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]
John Tomins, V.P. sales & mktg.
Equipment: One K-7, one Skinner 3700,
one Skinner 268, one Skinner CoFlow,
one Farrel #11
Mixing capabilities: Most types of rubber
Capacity: 200 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 7)

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
Services offered: Custom compunding,
chemical dispersions, calendering, pelletizing,
straining
Mixing capabilities: All polymers except
silicone
Capacity: 125+ million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development yes

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

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

Avon Custom Mixing Service
55 High St.
Holbrook, MA 02343
                                     [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
Timothy E. Nestor, V.P.
Equipment: Two #11 and one 3A internal
mixer, several calenders, two roll
mills and one 8-1/2" x 42" roller die extruder
Mixing capabilities: All polymers, separate
facilities for mixing blacks to prevent
contamination of non-blacks and colors,
12"x15" strainer/extruder on-line at 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, $80 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; 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 62)

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

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

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

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

Crossville Rubber, Inc.
315 Central St.
P.O. Box 729
Crossville, TN 38557                 [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
Gus Diddle, V.P.
                  Website: www.crossvillerubber.com
                   Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Mixers, Farrel #11, two Farrel
#9, three complete lines capable of
producing sheets up to 84" wide (one
with vinyl coating capability), guillotines,
autoclaves, compression presses, die
cut presses
Mixing capabilities: SBR, natural, polychloroprene,
nitrile
Capacity: 50 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

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

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

Discas
56 Eagle 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]
                    Website: www.eagleelastomer.com
                   Email: [e-mail]
David Brown, Executive V.P.; Liam
McHale, Sales, Custom Mixing Div.
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills, extruders,
calender, granulator and fully
equipped laboratories
Mixing capabilities: 100 lb. batches of
fluoroelastomer compounds
Capacity: 1 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 65)

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, IR, 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 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

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

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: eseeley @ goldkeyltd.com
Edward Seeley, VP-Sales & Marketing
Equipment: 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 fluoroelastomer
and silicone
Capacity: 60 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 11)

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
Mixing capabilities: All--no free black;
custom calendering
Capacity: 5 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

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

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

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

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 proweighs
Mixing capabilities: Natural and synthetics,
color specialty
Capacity: 20 million Ibs./year
Recipe development: yes

Kardoes Rubber Co.
P.O. Box 350
1061 Lafayette Ind. Park
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

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]
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
(see ad on page 79)

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

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

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

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

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

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.buser@ bata-usa.com
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 types,
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 Corporation
Elastomers & Performance Additives

6521 Davis Ind. Pkwy.
Solon, OH 44139                      [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                           Website: www.polyone.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 master-batches,
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]
PolyOne EC 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 Elastomers U.K.
Newton Business Park
Talbot Road, Hyde
Cheshire, U.K. SK144UQ
                               44 (0) 161-367-87-73
PolyOne Elastomers & Performance
Additives Shanghai
Factory Building No. 7, Phase IV
Lot 20, Yuanzhong Road,
Shanghai Nanhui Industrial Zone
Shanghai, 201300, China

Portage Precision Polymers, Inc.

215 W. Lake St.
Ravenna, OH 44266                    [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                         Website: www.pppmixing.com
Equipment: Internal mixer, 84" mill, 60"
mill, 66" 3-roll calender
Services offered: Custom polymer mixing
and compound development
Mixing capabilities: EPDM, NBR, natural,
SBR, PBD, polyisoprene, butyl,
halobutyl, CSM, polychloroprene
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 83)

PPD Rubtech

400 Raymond
Waterville, Quebec, Canada J0B 3H0
                                     [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                          Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Variable mixer, 6 wing
mixer, variable mills, calender, preformer
Mixing capabilities: All except silicone
Capacity: 15 million kg./year
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Preferred Rubber Compounding

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

R&S Processing Co., Inc.

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

Rainbow Mastermixing LLC

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

Reiss Manufacturing Inc.

