Access to Markets

The City of Akron is perfectly located to serve as your businesses pipeline or main conduit to all parts of the United States and Canada. Some advantages include:

• Within a 500 mile radius of 57% of the U.S. population, 55% of all U.S. manufacturing plants, and 60% of the U.S. effective buying power.
• Overnight rail and truck service to major metro areas including, but not limited to, New York, Chicago, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.
• Three Class-1 railroads and two international airports
• Three foreign trade zones
• Two nearby airports
• Nearby seaports

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Transportation Network

• Akron businesses are well served by highway, air, rail and waterways.

• The excellent interstate highway system and more than 150 trucking firms afford single-day delivery to approximately 11 million people and 60% of America’s buying income.

• The Akron/Canton Regional Airport (www.akroncantonairport.com/) offers complete commercial passenger/freight service and is located just minutes south of Akron right on interstate 77.
• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (www.clevelandairport.com), just 40 miles north of Akron, provides air access to all parts of the United States and the world.
• Rail service provided by CSX, Wheeling & Lake Erie, and Norfolk & Southern.
• The Port of Cleveland (www.portofcleveland.com) and the St. Lawrence Seaway (www.greatlakes-seaway.com) link Akron to the Atlantic Ocean.

Source: Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce