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 62)

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, specialty
engineered products
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.

200 Bank St.
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 4K3
                                                        [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

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, F270, Shaw K6A and
tilt mixers, calenders, strainer, extruders,
pelletizer, cutters
Services offered: Custom compounding,
chemical dispersions, calendering, pelletizing,
straining
Mixing capabilities: All polymers except
silicone
Capacity: 125+ million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Huntingdon Division
55 Associated Way
P.O. Box 765
Huntingdon, TN 38344
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Jim Knight, plant mgr.
Equipment: #11 mixers, F-270 mixer
Mixing capabilities: All polymers except
silicone
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

ProBlend Division
165 County Rd. 33
P.O. Box 125
Fruithurst, AL 36262                                    [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Larry Lorren, plant manager
Equipment: 55 liter mixer, dry blender,
pelletizer and preformer, 60" mill, strainer,
extruder
Mixing capabilities: All polymers except
silicone
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" x 15" 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 60)

Biltrite Industries

1300 Morrical Blvd.
Findlay, OH 45840                                       [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]

Angela Pugh
Equipment: Calenders, extruders, internal
mixers, 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

Blair Rubber Co.

5020 Panther Parkway
Seville, OH 44273                                       [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Website: www.blairrubber.com
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: 6 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

Britannia Rubber Mfg. Ltd.

1676 Britannia Rd. East
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 1J2
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Website: www.britanniarubber.com
Email: [e-mail]
Evert de Graaf
Equipment: Mixer, 3-roll calender, mixing
mills, strip cooler/stacker
Mixing capabilities: 2.1 million lbs./year
Services offered: Custom mixing, calendering,
stripping
Capacity: 2.1 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Bruckman Rubber Co.

101 South St. Joseph Ave.
Hastings, NE 68901                                      [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Website: www.bruckmanrubber.com
Email: [e-mail]
Donna Fowler, customer service mgr.
Equipment: Tilt body dispersion mixer,
mills, extruders, roller head die, strip cutters
Mixing capabilities: Silicone, SBR,
EPDM, FKM, nitrile, natural, polyisoprene,
polynorbornene, polychloroprene,
etc.
Services offered: mixing (black and
white, colored), strip, slab, extrude
Capacity: 11 million lbs.
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 Ibs./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 Silicone Technologies, LLC
359 Hill St.
Biddeford, ME 04005-3949
                                        [phone]; [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                      Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Sigma blade mixers, planetary
mixers, mills, extruders, calenders
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and fluorosilicone,
HCR and LSR, bases and
dispersions
Capacity: 16-18 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

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: 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

Midwestern 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]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                           Email: [e-mail]
David Minick
Equipment: One 270 6-wing rotor, one
270 4-wing rotor 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.; Neil McHale, v.p. of operations;
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 page 72)

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" mill,
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

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: 120 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on this page)

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

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

Hexagon Polymers Compounding
(Headquarters)
Gewerbestrasse 8
B-4700 Eupen, Belgium
                                                      (32) 87-59-61-50
                                                 Fax: [phone]
                                                Website: www.thona.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 ULC.
1635 Industrial Blvd.
Magog, Quebec, Canada J1X 5B3
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
GFD 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 and advanced
downstream equipment including strainer
technology
Services offered: Production, R&D,
technical customer service
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-Von
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, president
Equipment: S-268 mixer, 76" 4-roll calender
and two 3700 mixers
Mixing capabilities: NR, SBR, CR,
EPDM, NBR and PBD
Capacity: 200 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

Lauren Manufacturing
2228 Reiser Ave. SE
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                               Website: www.lauren.com
                                             Email: [e-mail]
Scott Peters
Equipment: Skinner/Shaw Intermesh K5
mixer
Services offered: Rubber compounding
extrusion, molding and services, in-line
straining and pelletizing of compounds
Mixing capabilities: Dense and sponge
rubber, black and color compounds,
converted strips for 20" to 1" wide.
Capacity: 16-18 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Branch
LMI Custom Mixing
804 Byesville Rd.
Cambridge, OH 43725                                     [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Jim Nixon, manager

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

Midwest Custom Mixing
920 Main St.
P.O. Box 555
North Miami, OK 74358-0555
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                Email: [e-mail]
Stacey Morgan
Equipment: 110L Kneader mixer, 100L
Kobe mixer, 60" mill, 50" mill, 40" mill
Mixing capabilities: Mixer and open mill
mix of all solid elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: 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 Rickert, 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 Co.
1517 Braden Ct.
Orange, CA 92868                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Equipment: F-80 internal mixer, 8 mills,
calender, preformer
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and fluoroelastomers
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]
                                         Email: [e-mail]
Shelby Washco, dir. of sales; John Paul
Cubbal, vice president, business manager;
Joseph Arhar, vice president,
technical materials
Services offered: Custom rubber mixing,
dispersions, chemical blends
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

