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Global Polymer Summit 2026 (September 28 – 30)

June 2, 2026

Visit RDAbbott and NovationSi in Booth 838 at the Global Polymer Summit (GPS 2026) from September 28 to 30 in in Louisville, Kentucky at the Kentucky International Convention Center. Come talk to our team members and learn about the latest products and technologies from our supplier partners, many of whom are also exhibiting.

From IEC and ITEC to GPS 2026

Formerly known as the International Elastomers Conference (IEC), GPS 2026 combines the IEC with the International Tire Expo & Conference (ITEC) and is presented by Rubber Division, ACS and Rubber News.

GPS 2026 is open to professionals across the rubber, tires, elastomers, and polymers industries, including manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, researchers, and engineers. Along with an Expo and Technical Meeting, there are panel discussions and an educational symposium.

Registration and Pricing

Industry professionals are encouraged to register for GPS 2026 before July 31, 2026, to receive discounted pricing. Full registration pricing is available online, and all registration types include access to the keynote addresses, expo theater presentations, technical presentations, and networking receptions.

Additional fees apply for their Educational Symposium Courses, Women’s Event (WORD), Awards Banquet, and 5k Walk/Run.

Our Technical Presentation

RDAbbott’s Patrick Trujillo will present Customer Ease of Doing Business (CEDB), an innovative approach to measuring customer health that moves beyond traditional satisfaction surveys to provide real-time, actionable insight into the customer experience.

Customer satisfaction surveys often provide valuable feedback, but they can be limited by low participation rates and their nature as lagging indicators. Patrick’s presentation will explore how organizations can use operational data to proactively identify customer concerns and uncover opportunities for improvement before they impact business relationships.

This presentation will cover:

  • The limitations of traditional customer satisfaction surveys
  • Developing a proactive CEDB metric
  • The four key components of customer experience: product quality, product delivery, customer relations, and billing
  • Using operational data to identify at-risk customers and improve customer health
  • Applying weighted metrics to create a single customer-level CEDB score

As organizations seek more effective ways to measure and improve the customer experience, this approach demonstrates how business intelligence and operational performance data can be transformed into actionable insights that support stronger customer relationships and long-term growth.

Our Partners’ Technical Presentations

Monday, September 28, 2026

  • RPA and DMA Study of Filler Reinforcement and Crack Growth in SBR Compounds by Unal C. Yilmazoglu of Alpha Technologies (11:00 – 11:25 AM in Room M107 in the Main Concourse)

Tuesday September 29, 2026

  • New Developmental EPDM for Automotive Sponge Weatherseal by Xi Chen of Dow (1:20 – 1:40 PM in Theater 2 on Expo Floor)
  • The Next Generation of Chemlok® Adhesives by Paul Wheeler of Parker Lord (3:15 – 3:35 PM in Theater 2 on Expo Floor)
  • Chemlok® Water-Based Adhesives by David Sheffield of Parker Lord (3:35 – 3:55 PM in Theater 2 on Expo Floor)

Wednesday September 30, 2026

  • SILASTIC™ SST 8860: A Next-Generation Self-Sealing Silicone for High-Volume Tire Manufacturing and Circularity by Timothy Morley of Dow (3:30 PM – 3:55 PM in Theater 1 on Expo Floor)
Our Partners’ Booths

GPS 2026 will include exhibits from the following RDAbbott supplier partners:

NovationSi, the manufacturing subsidiary of RDAbbott, will exhibit in our Booth 838 and share information about its custom compounding, rapid color matching, and innovative production and testing capabilities.

We look forward to seeing you there!
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