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: [phone]
James Troska, V.P. R&D
Larry Weinstein, plant manager
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
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Marcel Courtemanche
Equipment: F-270 mixer, 3-D mixer,
RMS extruder, Kobe extruder, 4-roll
calender, holding press
Services offered: Mixing and
transformation
Mixing capabilities: 17 million kg./yr.
Capacity: 2 million kg
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Airboss Rubber Compounding
101 Glasgow St.
Kitchener, Ontario, CN N2G 4X8
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Gord McQuay; Berk Howard
Equipment: One K-7, one Skinner
3700, two Skinner 268s, one Farrel
#11
Mixing capabilities: Custom mixing of
all types
Capacity: 200 million lbs./yr.
Tech Service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Akron Paint & Varnish Inc. (APV)
1390 Firestone Parkway
Akron, OH 44301
                Phone: [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: [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: [phone]
S. Pahuja, president
Equipment: Eleven lines - twin screw
high intensity mixers
Mixing capabilities: Specialize in
enginearing 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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Equipment: Two mixers, calender,
rollerhead 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: [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: [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
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Chad Utley, plant mgr.
Equipment: #11 mixers, lab mixers
Mixing capabilities: SBR, NR, NBR,CR,
ECO, CSM, EPDM, IIR, CIIR, FKM,
CPE
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

ProBlend Division
Bell Mill Road
P.O. Box 125
Fruithurst, AL 36262
      Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Len McClearn, general 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 02343z
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Mark F. Chase, president
Timothy E. Nestor, V.P.
Joel T. O'Brien, V.P. materials
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 precent contamination of non-blacks
and colors, 12"x15" strainer/extruder
on-line at non-black mixer, mill mixing
of small quantities available
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Bata Rubber Products Division
4501 Pulaski Highway
Belcamp, MD 21017
       Phone: [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

Beebe Rubber Co.
20 Marshall St.
Nashua, NH 03061
                Phone: [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]
  Fax: [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: [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

Boston Weatherhead
Division, Dana Corp.
Highway 77 East, P.O. Box 38
Newbern, TN 38059
                Phone: [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, custom
calendering
Capacity: 74 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Brandywine Compounding Co.
1101 Rosemont Ave.
Wilmington, DE 19802
                Phone: [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 Street
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 Street
Wilmington, DE 19898
                Phone: [phone]
P. Timothy Knaus, gen. mgr.
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Al Maldonado, business mgr.
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]
Nancy Souvey
Equipment: Mills, mixers, internal
mixers, extruders, Barwells
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Capacity: 25 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Chase Elastomer Corp.
Div. of M.A. Hanna Rubber
Compounding
635 Tower Dr.
Kennedale, TX 76060
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Steve Chase, sales mgr.

Chase Elastomer Midwest
1701 N. Kostner Ave.
Chicago, IL 60639
Equipment: Mills, internal mixer,
calenders and extruders
Mixing capabilities: All types
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Compass Polymer Mixing Corp.
47 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
Chris Sumpter, product development
chemist
Brian Ward, technical service mgr.
Peter Burnett, VP sales and marketing
Michael Hirschy, VP operations
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 Street
Hanover, MA 02339-2553
Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Website: www.immixtechnologies.com
Mark Stevens, pres./CEO
Peter Burnett, V.P. sales & mktg.
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Gus Biddle, V.P.
    Website: www.crossvillerubber.com
     Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Mixers, Farrel #11, two
Farrel #9, three complete lines capable
of producing sheets up to 84" wide (one
with vinyl coating capability),
guillotines, autoclaves, compression
presses, die cut presses
Mixing capabilities: SBR, natural,
polychloroprene, nitrile
Capacity: 50 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Custom Rubber Mix, Inc.
10798 Catawba Avenue
Fontana, CA 92337-7398
                Phone: [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: [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: [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

Douglas Scientific Services Co.
1920 S. Main St.
Akron, OH 44301
Nolan Douglas, pres.
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Dow Corning STI
Corporate Headquarters
P.O. Box 0995
Midland, MI 48686-0995
                Phone: [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: [phone]
Dave Jurkiewicz, gen. mgr.
Ron Romanowski, tech service 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: [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: [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 Road
Grafton, WV 26354
                Phone: [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: [phone]
          Email: [e-mail]
Tom Wilson, customer contact
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 Elastomers
338 Remmington Rd.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224-0939
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Neil McHale, director of sales
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

