Custom mixing, services.

The following directory lists custom services suppliers. The first
part lists custom rubber mixers along with plant locations, equipment,
mixing capabilities and whether technical service and/or recipe
development are offered. A directory of companies that offer various
custom services to the rubber industry follows.

AC Products, Inc.
172 E. La Jolla St.
Placentia, CA 92670                 [phone]
James Troska, V.P. R&D
Equipment: Five high speed dispersion
mixers and 10 low speed mixers
Mixing capabilities: All water based and
solvent soluble resins and polymers
Capacity: 1.2 million gals./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Acton International Inc.
881 Landry St.
Acton Vale, Quebec, Canada J0H 1A0
                    [phone]; [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                 Website: www.airbossofamerica.com
                       Email: marcel.courtemanche@
                                 airboss-acton.com
Marcel Courtemanche
Equipment: F-270 mixer, 3-D mixer, RMS
extruder, Kobe extruder, 4-roll calender,
pre-cure tread press
Services offered: Mixing and transformation
Mixing capabilities: 17 million kg./yr.
Capacity: 5 million kg.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Advanced Polymer Compounding
354 Old Bay Lane
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Email: [e-mail]
Wayne Norris
Equipment: 60" 3-roll calender, mixing
mills, extruder
Services offered: Calendering, custom
mixing, extruding
Mixing capabilities: All polymers except
silicone, black and non-black
Capacity: 2 million pounds per year
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

AirBoss Rubber Compounding
101 Glasgow St.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 4X8
                                    [phone]
                                    [phone]
                                          Website:
                  www.airbossrubbercompounding.com
                         Email: [e-mail]
John Tomins, V.P. sales & mktg.
Equipment: One K-7, one Skinner 3700,
one Skinner 268, one Skinner CoFlow,
one Farrel #11
Mixing capabilities: Custom rubber mixing
of most types of rubber
Capacity: 200 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 60)

Akron Paint & Varnish Inc. (APV)
1390 Firestone Parkway
Akron, OH 44301                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                 Email: [e-mail]
Michael Corichie
Equipment: 140 different grinding, mixing
and blending pieces of equipment
Mixing capabilities: Batch sizes from 1
gallon to 6,000 gallons, 50 CPS to
2,000,000
Services offered: Private label, packaging,
blending, manufacturing
Capacity: 10 million gal.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Alloy Polymers, Inc.
3310 Deepwater Terminal Rd.
Richmond, VA 23234                  [phone]
S. Pahuja, president
Equipment: Eleven lines--twin screw
high intensity mixers
Mixing capabilities: Specialize in engineering
polymers
Capacity: 83 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: no

American Biltrite Canada Ltd.
90 Matheson Blvd. W, Suite 202
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5R 3R3
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                   Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Two mixers, calender, roller-head
extruder, preformer
Mixing capabilities: Black and colors for
all elastomers except silicone
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

American Silicones Inc.
420 N. Taylor Rd.
P.O. Box 90
Garrett, IN 46738                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                      Email: americansilicones.com
Hy Plimpton, V.P. sales & mktg.
Equipment: Dough mixers, mills, extruders
Mixing capabilities: Silicone elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Associated Rubber Co.
2130 U.S. Hwy. 78
P.O. Box 245
Tallapoosa, GA 30176                [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                 Website: www.associatedrubber.com
             Email: [e-mail]
Ken Adair, sales mgr.
Equipment: #11 mixers, lab mixers, calenders,
extruders, cutters
Services offered: Custom compunding,
chemical dispersions, calendering, pelletizing,
straining
Mixing capabilities: All polymers except
silicone
Capacity: 125+ million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Huntingdon Division
1820 Northwood Dr.
P.O. Box 765
Huntingdon, TN 38344
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Jim Knight, plant mgr.
Equipment: #11 mixers, F-270 mixer
Mixing capabilities: SBR, NR, NBR, CR,
ECO, CSM, EPDM, IIR, CIIR, FKM,
CPE
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

ProBlend Division
Bell Mill Rd.
P.O. Box 125
Fruithurst, AL 36262                [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Steve Schriver, plant manager
Equipment: 55 liter mixer, dry blender,
pelletizer and preformer, 60" mill, strainer,
extruder
Mixing capabilities: Most polymers, no
silicone, no black
Capacity: 8 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Avon Custom Mixing Service
55 High St.
Holbrook, MA 02343
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Timothy E. Nestor, V.P.
Equipment: Two #11 and one 3A internal
mixer, several calenders, two roll
mills and one 8-1/2" x 42" roller die extruder
Mixing capabilities: All polymers, separate
facilities for mixing blacks to prevent
contamination of non-blacks and colors,
12"x15" strainer/extruder on-line at non-black
mixer, mill mixing of small quantities
available
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Biltrite Industries
170 North Queen St.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9C 1A8
                    [phone]; [phone]
                    [phone]; [phone]
               Website: www.biltriteindustries.com
                Email: [e-mail]
Dave Donaldson; Tom Lennox
Equipment: Mills, mixers, calender
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers,
color; calender capabilities; supported
and unsupported goods
Capacity: 80 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 58)

Blair Rubber Company
P.O. Box 4284, 1252 Mina Ave.
Akron, OH 44321                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                      Email: [e-mail]
David Jentzsch, general manager
Equipment: Internal mixer and open mill,
calendering, slitter, autoclaves
Mixing capabilities: NR, nitrile, EPDM,
polychloroprene, chlorobutyl, butyl, Hypalon,
SBR
Capacity: 4-5 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Brandywine Compounding Co.
1204 E. 12th St.
Wilmington, DE 19802
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Equipment: Mixers with pelletizers
Mixing capabilities: Most thermoplastic
elastomers, pelletized EPR and others
Capacity: 70 millions lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Burke Industries, Inc.
Custom Process Division
2250 South 10th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
                              [phone], x376
                               Fax: [phone]
                      Email: [e-mail]
Mike Moshfegh, sales mgr.
Equipment: #00, #3, #9 and #11 mixers,
48", 60" and 84" mills, 24", 36" and 66"
calenders, preformer, 72" x 72" die cutter,
rewinders and slitters, 5' x 25' autoclave
Mixing capabilities: All types
Capacity: 35-40 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

CCA Compounding
P.O. Box 1648
1204 E. 12th St.
Wilmington, DE 19898                [phone]
Equipment: Two #4 mixers, #10 mixer
Mixing capabilities: Thermoplastic and
elastomer blends, especially olefins,
EPDM, EPR, NBR, SBR and PIB
Capacity: 40 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Central Rubber Co.
844 E. Jackson St.
Belvidere, IL 61008                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Equipment Mills
Mixing capabilities: NR, SBR, polychloroprene,
Hypalon, nitrile, EPDM, silicone,
butyl, urethane, Viton, Thiokol
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Chardon Rubber Co.
373 Washington St.
Chardon, OH 44024                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                  Email: [e-mail]
Nancy Souvey
Equipment: Mills, mixers, internal mixers,
extruders, Barwells, calenders
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Services offered: Mixing, recipe development,
full processing and physical testing
Capacity: 25 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Compass Polymer Mixing Corp.
147 Oakdale Ave.
Akron, OH 44302
Equipment: #3 mixer and various mills
Mixing capabilities: Natural, SBR, butyl,
CR, EPDM, FKM, Hydrin, Hypalon, nitrile,
polyacrylates, polyurethane, silicone,
Therban and colors
Capacity: 4 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Cri-Sil Division
Immix Technologies, LLC
359 Hill St.
Biddeford, ME 04005-3949
                    [phone]; [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                     Email: [e-mail]
Michael Hirschy, V.P./G.M.
Equipment: Calenders, extruders, mills,
dough mixers, internal mixers
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and fluorosilicone
compounds, bases and dispersions
Capacity: 16-18 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: Full technical service
Recipe development: Custom compounding

