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NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON Akron Magazine Akron, OH 44325-2603 10% Post-consumer Recycled Content Brain Gain in Akron Akron Polymer Systems (APS) is moving from its Omnova Akron Technical Center location on Gilchrist Road to a +15,000-square-foot facility at 62 N. Summit St. Here, APS will continue to advance and produce the technology that spurred the company’s success: a thin polymer film developed by Dr. Frank Harris, a distinguished professor emeritus of polymer science at UA, and Dr. Stephen Cheng, dean of the UA College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. The film is applied to liquid crystal displays to improve image clarity from peripheral views. APS was established in 2002 by Harris and Cheng with support from the University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF). The $3 million downtown headquarters, which includes an existing 6,020-square-foot building and a future 10,000-square-foot expansion, will accommodate 10,000 square feet of laboratory and office space and a 5,000-square-foot production area. Although the company had received an offer to move south, APS opted to remain local, fuel the area’s economy and support its “brain gain.” Of the company’s 13 employees, 12 hold doctorate degrees. “I was able to select the best of the best, having worked with so many post docs,” said Harris, noting that 11 of the company’s employees earned their Ph.D.s from UA’s College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. “If there is a problem in polymer science and we can’t solve it, no one can.” From left: Akron Polymer Systems co-founder Dr. Stephen Cheng; UA President Dr. Luis Proenza; Ohio Governor Ted Strickland; APS President and CEO Dr. Frank Harris; Akron Mayor Donald Plusquellic; and UARF President Dr. George Newkome, UA vice president for research and dean of the graduate school, break ground on the new APS site at 62 N. Summit St.

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