Branches:
Polymerics Inc.
1540 St. Clair Ave.
Kent, OH 44240                                          [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
Polymerics Rubber Jiangsu, Ltd.
Zhengjiang, China

(see ad on page 70)

Portage Precision Polymers, Inc.
215 W. Lake St.
Ravenna, OH 44266                                       [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                            Website: www.pppmixing.com
                                         Email: [e-mail]
Rick Hartley
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, FKM,
HNBR
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

(see ad on page 72)

PPD Rubtech
400 Raymond
Waterville, Quebec, Canada J0B 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

(See ad on this page)

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, ODRs, tensile and Mooney testers
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.; Allen Johnson,
dir. of sales and marketing
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 79)

Robbins LLC--Hoover-Hanes
--Custom Mix
280 Pequanoc Dr.
P.O. Box 215
Tallapoosa, GA 30176                                    [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                           Email: [e-mail]
Michael Cash
Equipment: #270 mixer, F370 mixer,
#12 mixer, #11 mixer, 84" mill, 100" mill,
72" 4-roll calender, strainers
Mixing capabilities: All grades except
FKM and silicone
Services offered: Custom mixing and
custom calendering
Capacity: 120 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Solar Compounds Corp.
1201 West Blancke St.
Linden, NJ 07036                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                       Website: www.solarcompounds.com
                                       Email: [e-mail]
Services offered: Mixing and compounding,
formulation development and
manufacture
Mixing capabilities: High speed and
shear, low speed, solids and caulks
Capacity: Greater than 10 million
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

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

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 page 65)

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
23150 Commerce Park
Beachwood, OH 44122
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                              Website: www.truseal.com
Equipment: Mixers, mills, ribbon
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Tech service: yes

U.S. Elastomer
161 Marble Mill Rd.
Marietta, GA 30060                                      [phone]
                                                        [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                          Email: [e-mail]
David O'Brien, plant manager
Equipment: 3D internal mixer, mills
Mixing capabilities: All except FKM
Services: Calendering and straining
Capacity: 6 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]
Dennis Salswimmer, v.p.; James Berresford,
president; Derek Berresford,
v.p.--Glo-Mold; John Allen, technical
sales
Equipment: 60" mill, 84" mill and #3 internal
mixer for black compounds; 60"
mill, 84" mill, #4 mixer, 66" calender and
48" calender for all colors
Mixing capabilities: All polymers, all colors,
most blacks, except silicone
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 Bolling, #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 this page)

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

Vulcan Corp.
1151 College St.
Clarksville, TN 37040                                   [phone]
                                                   Fax: [phone]
                                              Website: www.vulcorp.com
                                          Email: [e-mail]
Willis Kean
Equipment: Mixers, mills, calender,
sheet presses, sanders, splitters
Services offered: Vulcanized rubber
sheeting and custom mixing, EVA and
PE foams
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
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: #11 internal mixers, 3-roll
calenders, 4-roll calender, 45", 60" and
four 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 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

North American custom mixers--Ohio and Midwest

Ohio                               City
Company

Biltrite Industries                Findlay, OH
Blair Rubber Co.                   Akron, OH
Chardon Rubber                     Chardon, OH
Compass Polymer Mixing             Akron, OH
Eagle Elastomers                   Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Elastomix U.S.A.                   Akron, OH
Excel Polymers                     Solon, OH
Excel Polymers                     Burton, OH
Gayson Inc.                        Barberton, OH
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.           Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.          Middlefield, OH

Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio          Wadsworth, OH
Mohican Industries                 Ashland, OH
Polymerics Inc.                    Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Portage Precision Polymers         Ravenna, OH

Preferred Rubber                   Barberton, OH
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.          Akron, OH
TruSeal Technologies               Beachwood, OH
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.          Akron, OH
Wacker Chemical--Silmix            Stow, OH
Wayne County Rubber                Wooster, OH

Midwest

Bruckman Rubber Co.                Hastings, NE
Central Rubber Co.                 Belvidere, IL
Dow Corning                        Midland, MI
Dow Corning                        Kendallville, IN
Elastomer Processing               Muncie, IN

Hawkins Industrial Resource        Arlington Heights, IL
J&J Polymers, Inc.                 Chicago, IL
Laur Silicone                      Beaverton, MI
Master Processing                  Muscatine, IA
Trostel, Ltd.                      Whitewater, WI