Cri-Tech Division
Immix Technologies, LLC
85 Winter St.
Hanover, MA 02339-2553
                    [phone]; [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                        Email: [e-mail]
                Website: www.immixtechnologies.com
Bob Berg, V.P./G.M.
Equipment: Three #3 mixers, two 84"
mills, two 60" mills, 40" mill, two refiners,
extruder 3-1/2"
Mixing capabilities: Fluoroelastomer
compounds, alloys, dispersions, HNBR
compounds, FDA grade elastomers
Capacity: 6 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: Full technical service
Recipe development: yes

Crossville Rubber, Inc.
65 Highland St.
Crossville, TN 38555                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Gus Biddle, V.P.
                 Website: www.crossvillerubber.com
                  Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Mixers, Farrel #11, two Farrel
#9, three complete lines capable of
producing sheets up to 84" wide (one
with vinyl coating capability), guillotines,
autoclaves, compression presses, die
cut presses
Mixing capabilities: SBR, natural, polychloroprene,
nitrile
Capacity: 50 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Custom Rubber Mix, Inc.
10798 Catawba Ave.
Fontana, CA 92337-7398
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Ben Cannon, pres.
Equipment: #3A mixer, two #1 mixers,
nine mills, 64" 3-roll calender, Barwell
preformer, 3-1/2" extruder
Mixing capabilities: All elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Depco Inc.
20 Newton Place
Hauppauge, NY 11788-4752
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
David Bean, pres.
Equipment: Mills and mixers
Mixing capabilities: Exclusively silicone
Capacity: 1 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Discas
56 Eagle St.
P.O. Box 1348
Waterbury, CT 06708                 [phone]
Equipment: #9 mixer, 60" mill, three lab
mills, lab mixer; 6", 2-1/2" and 1-1/2" extruders,
underwater pelletizer, Henschel
mixer, film densifiers, 4-1/2" extrusion
line, hot face pelletizer, 10" Rugle
extruder, size six FCM compounder line
Mixing capabilities: TPEs, recycled
polypropylenes (homo and copolymers),
polyethylenes (low density, high density),
polystyrenes (crystal, impact), tire
crumb based TPEs
Capacity: 25-30 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Dow Corning
Corporate Headquarters
P.O. Box 0995
Midland, MI 48686-0995
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Capacity: 34 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Midwestem Region
U.S. 6 Hwy.--East
Kendallville, IN 46755              [phone]
Dave Jurkiewicz, gen. mgr.
Equipment: Mills, extruders, dough mixers,
development lab
Mixing capabilities: Silicones, fluorosilicones,
color masterbatches
Capacity: 22 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Western Region
20832 Currier Rd.
Walnut, CA 91789                    [phone]
Sandra Cuellar, technical manager
Equipment: Mills, extruders, dough mixers,
full lab
Mixing capabilities: Silicones, fluorosilicones,
color masterbatches
Capacity: 4 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Dyna-Mix, Inc.
P.O. Box 369
Country Club Rd.
Grafton, WV 26354                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                         Website: www.dyna-mix.com
                        Email: [e-mail]
Don Kyker, customer contact

Branch
P.O. Box 4726
S. Lyons St.
Tyler, TX 75712                     [phone]
                      Email: [e-mail]
Brett Ledford
Equipment: Four F270 and two #11 internal
mixers
Services offered: Custom mixed rubber
(black and color), all polymers except silicone;
dicing, straining and preforming
capabilities
Mixing capabilities: All general purpose
polymers
Capacity: 120 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Eagle Elastomer, Inc.
70 Cuyahoga Falls Industrial Pkwy.
Peninsula, OH 44264
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                   Website: www.eagleelastomer.com
                  Email: [e-mail]
Regan McHale, president; David Brown,
executive v.p.; Liam McHale, sales, custom
mixing div.
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills, extruders,
autoclaves and curing oven
Mixing capabilities: 100 lb. batches of
fluoroelastomer compounds
Capacity: 1 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on this page)

Eaton Hydraulics
860 Blankenship Rd.
Newbern, TN 38059                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                  Email: [e-mail]
Douglas Fortman
Equipment: F270 mixer
Mixing capabilities: NR, EPDM, SBR,
NBR, CR, CSM, ECO, BR, IR, HNBR,
EPM, XNBR
Services offered: Custom mixing
Capacity: 74 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Elastomer Processing Corp.
2448 West 24th St.
Chicago, IL 60608                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Kevin Wesolowski, Operations Mgr.
Equipment: #9 mixer, #3 mixer, 84" milk,
two 60" mills, 48" mill, 60" calender, 30"
calender, extruders
Mixing capabilities: All types excluding
silicone
Capacity: 7 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Elastomix U.S.A.
3560 W. Market St., Suite 210
Akron, OH 44333-2660
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Email: [e-mail]
Stacy Miller
Equipment: Mills, mixers
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Capacity: 400 tons
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Excel Polymers LLC
World Headquarters
6521 Davis Ind. Pkwy.
Solon, OH 44139                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                    Website: www.excel-poymers.com
Equipment: Mixers, internal mixers,
variable mills, calenders, extruders
Mixing capabilities: Custom formulations,
full development and testing labs,
straining pelletization, all elastomers including
FKM, color and black mixing,
chemical dispersions, color masterbatches,
pre-weighs, Chase Elastomer
roll compounds
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
Manufacturing facilities:
14330 Kinsman Rd.
Burton, OH 44021                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
P.O. Box 377
Jonesborough, TN 38659
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]

11831 Sorenson Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
150 S. Connell Ave.
Dyersburg, TN 38024                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
635 Tower Dr.
Kennedale, TX 76060                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
EXLP Global (Mexico)
S.A. de C.V.; and EXLP Global (Mexico)
Services
S.A. de Division of Excel Polymers LLC
LaNoir 115
Parque Industrial Queretaro
C.P. 76220, Santa Rosa Jauregui
Qeuretaro, Mexico
                             (011) 52 442-211-3500
                        Fax: [phone]
EXPL Global (UK), Ltd.
Division of Excel Polymers LLC
Unit E303--Warmco Industrial Estate
Manchester Rd.
Mossley, Lancashire U.K. OL5 9XA
                              44 (0) 1 457-834-835
                         Fax: [phone]
EXLP Global (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Division of Excel Polymers LLC
No. 451, Yuanzhong Rd.,
Nanhui Industrial Zone
Shanghai, 201300, China
                                    86-21-68009876

(see ad on page 69)

Gayson SDI

30 Second St., SW
Barberton, OH 44203                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Website: www.gayson.com
Robert C. Bradley, Frank Manello, Robert
Droman, co-owners
Equipment: Mixer, 2-roll mills, 3-roll mills
Mixing capabilities: Silicone dispersions,
colors, catalysts, additives, liquid silicone
colors
Capacity: 2 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Gel Concepts LLC

30 Leslie Ct.
Whippany, NJ 07981                  [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                      Website: www.gelconcepts.com
                    Email: [e-mail]
L. Kersen
Services offered: Custom elastomeric
materials and gels
Capacity: 7 million
Tech service: yes
Recipe development yes

Gold Key Processing, Ltd.