Elastomer Processing Corp.
2448 West 24th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
                Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
          Email: [e-mail]
Stacy Miller, customer contact
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
                    Email: 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
4045 Cheyenne Court
Chino, CA 91710
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]
Timothy Angle
Mixing capabilities: Silicone rubber
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Gel Concepts LLC
30 Leslie Ct.
Whippany, NJ 07981
                Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
          Website: www.goldkeyltd.com
        Email: [e-mail]
Edward Seeley
Equipment: Two Shaw K6A mixers with
multi 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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Harry Millward, 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: [phone]
                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, ni-trile,
hydrogenated nitrile, carboxylated
nitrile, millable urethane

Hercules Rubber Co.
1300 Morrical Blvd.
Findlay, OH 45840
                Phone: [phone]
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Bill Hehmeyer
      Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Internal mixers, mills, calender,
extruder
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.
Box 223 Route 2, School Road
Raeford, NC 28376
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
J.J. Gaudiot, gen. mgr.

Corporate Offices:
Presti Gorup/Hoke Rubber Products
350 South Main St., Suite 303
Doylestown, PA 18901
                Phone: [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: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Equipment: 2-1/2" and 4-1/2" single
screw extruders, 67 mm and 110 mm
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
                Email: [e-mail]
Richard Magier
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Michael Cash
Equipment: S-268 mixer, 76" 4-roll calender
and five 3700 mixer
Mixing capabilities: NR, SBR, polybutadiene,
nitrile, EPDM, polychloroprene
Capacity: 42 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: [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 Rubber
Compounding, Inc.
4930 S. M-18
P.O. Box 509
Beaverton, MI 48612-0509
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Daniel T. Laur, pres.
Equipment: Mills, double arm mixers,
preforming strainers
Mixing capabilities: Exclusively silicone
Capacity: 1 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio
9976 Rittman Road
Wadsworth, OH 44281
                Phone: [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
Recipe development: no

Master Processing Corp.
2500 Thompson St. P.O. Box 740
Long Beach, CA 90801
                Phone: [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

Midwest Rubber Custom Mixing Div.
745 Norton Ave.
P.O. Box 270
Barberton, OH 44203
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Christopher Mitchell, gen. mgr.
Equipment: Shaw K-7, two F-270s
Mixing capabilities: Standard types
Capacity: 60 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Mohican Industries, Inc.

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

Natrochem, Inc.
P.O. Box 1205
Savannah, GA 31402-1205
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Equipment: Two mixers, two reactors,
flaking belt
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

Pacesetter Graphic Service
2672 Hickory Grove Rd.
Acworth, GA 30102
                Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
             Website: www.passaic.com
             Email: [e-mail]
J.D. Mathey or Jeff Leach
Services offered: Manufacture calendered
rubber and fabrics, endless belting
and rubber rollers

Pawling Corp.
157 Charles Colman Boulevard
Pawling, NY 12564-1188
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
             Website: www.pawling.com
          Email: [e-mail]
John Rickert, V.P./gen. mgr., custom
mixing
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
              Email: [e-mail]
Steve Brown, 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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Equipment: F-80 internal mixer, 8 mills,
calender, preformer
Mixing capabilities: Silicone and fluoro-elastomers
Services offered: Custom mixing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Pilgrim Custom Mixing
Division of Standard Products
84 Water St.
Fallriver, MA 02722
        Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
  Website: www.pinnacleelastomers.com
   Email: [e-mail]
Bob Rathbun
Equipment: Mixing mill
Services offered. Fluororelastomer mixing,
compound development, consultation,
materials evaluation studies
Capacity: 1.7 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Polymerics, Inc.
2828 Second St.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
                Phone: [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 (formerly M.A. Hanna)
6521 Davis Ind. Pkwy.
Solon, OH 44139
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
         Website: www.hannarubber.com
John Quinn, pres.
Daniel Fox, sales & marketing director
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes
Manufacturing facilities:
14330 Kinsman Road
Burton, OH 44021
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
P.O. Box 377
Jonesborough, TN 38659
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
10 Clearview Drive; P.O. Box 128
Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada N4G 4H3
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]