Ohio                               Equipment
Company

Biltrite Industries                Mixers, mills, calender, extruder
Blair Rubber Co.                   Mixer, mills, calendering
Chardon Rubber                     Mixers, mills, extruders, calenders
Compass Polymer Mixing             Mixers, mills
Eagle Elastomers                   Mills, calenders, extruders
Elastomix U.S.A.                   Mixers, mills
Excel Polymers                     Mixers, mills
Excel Polymers                     Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
Gayson Inc.                        Mills
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.           Mills, calenders, slitters
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.          Mixers

Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio          Mixers, mills, calenders
Mohican Industries                 Mills, mixers
Polymerics Inc.                    Mixers, mills, extruder
Portage Precision Polymers         Mixer, mills, calender

Preferred Rubber                   Mixers, mills, calenders
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.          Mills
TruSeal Technologies               Mixer, mill ribbon blender
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.          Mills, mixers
Wacker Chemical--Silmix            Mills, calenders, extruders, mixers
Wayne County Rubber                Mixers, mills, calenders

Midwest

Bruckman Rubber Co.                Mixer, mills, extruder, die, cutters
Central Rubber Co.                 Mills
Dow Corning                        Mills, extruders, mixers
Dow Corning                        Mills, extruders, mixers
Elastomer Processing               Mills, mixer

Hawkins Industrial Resource        Mixers
J&J Polymers, Inc.                 Mixers, mill, calenders, extruders
Laur Silicone                      Mills, mixers, strainers
Master Processing                  Mixers, mill, calenders, strainers
Trostel, Ltd.                      Mixers

Ohio                               Capabilities
Company

Biltrite Industries                NR,BR,SBR,IR,CR,CIIR,IIR,EPDM
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
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
TruSeal Technologies               Natural and synthetic
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.          All polymers
Wacker Chemical--Silmix            Silicones, fluorosilicone
Wayne County Rubber                All elastomers

Midwest

Bruckman Rubber Co.                Most elastomers
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

Company

Avon Custom Mixing                Holbrook, MA
Cri-Sil Silicone Technologies     Biddeford, ME
Cri-Tech, Div., Immix Tech.       Hanover, MA
Depco Inc.                        Hauppauge, NY
Discas                            Waterbury, CT
Gel Concepts                      Whippany, NJ
J-Von                             Leominster, MA
Pawling Corp.                     Pawling, NY
S&D Rubber Co.                    W. Hanover, MA
Specialized Tech. Res.            Enfield, CT
Specialty Silicone Prods.         Ballston Spa, NY

Teknor Apex Co.                   Pawtucket, RI

Mid-Atlantic region
Alloy Polymers Inc.               Richmond, VA
Brandywine Compounding            Wilmington, DE
CCA Compounding                   Wilmington, DE
Dyna-Mix                          Grafton, WV
Hoke Rubber                       Raeford, NC
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.          Newtown, PA
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.          Blackstone, VA
Thona NC Inc.                     Statesville, NC
Tristani Rubber Industries        Sebana Seca. PR

Northeast                         Equipment

Company

Avon Custom Mixing                Mixers, mills, extruder
Cri-Sil Silicone Technologies     Mixers, mills, extruders
Cri-Tech, Div., Immix Tech.       Mixers, mills, refiners, extruders
Depco Inc.                        Mills, mixers
Discas                            Mixers, mills, extruders, pelletizer
Gel Concepts                      Compounding equipment
J-Von                             Extruders
Pawling Corp.                     Mixers, mills, dicer, extruders
S&D Rubber Co.                    Mixers, strainers, mills
Specialized Tech. Res.            Mixers, mills, extruders, full lab
Specialty Silicone Prods.         Mixers, extruders, mills, calen-
                                    ders, robotics, die cutting
Teknor Apex Co.                   Mixers, mills, extruders, presses

Mid-Atlantic region
Alloy Polymers Inc.               Mixers
Brandywine Compounding            Mixers
CCA Compounding                   Mixers
Dyna-Mix                          Mixers, rotors
Hoke Rubber                       Mixers, mills, extruders, calenders
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.          Mixers, mills
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.          Mixers, mills, extruders
Thona NC Inc.                     Mixers
Tristani Rubber Industries        Mixer, mill, calendpr extruder

Northeast                         Capabilities

Company

Avon Custom Mixing                All polymers
Cri-Sil Silicone Technologies     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-Atlantic 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
Thona NC Inc.                     All synthetic and natural rubber
Tristani Rubber Industries        Most elastomers

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

Southeast                   City

Company

Associated Rubber Inc.      Tallapoosa, GA

Associated Rubber Inc.      Huntingdon, TN
Associated Rubber Inc.      Fruithurst, AL
Boston Weatherhead          Newbern, TN
Excel Polymers              Jonesboro, TN
Excel Polymers              Dyersburg, TN