14910 Madison Rd.
Middlefield, OH 44062               [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Website: www.goldkeyltd.com
                     Email: [e-mail]
Edward Seeley, VP-sales & marketing
Equipment One Krupp GK250, two
Shaw K6A mixers with multi mill take-off,
one Krupp GK45E pilot mixer
Services offered: Custom rubber mixing
Mixing capabilities: Natural rubber and
all synthetic polymers except silicone
Capacity: 90 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development yes

(see ad on page 65)

Graphic Arts Rubber, Inc.

101 Ascot Pkwy.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                 Email: [e-mail]
                Website: www.graphicartsrubber.com
Glen Hoffman, president
Equipment: Four 60" mills, 54" calender,
24" calender and slitters, one 84" mill,
strainer, extruder, 66" calender, strip
stock capabilities
Services offered: Mixing, calendering
and development
Mixing capabilities: All--no free black;
custom calendering
Capacity: 5 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Hawkins Industrial Resource Co.

1001 East 18th St.
Muncie, IN 47302                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Darryal Hawkins
                           Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: 16", 42" and 60" mills and
#1 internal mixer
Services offered. Specializing in small
batch custom mixing: 5 lbs. and up
Mixing capabilities: SBR, EPDM, EVA,
natural, Viton, Vamac, Hypalon, nitrile,
hydrogenated nitrile, carboxylated nitrile,
millable urethane

Hercules Rubber Co.

1300 Morrical Blvd.
Findlay, OH 45840                   [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                                          Website:
                     www.herculesrubbercompany.com
                 Email: [e-mail]
Kelly Bosworth
Equipment: Calenders, dryers, extruders,
internal mixers, lathes, mills, mixers,
slitters
Services offered: Custom mixing, recipe
development
Mixing capabilities: NR, BR, SBR, IR,
CR, NBR, CIIR, IIR, EPDM
Capacity: 80 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

(see ad on page 66)

Hexagon Polymers Compounding
(Headquarters)

Gewerbestrasse 8
B-4700 Eupen, Belgium
                                  (32) 87-59-61-50
                             Fax: [phone]
                      Website: www.thona-group.com
                    Email: [e-mail]
Thona Belgium
Industriestrasse 36
B-4700 Eupen, Belgium
                                  (32) 87-59-54-30
                             Fax: [phone]
Thona S.R.O.
Sumperska Ulice 1344
78391 Unicov
Czech Republic                      420-585-004011
                               Fax: [phone]
Thona NC Inc.
280 Crawford Rd.
Statesville, NC 28625               [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Thona Canada Inc.
1635 Industrial Blvd.
Magog, Quebec, Canada J1X 5B3
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
GTD Technology Gmbh
Ottostrasse 34
D-41836 Huckelhoven-Baal
Germany                            (49) 2433-97550
                           Fax: [phone]
Gislaved Gummi AB
Box 522
SE--332 28 Gislaved
Sweden                             (46) 371-848-00
                              Fax: [phone]
Equipment: Internal mixers with intermeshing
technology
Mixing capabilities: All synthetic and natural
rubber including special polymers
Capacity: 130,000 tons
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Hoke Rubber Products, Inc.

140 School Rd.
Raeford, NC 28376                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Website: www.hokerubber.com
Duane Presti, CEO/Pres.
Corporate Offices:
Presti Group/Hoke Rubber Products
200 Hyde Park
Doylestown, PA 18901                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Equipment: Two mixers, two mills, extruder,
roller-die, calender
Mixing capabilities: most elastomers
Capacity: 25 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

J&J Polymers, Inc.

445 S. Beverly Lane
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-2101
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Harold M. Whitacre, Jr., pres.
Mixing capabilities: Mill mixing, small to
medium-sized batches up to 2,000 lbs.
Capacity. 200,000 lbs./year
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

J-Yon

25 Litchfield St.
Leominster, MA 01453                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Equipment: 2-1/2" and 4-1/2" single
screw extruders, 67, 110 twin screw extruders,
two 140 mm twin screws
Mixing capabilities: Styrenic block copolymers,
TPEs, olefinic TPEs
Capacity: 35 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development yes

Kardoes Rubber Co.

P.O. Box 350
1061 Lafayette Ind. Park
LaFayette, AL 36862                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
               Email: [e-mail]
Randy Kardoes
Equipment: S-268 mixer, 76" 4-roll calender
and S-3700 mixer
Mixing capabilities: NR, SBR, CR,
EPDM, NBR and PBD
Capacity: 120 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Kirkhill Mfg. Company

12023 Woodruff Ave.
Downey, CA 90241                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                      Website: www.rubbersales.com
                      Email: [e-mail]
Vakar Maniar or Ed Reker
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills, Barwells,
full laboratory
Services offered: Custom mixing and
preforming
Mixing capabilities: All polymers
Capacity: 15 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Kleen-Tex Inc.

Rubber Division
1516 Orchard Hill Rd.
La Grange, GA 30241                 [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                      Email: [e-mail]
John R. Smith
Equipment: S-268L mixer, 110L mixer
Mixing capabilities: All elastomers--black
and color
Capacity: 37 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Laur Silicone, Inc.

4930 S. M-18
Beaverton, MI 48612-9181
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
              Email: [e-mail]
Daniel T. Laur, pres.
Equipment: Mills, double arm mixers,
preforming strainers, calenders, liquid
rubber mixing machine
Mixing capabilities: Exclusively silicone;
all silicones including liquids
Capacity: 1.5 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development yes

Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio

9976 Rittman Rd.
Wadsworth, OH 44281                 [phone]
Roger Turner, pres.
Equipment: 3 mixers, 60" mills, 66" and
54" calenders, slitters, misc. specialty
equipment
Mixing capabilities: All types except silicone
and Viton
Capacity: 10 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes

Mohican Industries, Inc.

1130 Myers Parkway
Ashland, OH 44805                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                         Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Open mill and mixers
Mixing capabilities: Polymers
Capacity: 5 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Natrochem, Inc.

