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: 1,200,000 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

AirBoss Rubber Compounding
101 Glasgow St.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 4X8
                          [phone]
                          [phone]
                                 Website:
         www.airbossrubbercompounding.com
                   Email: [e-mail]
Berk Howard, 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

Akron Paint & Varnish Inc. (APV)
1390 Firestone Parkway
Akron, OH 44301           [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
       Email: [e-mail]
Michael Summers
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

Alleghany Rubber, Inc.
545 Guy Paine Rd.
P.O. Box 3006
Macon, GA 31205-3006
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
David S. O'Brien
Equipment: Mixer, mills, extruder
Mixing capabilities: SBR, NR, nitrile,
EPDM
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
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

Arrow Polychem, Inc.
P.O. Box 2011
Arlington Heights, IL 60006-2011
                          [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

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
Mixing capabilities: SBR, NR, NBR, CR,
ECO, CSM, EPDM, IIR, CIIR, FKM,
CPE
Capacity: 100 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
Berl 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
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 nonblack mixer, mill mixing
of small quantities available
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Beebe Rubber Co.
20 Marshall St.
Nashua, NH 03061
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Equipment: #3A mixer, S80 mixer, #11
mixer, six mills (60" to 84")
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers except
silicone
Capacity: 35 million lbs./yr.
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, customer contact
Equipment: Mills, mixers, calender
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers,
color; calender capabilities; supported
and unsupported goods
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

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.
1101 Rosemont Ave.
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 Custom Process
2250 South Tenth St.
P.O. Box 190
San Jose, CA 95112        [phone]
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Mike Moshfegh, sales mgr.
Equipment #3, #9 and #11 mixers, 48",
60" and 84" mills, 24", 36" and 66"
calenders, preformer
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

Chase Elastomer Midwest
1701 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60639         [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Equipment: Mills, internal mixer,
calenders and extruders
Mixing capabilities: All types
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]
Mark S. Stevens, pres./CEO
Equipment: Calenders, extruders, mills,
dough mixers, internal mixers
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and
fluorosilicone compounds, bases and
dispersions
Capacity: 20 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]
      Website: www.immixtechnologies.com
Mark Stevens, pres./CEO
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.
315 Central St.
P.O. Box 729
Crossville, TN 38557      [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Gus Biddle, V.P
       Website: www.cressvillerubber.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 Street
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

Dylan Custom Mixing LLC
710 Myatt Drive
Madison, TN 37115         [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
             Email: [e-mail]
Mark W. Smith
Equipment 240-liter machines
Services offered: Mixing, refining,
calendering
Mixing capabilities: All
Capacity: 50 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: Three 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 GP elastomers
Capacity: 120 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Eagle Elastomer, Inc.
70 Cuyahoga Falls Industrial Pkwy.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44264
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
David Brown, V.P. of operations
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills,
extruders, calender and fully
equipped laboratories
Mixing capabilities: Fluoroelastomer
compounds
Capacity: 4 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Eaton Hydraulics
Boston Weatherhead
Highway 77 East, P.O. Box 38
Newbern, TN 38059         [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
       Email: [e-mail]
Chuck Benjamin
Equipment: F270 mixer
Mixing capabilities: NR, EPDM, SBR,
NBR, CR, CSM, ECO, BR, In, HNBR,
EPM, XNBR
Services offered: Custom mixing, recipe
development, technical support
Capacity: 74 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Elastomer Processing Corp.
2448 West 24th St.
Chicago, IL 60608         [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Merle Owen, sales director
Equipment: #9 mixer, #3 mixer, 84" mill,
two 60" mills, 48" mill, 60" calender,
36" calender, extruder
Mixing capabilities: All types excluding
silicone
Capacity: 7 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Elastomix U.S.A.
3560 West 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

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

GE Silicones
260 Hudson River Rd.
Waterford, NY 12188       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
            Website: www.gesilicones.com
Charlie Chiappone

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.
P.O. Box 38
14910 Madison Rd.
Middlefield, OH 44062     [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
             Website: www.goldkeyltd.com
           Email: [e-mail]
Edward Seeley, VP-Sales & Marketing
Equipment: Two Shaw K6A mixers with
multi mill take-off
Services offered: Custom rubber mixing
Mixing capabilities: All synthetic
polymers and natural rubber
Capacity: 60 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Graphic Arts Rubber, Inc.
101 Ascot Pkwy.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44223
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
      Website: www.graphicartsrubber.com
Bill Boquard, Gen. Mgr.
Equipment: Four 60" mills, 54" calender,
24" calender and slitters, one 84" mill,
strainer, extruder, strip stock
capabilities
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]
                          (877) 777-HIRC
                     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

Hoke Rubber Products, Inc.
140 School Rd.
Raeford, NC 28376         [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
J.J. Gaudiot, gen. mgr.
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

Hoover-Hanes
Pequanoc Dr.
Tallapoosa, GA 30176      [phone]
Equipment: #270 mixer, #12 mixer, #15
mixer, #11 mixer, 84" mill, 100" mill
Mixing capabilities: All grades
Capacity: 100 million lbs./yr.
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

Kaufman Footwear
Industrial Rubber Products Division
410 King St. W.
P.O. Box 9005
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 4J8
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
                   Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Two internal mixers, five
mills, 60 and 66" calender, two spreaders,
slitters, laminator, Barwell pre-weighs
Mixing capabilities: Natural and
synthetics, color specialty
Capacity: 20 million lbs./year
Recipe development: yes

Kardoes Rubber Co.
P.O. Box 350
LaFayette, AL 36862       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]
Michael Cash
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

Kleen-Tex Inc.
Rubber Division
Plant III, Orchard Hill Rd.,
P.O. Box KTI
La Grange, GA 30241       [phone]
Equipment: S-268 mixer
Mixing capabilities: Nitrile, SBR, PBD,
natural, EPDM, chlorobutyl, CR, IR
Capacity: 24 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
Mixing capabilities: Exclusively
silicone
Capacity: 1 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

Master Processing Corp.
2500 Thompson St.
P.O. Box 740
Long Beach, CA 90801      [phone]
Branch
Muscatine, IA             [phone]
Equipment: 8" strainer, rubber refiner,
#11 mixer, three #12 mixers, #10 mixer,
three 66" calenders, 60" calender,
seven mills (60", 66", 84"), fabric
slitter, two Barwells, 50# mixer
Mixing capabilities: All of the solids
Capacity: 165 million lbs./yr.
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]
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, Flexmix Division
6840 Forrest Park Rd.
Dallas, TX 75235          [phone]
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Dan Warner, sales mgr.
Equipment: Multiple mixers, mills,
extruders, calenders and slitters
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Onguard Industries,
Rubber Products Div.
4501 Pulaski Highway
Belcamp, MD 21017
                 [phone] Ext. 170
                     Fax: [phone]
               Website: www.bata-usa.com
Ed Buser, div. manager
Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Internal mixers and open
mills
Services offered: Custom compounding,
calendering, prepping, screening
Mixing capabilities: All except
silicone, also do calendering and
preforming
Capacity: 15 million lbs.
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
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 type,
specializing in fluoroelastomers
Capacity: 500 thousand 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
fluoroelastomers
Services offered: Custom mixing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Pilgrim Custom Mixing
Division of Standard Products
84 Water St.
Fallriver, MA 02722
                [phone], ext. 322
Joseph A. Davis, mgr.
Equipment: Three #11 mixers, two 60"
mix mills, three 84" mills, 4" and 8"
strainers
Mixing capabilities: All polymers
Capacity: 30 million lbs./yr.
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

PolyOne
6521 Davis Ind. Pkwy.
Solon, OH 44139           [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
                Website: www.polyone.com
Daniel Fox, sales & marketing director
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]

613 Burton Blvd.
DeForest, WI 53532        [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
150 S. Connell Ave.
Dyersburg, TN 38024       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]

1675 Navarre Rd.
Massillon, OH 44646       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
2400 Bartlett Rd.
P.O. Box 1008
Wynne, AR 72396           [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
635 Tower Dr.
Kennedale, TX 76060       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]

MAHRC de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
LaNoir 115
Parque Industrial Queretaro
C.P. 76220, Santa Rosa Jauregui
Qeuretaro, Mexico
                   (011) 52 442-211-3500
              Fax: [phone]

PolyOne Corp.
Chase Elastomer Division
635 Tower Dr.
Kennedale, TX 76060
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Steve Chase, sales mgr.

PPD Rubtech
400 Raymond
Waterville, Quebec, Canada JOB 3H0
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
               Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Variable mixer, variable
mills, calender, preformer
Mixing capabilities: All except silicone
Capacity: 15 million lbs./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 Inc.
467 Dan St.
Akron, OH 44310           [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
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; extruded profiles and
tubings; calendered
roll goods; molding by compression,
injection, transfer and liquid
injection; fabrication;
solids, sponge and foams, QS
9000/ISO 9001 registered
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills,
extruders, molding presses,
calenders, clicker
dies
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Ristance Compounds
14155 Esther Ave.
Mishawaka, IN 46545       [phone]
Equipment: Mills, extruders, high
intensity mixer
Mixing capabilities: Silicone, PVC
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
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Silmix Division
Wacker Silicones Corp.
1777 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224-1735
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Richard J. Bowerr, sales mgr.
Equipment: Mills, extruders, calenders,
internal mixer
Services offered: Compound development
and custom mixing
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and flue
Capacity: 8 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development. yes

Soucy Techno Inc.
468 St. Roch Nord "C"
Rock Forest, Quebec, Canada J1N 2R6
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
                                Website:
     www.soucygroup.com/web/techno/index
 Email: [e-mail]
Andre Archambault
Equipment: Mixers, extruders
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Services offered: Mixing, calendering,
preforming, compounding
Capacity. Rubber, 30 million lbs./yr.;
plastic, 10 million lbs./yr.
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/moldmaking,
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, in-line die cutting, strainer,
flat platen presses
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Thona Group (Headquarters)
Industriestrasse 20 G
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]
Equipment Internal mixers with
intermeshing technology
Mixing capabilities: All synthetic and
natural rubber except silicone
Capacity: 80,000 tons
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Tristani Rubber Industries, Inc.
Box 1051
Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico 00952
                          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
               Website: www.tristani.com
           Email: [e-mail]
John T. Sherwood
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills,
calender, extruder (cold teed),
laboratory, Pathex precure tread press
Mixing capabilities: NR, NBR, CR,
EPDM, PBR, SBR
Capacity: 2,500,000 lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes

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, formulation
development
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 capabilities: 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.

Valley Rubber Mixing, Inc.
520 S. Main St., Suite 2445
Akron, OH 44311           [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
           Website: www.valleyrubber.com
      Email: [e-mail]
Jack L. Reilly, V.P.
Equipment: Open mill (6), high intensity
mixer to 1,000 lbs. batch size, #3
internal mixer for blacks only, Kobe
internal mixer for non-black only
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" four-roll calender, 60" three 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

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

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: #3A and #11 mixers
Mixing capabilities: All solid polymers
Capacity: 24 million lbs./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 Hoss
Services offered: Consultants and
testing services for the adhesive
industry

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, V.P.
Services offered: Aqueous dispersions
and emulsions, chemical grinding, dry
liquid dispersions
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Akros/Douglas Co.
3710 Manchester Rd.
Akron, OH 44319           [phone]
                     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.thomas
                            register.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: cryogenicdeflashingsystemsinc
                                @msn.com
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: Three #11 internal mixers,
extruder dryers, pelletizing extruder
Services offered." Reprocessing of
elastomers, custom blending of
elastomers, custom mixing of general
elastomers
Mixing capabilities: Custom mix,
proprietary compounds, preforms, slabs,
strips, masterbatching
Capacity: 65-70 mm lbs./year
Technical service: yes

Great Lakes Rubber Company
30573 Beck Rd.
P.O. Box 931099
Wixom, MI 48393           [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
      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

Hoosier Custom Calendering
P.O. Box 538
Lakeville, IN 46536       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
Don Newton, V.P. Mfg.
Services offered: Textile calendering
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Hope Webbing Company
50 Martin St.
Cumberland, RI 02864      [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
                Email: [e-mail]
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: epiland@
                   midwestelastomers.com
Evan Piland
Services offered: Cryogenic and ambient
grinding of rubber and plastics
Tech service: yes

