Making Rubber that Makes a Difference Since 1950, ZEON has been at the forefront of innovation in specialty elastomers, polymers, and specialty chemicals. As an global leader, we operate an extensive network of plants across Asia and North America and cutting-edge research and development laboratories in the United States, Japan, China, and Singapore. With over 70 years of industry experience and consolidated sales exceeding $2.9 billion, ZEON has expertise in C4 and C5 chemistry and delivers a diverse range of high-quality products. Our team of thousands of rubber professionals is dedicated to excellence, with global headquarters in Tokyo and regional offices in the United States, Singapore, and Germany. | Producing innovative elastomers since 1950, ZEON is a world leader in specialty elastomers, polymers, and chemicals. As one of the top producers of rubber in the world, we operate eight production facilities across Asia and North America with four research and development laboratories in the United States, Japan, China, and Singapore. Assisting customers from concept discussion to prototyping, pre-launch, mass production, and beyond, ZEON is a truly global network of supply and technical support for producers of rubber products.
WYKO Tire Technology ™
As veterans in the tire & rubber industry, WYKO engineers and manufactures an extensive array of highly specialized precision tooling and manufacturing solutions. Backed by a rich heritage of providing our innovative products to the world’s finest tire/rubber manufacturers, WYKO has earned the reputation of producing best-in-class products which have revolutionized tire building equipment throughout many years. WYKO brings you Innovation, Quality, and a Competitive Advantage in an ultra-competitive landscape. WYKO’s unique capabilities, together with our global network of strategic partnerships and alliances, allow us to bring value to your business. And as a trusted and reliable partner, we are firmly committed to the needs of our customers.
Wallace Instruments (H.W. Wallace & Co Limited)
Wallace Instruments is an ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 certified company that has been supplying a comprehensive range of materials testing equipment to the rubber and plastics industries in over 60 countries since the early 1950s, both in the rubber growing regions of the world and countries where rubber, plastics and polymer processing takes place. Our thousands of customers extend across the entire manufacturing supply chain, ranging from raw materials suppliers including natural rubber producers in equatorial countries, to high-tech aerospace component manufacturers. We are committed to quality, and you can rely on our equipment and back-up services to ensure your materials and products are going to perform as you wish them to. We support this with international calibration services, directly through our Wallace service engineers and our network of distributors and agents. From our manufacturing base in Dorking, UK our highly skilled team design and manufacture a wide range of instruments and rubber testing equipment; measuring physical properties such as hardness, plasticity, viscosity, cure, compression as well as many other characteristics. We also manufacture ageing ovens and equipment for sample preparation. Our experienced engineers and technicians design and manufacture Wallace products in-house, working with our sister company in the UK, Tenon Engineering Limited (www.tenon-eng.com). Wallace Instruments’ products are designed based on the following key principles to ensure you manage the cost of quality: Productivity • Reliability • Repeatability • Traceability • Flexibility We are a trusted brand worldwide with a strong reputation for quality products and excellent training, after sales service and repair support.
SI GROUP
SI Group is a global leader in the innovative technology of performance additives, process solutions, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and chemical intermediates. Our solutions are essential to enhancing the quality and performance of countless industrial and consumer goods within the plastics, rubber & adhesives, fuels & lubricants, oilfield, pharmaceutical, and industrial resins industries. Our global manufacturing footprint includes 20 facilities on 4 continents serving customers in 90 countries with 2,000 employees worldwide. We innovate and drive change to create value with a passion for safety, chemistry, sustainability and extraordinary results. | SI Group is a global leader in the innovative technology of performance additives, process solutions, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and chemical intermediates. SI Group solutions are essential to enhancing the quality and performance of countless industrial and consumer goods within the plastics, rubber & adhesives, fuels & lubricants, oilfield, pharmaceutical, and industrial resins industries. Beyond our current portfolio, SI Group’s team of technical experts is paving the way for the innovative products of tomorrow. Our global manufacturing footprint includes 20 facilities on four continents, serving customers in 90 countries with 2,000 employees worldwide. SI Group innovates and drives change to create value with a passion for safety, chemistry, sustainability and extraordinary results.
Seifert Engineering
Since 1985, manufacturers—from small fabrication shops to Fortune 500 leaders—have trusted Seifert Engineering to keep operations running smoothly through innovative, reliable design. With teams in Massillon, Cleveland and Nashville, we bring mechanical and electrical expertise to many industries, including automotive, rubber and elastomers, plastics, pulp and paper, steel mills, refineries, utilities and food processing. Our engineered systems help you work smarter—boosting efficiency, cutting downtime and streamlining production. Whether you’re launching new equipment or upgrading existing lines, we deliver automation, integration and engineering solutions that fit seamlessly into your process, your team and your goals.
Rubber Division, ACS
The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society is an international association of chemists, engineers, technicians, scientists, plant managers, sales and marketing professionals and others in the rubber, polymer or related fields within industry, academia and government. We work to educate, connect and grow the evolving elastomer industry through educational, technical, business and networking activities. Rubber Division, ACS is over 100 years old!
Pope Scientific
Science and industry have looked to Pope for over 60 years to fulfill demanding separation, purification, and processing requirements. Applications in distillation, evaporation, reaction, filtration, and custom processing are addressed by Pope’s Solution Drive team to provide you with the proper, optimized technology, equipment, and services. From basic units to complex PLC-controlled turnkey systems, you can rely on Pope to support you in even the toughest projects.
Milin Environmental Inc.
Milin Environmental is committed to providing a growing range of sustainable products to the rubber industry in North America. Our portfolio of responsibly sourced, environmentally friendly products include; multiple grades of reclaimed rubber (butyl reclaim, whole tire reclaims, and EPDM reclaim), a range of rice husk ash silicas, and a new line of sustainable polymeric plasticizer used to reduce or eliminate the usage of process oils in your compound. In addition, we also offer customers a range of quality nitriles and waxes. With inventory stored in North America, we provide full customer service, including, logistics and order management, all with a strong CSR focus.