P.O. Box 1205
Savannah, GA 31402-1205
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                        Website: www.natrochem.com
                       Email: [e-mail]
Ann Grady
Equipment: Two mixers, two reactors
Mixing capabilities: Toll processing of
dry liquid concentrates and blending operations
Capacity: 20 tons per day
Tech service: yes
Recipe development yes

Oliver Rubber Company-Custom Mix
Division of Cooper Tire

215 Oneta St.
Athens, GA 30601                      706 354-0810
                                      800 937-6726
                 Fax: [phone] or 706 552-5202
Peter Givens
Equipment: Multiple mixers, mills, extruders,
calenders and slitters
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Pacesetter Graphic Service

2672 Hickory Grove Rd.
Acworth, GA 30102                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Allen Thomason
Mixing capabilities: Mostly nitrile
Capacity: 1.8 mil. lbs./yr.
Technical service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Passaic Rubber Co.

45 Demarest Dr., P.O. Box 505
Wayne, NJ 07474-0505
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                          Website: www.passaic.com
                        Email: [e-mail]
Jeff Leach
Services offered: Contract manufacturing,
roller manufacture, belting manufacture,
custom calendering
Equipment: Calenders, lathes, slitters,
presses

Pawling Corp.

157 Charles Colman Blvd.
Pawling, NY 12564-1188
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                          Website: www.pawling.com
                       Email: [e-mail]
John Ricked, V.P./gen. mgr.
Equipment. Two #11 mixers, #3 mixer,
two 84" mills, 60" mill, 48" mill, dicer,
three strainer/extruders, underwater pelletizing,
peroxide absorption
Mixing capabilities: NR and SR
Capacity: 40 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Pelmor Laboratories Inc.

401 Lafayette St., P.O. Box 309
Newtown, PA 18940                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Email: [e-mail]
Paul White, sales Mgr.
Kim Miller, tech. Mgr.
Equipment. Clicking machines, coolers,
deflashing equipment, dies, extruders,
grinders, lathes, mills, mixers, molds,
ovens, platens, compression molding
presses, injection molding presses,
transfer molding presses, slitters, electric
autoclave, 1B mixer, roll mills
Mixing capabilities: Generally all types,
specializing in fluoroelastomers
Capacity: 500,000 lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Performance Processing Company

1517 Braden Ct.
Orange, CA 92868                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Equipment: F-80 internal mixer, 8 mills,
calender, preformer
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and fiuoroelastomers
Services offered: Custom mixing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Pinnacle Elastomeric Technology

5336 BBS Way
Braselton, GA 30517                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
               Website: www.pinnacleelastomers.com
                Email: [e-mail]
Bob Rathbun
Equipment: Mixing mills
Services offered: Fluoroelastomer mixing,
compound development
Capacity: 2.4 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Polymerics, Inc.

2828 Second St.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Dave Topliff, gen. mgr.
Mixing capabilities: Most polymers
Equipment: #9 mixer, #3 mixer, 60" mill,
84" mill, extruder
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 70)

Portage Precision Polymers, Inc.
215 W. Lake St.
Ravenna, OH 44266                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                        Website: www.pppmixing.com
Equipment: Internal mixer, 84" mill, 60"
mill, 66" 3-roll calender
Services offered: Custom polymer mixing
and compound development
Mixing capabilities: EPDM, NBR, natural,
SBR, PBD, polyisoprene, butyl,
halobutyl, CSM, polychloroprene
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

PPD Rubtech
400 Raymond
Waterville, Quebec, Canada JOB 3H0
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Michael Cassin
                         Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Variable mixer, 6 wing mixer,
variable mills, calender, preformer
Mixing capabilities: All except silicone
Capacity: 15 million kg/year
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Preferred Rubber Compounding
1020 Lambert St.
Barberton, OH 44203                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                   Email: [e-mail]
                  Website: www.preferredrubber.com
Equipment: Internal mixers, mills, extruder,
strainer, full development and
testing labs
Mixing capabilities: All heat-curing rubber
polymers, color mixing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

R&S Processing Co., Inc.
15712 Illinois Ave.
P.O. Box 2037
Paramount, CA 90723-8037
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                     Website: www.rsprocessing.com
Karen Kelly, pres.
Equipment: #11, #9 and #4 mixers
(black), and #4 mixer (colors)
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Capacity: 35 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Rainbow Mastermixing LLC
467 Dan St.
Akron, OH 44310                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
              Email: [e-mail]
Tim Lowe, gen. mgr.
Equipment: 60" rubber mills, 42" rubber
mill
Mixing capabilities: All types, specializing
in fluoroelastomers
Capacity: 1.5 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Reiss Manufacturing Inc.
1 Polymer Place
P.O. Box 60
Blackstone, VA 23824                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                         Website: www.reissmfg.com
                      Email: [e-mail]
Harry Newton, gen. mgr.
Services offered: Custom and standard
formulating and mixing of silicone, fluorosilicone
and Viton rubber compounds
and molded EPDM rubber; extruded profiles
and tubings; calendered roll goods;
molding by compression, injection, transfer
and liquid injection; fabrication; solids,
sponge and foams, registered QS 9000:
1998 based on and including ISO 9001:
1994
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills, extruders,
molding presses, calenders, clicker
dies
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Robbins LLC
3415 Thompson St.
Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Website: www.robbinsllc.com
                     Email: [e-mail]
Billy Conner
Equipment: Autoclaves, extruders, mills,
mixers and presses
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Services offered: Custom rubber mixing,
compounding, calendering, extrusion,
molding and autoclave curing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 71)

Robbins LLC--Hoover-Hanes--Custom Mix
280 Pequanoc Dr.
P.O. Box 215
Tallapoosa, GA 30176                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Email: [e-mail]
Michael Cash
Eq. uipment: #270 mixer, #12 mixer, #15
mixer, #11 mixer, 84" mill, 100" mill, 72"
4-roll calender, strainers
Mixing capabilities: All grades
Services offered: Custom mixing and
custom calendering
Capacity: 100 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Soucy Techno Inc.
468 St. Roch Nord
Rock Forest, Quebec, Canada J1N 2R6
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
      Website: www.soucygroup.com/web/techno/index
           Email: [e-mail]
Andre Archambault; Mary-Ann McCarron
Equipment: Mixers, extruders and calender
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Services offered: Mixing, calendering,
preforming, compounding
Capacity: Rubber, 30 million lbs./yr.;
plastic, 10 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 78)