Mocap Inc.
Rubber Products Group
13100 Manchester Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63131       [phone]
                            800 817-8784
                     Fax: [phone]
                  Website: www.mocap.com
               Email: [e-mail]
Tom Krebs
Services offered: Custom injection,
transfer and compression molding
Tech 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
consulting 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

Procex Ltd.
880 Cherry St.
P.O. Box 628
Kent, Oil 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, VP 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 & service

Salem-Republic Rubber Co.
P.O. Box 339
475 W. California Ave.
Sebring, OH 44672         [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
           Email: [e-mail]
             Website: salem-republic.com
Drew Ney, pres.
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 uncured
materials
Capacity: 2.5 million lbs.
Tech service: yes

Sparton Enterprises, Inc.
3717 Clark Mill Rd.
Barberton, OH 44203       [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
James Little, Jr., pres.
Equipment: Grinders, granulators,
sif-ters 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]
Services offered: Liner treatment for all
types, widths; flame proofing, mildew
proofing, cleaning and retreating used
liners, slitting and pinking edges

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

West American Rubber, LLC
1413 Braden Court
Orange, CA 92868          [phone]
                     Fax: [phone]
              Email: [e-mail]
                  Website: www.warco.com
Louis Genzalez, 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

Company
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
Gayson Inc.                 Barberton, OH
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.    Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.   Middlefield, OH
Hercules Rubber Co.         Findlay, OH
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio   Wadsworth, OH
Mohican Industries          Ashland, OH
Polymerics Inc.             Cuyahoga Falls, OH
PolyOne                     Solon, OH
PolyOne                     Burton, OH
PolyOne                     Massillon, OH
Preferred Rubber            Barberton. OH
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.   Akron, OH
Silmix, Inc.                Stow, OH
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.   Akron. OH
Wayne County Rubber         Wooster, OH

Midwest

American Silicones Inc.     Garrett, IN
Arrow Polychem              Arlington Heights, IL
Central Rubber Co.          Belvidere, IL
Dow Corning                 Midland, MI
Dow Corning                 Kendallville, IN
Elastomer Processing        Muncie, IN
Hawkins Industrial
  Resource                  Chicago, IL
Laur Silicone               Beaverton, MI
Master Processing           Muscatine, IA
PolyOne                     DeForest, WI
Ristance Compounds          Mishawaka, IN
Trostel, Ltd.               Whitewater, WI

Ohio                        Equipment

Company
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
Gayson Inc.                 Mills
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.    Mills, calenders, slitters
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.   Mixers
Hercules Rubber Co.         Mixers, mills, calender, extruder
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio   Mixers, mills, calenders
Mohican Industries          Mills, mixers
Polymerics Inc.             Mixers, mills, extruder
PolyOne                     Mixers, mills
PolyOne                     Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
PolyOne                     Mixers, mills, FCM, Barwell
Preferred Rubber            Mixers, mills, calenders
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.   Mills
Silmix, Inc.                Mills, calenders, extruders, mixers
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.   Mills, mixers
Wayne County Rubber         Mixers, mills, calenders

Midwest
American Silicones Inc.     Mixers, mills, extruders
Arrow Polychem              Mixers
Central Rubber Co.          Mills
Dow Corning                 Mills, extruders, mixers
Dow Corning                 Mills, extruders, mixers
Elastomer Processing        Mills, mixer
Hawkins Industrial
  Resource                  Mixers, mill, calendars, extruders
Laur Silicone               Mills, mixers, strainers
Master Processing           Mixers, mill, calendars, strainers
PolyOne                     Mixers, mills
Ristance Compounds          Mills, extruders, mixers
Trostel, Ltd.               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
Gayson Inc.                 Specialty silicones
Graphic Arts Rubber Inc.    All no-free black
Gold Key Processing, Ltd.   Synthetic polymers, NR
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
PolyOne                     Most rubbers/elastomers
PolyOne                     All rubber
PolyOne                     Rubber, elastomers
Preferred Rubber            Heat-cured polymers
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.   All types
Silmix, Inc.                Silicones, fluorosilicone
Valley Rubber Mixing Inc.   All polymers
Wayne County Rubber         All elastomers

