February 25th - February 27th
Embassy Suites Greenville
670 Verdae Blvd
Greenville, SC 29607
864.676.9090
The SRG room rate for this meeting is $129 per night. This rate is good until or until our room block is sold out, so don't wait too long to make your reservation! Make sure to mention that you're with the Southern Rubber Group.
Technical Program
Technical Session I - Tuesday, February 26 Technical Session II - Tuesday, February 26
Event Schedule
Monday, February 25
8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.- Program Planning Meeting
9:30 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.- Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 26
Technical Meeting
8:30 a.m.- Lou Gatti (EVONIK) presents “A New Highly Dispersible Silica for a New Market: ULRASIL 7800 GR”
9:05 a.m.- Steve Harsch (Lianda) presents “Composite Zinc Oxide: Reducing Cost and Weight”
9:40 a.m.- Chris Wagner (Chemspec) presents “Ethics and the Legal Process in the Workplace”
10:15 a.m.- Joe Lally (EVONIK) presents “Strategy for Developing Products with Coagents”
11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.- Lunch Buffet
1:30 p.m.- Ron Koprowski (SCORE Organization) presents “Small Business Start Up Mentorship”
2:05 p.m.- Mousa Kassis (Adjunct Faculty- Youngstown State University) sponsored by ACE Products & Consulting LLC, presents “Trade War and US Tariffs- An Update”
3:05 p.m.- Kyle Johnstone (BOAZ Partners) presents “Recruiting in the Rubber Industry
3:35 p.m.- Ken Thomas (The Dupps Company) presents “Simpler, Lower Cost, Better Performing CASE Formulas with Harmonite Powders”
4:10 p.m.- Erick Sharp (ACE Products & Consulting LLC) presents “Reaching the Future Generations of the Rubber Industry”
5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.- Hospitality Event
Wednesday, February 27
Golf- Weather permitting
Stick around for a scramble