1 Polymer Place
P.O. Box 60
Blackstone, VA 23824                 [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                          Website: www.reissmfg.com
                       Email: [e-mail]
Harry Newton, gen. mgr.
Services offered: Custom and standard
formulating and mixing of silicone, fluorosilicone
and Viton rubber compounds;
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,
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
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
(see ad on page 70)

Silmix Division
Wacker Silicones Corp.

1777 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224-1735
                                     [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                          [e-mail]
Richard J. Bowers, sales mgr.
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

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; 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/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, 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

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 74)

Thona Group (Headquarters)
Industriestrasse 20 G
B-4700 Eupen, Belgium
                                   (32) 87-59-61-50
                              Fax: [phone]
                       Website: www.thona-group.com
                   Email: contact @ thona-group.com
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: 88,000 tons
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: 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.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

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

Valley Processing
Div. of Mitchell Rubber Products
491 Wilson Way
City of Industry, CA 91741
                                     [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
Russ Shorter, tech. sales
Equipment: Two #11 internal mixers,
#12 Boiling, #4 Boiling (non-blacks), 66"
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

(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

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 Noss
Services offered: Consultants and testing
services for the adhesive industry
Recipe development: yes

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

(see ad on this page)

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.thomasregister.com
                               Email: [e-mail]
Services offered: Custom calendering
and custom slitting
Equipment: 60" mills, 66" calender, 72"
calender, 66" slitter

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

Cryogenic Deflashing Systems, Inc.
1701 E. Edinger Ave., Bldg. G-2
Santa Ana, CA 92705                  [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                 www.cryogenicdeflashingsystems.com
               Email: 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
Mixing capabilities: Proprietary masterbatches,
custom masterbatches, pre-forms,
slabs, strips, masterbatching to industry
standard
Capacity: 65-70 mm lbs./year
Technical service: yes
Recipe development: 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

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

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, OH 44240                       [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
Michael Aloisi, gen. mgr.
Services offered: Removal of rubber,
urethane, paints, polymers and adhesives

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

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

Renosol Corporation
1512 Woodland Dr.
Saline, MI 48176                     [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
                            Email: [e-mail]
Tom Jones, 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: sales@ sagerobot.com
Rodney Gonzalez
Equipment: Material handling robot, bale
loaders, film wrappers, crump spreaders,
bale resizing devices, heavy service conveyors,
upgrades, retrofit, PMs
Services offered: Design, integration,
manufacturing and service

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

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

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

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

Textile Proofers, L.P.
193 Culver Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07305                [phone]
                                Fax: [phone]
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 Gonzalez, Inside Sales
Services offered: Complete laboratory
including compound development and
testing, calendering, cold and hot feed
extrusion lines, microwave extrusion,
splice, compression, transfer and injection
molding with rubber-to-metal bonding
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development. yes

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

North American custom mixers--Ohio and Midwest

Ohio                     City                     Equipment

Company
Blair Rubber Co.         Akron, OH                Mixer, mills,
                                                    calendering
Chardon Rubber           Chardon, OH              Mixers, mills,
                                                    extruders,
                                                    calenders
Compass Polymer
  Mixing                 Akron, OH                Mixers, mills
Eagle Elastomers         Cuyahoga Falls, OH       Mills, calenders,
                                                    extruders
Elastomix U.S.A.         Akron, OH                Mixers, mills
Gayson Inc.              Barberton, OH            Mills
Graphic Arts Rubber
  Inc.                   Cuyahoga Falls, OH       Mills, calenders,
                                                    slitters
Gold Key Processing,
  Ltd.                   Middlefield, OH          Mixers
Hercules Rubber Co.      Findlay, OH              Mixers, mills,
                                                    calender, extruder
Martin Rubber Co. of
  Ohio                   Wadsworth, OH            Mixers, mills,
                                                    calenders
Mohican Industries       Ashland, OH              Mills, mixers
Polymerics Inc.          Cuyahoga Falls, OH       Mixers, mills,
                                                    extruder
Poly0ne                  Solon, OH                Mixers, mills
Poly0ne                  Burton, OH               Mixers, FCM, mills,
                                                    Barwell
Portage Precision
  Polymers               Ravenna, OH              Mixer, mills,
                                                    calender
Preferred Rubber         Barberton, OH            Mixers, mills,
                                                    calenders
Rainbow Mastermixing
  Inc.                   Akron, OH                Mills
Silmix, Inc.             Stow, OH                 Mills, calenders,
                                                    extruders, mixers
Valley Rubber Mixing
  Inc.                   Akron, OH                Mills, mixers
Wayne County Rubber      Wooster, OH              Mixers, mills,
                                                    calenders