Midwest
American Silicones Inc.     Silicones
Arrow Polychem              All elastomers
Central Rubber Co.          Most elastomers
Dow Corning                 Silicones
Dow Corning                 Silicones
Elastomer Processing        SBR. EPDM, EVA, Natural Viton,
Hawkins Industrial          Vamac, Hypalon, Nitrile
  Resource                  All types except silicone
Laur Silicone               Exclusively silicone
Master Processing           All the solids
PolyOne                     Most elastomers
Ristance Compounds          Silicone, PVC
Trostel, Ltd.               Most elastomers

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

Northeast                     City

Company
Avon Custom Mixing            Holbrook, MA
Beebe Rubber Co.              Nashua, NH
Cri-Sil Div., Immix Tech.     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
Pilgrim Custom Mixing         Fall River, MA
S&D Rubber Co.                W. Hanover, MA
Specialized Tech. Res.        Enfield, CT
Specialty Silicone Prods.     Ballston Spa, NY
Teknor Apex Co.               Pawtucket, RI

Mid-Alantic region

Alloy Polymers Inc.           Richmond, VA
Brandywine Compounding        Wilmington, DE
CCA Compounding               Wilmington, DE
Dyna-Mix                      Grafton, WV
Hoke Rubber                   Raeford, NC
Onguard Rubber Products       Belcamp, MD
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      Newtown, PA
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.      Blackstone, VA
Technical Rubber & Plastics   Clifton, NJ
Tristani Rubber Industries    Sebana Seca, PR

Northeast                     Equipment

Company
Avon Custom Mixing            Mixers, mills, extruder
Beebe Rubber Co.              Mixers, mills
Cri-Sil Div., Immix Tech.     Mixers, mills, extruders
Cri-Tech, Div., Immix Tech.   Mixers, mills, refiners, extruders
Depco Inc.                    Mills, mixers
Discas                        Mixers, mills, extruders, pelletizer
Gel Concepts                  Compounding
J-Von                         Extruders
Pawling Corp.                 Mixers, mills, dicer, extruders
Pilgrim Custom Mixing         Mixers, mills, strainer
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, strainers

Mid-Alantic region

Alloy Polymers Inc.           Mixers
Brandywine Compounding        Mixers
CCA Compounding               Mixers
Dyna-Mix                      Mixers
Hoke Rubber                   Mixers, mills, extruders, calenders
Onguard Rubber Products       Mixers, mills
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      Mixers, mills
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.      Mixers, mills, extruders
Technical Rubber & Plastics   Mixers
Tristani Rubber Industries    Mixer, mill, calender, extruder

Northeast                     Capabilities

Company
Avon Custom Mixing            All polymers
Beebe Rubber Co.              All except silicone
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
Pilgrim Custom Mixing         All general 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
Onguard Rubber Products       All except silicone
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      All types
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.      Silicone and Viton compounds
Technical Rubber & Plastics   Most elastomers
Tristani Rubber Industries    Most elastomers

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

Southeast                    City

Company
Alleghany Rubber             Macon, GA
Associated Rubber Inc.       Tallapoosa, GA
Associated Rubber Inc.       Huntingdon, TN
Associated Rubber Inc.       Fruithurst, AL
Boston Weatherhead           Newbern, TN
Crossville Rubber            Crossville, TN
Dylan Custom Mixing          Madison, TN
Hoover-Hanes                 Tallapoosa, GA
Kardoes Rubber               Lafayette, AL
Kleen-Tex                    La Grange, GA
Natrochem                    Savannah, GA
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Acworth, GA
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Braselton, GA
PolyOne                      Jonesboro, TN
PolyOne                      Dyersburg, TN
Robbins LLC                  Muscle Shoals, AL
Thona                        Statesville, NC
U.S. Elastomer               Marietta, GA

Southwest, West

AC Products                  Placentia, CA
Burke Custom Process         San Jose, CA
Custom Rubber Mix            Fontana, CA
Dow Corning                  Walnut, CA
Dyna-Mix                     Tyler, TX
GE Silicones                 Chino, CA
PolyOne (Chase Elastomer)    Kennedale, TX
PolyOne                      Santa Fe Springs, CA
PolyOne                      Wynne, AR
Master Processing            Long Beach, CA
Oliver Rubber                Dallas, TX
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, Can
AirBoss Rubber Comp.         Kitchener, Ont., Can.
American Biltrite            Mississauga, Ont., Can.
Biltrite Industries          Etobicoke, Ont., Can.
Kaufman Footwear             Kitchener, Ont., Can.
PPD Rubtech                  Waterville, Quebec, Can.
Soucy Techno Inc.            Quebec, Canada
Thona                        Magog, Que., Canada
TruSeal Technologies         Toronto, Ont., Can.
Viceroy Rubber               Toronto, Ont., Can.