Specialized Technology Resources
10 Water St.
Enfield, CT 06082                   [phone]
                                    (877) str-labs
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Website: www.strlab.com
                     Email: [e-mail]
Ellen Bemben
Equipment: Mixers, mills, extruders, pelletizers,
full lab, injection molding and
testing services
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
and polymeric compounds including
thermosets
Capacity: Lab scale--up to 100 lbs. per
compound
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Specialty Silicone Products, Inc.
Corporate Technology Park
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                          Email: [e-mail]
                           Website: www.sspinc.com
Randy Putnam
Equipment: Mixers, CAD-CAM/mold-making,
extruders, mills, calenders, die
cutting, LSR equipment, robotics
Services offered: Mixing, molding, injection
molding, gasketing
Mixing capabilities: On request
Capacity: 75 million lbs./year
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Standard Rubber Products
S&D Rubber Co., Division
P.O. Box 1157
W. Hanover, MA 02339-7157
                                    [phone]
John Davis, pres.
Equipment: Three #9 mixers, two mix
mills (60" and 84"), two strainers (4" and
8"), #11 mixer
Mixing capabilities: All polymers
Capacity: 15 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Technical Rubber & Plastics
180 Getty Ave.
Clifton, NJ 07015                   [phone]
Marc Witt, V.P.
Equipment: #3A mixer
Mixing capabilities: SBR, NR, EPDM,
CSM, CR, Viton, UR, silicone
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Teknor Apex Company
505 Central Ave.
Pawtucket, RI 02861                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Website: www.teknorapex.com
                      Email: [e-mail]
Andy Claytor, custom rubber mixing
Equipment: Mills, mixers, roller die extruder,
flat platen presses
Mixing capabilities: All non-black elastomers
except silicone and fluoroelastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Branch:
Haywood Company Div.
751 Dupree St.
Brownsville, TN 38012               [phone]
                                    [phone]
                       Website: www.teknorapex.com
                      Email: [e-mail]
Andy Claytor, custom rubber mixing
Equipment: Mills, internal mixers
Mixing capabilities: All elastomers except
silicone and FKM
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on this page)

Trostel, Ltd.
(Polymer Compounding Division)
736 Executive Dr.
Whitewater, WI 53190                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                     Email: [e-mail]
Mike Szymborski
Equipment: K-5 Intermix, internal mixer,
coldfeed extruder/cutter
Mixing capabilities: Custom rubber mixing,
rubber preforming
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Truseal Technologies Ltd.
55 Esandar Dr.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 4H2
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Mixers, mills, ribbon
Mixing capabifities: Most elastomers
Tech service: yes

U.S. Elastomer
161 Marble Mill Rd.
Marietta, GA 30060                  [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                       Email: [e-mail]
James E. Vess, v.p.
Equipment: 3D internal mixer, mills
Mixing capabilities: All except FKM
Services: Calendering and straining
Capacity: 7.4 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Valley Rubber Mixing, Inc.
520 S. Main St., Suite 2445
Akron, OH 44311                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                     Website: www.valleyrubber.com
                   Email: [e-mail]
                    Email: [e-mail]
Dennis Salswimmer, v.p.
Equipment: 60" mill for black compounds,
84" mill for black compounds,
#3 internal mixer for black compounds,
48" calender for all colors
Mixing capabilities: All polymers, all colors,
most blacks
Capacity: 25 million
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Valley Processing
Div. of Mitchell Rubber Products
491 Wilson Way
City of Industry, CA 91741
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Russ Shorter, tech. sales
Equipment: Two #11 internal mixers,
#12 Boiling, #4 Boiling (non-blacks), 66"
4-roll calender, 60" 3-roll calender, preformer,
strainer, extruders
Mixing capabilities: All of the solids and
all colors
Capacity: 112 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 82)

Viceroy Rubber & Plastics Ltd.
1655 DuPont St.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6P 3T1
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                     Email: [e-mail]
George Keller
Equipment: Internal mixers, calender,
autoclaves, open mills, hydraulic compression
molding presses
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Wacker Silicones Corp.--Silmix
1777 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224-1735
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Website: www.silmix.com
                 Email: [e-mail]
David Greenwell, product mgr., compound
products
Equipment: Mills, extruders, calenders,
internal mixer
Services offered: Compound development
and custom mixing
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and fluorosilicone
Capacity: 8 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Wayne County Rubber, Inc.
1205 E. Bowman St.
Wooster, OH 44691                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                        www.waynecountryrubber.com
               Email: [e-mail]
Laurie Schang
Equipment: #3A and #11 internal mixers,
two 3-roll calenders, 4-roll calender, 45",
60" and three 84" mills, slitter
Mixing capabilities: All elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

West American Rubber, LLC

1413 Braden Court
Orange, CA 92868                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                            Website: www.warco.com
                        Email: [e-mail]
Louis Gonzalez, inside sales
Equipment: 2 #11 mixers
Mixing capabilities: All solid polymers
Capacity: 24 millio./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Custom Services

Abrasive Supply Company, Inc.

25240 State Route 172
Minerva, OH 44657                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                        Email: [e-mail]
Chris Norton
Equipment: Cryogenic deflashing equipment
Services offered: Custom deflashing in
plant and assistance in customer's plant

ACM Corporation

217 Industrial Rd.
Summerville, SC 29483
                                    [phone]
Rick Moore, president
Services offered: Granulating and grinding
of vulcanized and unvulcanized polymers
from 1" down to 100 mesh
Equipment: Grinders--ambient and cryogenic,
granulators, bale granulators and
grinders, and sizing equipment
Capacity: 35 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Adams/Renosol, LLC

135 Bennett St., Suite 1
Saline, MI 48176                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                    Website: www.adams-renosol.com
                     Email: [e-mail]
Fred Adams, President/CEO
Equipment: Vinyl plastisol PVC powder
compounding equipment
Services offered: Formulation, blending
and tolling
Tech Service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Adhesive Consultants, Inc.

383 Stanton Ave.
Akron, OH 44301                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
              Email: [e-mail]
              Website: www.adhesiveconsultants.com
Jeffrey Noss
Services offered: Consultants and testing
services for the adhesive industry
Recipe development: yes

Akron Dispersions, Inc.

3291 Sawmill Rd.
P.O. Box 4295
Akron, OH 44321                     [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                 Email: [e-mail]
                   or [e-mail]
James C. Finn, president
Services offered: Aqueous dispersions
and emulsions, chemical grinding, dry
liquid dispersions
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

(see ad on page 73)

Akros/Douglas Co.

677 W. Turkeyfoot Lake Rd.
Akron, OH 44319 (330)                     645-9066
                               Fax: [phone]
                          Email: [e-mail]
Nolan Douglas
Services offered: Compound design
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Aldon Corporation

1533 West Henrietta Rd.
Avon, NY 14414                      [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Email: [e-mail]
Michael Raszeja
Services offered: Carbon black re-packing,
either into smaller sizes or into super
sacks
Capacity: 1 million lbs./yr.

All-Tra Rubber Processing

53 Carmen Rd.
Tallmadge, OH 44278                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Services offered: Specialize in production
of rubber preps for the compression
molding industry, including all shapes of
preps or blanks to be produced into solids,
o-rings, strips and odd shapes. Other
capabilities include tubing, pelletizing
and screening.
Equipment: State of the art equipment
including computer controlled preformer
and new take off system
Technical service: yes
Recipe development: yes

B&W Environmental Solutions LLC

220 Sacramento St., Suite #1106
San Francisco, CA 94115-2309
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                         Email: [e-mail]
Larry Barnblatt, customer contact
Equipment: Shredders, grinders, granulators,
fiber separation equipment, debeaders,
screening systems, devulcanization
equipment
Services offered: Complete recycling
services and support, designs and installation
Capacity: As required

Bedell-Kraus Flexographic Rubber

1350 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224                        800 253-5556
                                 Fax: [phone]
                        Email: [e-mail]
Anthony Kindler, president
Services offered: Custom mixing services,
custom calendering, die cutting,
flame proofing of fabrics, grinding of
scrap rubber, flocking, saturating and
waterproofing of fabrics

Biltrite Industries

170 North Queen St.
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
                    [phone]; [phone]
                    [phone]; [phone]
Tom Lennox, gen. mgr.
Services offered: Custom rubber mixing
(black and colors), calender capabilities
(both supported and unsupported
goods), technical support, custom compounding
and development
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Calendering Specialists, Inc.