Midwest
American Silicones
  Inc.                   Garrett, IN              Mixers, mills,
                                                    extruders
Arrow Polychem           Arlington Heights, IL    Mixers
Central Rubber Co.       Belvidere, IL            Mills
Dow Corning              Midland, MI              Mills, extruders,
                                                    mixers
Dow Corning              Kendallville, IN         Mills, extruders,
                                                    mixers
Elastomer Processing     Muncie,IN                Mills, mixer
Hawkins Industrial
  Resource               Chicago, IL              Mixers, mill,
                                                    calenders,
                                                    extruders
Laur Silicone            Baeverton, MI            Mills, mixers,
                                                    strainers
Master Processing        Muscatine, IA            Mixers, mill,
                                                    calenders,
                                                    strainers
PolyOne                  DeForest, WI             Mixers, mills
Trostel, Ltd.            Whitewater, WI           Mixers

Ohio                     Capabilities

Company
Blair Rubber Co.         Most elastomers
Chardon Rubber           Most elastomers
Compass Polymer
  Mixing                 Most elastomers
Eagle Elastomers         Fluoroelastomers
Elastomix U.S.A.         Most elastomers
Gayson Inc.              Specialty silicones
Graphic Arts Rubber
  Inc.                   All no-free black
Gold Key Processing,
  Ltd.                   NR, synthetic polymers except sili
                           cone and fluoroelastomer
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
Poly0ne                  Most rubbers/elastomers
Poly0ne                  All rubber
Portage Precision
  Polymers               EPDM, NBR, NR, SBR, PBD, butyl,
                           polyisoprene, CSM, neoprene
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
Trostel, Ltd.            Most elastomers

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

Northeast                   City               Equipment

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

Mid-Alantic region
Alloy Polymers Inc.         Richmond, VA       Mixers
Brandywine Compounding      Wilmington, DE     Mixers
CCA Compounding             Wilmington, DE     Mixers
Dyna-Mix                    Grafton, WV        Mixers
Hoke Rubber                 Raeford, NC        Mixers, mills, extruders,
                                                 calenders
Onguard Rubber Products     Belcamp, MD        Mixers, mills
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.    Newtown, PA        Mixers, mills
Reiss Manufacturing Inc.    Blackstone, VA     Mixers, mills, extruders
Technical Rubber &
  Plastics                  Clifton, NJ        Mixers
Tristani Rubber
  Industries                Sebana Seca, PR    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, Southwest, West and Canada