11831 Wakeman St.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
613 Burton Blvd.
DeForest, WI 53532
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
150 S. Connell Ave.
Dyersburg, TN 38024
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Old Lake City Hwy.
P.O. Box 640
Kingstree, SC 29556
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
MAHRC de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
LaNoir 115
Parque Industrial Queretaro
C.P. 76220, Santa Rosa Jauregui
Qeuretaro, Mexico
52-42-152-467

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

Preferred Rubber Compounding
1020 Lambert St.
Barberton, OH 44203
Phone: [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
Capacity: 56 million lbs.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

R&S Processing Co., Inc.
15712 Illinois Ave.
P.O. Box 2037
Paramount, CA 90723-8037
                Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Daniel R. Unk, pres.
Equipment: 60" rubber mills, 42" rubber
mill, granulators
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
            Website: www.reissmfg.com
         Email: [e-mail]
Harry Newton, gen. mgr.
Allen Johnson, national mktg. mgr.
Larry Kittner, sales/mktg, mgr
Services offered: Custom and standard
formulating and mixing of silicone rubber
compounds; extrusions, calendering,
molding by compression, injection,
transfer and liquid injection, thermoplastic
extrusion
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills and extruders
for straining and preforming
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Ristance Compounds
14155 Esther Ave.
Mishawaka, IN 46545
                Phone: [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: [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 Inc.
1777 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224-1735
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
George Stamper
Equipment: Mills, extruders, calenders,
internal mixers
Mixing capabilities: Custom formulation
and/or custom mixing of silicone and fluorosilicone
Capacity: 5 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Soucy Techno Inc.
468 St. Roch Nord "C"
Rock Forest, Quebec J1N 2R6
                             Website:
  www.soucygroup.com/web/techno/index
         Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Mixers
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Capacity: Rubber, 10 million lbs./yr.,
plastic, 10 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Specialized Technology Resources, Inc.
10 Water St.
Enfield, CT 06082
                Phone: (877) STR-LABS
                  Fax: [phone]
              Website: www.strlab.com
          Email: [e-mail]
Susan Agro, Project Mgr.
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
            Email: [e-mail]
              Website: www.sspinc.com
Randy Putnam
Equipment: Mixers, CAD-CAM/mold-making,
extruders, mills, calenders, die
cutting, LSR equipment, robotics
Services offered: Mixing, molding, injection
molding, gasketing
Mixing capabilities: On request
Capacity: 75 million lbs./year
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Standard Rubber Products
S&D Rubber Co., Division
P.O. Box 1157
W. Hanover, MA 02339-7157
                Phone: [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: [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
Pawtucket, RI 02861
505 Central Ave.
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
          Website: www.teknorapex.com
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
3915 Research Park Drive, Suite A4
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]

1635 Industrial Blvd.
Magog, Quebec, Canada J1X 5B3
Equipment: Mixers
Mixing capabilities: All synthetic and natural
rubber except silicone
Capacity: 15 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Tristani Rubber Industries, Inc.
Box 1051
Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico 00952
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
            Website: www.tristani.com
            Email: [e-mail]
John T. Sherwood
Equipment: Internal mixer, mills, calender,
extruder (cold feed), laboratory,
Pathex precure tread press
Mixing capabilities: NR, NBR, CR,
EPDM, PBR, SBR
Capacity: 2,500,000 lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: No

Trostel, Ltd.
(Polymer Compounding Division)
736 Executive Dr.
Whitewater, WI 53190
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
        Email: [e-mail]
Mike Szymborski
Equipment: Shaw K5 intermeshing
mixer, mills, full analytical lab including
RPA, FTIR, TGA, DSC, ozone and
abrasion equipment, internal mixers
Mixing capabilities: Black compounds,
non-silicone, 25-95 durometer
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Truseal Technologies Ltd.
55 Esandar Dr.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4G 4H2
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
              Email: [e-mail]
Equipment: Mixers, mills, ribbon
Mixing capabilities: Custom mixing of
natural and synthetic compounds
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: no

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
Capacity: 7.4 million lbs./yr.

