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Rogers Corporation manufactures specialty materials for a balanced range of growing markets and applications worldwide. These include applications in communication, transportation, imaging, computer, and consumer markets. Focused technical activities develop new materials, extend materials applications, and provide capable customer support.
Products, which are available worldwide, include specialty circuit materials, high performance elastomer materials and components, moldable composites, and electroluminescent lamps. These products are sold for applications in the communication, transportation, computer, imaging and consumer markets.
Major manufacturing facilities of Rogers and its joint ventures are located in the U.S., Japan, and Belgium. Most are registered to ISO-9000 quality standards.
One of the oldest, publicly traded companies in continuous
operation, Rogers was founded in 1832 as a manufacturer of
specialty materials. Its stock (AMEX:ROG) is traded on the
American and Pacific Stock Exchanges.
High Frequency and Microwave Circuit Materials
Rogers sells a broad variety of high frequency and microwave circuit board laminates for circuitry in wireless communication systems. Rogers has served the communication industry for three decades, from the first military radar systems and throughout the remarkable transition to commercial wireless communication technology. Rogers circuit materials are used all over the world in cellular telephony and paging, satellite television, global positioning and navigation, electronic inventory control and tracking, and security systems.
Laminate products include the cost effective RO3000TM,
and RO4000®
laminates, for circuits used in commercial wireless
transmitters, receivers, pagers, and telephones. Rogers also
offers DUROID®, RT/duroid® and TMM® laminates for circuitry in high
performance or military transmitters, receivers, radar, and
guidance systems.
Flexible Circuit Materials
Rogers combined expertise in polymers, adhesion, and coating helps provide specialty laminates for making high performance, flexible printed circuits. Products include a range of laminates for selected applications in hard disk drives and portable computers. Most manufacturers of this equipment use Rogers R/flex® flexible laminate materials to make moving interconnections, where millions of flexures can be expected.
Dynamic, high performance applications include the read-write suspension assemblies in disk drives and the hinge interconnections in portable computers. R/flex flexible circuit materials are also used to help downsize equipment, such as for smart battery interconnections in cellular telephones.
In a major new development, Hutchinson Technology
Incorporated, the leading manufacturer of suspension assemblies,
uses a FLEX-I-MID® adhesiveless
material for its new generation of suspensions used with
magneto-resistive heads in hard disk drives. This material is
manufactured for Rogers, in Japan, by Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals,
Inc., under a partnership arrangement which includes a technology
license from Rogers.
Industrial Multilayer Films
Rogers InduflexTM materials
are thin aluminum and copper laminates for shielding
electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI).
Sheilding laminates incorporate polyesters, adhesives, coatings,
and other materials, and are converted into specialty tapes that
shield telecommunication and data communication cables.
High Performance Elastomers
Rogers elastomer products include high performance urethane and silicone foam materials, specialty materials, and high performance urethane and silicone based components.
PORON® urethane and silicone foam materials are used for a wide range of applications in all of Rogers key market areas. They are fabricated into an extraordinary variety of gaskets, pads, and cushions that seal enclosures, absorb shock and vibration, and otherwise provide protection and cushioning. Their high performance qualities set them apart from commodity type foams.
Rogers recently introduced a new PORON urethane formulation that is flame retardant and has low outgassing properties. These characteristics are important for use in automotive applications, as well as for computers, disk drives, and other sensitive electronic equipment.
At the beginning of 1997, Rogers acquired the leading manufacturer of high performance silicone foams, the former Bisco Products business of Dow Corning. This acquisition makes Rogers the leading supplier of high performance silicone foams to manufacturers of automobiles, commercial aircraft, trains, and buses. These specialty foams are now sold under the PORON brand name, and extend the applications of PORON materials to high temperature gasketing, flame retardance, and heat shielding.
Several elastomer product lines are directed to specific niche markets, having evolved to create unique solutions, or fulfill an industry's specific requirements. The products couple elastomer technology with related expertise in coatings or adhesion.
R/bak® and R/stik products are compressible printing plate mounting and backing materials. They are manufactured for the flexographic printing industry, where demand for high quality printing on packaging materials is spurring rapid growth. Rogers R/bak materials are consumable products that significantly improve the quality of graphics printed on boxes, bags, labels, cans, and other product packaging. Rogers works closely with major manufacturers of printing presses and plates in the ongoing development of this technology.