Southeast                City                       Equipment

Company
Alleghany Rubber         Macon, GA                  Mixers, mills,
                                                      extruders
Associated Rubber Inc.   Tallapoosa, GA             Mixers, calenders,
                                                      preformer,
                                                      extruders
Associated Rubber Inc.   Huntingdon, TN             Mixers
Associated Rubber Inc.   Fruithurst, AL             Mixer, blender,
                                                      pelletizer,
                                                      preformer
Boston Weatherhead       Newbern, TN                Mixers
Crossville Rubber        Crossville, TN             Mixers, autoclaves,
                                                      presses
Dylan Custom Mixing      Madison, TN                240 liter machines
Hoover-Hanes             Tallapoosa, GA             Mixers, mills
Kardoes Rubber           Lafayette, AL              Mixers, calenders
Kleen-Tex                La Grange, GA              Mixers
Natrochem                Savannah, GA               Mixers
Oliver Rubber            Athens, GA                 Mixers, mills,
                                                      calenders,
                                                      extruders,
                                                      slitters
Pacesetter Graphic
  Service                Acworth, GA                Mixers, mills
Pinnacle Elastomeric     Braselton, GA              Mill
PolyOne                  Jonesboro, TN              Mixers, FCM, mills,
                                                      Barwell
PolyOne                  Dyersburg, TN              Mixers, calenders,
                                                      FCM, extruders,
                                                      Boss kneaders
Robbins LLC              Muscle Shoals, AL          Mills, mixers,
                                                      extruders,
                                                      calender
Teknor Apex (Haywood
  Co.)                   Brownsville, TN            Mills, mixers

Thona                    Statesville, NC            Mixers, mills
U.S. Elastomer           Marietta, GA               Mixers, mills

Southwest, West
AC Products              Placentia, CA              Mixers
Burke Custom Process     San Jose, CA               Mixers, mills,
                                                      calenders
Custom Rubber Mix        Fontana, CA                Mixers, mills,
                                                      calender,
                                                      preformer
Dow Corning              Walnut, CA                 Mills, extruders,
                                                      mixers
Dyna-Mix                 Tyler, TX                  Mixers
GE Silicones             Chino, CA                  Mixers, mills
Kirkhill Mfg. Company    Downey, CA                 Mixer, mills,
                                                      Barwells, full
                                                      lab
PolyOne (Chase
  Elastomer)             Kennedale, TX              Mills, extruders,
                                                      mixers, calenders
PolyOne                  Santa Fe Springs, CA       Mixers, mills
Performance Processing   Orange, CA                 Mills, extruders,
                                                      mixers
R&S Processing           Paramount, CA              Mixers
Valley Processing        City of Industry, CA       Calenders,
                                                      strainer,
                                                      extruders
West American Rubber     Orange, CA                 Mixers

Canada
Acton International      Acton Vale, Quebec, Can    Mixers, extruders,
                                                      calender
AirBoss Rubber Comp.     Kitchener, Ont., Can.      Mixers, mills
American Biltrite        Mississauga, Ont., Can.    Mixers, calender,
                                                      extruder
Biltrite Industries      Etobicoke, Ont., Can.      Mixers, mills
Kaufman Footwear         Kitchener, Ont., Can.      Mixers
PPD Rubtech              Waterville, Quebec, Can.   Mixer, mills,
                                                      calender,
                                                      preformer
Soucy Techno Inc.        Quebec, Canada             Mixers, extruders,
                                                      calender
Thona                    Magog, Que., Canada        Mixers
TruSeal Technologies     Toronto, Ont., Can.        Mixer, mill ribbon
                                                      blender
Viceroy Rubber           Toronto, Ont., Can.        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
Oliver Rubber            Most elastomers

Pacesetter Graphic
  Service                Mostly nitrile
Pinnacle Elastomeric     Fluoroelastomers
PolyOne                  All elastomers
PolyOne                  Thermoset, thermoplastic

Robbins LLC              Most elastomers
Teknor Apex (Haywood
  Co.)                   All elastomers except silcone
                           and FKM
Thona                    All elastomers except silicone
U.S. Elastomer           All elastomers except fluoroelas-
                           tomers
Southwest, West
AC Products              All types
Burke Custom Process     All types
Custom Rubber Mix        All elastomers
Dow Corning              Silicones
Dyna-Mix                 All types
GE Silicones             Most elastomers
Kirkhill Mfg. Company    All polymers
PolyOne (Chase
  Elastomer)             Elastomers
PolyOne                  Silicone
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
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