Ak·ron

(ăk′rən)

A city of northeast Ohio south-southeast of Cleveland. It developed as a major producer of rubber products, especially automobile tires.

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Akron

(ˈækrən)

(Placename) a city in NE Ohio. Pop: 212 215 (2003 est)

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Ak•ron

(ˈæk rən)

n.

a city in NE Ohio. 216,882.

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PSC Metals Inc., based in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has announced the acquisition of the ferrous and nonferrous assts at the Akron and Barberton, Ohio, yards of Ravenna Salvage Inc., also known as Akron Recycling.

PSC enters the acquisition fray

The Akron metropolitan area--home to 702,000 residents--stretches across Summit and Portage Counties.

The Akron metropolitan statistical area

Six Ohio college students were selected for scholarships honoring Akron Beacon Journal editor and Knight Ridder Newspapers founder John S.

Press Club, Buckeye Pro Chapter honors scholars

In the past, I've written about Canton's Cornelius Aultman and Akron's Lewis Miller, and the Russell Co.

Farm machinery paved the way for tire manufacturer

10--Anthe's Restaurant, Akron, Ohio; Joint Meeting with AFS Northeastern Ohio.

Chapter meetings

In a dingy, defunct, red-brick manufacturing complex in a nondescript quarter of Akron, Ohio, the old order of Midwestern manufacturing is literally giving birth to a new, lighter-weight generation.

Betting on technology: with manufacturing dwindling, the heartland states are turning to high tech to draw new blood

David Adamsen, group vice president of Dean Foods, parent company to the Akron-based Reiter, noted: "Business is good, but the company has decided we can offer our customers more advanced packaging and other things we aren't able to do in Akron. We will no longer make ice cream here." The move will eliminate about 25 jobs, seven percent of the work force.

Reiter ends ice cream production

After Akron Extruders sold its single-screw extruder business to Cincinnati Milacron in early 2000, director of manufacturing Thomas Allen and other employees who didn't want to relocate from Akron to Cincinnati continued feed-screw manufacturing under the name Akron Quality Feedscrews.

New supplier of single-screw extruders. (Keeping up with Extrusion)

His loss is deeply felt, but the Rural Studio's evangelizing work continues, with two of its most recent projects, the Akron Girls and Boys Club (p50) and Lucy's House (p54) shown here.

Rural alliance

and a part-time professor at the University of Akron, is the general chairperson of the Ebony Fashion Fair show in Akron, Ohio.

Ebony fashion fair chairpersons.

offices and North American technical center in Akron, OH.

Eliokem opens new North American technical center. (Industry News)

The City of Akron, Ohio, long recognized for its volunteer spirit, has completed a meaningful mission that it began following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Akron, Ohio responds to september 11 tragedy: City raises money for six new safety vehicles for New York city