Southeast                    Equipment

Company
Alleghany Rubber             Mixers, mills, extruders
Associated Rubber Inc.       Mixers, calenders, preformer,
                               extruders
Associated Rubber Inc.       Mixers
Associated Rubber Inc.       Mixer, blender, pelletizer, preformer
Boston Weatherhead           Mixers
Crossville Rubber            Mixers, autoclaves, presses
Dylan Custom Mixing          240 liter machines
Hoover-Hanes                 Mixers, mills
Kardoes Rubber               Mixers, calenders
Kleen-Tex                    Mixers
Natrochem                    Mixers
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Mixers, mills
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Mill
PolyOne                      Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
PolyOne                      Mixers, calenders, FCM,
                               extruders, Boss kneaders
Robbins LLC                  Mills, mixers, extruders, calender
Thona                        Mixers, mills
U.S. Elastomer               Mixers, mills

Southwest, West

AC Products                  Mixers
Burke Custom Process         Mixers, mills, calenders
Custom Rubber Mix            Mixers, mills, calender, preformer
Dow Corning                  Mills, extruders, mixers
Dyna-Mix                     Mixers
GE Silicones                 Mixers, mills
PolyOne (Chase Elastomer)    Mills, extruders, mixers, calenders
PolyOne                      Mixers, mills
PolyOne                      Mills, mixers, FCM, Barwell
Master Processing            Strainers, refiner, mixers,
                               calenders, mills
Oliver Rubber                Mills, extruders, mixers
Performance Processing       Mixers, mills, calender
R&S Processing               Mixers
Valley Processing            Calenders, strainer, extruders
West American Rubber         Mixers

Canada

Acton International          Mixers, extruders, calender
AirBoss Rubber Comp.         Mixers, mills
American Biltrite            Mixers, calender, extruder
Biltrite Industries          Mixers, mills
Kaufman Footwear             Mixers
PPD Rubtech                  Mixer, mills, calender, preformer
Soucy Techno Inc.            Mixers
Thona                        Mixers
TruSeal Technologies         Mixer, mill ribbon blender
Viceroy Rubber               Mixers, calenders, mills, presses

Southeast                    Capabilities

Company
Alleghany Rubber             SBR, NR, nitrile, EPDM
Associated Rubber Inc.       Most elastomers
Associated Rubber Inc.       Most elastomers
Associated Rubber Inc.       Most elastomers
Boston Weatherhead           Most elastomers
Crossville Rubber            Most elastomers
Dylan Custom Mixing          All types
Hoover-Hanes                 All elastomers
Kardoes Rubber               Most elastomers
Kleen-Tex                    Most elastomers
Natrochem                    Dry liquid concentrates, blending
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Mostly nitrile
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Fluoroelastomers
PolyOne                      All elastomers
PolyOne                      Thermoset, thermoplastic
Robbins LLC                  Most elastomers
Thona                        All elastomers except silicone
U.S. Elastomer               All elastomers except fluoroelas
                               tomers

Southwest, West

AC Products                  All types
Burke Custom Process         All types
Custom Rubber Mix            All elastomers
Dow Corning                  Silicones
Dyna-Mix                     All types
GE Silicones                 Most elastomers
PolyOne (Chase Elastomer)    Elastomers
PolyOne                      Silicone
PolyOne                      Most elastomers
Master Processing            All solids
Oliver Rubber                Most elastomers
Performance Processing       Silicone and fluoroelastomers
R&S Processing               Most elastomers
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
Kaufman Footwear             Natural and synthetics
PPD Rubtech                  All except silicone
Soucy Techno Inc.            Most elastomers
Thona                        All elastomers except silicone
TruSeal Technologies         Natural and synthetic
Viceroy Rubber               Most elastomers