D-Akron, who specifically chose to serve on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to bring this opportunity to the region.
Intertape Polymer Group Inc. is a packaging products and systems company based in Montreal and Sarasota, Florida, with 34 locations, [1] 22 manufacturing locations in North America [1] and one in Europe, and 4,200 employees.