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- We\u2019ve leveraged our significant history in advanced materials science. From nanotechnology-based adhesives to liquid crystal biosensors, our new economy is a natural outgrowth of our heritage.<\/li>\n
- We have 17,000 polymer-related companies in Greater Akron.<\/li>\n
- A 2019 report by Go.Verizon named Greater Akron among the top 50 regions for innovation.<\/li>\n
- The College of Polymer Science and Engineering<\/a> at The University of Akron<\/a> is ranked among the top three in the world.<\/li>\n
- Kent State University<\/a> is home to the newly christened Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal\u00a0Institute,<\/a> AMLCI. The AMLCI builds on the University\u2019s 50 years of liquid crystal research to embrace a broader array of materials and devices that interact and respond to the environment.<\/li>\n
- Bridgestone Americas<\/a> has a $100 million R&D center on the south side of Akron. In the past dozen years, several smaller players, including Hankook Tire America, have opened technical centers in the region.<\/li>\n
- The new world headquarters of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company<\/a> anchors the stunning East End,<\/a> an award-winning mixed-use community with loft apartments, Class A office space, a gym and banquet halls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
But we\u2019re more than polymers.<\/p>\n
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- Akron is also home to Signet Jewelers,<\/a> the world\u2019s largest jewelry retailer. It has 3,500 stores under several banners, including Kay Jewelers, Zales and Jared The Galleria of Jewelry.<\/li>\n
- More than 100 foreign-owned companies are located in Greater Akron, one of the largest international hubs in the Midwest.<\/li>\n
- We have an emerging concentration of music-related manufacturers, including EarthQuaker Devices<\/a> (guitar pedals), S.I.T. Strings<\/a> and Panyard steel drums,<\/a> that builds on our place in music history.<\/li>\n
- Northeast Ohio has five of the eight major interstates highways in the state, four of the seven airports, three Class 1 railroads and six deep-water ports. More than half of the nation\u2019s retail outlets are within a day\u2019s drive from Greater Akron, which explains in part why we are home to more than 150 trucking companies.<\/li>\n
- More than 600 healthcare and biomedical companies call Greater Akron home, employing more than 230,000 and spending more than $1 billion in new investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Kent State University<\/a> is home to the newly christened Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal\u00a0Institute,<\/a> AMLCI. The AMLCI builds on the University\u2019s 50 years of liquid crystal research to embrace a broader array of materials and devices that interact and respond to the environment.<\/li>\n