Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 20 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry.

Founded in 1941, Americhem is a globally recognized designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds and performance technologies. Our business is built around delivering Performance, Solutions and Trust through close collaboration with customers seeking to optimize their polymer products. All of the company's products are backed by complete technical support that ensures quality, reliability and value. Americhem operates 10 manufacturing plants and maintains sales offices throughout the world. Central research and development facilities and headquarters are located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. We pride ourselves on solving highly complex technical problems and delivering a level of service far beyond expectations. Our custom solutions are created by becoming fully immersed in each customer's business, goals and vision. Working as an extension of our customers’ workforces, our collaborative, value engineering approach is evident in each step of every project by: •Serving as customer consultants by drawing from an established knowledge base with technical acumen and product expertise gained through years of work in the lab, production and field service. •Offering customer training in color theory, feeder operation, processing methods, performance technology and more throughout the development process. •Conducting tests with on-site process simulation equipment that mimics our customers’ own processes and uses their raw materials, methods and conditions to quickly and cost-effectively test the final product to get it right the first time. •Setting and continually refining industry standards, determining end-product testing methods, and influencing regulations on end-products through our participation in industry organizations.

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Seaman Corporation offers a collection of innovative high performance fabrics that set the standard for quality and durability. Composed of proprietary knitted or woven base cloths and coating formulas, Seaman Corporation fabrics have been performing around the globe since 1949. Working exclusively with authorized fabricators, designers, consultants, engineers and installers, Seaman Corporation fabrics are used in high performance roof systems, geomembrane liners, truck tarps, architectural structures, for recreational products and much more. Excellent product performance is backed by Seaman Corporation's unique customer CARE program, which ensures the buyer satisfaction that's vital to continued success.

Flexsys is a company relentlessly focused on improving the performance of tires and other rubber products. Our best-in-class rubber chemicals and solutions are among the highest quality and most popular in their categories. Those include Crystex™ vulcanizing agents, Santoflex™ antidegradants, and Duralink™ post-vulcanization stabilizers. While we were established as a standalone company in 2021, the Flexsys brand was first created more than a quarter of a century ago, and our products have existed since the 1940s. Today, we are the world’s strongest global supplier of rubber chemicals and solutions, with manufacturing sites and technology centers spanning four continents. At Flexsys, we are driven to help our customers succeed both globally and locally with exceptional service by creating longer lasting, safer and higher performing end-products, ensuring quality and consistency in both product and supply, and through continual innovation and creativity. We are committed to helping build a more sustainable future, while partnering with our customers to improve their lives and products.

In 1954, Vernon “V.L.” Smithers revolutionized the floral industry with the creation of OASIS® Floral Foam – a water-absorbing design media for florists. OASIS® is now the most recognized and trusted brand in the global floral industry. Since that start, Smithers-Oasis has grown into a diverse global manufacturer and marketer of floral foam and design media, floral accessories, postharvest products, cellular growing media, temperature control packaging, medical impression foam, and custom foams for specialized applications. Our business divisions include OASIS® Floral Products, FloraLife Postharvest Products, OASIS® Grower Solutions, Temprecision International, Medical Impression Foam and Engineered Products. Our business divisions and operating units all have the same goal – to provide solutions-based products and services – and our network of facilities around the world enables Smithers-Oasis to provide these at the local level, yet with a global perspective. For floral markets, that means products that reflect local cultural preferences and traditions. From horticultural and postharvest perspectives, we work with suppliers throughout the global supply chain to maximize crop production and protect products from harvest to the point of sale. For our specialty foam divisions, we drive innovation, accept accountability, and are positioned to partner with operations worldwide. At Smithers-Oasis, we are committed to quality and innovation. We are proud to collaborate with our communities to create longstanding, supportive partnerships and customer satisfaction.

At Koroseal, we understand that the creative process is a journey from inspiration to application to completion. As your global design partner with a legacy of investment and innovation, we have the resources to help you dream boldly and execute confidently. By leveraging our breadth of market-driven designs we can meet the needs of any project, from functional, high-volume spaces to breathtaking luxury interiors. With our unmatched expertise and capabilities, we empower others to achieve their vision. If you can dream it, Koroseal can help you create it.

HC is a culmination of many storied brands in the horticultural container industry including Dillen®, ITML®, Kord™, Amerikan®, and Listo® – all helping to create the innovative company we are today. HC utilizes the latest innovations, resources, and technologies to manufacture our full line of planters and pots whether it’s blow mold, thermoform, injection, co-ex, or vacuum formed. Additionally, our sustainable fiber containers are created in a closed-loop water recycling facility to eliminate waste.

We Bring Family Together. The Step2 Company, LLC. (Step2) is based in Streetsboro, Ohio. Step2 sells products for children including toddler toys, outdoor toys, play kitchens, ride-on toys, swing sets, wagons, sand and water play products and juvenile furniture. It’s our mission to be the leading innovator of children's products that build imaginations and enrich the family's celebration of childhood. Step2 also offers a selection of home and garden products under the "Home by Step2"​ name with a particular emphasis on mailboxes and porch delivery boxes. Step2 is the largest toy manufacturer in North America. Step2 boasts two large US manufacturing plants in northern Ohio, one in Streetsboro and one in Perrysville. Step2 products are distributed to select retailers throughout the US, Canada, and over 70 other countries. Step2 is proud to be part of the North Coast 99, recognizing Step2 as one of the best workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio. In April 2017, Step2 received the Smart Culture Award from Smart Business.

Founded in 1997, Aurora Material Solutions is based in Streetsboro, Ohio and is known for providing the highest quality PVC Compounds, advanced polymers and custom plastics in the industry. The company offers a broad range of rigid and flexible PVC products – in either powder or pellet form – including industry-leading technologies in rigid cellular foam, dark weatherable capstocks, and compounds that require exacting color match specifications. In addition to PVC, Aurora Material Solutions has extended its offered polymer platforms which include TPR, TPE, CPE and TPO formulations, and flame retardant plastic compounds. Their manufacturing facilities optimize best practices and utilize the most current technologies, building a reputation for ensuring consistency and reliability in a variety of applications. Aurora Material Solutions’ facilities are ISO certified, setting the benchmark on product quality and lot-to-lot consistency in the industry. Unlike many other compounders, Aurora Material Solutions offers one of the industry’s largest product portfolios, including premium pellet capstocks, rigid PVC and flexible PVC, custom TPO, TPE, CPVC, CPE alloys, TPEs, low-smoke zero-halogen compounds, SBS & SEBS, RPVC cellular foam and purge compounds. We have one of the broadest thermoplastic product portfolios in the plastics industry. In addition, Aurora Material Solutions launched an engineered polymers division with the merger with Enviroplas, providing customers with an even broader product range that includes ABS, ASA, MABS, PBT, PC, PC/ABS Alloys, PC/ASA Alloys, PC/PBT Alloys, PC/PET Alloys, PEI and TPU composites.

Progressive Foam Technologies, Inc. is a manufacturer of foam insulation products for home exterior siding applications and is the inventor of insulated vinyl siding. For nearly 25 years, Progressive Foam’s insulation solutions have made homes more energy efficient, durable and comfortable. Visit www.progressivefoam.com for more information.