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Photos from ITEC2006
 | Booth duty Greg Mains (left) and Donald Dietz staff the booth for ISP Elastomers L.P. at ITEC 2006. Most of the emulsion SBR produced by ISP Elastomers is used in tire production.
RPN photo by Bruce Meyer
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 | Delivering the keynote Maurizio Boiocchi, director of research and development for tires at Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A., delivers the keynote address at the International Tire Exhibition and Conference, held in Akron Sept. 12-14.
RPN photo by Bruce Meyer
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 | Checking the schedule Hongzhen Ju (left), chairman of the China Rubber Industry Association, and Li DongPing, chief of the China Rubber Machinery Committee, check over the schedule for ITEC 2006.
RPN photo by Bruce Davis
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 | Last-minute details Don Reed, service technician for Dynamic Air Inc. in St. Paul, Minn., sets up the company’s Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying System on the ITEC show floor.
RPN photo by Dave Zielasko
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 | Expo setup Workers from United Rubber Chemical Corp. get the firm's booth ready for ITEC 2006, being held in Akron Sept. 12-14. At top is Henry Jiang, Canada office representative, along with Tao Iiiu, Bejing office representative.
RPN photo by Bruce Davis
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 | Pushing for harmonized guidelines Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. CEO Francesco Gori says the world’s tire makers need to find ways to harmonize a growing cadre of national technical tire labeling standards that threaten to swamp the tire industry in paperwork and added costs. He made the comments during the keynote address at the 25th annual Tire Society meeting, held in Akron Sept. 11-12. The meeting was scheduled in conjunction with ITEC.
RPN photo by Bruce Davis
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 | Getting ready for the show Joe Martin, sales engineer for McCoy-Ellison Inc. in Monroe, N.C., is all smiles as he sets up his booth prior to the opening of the ITEC show. McCoy-Ellison makes wire creels.
RPN photo by Dave Zielasko
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 | Tire Society speaker Marion Pottinger of M'gineering L.L.C. addresses the Tire Society annual meeting. The session was held in Akron Sept. 11-12 in conjunction with ITEC.
RPN photo by Bruce Davis
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