1119 Commercial Blvd., South
Arlington, TX 76001                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
     www.calenderingspecialists.thomasregister.com
                              Email: [e-mail]
Services offered: Custom calendering
and custom slitting
Equipment: 60" mills, 66" calender, 72"
calender, 66" slitter

The Crislip Corporation

121 Factory St.
P.O. Box 4441
Creston, OH 44217                   [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Duaine L. Crislip, Jr., pres.
Services offered: Tank lining and tank
lining applicator rubber
Equipment: Mills, calenders, autoclaves,
air compressors, sand blasting equipment
Capabilities: Open mill

Cryogenic Deflashing Systems, Inc.

1701 E. Edinger Ave., Bldg. G-2
Santa Ana, CA 92705                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                www.cryogenicdeflashingsystems.com
      Email: [e-mail]
Ruben Mendez, Pres.
Services offered: Deflashing all different
materials of rubber, plastic and metals;
deburring, polishing of elastomer parts
Equipment: Cryogenic deflashing and
deburring machines
Capacity: 35 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Entropex

1390 Lougar Ave.
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada N7S 5N7
                                    [phone]
Derek Smith, pres.
Services offered: Reprocessing, dewatering

Goldsmith & Eggleton, Inc.

300 First St.
Wadsworth, OH 44281                 [phone]
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
               Website: www.goldsmith-eggleton.com
            Email: [e-mail]
Rob Eggleton, v.p. sales & mktg.
Equipment: Internal mixers, extruder
dryers, pelletizing extruder
Services offered: Reprocessing of elastomers,
custom blending of elastomers
Mixing capabilities: Proprietary masterbatches,
custom masterbatches, preforms,
slabs, strips, masterbatching to
industry standard
Capacity: 65-70 mm lbs./year
Technical service: yes
Recipe development: yes

(see ad on page 68)

Great Lakes Rubber Company

30573 Beck Rd.
P.O. Box 931099
Wixom, MI 48393                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
               Website: www.greatlakesrubberco.com
                Email: [e-mail]
Don DeMallie
Equipment: Mixer, 48" mills, compression,
transfer and injection presses,
form grinders, trim lathes cryogenic deflasher
Services offered: Compounding, mixing,
rubber testing, bonding rubber to metal,
grinding, cryogenic deflashing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Hope Webbing Company

50 Martin St.
Cumberland, RI 02864                [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Email: hopesales@ aol.com
Thomas Miller
Services offered: Color matched pile fabric
for weatherstrips; Form-A-Grip wire
carrier insert for rubber and vinyl weatherstrip;
polyester and Teflon sleevings
for reinforcements

Midwest Elastomers

700 Industrial Dr.
Wapakoneta, OH 45895
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                Website: www.midwestelastomers.com
              Email: [e-mail]
Evan Piland
Services offered: Cryogenic and ambient
grinding of rubber and plastics
Tech service: yes

Mocap Inc.

Custom Molding Group
13100 Manchester Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63131                 [phone]
                                      800 817-8784
                               Fax: [phone]
                            Website: www.mocap.com
                            Email: [e-mail]
Robert Van Camp, sales manager
Services offered: ISO 9001 and QS9000
certified; custom injection, transfer, insert
and compression molding
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Patterson Rubber Products, LLC

45 Demarest Dr., 2nd Floor
Wayne, NJ 07474                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Email: [e-mail]
Jeff Leach
Equipment: Vulcanizers, sandblast
equipment, lathes
Services offered. Tank and barrel lining,
rollers
Technical service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Bill Peltzman and Associates, Inc.

7157 S. Owens St.
Littleton, CO 80127                 [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                        Email: [e-mail]
Bill Peltzman, pres.
Services offered: Textile adhesion consuiting
and failure analysis, RFL adhesive
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Polymer Valley Chemicals

1872 Akron Peninsula Rd.
Akron, OH 44313-9100
                                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                    www.polymervalleychemicals.com
Michael R. Beck
Equipment: Custom treating and coating,
bagging equipment
Services offered: Custom treating and
coating, custom bagging of mineral fillers
and carbon blacks
Technical service: yes

(see ad on page 79)

Procex Ltd.

880 Cherry St.
P.O. Box 628
Kent, OH 44240                      [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Michael Aloisi, gen. mgr.
Services offered: Removal of rubber, urethane,
paints, polymers and adhesives

E.L. Puskas Company

448 E. South St.
P.O. Box 229
Akron, OH 44309                     [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
Services offered: Grinding, mixing, color
matching and blending, powdered liquids,
wetted powders and dry blends
Capacity: 3 million lbs./yr.
Technical service: yes

R.B.S.

12 Hodio Drive
Ansonia, CT 06401-2644
                                    [phone]
Walter A. Mierzejewski
Services offered: On site roll blocking;
grinding mill and calender rolls

Renosol Corporation

1512 Woodland Dr.
Saline, MI 48176                    [phone]
                               Fax: [phone]
                           Email: [e-mail]
Tom Jones, v.p. polyurethane dev't.
Equipment: Polyurethane mixing equipment
Services offered. Engineering, blending
and tolling
Tech Service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Sage Automation

4925 Fannett Rd.
Beaumont, TX 77705                 [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
                       Website: www.sagerobot.com
                       Email: [e-mail]
Rodney Gonzalez
Equipment: Material handling robot, bale
loaders, film wrappers, crump spreaders,
bale resizing devices, heavy service conveyors,
upgrades, retrofit, PMs
Services offered: Design, integration,
manufacturing and service

Salem-Republic Rubber Co.

475 W. California Ave.
Sebring, OH 44672                  [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
                    Email: [e-mail]
                      Website: salem-republic.com
Drew Ney, pres.; Don McCaughtry,
V.P.; Carl Gustafson, product manager
Equipment: Processing machinery and
equipment, mills, extruders, calenders,
cutting equipment, dryers, hose-making
machinery, lathes, vulcanizers
Services offered: Hand and machine-made
hose, custom calendered rubber
Capacity: 2.5 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Solgenesis,
A Service of Goodyear Chemical

1485 East Arch Ave.
Akron, OH 44306                    [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
                      Website: www.solgenesis.com
                  Email: [e-mail]
Mary Breece
Services offered: Productivity and product
development solutions using proprietary
technology to help create compounds
for new products, optimize mixing
processes and reduce costs

Sparton Enterprises, Inc.