Valley Rubber Mixing, Inc.
520 S. Main St., Suite 2445
Akron, OH 44311
                Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Russ Shorter, tech. sales
Equipment: Two #11 internal mixers,
#12 Bolling, #4 Bolling (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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
George Keller, mgr. of tech. sales
Equipment: Mixers, mills, calenders
Mixing capabilities: Most elastomers
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Wayne County Rubber, Inc.
1205 E. Bowman St.
Wooster, OH 44691
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
                             Website:
           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 Co.
750 North Main St.
Orange, CA 92668
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
   Email: [e-mail]
               Website: www.warco.com
Maurice Smith, Exec. V.P.
B. Ruiz, Inside Sales Mgr.
Equipment: #3A and #11 mixers
Mixing capabilities: All solid polymers
Capacity: 24 million lbs./yr.
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

Custom Services

ACM Corporation
217 Industrial Road
Summerville, SC 29483
                Phone: [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

Adhesive Consultants Laboratories
383 Stanton Ave.
Akron, OH 44301
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
 Email: [e-mail]
 Website: www.adhesiveconsultants.com
Jeffrey Hoss
Services offered: Consulting services,
chemical analysis, formulae developmnet,
and other services

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

Aldon Corporation
1533 West Henrietta Rd.
Avon, NY 14414
                Phone: [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.
Technical service: no
Recipe development: no

All-Tra Rubber Processing
53 Carmen Road
Tallmadge, OH 44278
                Phone: [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: [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
Tech service: no
Recipe development: no

Biltrite Industries
170 North Queen St.
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
  Phone: [phone]
    Fax: [phone]
Tom Lennox, gen. mgr.
Dave Donaldson
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
                             Website:
www.calenderingspecialists.thomasreg-
                            ister.com
                 Email: [e-mail]
Don Ripley, V.P., production mgr.
Services offered: Custom calendering
and custom slitting
Equipment: 60" mills, 66" calender, 72"
calender, 66" slitter

The Crislip Corporation
121 Factory Street
P.O. Box 4441
Creston, OH 44217
                Phone: [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

Entropex
1390 Lougar Ave.
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada N7S 5N7
                Phone: [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, guillotines
Services offered: Reprocessing of elastomers,
custom blending and pelletizing
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
Recipe development: yes

Great Lakes Rubber Company
30573 Beck Rd.
P.O. Box 931099
Wixom, MI 48393
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Don DeMallie
Services offered: Compounding, mixing,
molding, bonding rubber to metal, grinding,
cryogenic deflashing
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: yes

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

Hope Webbing Company
50 Martin Street
Cumberland, RI 02864
                Phone: [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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
   Website: www.midwestelastomers.com
                     Email: jborland@
                midwestelastomers.com
Jeff Borland
Services offered: Cryogenic and ambient
grinding of rubber and plastics
Tech service: yes
Recipe development: no

Mocap Inc.
Rubber Products Group
13100 Manchester Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63131
  Phone: [phone]
                  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

NRI Industries, Materials Division
1948 Scotland Ave.
Chambersburg, PA 17201
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Kimberly Shaffer, customer service
Services offered: Grinding of tires, buffings
and tread rubber
Equipment: Grinders and choppers;
vibrating screens
Technical service: yes

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

Polymer Valley Chemicals
1872 Akron Peninsula Rd.
Akron, OH 44313-9100
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
            Email: [e-mail]
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 Inc.
880 Cherry St.
Kent, OH 44240
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Bob Uber, sales/quality mgr.
Services offered: Metal reclaiming - removing
bonding agent, rubber and
urethane from rubber-to-metal parts, grit
blasting

E.L. Puskas Company
448 E. South St.
P.O. Box 229
Akron, OH 44309
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Ernest L. Puskas, Sr., pres.
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: [phone]
Walter A. Mierzejewski
Services offered: On site roll blocking;
grinding mill and calender rolls

Sage Automation
4925 Fannett Rd.
Beaumont, TX 77705
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
           Email: [e-mail]
Rodney Gonzalez
Equipment: Rubber bale film wrappers,
rubber bale robot loaders, rubber bale
unloaders and special equipment to the
rubber industry
Services offered: Custom engineering,
maintanence and retrofit

Salem-Republic Rubber Co.
P.O. Box 389
475 W. California Ave.
Sebring, OH 44672
                Phone: [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.
Technical service: yes

