Past Participants

Previous Comments

"This was a high value professional course taught by an experienced faculty; an absolutely essential course for those who want to excel in the tire industry."
  – Prakash Chandra Sohara, Hasetri India

"The University of Akron Tire Mechanics Symposium is very informative and provides an idea where the tire technology is heading today. It is very useful in day-to-day work."
  – Haran Periyathamby, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

"This symposium is equally valuable to the expert and to the novice; the expert can interpret his micro expertise into the macro world of tires, while the novice can get a kick-start in developing his own expertise."
  – J. K. Valaitis, Valaitis Consulting, Inc.

“An excellent course-well runs. Most people at Bentley Motors involved with tyres have now completed the course”
  – Dr. Andrew McKinlay, Bentley Motors Limited, England.

Organizations Represented at Previous Courses

Akron Rubber Development Lab Akron Standard Company Akzo Fibers Alliance Tire Co., Ltd. Allied Signal American Synthetic Rubber Co. Ameripol Synpol Company Analyst International Corp. Apollo Tyres A.T.E. Bridgestone/Firestone Bandag. Inc. Balkrishna Industries Ltd Bekaert Bentley Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc Bruker Cabot Italiana S.A. Calspan Corporation Caribbean Tire Co, Ltd Caterpillar Ceat Limited Cessna Aircraft Co. Center Intire Chengshin Rubber USA, Inc. Cherne Industries Inc. CIA Hulera Tornel, S.A. DE C. V. Columbian Chemicals Constitution A.S.L.P. Continental Carbon Company Continental/General Tire Conveyor Dynamics, Inc. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Dow Chemical Co. Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Dunlop Tire Corporation Dupont Dow Elastomers Elastomer Research Testing ESCO Eaton Corporation Evonik Degussa GmbH Exxon Chemical Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. Fidelity Tire Mfg. Company Ford Motor Company Gajah Tunggal Group General Tire, Inc. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Giti Tire Hankook Tire Company Harley-Davidson Motor Company Hasetri Hoechst Celanese Corporation Honda Motor Company, Ltd. Honda R&D Americas Inc. Hoosier Racing Tire J.M. Huber Corp/Clay Division Industries Negromex Infotire International Tires Corp. Kelly-Springfield Tire Keskin Tuning KIA Motors America Kumho Technical Center Lanxess Lima Caucho S. A. Lockheed Martin Aero. Mac Neal­ Schwendeler Corp. MARC McAIlister & Abromovitz Matador Rubber Research Maxxis Malaysian Rubber Board Mega-T Tzemet

Michelin Tire Corporation Michigan Technological University Ministry of National Defense Milliken & Co. MRF Ltd. MTS Systems Corp. NASA National Defense Department, Canada Newtonian Engineering Nike, Inc. Nokian Tires Limited Norsemeter AS N.V. Bekaert S.A. Obermeger Hydro Inc. Oerlikon Saurer Allma PL Owen Corning Parker Hannifin Pirelli Preus S.A. Pirelli Tire Corporation Polysar Rubber Division PPG Industries. Inc. Pratt & Miller PSA Peugeot Citroen Quimp/Lex Ltd. R&J Mfg. Company Ralson (India) Limited Resillent Technologies Rhein Chemie Corporation Rhone-Poulenc Chimie Rouse Rubber Industries, Inc. Sandia National Labs SAMAC Engineering Co. Savatech d.o.o. Shanghai Tire Sime Darby Tire Tech Center Smith-Alsobrook & Associates Smithers Scientific Services Smithers Transportation Test Center Snap-On Equipment S.R.L. Srichakra Tires Limited Standards Testing Labs Stomil Debica S.A. Syron Tyres TARRC Taurus Agrotire Tech Univ. Eindhoven Technologico de Monterrey Tire Consultants Inc. Titan Tire Tire Stamp Inc. Tokusen U.S.A.. Inc. Tokyo Tire & Rubber Company Toyota Toyota Technical Center TRC Inc. Trelleborg Wheel Systems Tweco Unilink International Ltd. Union Carbide Corporation Uniroyal Chemical Company Uniroyal-Goodrich Tire Company Unisa Uniao Industrial University of Akron University of Hungary, Miskolc University of Twente U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Crrel Vredestein B.V. Wright Patterson Air Force Base Wyko Tire Technology Yokohama Tire Company Zeon Chemicals, USA