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Strategic Alliances

Below is additional information on some of our expert compounding partners.

	Preferred Rubber Preferred Rubber offers Custom Rubber technical support through four degreed chemists on staff. These experienced rubber compounders have a combined total of 117 years of experience in several key rubber industry segments: power transmission, electrical applications, automotive sealing, and potable water applications. They have five compounds certified by Underwriters Laboratory as meeting the specifications of the National Sanitation Foundation's Standard 61 for Drinking Water System Components. A further resource is Preferred's partnership with Gummiwerk KRAIBURG, a leading German custom mixer, that gives Preferred access to over 3,000 cost-effective recipes, as well as compounding advice for complex applications.
	Biltrite Industries Biltrite Industries is a leader in technology, with over 55 years of experience in providing technical compounding services. Biltrite Industries mixes black and color compounds to meet a wide range of technical requirements. The company has developed thousands of compounds for a variety of applications, including automotive, tire plants, mining, hose and belting, military, railing and general purpose molding.
	Portage Precision Polymers (PPP) PPP specializes in rubber compound formulation—their lead development chemist has over 35 years experience with particular expertise in compounds for extrusion, various molding applications and mill-mixed FKM. About 90 percent of the compounds PPP mixes are developed from scratch in their complete laboratory. To complement their Banbury Mixing, PPP added a Specialty Mill Mixing Line in 2005, giving them the ability to formulate and mix specialty batches that weigh 75 to 150 pounds.
	Kleen Polymers Kleen Polymers assists Custom Rubber with vibrant, consistent color compounds for all types of rubbers. By dedicating their facility to non-carbon black based materials, Kleen Polymers can guarantee pantone matches for all sizes of production runs. Kleen Polymers has two chemists on staff with over sixty years of combined experience in compounding for industrial products.
	Wacker Chemical Corporation SILMIX Wacker Chemical Corporation SILMIX is a worldwide leader in the development of silicone compounds in all colors and durometers. The head chemist at SILMIX has over 25 years of experience in compounding for applications such as military and automotive exhaust hangers. As a part of Wacker Chemical Corporation, the SILMIX facility has access to development laboratories in Michigan and Germany and access to the latest in global developments for silicone elastomers.
	Eagle Elastomer Eagle Elastomer custom mixes fluoroelastomers with excellent resistance to chemicals and oils at elevated temperatures. Applications for this material exist in a large number of industries, including the chemical industry, gas and oil production, aerospace and automotive to mention a few. Eagle Elastomer has very close ties with the leading providers of fluoroelastomers such as Dupont Dow. These ties make even more compounding expertise available for truly difficult applications.

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