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

Specialized Technology Resources, Inc.
10 Water St.
Enfield, CT 06082
                Phone: (877) STR-LABS
                  Fax: [phone]
              Website: www.strlab.com
          Email: [e-mail]
Susan Agro, Project Mgr.
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: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
Services offered: Liner treatment for all
types, widths; flame proofing, mildew
proofing, cleaning and retreating used
liners, slitting and pinking edges

Tooltec Inc.
2225 Meyer Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46803
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
               Email: [e-mail]
Karl Reuther II, pres.
Services offered: Manufacturing of trimless
rubber mold; compression molds,
transfer molds and injection molds
Equipment: Two CNC lathes, three CNC
vertical machining centers, seven engine
lathes, four Bridgeport mills, two
radial drills, 54" grinder

TRC Ind., Inc.
1777 Commerce Dr.
Stow, OH 44224-1735
                Phone: [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; 6
million lbs. mixing

West American Rubber Co.
750 North Main St.
Orange, CA 92668
                Phone: [phone]
                  Fax: [phone]
   Email: [e-mail]
               Website: www.warco.com
Maurice Smith, Exec. V.P.
B. Ruiz, Inside Sales Mgr.
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: [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
Douglas Scientific Services   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
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Burton, OH
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Chagrin Falls, OH
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio     Wadsworth, OH
Midwest Rubber                Barberton, OH
Mohican Industries            Ashland, OH
Polymerics Inc.               Cuyahoga Falls, 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 STI               Midland, MI
Dow Corning STI               Kendallville, IN
Elastomer Processing          Chicago, IL
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      DeForest, WI
Laur Silicone                 Beaverton, MI
Master Processing             Muscatine, IA
Ristance Compounds            Mishawaka, IN
Thona                         Ann Arbor, MI
Trostel, Ltd.                 Whitewater, WI

Ohio                          Equipment
Company

Blair Rubber Co.              Mixer, mills, calendering
Chardon Rubber                Internal mixers, mills, extruders,
                              preformers
Compass Polymer Mixing        Mixers, mills
Douglas Scientific Services   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.     Mixer
Hercules Rubber Co.           Mixers, mills, calender, extruder
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Mixers, mills
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio     Mixers, mills, calenders
Midwest Rubber                Mixers
Mohican Industries            Mills, mixers
Polymerics Inc.               Mixers, mills, extruder
Preferred Rubber              Mixers, mills, calenders
Rainbow Mastermixing Inc.     Mills, granulators
Silmix, Inc.                  Mills, calenders, extruders
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 STI               Mills, extruders, mixers
Dow Corning STI               Mills, extruders, mixers
Elastomer Processing          Mixers, mill, calenders, extruders
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Mixers, mills
Laur Silicone                 Mills, mixers, strainers
Master Processing             Mixers, mill, calenders, strainers
Ristance Compounds            Mills, extruders, mixers
Thona                         Mixers, mills
Trostel, Ltd.                 Mixers

Ohio                          Capabilities
Company

Blair Rubber Co.              Most elastomers
Chardon Rubber                Most elastomers
Compass Polymer Mixing        Most elastomers
Douglas Scientific Services   All polymeric compounds
Eagle Elastomers              Fluoroelastomers
Elastomix U.S.A.              Most elastomers
Gayson Inc.                   Speciality 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
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      All rubbers
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Most elastomers
Martin Rubber Co. of Ohio     All except silicone and Viton
Midwest Rubber                Standard types
Mohican Industries            Polymers
Polymerics Inc.               Most 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 STI               Silicones
Dow Corning STI               Silicones
Elastomer Processing          All types except silicone
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Most elastomers
Laur Silicone                 Exclusively silicone
Master Processing             All the solids
Ristance Compounds            Silicone, PVC
Thona                         All elastomers except silicone
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, Inc., Immix Tech.   Hanover, MA
Depco Inc.                    Hauppauge, NY
Discas                        Waterbury, CT
Gel Concepts                  Whippany, NJ
J-Von                         Leominister, 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
Bata Rubber Products          Belcamp, MD
Brandywine Compounding        Wilmington, DE
CCA Compounding               Wilmington, DE
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Kingstree, SC
Dyna-Mix                      Grafton, WV
Hoke Rubber                   Raeford, NC
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      Newtown, PA
Reiss Corp.                   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, Inc., 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, calenders,
                              robotics, LSR, die cutting
Teknor Apex Co.               Mixers, mills, extruders, strainers

