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SUMMARY:Early Summer Golf Outing - 2026
DESCRIPTION:Registration:  7:00 – 7:45 am\nShotgun Start: 8:00 am\n4 Golfer Scramble \nDinner: 2:00 pm – Brookledge Pavilion \nCost:  $150.00 \n* Includes golf with cart\, lunch\, dinner\, beverages\, door prize\, raffle ticket\, skill awards and prizes.\nMulligan cards are available for an additional $5 each.\nRegistration Form deadline:  June 5\, 2026 \nRegistration Forms and Corporate Hole Sponsor Forms\n******Even if you don’t golf\, join us for dinner!\nDINNER ONLY:  $40  (Catered by “Terrible Tom’s Barbeque”) \nPay in Advance for this golf outing!  \nNote:  This is now the Preferred Method of Payment!\nPlease still fill out a Registration Form so we have all the golfer names.  Email form to Denise Kotz.\nClick here to pay in advance.\n**Please note that your receipt will be from ACESS (Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies).  This is correct.\n  \nBrookledge Golf Club\n1621 Bailey Road\nCuyahoga Falls\, OH 44221\n330-971-8416
URL:https://www.ohiorubbergroup.org/event/early-summer-golf-outing-2026/
LOCATION:Brookledge Golf Club\, 1621 Bailey Rd.\, Cuyahoga Falls\, OH\, 44221\, United States
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SUMMARY:Late Summer Golf Outing - 2026
DESCRIPTION:Event Information \nCall for Sponsors \nRegistration Form \nThere will be two shotgun starts: AM group – 8:00 AM (Play Your Own Ball) and PM group – 1:30 PM (Scramble)\nAny morning player will have the opportunity to play an additional round in the afternoon for an additional $75. \nEntry Fee of $165 includes golf\, lunch and dinner. \nEntry form must be received with payment by August 24\, 2026. \nSchedule of Activities:\n7:00 AM Bag Drop – Morning Shotgun Registration Opens\n7:15 AM Driving Range Opens\n8:00 AM MORNING SHOTGUN\n9:30 AM Bag Drop – Afternoon Shotgun\n11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch\n1:30 PM AFTERNOON SHOTGUN\n6:00 PM Cocktails! (Cash Bar)\n7:00 PM Dinner\n8:00 PM Prize Awards \n  \nPay in Advance for this golf outing!  \nNote:  This is now the Preferred Method of Payment!\nClick here to pay in advance.\n**Please note that your receipt will be from ACESS (Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies).  This is correct.
URL:https://www.ohiorubbergroup.org/event/late-summer-golf-outing-2026/
LOCATION:Silver Lake Country Club\, 1325 Graham Rd\, Stow\, Ohio\, 44224
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SUMMARY:Course:  Processing & Testing of Rubber
DESCRIPTION:Course: Processing & Testing of Rubber\n     Presented by Paul Merda\nSeptember 15:  Includes the Processing & Testing of Rubber course\, a lunch\, and a tour of ARDL.\n\nOn Tuesday\, Sept. 15\, the Course\, lunch and tour will be from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at ARDL\, Barberton.\nWe encourage you to attend the ORG Technical Meeting later that afternoon.\nCourse Overview:   \nThis half-day course will give an in-depth look at mixing\, testing and vulcanizing of rubber. \nTopics Covered: \n\nIncoming raw material inspection\nKey characteristics for certain raw materials\nMixing rubber: rotor types\, batch sizing\, 1-pass vs. 2-pass\, conventional vs. upside down mixing\, raw materials that require special attention during mixing\, common mixing and milling problems\, and batch take-off.\nTesting for quality control: rheology\, Mooney\, durometer\, unaged physical properties\, specific gravity\, and dispersion testing.\nVulcanization of rubber: molding\, extrusion\, steam cure.\n\n  \nPrice:  $495 Member / $595 Non-member / Free for Undergraduate Student Members / $100 for Other Student Members\n*Ohio Rubber Group members receive this course for FREE.   Use code:  ORG2026\nRegister through the Rubber Division website:  Click Here\n*Please note that all memberships will be verified.  If you are unsure if your ORG membership is current\, please contact Denise Kotz. \nAddress for Course at ARDL: 75 Robinson Avenue\, Barberton\, OH 44203 \nAddress for ORG Technical Meeting: Hilton Garden Inn\, 8971 Wilcox Dr.\, Twinsburg\, OH 44087 \nAbout the Instructor:  Paul Merda \n\nBio: Paul Merda is the Education Coordinator & Technical Advisor at ARDL. He has previous experience as a Lab Technician\, Polymer Adhesives Chemist & High School Science Teacher with 18 years in industry and 13 teaching.
URL:https://www.ohiorubbergroup.org/event/course-processing-testing-of-rubber/
LOCATION:ARDL\, 75 Robinson Avenue\, Barberton\, OH\, 44203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fall Technical Meeting - 2026
DESCRIPTION:Interested in Additional Education?  New to the Rubber Industry?  Check out the “Processing & Testing of Rubber” Course offered earlier in the day.  This course is FREE to Ohio Rubber Group Members.  Click here for more information.\nThis meeting is a joint technical meeting with ORG\, ACS\, and SPE!  Come ready to network with other technical societies.\n  \nAgenda:\n4:00 – Dinner Ticket / Membership Sales \n4:30 – Technical Presentations \n6:00 – Social Hour \n7:00 – Dinner \nAdvanced Reservations:  $35 each     ***Without prior reservation:  $40 each (limited number available) \nStudent tickets:  $10 each \nEmail reservations to Denise Kotz at denisekotz@strategicrealm.consulting OR mail to Ohio Rubber Group\, PO Box 553\, Hudson\, OH 44236. \nPay in Advance is the Preferred Method for payment.  Avoid lines at the meeting!  Click here to pay in advance for dinner tickets.\n**Please note that your receipt will be from ACESS (Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies).  This is correct.\n  \n  \nTechnical Presentations:\n“Basics of Short Fiber Reinforcement”\nVishal Chaurasia\, Technical Director\, Finite Fiber\nThis presentation provides a practical introduction to short fiber reinforcement in rubber compounds\, including fiber selection\, property enhancement\, mixing considerations\, and practical approaches to optimizing compound performance.\n\n“3D Printing of Rubbers at The University of Akron”\nJae-Won Choi\, Ph.D. Professor – Mechanical Engineering\, The University of Akron\nThis talk presents the University of Akron’s research on additive manufacturing of rubber compounds via the direct-ink-write (DIW) process\, covering a systematic progression from natural rubber latex and synthetic SBR-BR blends to fluoroelastomers and networked silica-reinforced inks. In addition\, on-going research on various applications and new 3D printing platform will be introduced.\n\nTBD\nGordon Schorr\, PolyKinetix\n\n  \n***Please turn off cell phones during the presentations****
URL:https://www.ohiorubbergroup.org/event/fall-technical-meeting-2026/
LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn Twinsburg\, OH\, 8971 Wilcox Dr.\, Twinsburg\, Ohio\, 44078
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