Kardoes Rubber              Lafayette, AL
Kleen-Tex                   La Grange, GA
Natrochem                   Savannah, GA
Oliver Rubber               Athens, GA

Pacesetter Graphic Service  Acworth, GA
Pinnacle Elastomeric        Braselton, GA
Robbins LLC                 Muscle Shoals, AL
Robbins LLC Hoover-Hanes    Tallapoosa, GA
Teknor Apex (Haywood Co.)   Brownsville, TN

Thona (Hexagon)             Statesville, NC
U.S. Elastomer              Marietta, GA

Vulcan Corp.                Clarksville, TN

Southwest, West
AC Products                 Placentia, CA
Burke Industries, Inc.      San Jose, CA

Dow Corning                 Walnut, CA
Dyna-Mix                    Tyler, TX
Excel Polymers              Kennedale, TX
Excel Polymers              Santa Fe Springs, CA
Kirkhill Mfg. Co.           Downey, CA
Midwest Custom Mixing       N. Miami, OK
Performance Processing      Orange, CA
R&S Processing              Paramount, CA
Valley Processing           City of Industry, CA
West American Rubber        Orange, CA

Canada
Acton International         Acton Vale, Quebec
AirBoss Rubber Comp.        Kitchener, Ontario
American Biltrite           Sherbrooke, Quebec
Biltrite Industries         Toronto, Ontario
Britannia Rubber Mfg.       Mississauga, Ontario
PPD Rubtech                 Waterville, Quebec
Soucy Techno Inc.           Quebec
Thona (Hexagon)             Magog, Quebec
Viceroy Rubber              Toronto, Ontario

Company                     Equipment

Associated Rubber Inc.

Associated Rubber Inc.      Mixers, calenders, preformer,
Associated Rubber Inc.        extruders
Boston Weatherhead          Mixers
Excel Polymers              Mixer, blender, pelletizer, preformer
Excel Polymers              Mixers
                            Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
Kardoes Rubber              Mixers, calenders, FCM,
Kleen-Tex                     extruders, Boss kneaders
Natrochem                   Mixers, calenders
Oliver Rubber               Mixers
                            Mixers
Pacesetter Graphic Service  Mixers, mills, calenders, extrud-
Pinnacle Elastomeric          ers, slitters
Robbins LLC                 Mixers, mills
Robbins LLC Hoover-Hanes    Mill
Teknor Apex (Haywood Co.)   Mills, mixers, extruders, calender
                            Mixers, mills, calender, strainer
Thona (Hexagon)             Mills, mixers
U.S. Elastomer
                            Mixers, mills
Vulcan Corp.                Mixers, mills

Southwest, West             Mixers, mills, calender
AC Products
Burke Industries, Inc.
                            Mixers
                            Mixers, mills, calenders, die
Dow Corning                   cutter, reminders and slitters,
Dyna-Mix                      autoclave, preformer
Excel Polymers              Mills, extruders, mixers
Excel Polymers              Mixers
Kirkhill Mfg. Co.           Mills, extruders, mixers, calenders
Midwest Custom Mixing       Mixers, mills
Performance Processing      Mixer, mills, Barwells, full lab
R&S Processing              Mixers, mills
Valley Processing           Mills, extruders, mixers
West American Rubber        Mixers
                            Calenders, strainer, extruders
Canada                      Mixers
Acton International
AirBoss Rubber Comp.
American Biltrite           Mixers, extruders, calender
Biltrite Industries         Mixers, mills
Britannia Rubber Mfg.       Mixers, calender, extruder
PPD Rubtech                 Mixers, mills
Soucy Techno Inc.           Mixer, calender, mills
Thona (Hexagon)             Mixer, mills, calender, preformer
Viceroy Rubber              Mixers, extruders, calender
                            Mixers
                            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
Excel Polymers              All elastomers
Excel Polymers              Thermoset, thermoplastic

Kardoes Rubber              Most elastomers
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 silicone
                            and FKM
Thona (Hexagon)             All elastomers except silicone
U.S. Elastomer              All elastomers except fluoroelas-
                            tomers
Vulcan Corp.                Most elastomers

Southwest, West
AC Products                 All types
Burke Industries, Inc.      All types

Dow Corning                 Silicones
Dyna-Mix                    All types
Excel Polymers              Elastomers
Excel Polymers              Silicone
Kirkhill Mfg. Co.           All polymers
Midwest Custom Mixing       All solid elastomers
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
Britannia Rubber Mfg.       2.1 million lbs./year
PPD Rubtech                 All except silicone
Soucy Techno Inc.           Most elastomers
Thona (Hexagon)             All elastomers except silicone
Viceroy Rubber              Most elastomers