Mid-Alantic region

Alloy Polymers Inc.           Mixers
Bata Rubber Products          Mixers, mills
Brandywine Compounding        Mixers
CCA Compounding               Mixers
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Mixers, calenders, extruders
Dyna-Mix                      Mixers
Hoke Rubber                   Mixers, mills, extruders, calenders
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      Mixers, mills
Reiss Corp.                   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, Inc., 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
Bata Rubber Products          All except silicone
Brandywine Compounding        Most thermoplastic elastomers
CCA Compounding               TPEs and elastomer blends
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)      Thermosets, thermoplastics
Dyna-Mix                      All general elastomers
Hoke Rubber                   Most elastomers
Pelmor Laboratories Inc.      All types
Reiss Corp.                   Silicone compounds
Technical Rubber & Plastics   Most elastomers
Tristani Rubber Industries    Most elastomers
North American custom mixers - Southeast,
Southwest, 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 Industrial Products   Newbern, TN
Crossville Rubber            Crossville, TN
Dylan Custom Mixing          Madison, TN
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Jonesboro, TN
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Dyersberg, 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
Robbins LLC                  Muscle Shoals, AL
U.S. Elastomer               Marietta, GA

Southwest, West

AC Products                  Placentia, CA
Burke Custom Process         San Jose, CA
Chase Elastomer              Kennedale, TX
Custom Rubber Mix            Fontana, CA
Dow Corning STI              Walnut, CA
Dyna-Mix                     Tyler, TX
GE Silicones                 Chino, CA
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Santa Fe Springs, CA
Master Processing            Long Beach, CA

Oliver Rubber                Dallas, TX
Performance Processing Co.   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.
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Tillsonburg, 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 Industrial Products   Mixers
Crossville Rubber            Mixers, autoclaves, presses
Dylan Custom Mixing          240 liter machines
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Mixers, calenders, FCM, extrud
                               ers, Boss kneaders
Hoover-Hanes                 Mixers, mills
Kardoes Rubber               Mixers, calenders
Kleen-Tex                    Mixers
Natrochem                    Mixers
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Mixers, mills
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Mill
Robbins LLC                  Mills, mixers, extruders, calender
U.S. Elastomer               Mixers, mills

Southwest, West

AC Products                  Mixers
Burke Custom Process         Mixers, mills, calenders
Chase Elastomer              Mills, extruders, mixers, calenders
Custom Rubber Mix            Mixers, mills, calender, preformer
Dow Corning STI              Mills, extruders, mixers
Dyna-Mix                     Mixers
GE Silicones                 Mixers, mills
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Mixers, mills
Master Processing            Strainers, refiner, mixers, calen
                               ders, mills
Oliver Rubber                Mills, extruders, mixers
Performance Processing Co.   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
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Mixers, FCM, mills, Barwell
Kaufman Footwear             Mixers
PPD Rubtech                  Mixer, mills, calender, preformer
Soucy Techno Inc.            Mixers, mills
Thona                        Mixers
TruSeal Technologies         Mixer, mill ribbon blender
Viceroy Rubber               Mixers, mills, calenders

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 Industrial Products   Most elastomers
Crossville Rubber            Most elastomers
Dylan Custom Mixing          All
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     All elastomers
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Thermoset, thermoplastic

Hoover-Hanes                 All elastomers
Kardoes Rubber               Most elastomers
Kleen-Tex                    Most elastomers
Natrochem                    Dry liquid concentrates, blending
Pacesetter Graphic Service   Mostly nitrile
Pinnacle Elastomeric         Fluoroelastomer
Robbins LLC                  All elastomers
U.S. Elastomer               All except fluoroelastomers

Southwest, West

AC Products                  Resins, polymers
Burke Custom Process         All types
Chase Elastomer              All types
Custom Rubber Mix            All elastomers
Dow Corning STI              Silicones
Dyna-Mix                     All GP elastomers
GE Silicones                 Silicone
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     Most elastomers
Master Processing            All solids

Oliver Rubber                Most elastomers
Performance Processing Co.   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          All elastomers except silicone
M.A. Hanna (see PolyOne)     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 compounds
Viceroy Rubber               Most elastomers