3717 Clark Mill Rd.
Barberton, OH 44203                [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
James Little, Jr., pres.
Equipment: Grinders, granulators, sifters
and sizing equipment
Services offered: Rubber grinding, granulating,
recycling

Specialized Technology Resources

10 Water St.
Enfield, CT 06082                  [phone]
                                   (877) str-labs
                              Fax: [phone]
                          Website: www.strlab.com
                    Email: [e-mail]
Ellen Bemben
Services offered: Laboratory scale formulating
and compounding services
Equipment: Mixers, mills, extruders, pelletizers,
full lab, injection molding and
testing services
Capacity: Lab scale--up to 100 lbs. per
compound
Tech service: yes--full laboratory
Recipe development: yes

Textile Proofers, L.P.

193 Culver Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07305              [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
                                  Jeffrey Biercuk
Services offered: Custom industrial finishing,
converted package and commission
finishing liner treatments, RFL adhesion
dips, pre-shrinking for wet filtration,
retreating of used liners

TRC Industries, Inc.

1777 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224-1735                [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Bruce O. Bowers
Services offered: Reclaiming EPDM,
SBR, butyl, natural, silicone and fluorosilicone
rubber
Equipment: Grinders, mills, extruders,
autoclaves
Capacity: 10 million lbs. reclaiming

Valpac, Inc.

1400 Industrial Park Rd.
Federalsburg, MD 21632
                                   [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
                          Website: www.valpac.com
                          Email: [e-mail]
Frank Jennings
Services offered: Formulating, pigmenting,
contract/toll manufacturing, equipment
high/low speed dispersing, formulating,
compounding, low speed mixing,
high speed dispersing, pigmenting, homogenizing,
granulating, experience in
water, solvent and 100% solids chemistries
Capacity: 20 million pounds
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

West American Rubber, LLC

1413 Braden Court
Orange, CA 92868                   [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
                       Email: [e-mail]
                           Website: www.warco.com
Louis Gonzalez, inside sales
Services offered: Complete laboratory
including compound development and
testing, calendering, cold and hot feed
extrusion lines, microwave extrusion,
splice, compression, transfer and injection
molding with rubber-to-metal bonding
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Wedco, Inc.

P.O. Box 397
Bloomsbury, NJ 08804
                                   [phone]
                              Fax: [phone]
D.C. Cuomo, v.p.
Services offered: Size-reduction of thermoplastic
elastomers and other plastics
to fine particle sizes, also manufactures
size-reduction systems and equipment
Capacity: 150,000 metric tons

North American custom mixers--Ohio and Midwest

Ohio                          City                 Equipment

Company

Blair Rubber Co.              Akron, OH            Mixer, mills,
                                                     calendering
Chardon Rubber                Chardon, OH          Mixers, mills, ex-
                                                     truders, calenders
Compass Polymer Mixing        Akron, OH            Mixers, mills
Eagle Elastomers              Cuyahoga Falls, OH   Mills, calenders,
                                                     extruders
Elastomix U.S.A.              Akron, OH            Mixers, mills
Excel Polymers                Solon, OH            Mixers, mills
Excel Polymers                Burton, OH           Mixers, FCM, mills,
                                                     Barwell
Gayson Inc.                   Barberton, OH        Mills
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.      Cuyahoga Falls, OH   Mills, calenders,
                                                     slitters
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.     Middlefield, OH      Mixers
Hercules Rubber Co.           Findlay, OH          Mixers, mills,
                                                     calender, extruder
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio     Wadsworth, OH        Mixers, mills,
                                                     calenders
Mohican Industries            Ashland, OH          Mills, mixers
Polymerics Inc.               Cuyahoga Falls, OH   Mixers, mills,
                                                     extruder
Portage Precision Polymers    Ravenna, OH          Mixer, mills,
                                                     calender
Preferred Rubber              Barberton, OH        Mixers, mills,
                                                     calenders
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.     Akron, OH            Mills
Wacker Chemical--Silmix       Stow, OH             Mills, calenders,
                                                     extruders, mixers
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.     Akron, OH            Mills, mixers
Wayne County Rubber           Wooster, OH          Mixers, mills,
                                                     calenders

Midwest

American Silicones Inc.       Garrett, IN          Mixers, mills,
                                                     extruders
Central Rubber Co.            Belvidere, IL        Mills
Dow Corning                   Midland, MI          Mills, extruders,
                                                     mixers
Dow Corning                   Kendallville, IN     Mills, extruders,
                                                     mixers
Elastomer Processing          Muncie,IN            Mills, mixer

Hawkins Industrial Resource   Arlington Heights,
                                IL                 Mixers
J&J Polymers, Inc.            Chicago, IL          Mixers, mill, calen-
                                                     ders, extruders
Laur Silicone                 Beaverton, MI        Mills, mixers,
                                                     strainers
Master Processing             Muscatine, IA        Mixers, mill, calen-
                                                     ders, strainers
Trostel, Ltd.                 Whitewater, WI       Mixers

Ohio                          Capabilities

Company

Blair Rubber Co.              Most elastomers
Chardon Rubber                Most elastomers
Compass Polymer Mixing        Most elastomers
Eagle Elastomers              Fluoroelastomers
Elastomix U.S.A.              Most elastomers
Excel Polymers                Most rubbers/elastomers
Excel Polymers                All rubber
Gayson Inc.                   Specialty silicones
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.      All no-free black
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.     NR, synthetic polymers except
                                silicone
Hercules Rubber Co.           NR,BR,SBR,IR,CR,CIIR,IIR,EPDM
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio     All except silicone and Viton
Mohican Industries            Polymers
Polymerics Inc.               Most elastomers
Portage Precision Polymers    EPDM, NBR, NR, SBR, PBD, butyl,
                                polyisoprene, CSM, neoprene
Preferred Rubber              Heat-cured polymers
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.     All types
Wacker Chemical--Silmix       Silicones, fluorosilicone
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.     All polymers
Wayne County Rubber           All elastomers

Midwest

American Silicones Inc.       Silicones
Central Rubber Co.            Most elastomers
Dow Corning                   Silicones
Dow Corning                   Silicones
Elastomer Processing          SBR, EPDM, EVA, natural Viton,
                              Vamac, Hypalon, nitrile
Hawkins Industrial Resource   All elastomers
J&J Polymers, Inc.            All types except silicone
Laur Silicone                 Exclusively silicone
Master Processing             All the solids
Trostel, Ltd.                 Most elastomers

North American custom mixers--Northeast, Mid-Alantic regions

Northeast                     City               Equipment

Company

Avon Custom Mixing            Holbrook, MA       Mixers, mills,
                                                   extruder
Cri-Sil Div., Immix Tech.     Biddeford, ME      Mixers, mills,
                                                   extruder
Cri-Tech, Div., Immix Tech.   Hanover, MA        Mixers, mills,
                                                   refiners, extruders
Depco Inc.                    Hauppauge, NY      Mills, mixers
Discas                        Waterbury, CT      Mixers, mills, extru-
                                                   ders, pelletizer
Gel Concepts                  Whippany, NJ       Compounding equipment
J-Von                         Leominster, MA     Extruders
Pawling Corp.                 Pawling, NY        Mixers, mills, dicer,
                                                   extruders
S&D Rubber Co.                W. Hanover, MA     Mixers, strainers,
                                                   mills
Specialized Tech. Res.        Enfield, CT        Mixers, mills, extru-
                                                   ders, full lab
Specialty Silicone Prods.     Ballston Spa, NY   Mixers, extruders,
                                                   mills, calenders,
                                                   robotics, die
                                                   cutting
Teknor Apex Co.               Pawtucket, RI      Mixers, mills, extru-
                                                   ders, presses

Mid-Alantic region

Alloy Polymers Inc.           Richmond, VA       Mixers
Brandywine Compounding        Wilmington, DE     Mixers
CCA Compounding               Wilmington, DE     Mixers
Dyna-Mix                      Grafton, WV        Mixers
Hoke Rubber                   Raeford, NC        Mixers, mills, extru-
                                                   ders, calenders
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      Newtown, PA        Mixers, mills
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.      Blackstone, VA     Mixers, mills,
                                                   extruders
Technical Rubber & Plastics   Clifton, NJ        Mixers
Thona NC Inc.                 Statesville, NC    Mixers

Northeast                     Capabilities

Company

Avon Custom Mixing            All polymers
Cri-Sil Div., Immix Tech.     Silicones and fluorosilicones
Cri-Tech, Div., Immix Tech.   Specialty polymers
Depco Inc.                    Exclusively silicone
Discas                        Thermoplastic elastomers
Gel Concepts                  Elastomeric materials and gels
J-Von                         Copolymers, elastomers
Pawling Corp.                 All polymers
S&D Rubber Co.                All polymers
Specialized Tech. Res.        Most elastomers
Specialty Silicone Prods.     On request
Teknor Apex Co.               Most elastomers

Mid-Alantic region

Alloy Polymers Inc.           Engineering polymers
Brandywine Compounding        Most thermoplastic elastomers
CCA Compounding               TPEs and elastomer blends
Dyna-Mix                      All general elastomers
Hoke Rubber                   Most elastomers
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      All types
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.      Silicone and Viton compounds
Technical Rubber & Plastics   Most elastomers
Thona NC Inc.                 All synthetic and natural rubber

North American custom mixers--Southeast, Southwest, West and Canada

Southeast                    City                Equipment

Company

Associated Rubber Inc.       Tallapoosa, GA      Mixers, calenders,
                                                   preformer, extruders
Associated Rubber Inc.       Huntingdon, TN      Mixers
Associated Rubber Inc.       Fruithurst, AL      Mixer, blender, pelle-
                                                   tizer, preformer
Boston Weatherhead           Newbern, TN         Mixers
Crossville Rubber            Crossville, TN      Mixers, autoclaves,
                                                   presses
Excel Polymers               Jonesboro, TN       Mixers, FCM, mills,
                                                   Barwell
Excel Polymers               Dyersburg, TN       Mixers, calenders,
                                                   FCM, extruders, Boss
                                                   kneaders
Kardoes Rubber               Lafayette, AL       Mixers, calenders
Kleen-Tex                    La Grange, GA       Mixers
Natrochem                    Savannah, GA        Mixers
Oliver Rubber                Athens, GA          Mixers, mills, calen-
                                                   ders, extruders,
                                                   slitters
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Acworth, GA         Mixers, mills
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Braselton, GA       Mill
Robbins LLC                  Muscle Shoals, AL   Mills, mixers, extru-
                                                   ders, calender
Robbins LLC Hoover-Hanes     Tallapoosa, GA      Mixers, mills, calen-
                                                   der, strainer
Teknor Apex (Haywood Co.)    Brownsville, TN     Mills, mixers
Thona                        Statesville, NC     Mixers, mills
U.S. Elastomer               Marietta, GA        Mixers, mills

Southwest, West

AC Products                  Placentia, CA       Mixers
Burke Industries, Inc.       San Jose, CA        Mixers, mills, calen-
                                                   ders, die cutter,
                                                   rewinders and
                                                   slitters, autoclave,
                                                   preformer
Custom Rubber Mix            Fontana, CA         Mixers, mills, calen-
                                                   der, preformer
Dow Corning                  Walnut, CA          Mills, extruders,
                                                   mixers
Dyna-Mix                     Tyler, TX           Mixers
Excel Polymers               Kennedale, TX       Mills, extruders,
                                                   mixers, calenders
Excel Polymers               Santa Fe Springs,   Mixers, mills
                               CA
Kirkhill Mfg. Company        Downey, CA          Mixer, mills,
                                                   Barwells, full lab
Performance Processing       Orange, CA          Mills, extruders,
                                                   mixers
R&S Processing               Paramount, CA       Mixers
Valley Processing            City of Industry,   Calenders, strainer,
                               CA                  extruders
West American Rubber         Orange, CA          Mixers

Canada

Acton International          Acton Vale,         Mixers, extruders,
                               Quebec              calender
AirBoss Rubber Comp.         Kitchener,          Mixers, mills
                               Ontario
American Biltrite            Mississauga,        Mixers, calender,
                               Ontario             extruder
Biltrite Industries          Etobicoke,          Mixers, mills
                               Ontario
PPD Rubtech                  Waterville,         Mixer, mills, calen-
                               Quebec              der, preformer
Soucy Techno Inc.            Quebec,             Mixers, extruders,
                                                   calender
Thona                        Magog, Quebec       Mixers
TruSeal Technologies         Toronto, Ontario    Mixer, mill ribbon
                                                   blender
Viceroy Rubber               Toronto, Ontario    Mixers, calenders,
                                                   mills, presses

Southeast                    Capabilities

Company

Associated Rubber Inc.       Most elastomers
Associated Rubber Inc.       Most elastomers
Associated Rubber Inc.       Most elastomers
Boston Weatherhead           Most elastomers
Crossville Rubber            Most elastomers
Excel Polymers               All elastomers
Excel Polymers               Thermoset, thermoplastic
Kardoes Rubber
Kleen-Tex                    Most elastomers
Natrochem                    All elastomers--black and color
Oliver Rubber                Dry liquid concentrates, blending
                             Most elastomers
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Mostly nitrile
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Fluoroelastomers
Robbins LLC                  Most elastomers
Robbins LLC Hoover-Hanes     All elastomers
Teknor Apex (Haywood Co.)    All elastomers except silcone
                               and FKM
Thona                        All elastomers except silicone
U.S. Elastomer               All elastomers except fluoroelas-
                               tomers

Southwest, West

AC Products                  All types
Burke Industries, Inc.       All types
Custom Rubber Mix            All elastomers
Dow Corning                  Silicones
Dyna-Mix                     All types
Excel Polymers               Elastomers
Excel Polymers               Silicone
Kirkhill Mfg. Company        All polymers
Performance Processing       Most elastomers
R&S Processing               Silicone and fluoroelastomers
Valley Processing            All solids, all colors
West American Rubber         All solid polymers

Canada

Acton International          Mixing and transformation
AirBoss Rubber Comp.         Custom mixing of all types
American Biltrite            All elastomers except silicone
Biltrite Industries          Most elastomers
PPD Rubtech                  All except silicone
Soucy Techno Inc.            Most elastomers
Thona                        All elastomers except silicone
TruSeal Technologies         Natural and synthetic
Viceroy Rubber               Most elastomers