PORON foams are used for cushioning in footwear, foot comfort insoles, and medical insoles and appliances. It is estimated that over 250 million pair of shoes have been made more comfortable with the use of a PORON insole material designed into the shoe. In addition, many of the foot comfort products manufactured under the Dr. Sholl's brand incorporate PORON foams.
NITROPHYL® floats are nitrile rubber products are used for level sensing, primarily in fuel tanks. The Elastomer Components Unit, where floats are manufactured, has achieved QS 9000 status, a universal standard for automotive quality.
Nearly every major manufacturer of imaging equipment uses an ENDUR® elastomer component for document handling. These customized components are used in high performance printers, copiers, postal sorters, and facsimile machines to move, prepare, and help print documents.
The many different products in the ENDUR family illustrate the
diversity of applications in imaging equipment. A line of fuser
rollers are used to fix images in high performance copiers. ENDUR
belts and rollers are made of solid or foamed elastomers,
including urethane, polyisoprene, and silicone.
MEKTRON Bus Bars
Rogers N.V. has been a leader in European power distribution
systems for over twenty-five years. MEKTRON®
bus bars are used in cellular communication base stations,
telephone switching systems, trains, and industrial equipment.
Manufacturing facilities in Gent, Belgium, include a high voltage
and amperage design and test facility for customer applications.
Moldable Composites
Rogers Moldable composites are sold for use in cars, trucks, and other vehicles, and for appliances, electric motors, and other electrical and electronic applications. In automotive applications, parts molded of RX and MPC composites can supplant the use of heavier, machined metal parts in transmissions and engines, for improved performance and price.
In appliances for the home and garden, parts molded from
Rogers composites are used to help shield heat or insulate
electricity in irons, chain saws, hedge trimmers, and the like.
Most electric motors also use molded parts for commutator hubs.
Nonwoven Materials
Rogers also offers a line of specialty nonwoven
materials. Made of natural and synthetic fibers, they are
used for padding, thermal insulation, and prefilter applications.
Joint Ventures
Rogers INOAC Corporation (RIC)
A wholly owned, 50/50% joint venture of INOAC Corporation and
Rogers, RIC is a major Japan based manufacturer of elastomer
materials and components. The combined resources of the two
parent companies provide technical and market leadership in niche
markets.
RIC manufactures PORON urethane and silicone foam materials and ENDUR components, supplying manufacturing activities in Japan and the Pacific Rim. Together with Rogers manufacturing presence in the U.S. for PORON and ENDUR products, manufacturing in Europe for ENDUR components, and stocking capabilities in Europe for PORON materials, Rogers and RIC are able to serve customers who have global design, service, and supply requirements.
DUREL Electroluminescent Lamps
Durel Corporation, a leading manufacturer of
electroluminescent (EL) lamps and inverters, was formed in 1988
as a wholly owned, 50/50% joint venture of 3M and Rogers
Corporation.
Durel is focused on high volume applications in the automotive, wireless communication, and timepiece markets. The EL indicators and displays in several popular car models are made by Durel Corporation. The company's lamps are qualified for use by three major U.S. car companies. Durel's automotive sales are handled by 3M.
DUREL lamp systems are also lighting the keypads and displays in pagers, personal organizers, and cellular telephones, where their low consumption of battery power gives them an advantage. EL lamps are now commonly used to illuminate watches. Durel Corporation, working with the U.S. based Timex Corporation, was the first to invent and manufacture a cost effective and high performance EL lamp that could be used in watches and other small items. The positive market response has helped to change consumer expectations for attractive dials and displays -- for many products -- that are readable in low light. Durel's communication and timepiece sales are handled by Rogers.
Rogers Manufacturing Units
Circuit Materials Division, Chandler, Arizona,
U.S.A.
flexible circuit board laminates
Composite Materials Division, Rogers,
Connecticut, U.S.A
circuit materials, nonwoven materials
High Performance Elastomers Division, East
Woodstock and South Windham, Connecticut,
and Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.A.
elastomer materials and components
Microwave Materials Division, Chandler,
Arizona, U.S.A.
microwave and high frequency circuit board laminates
Molding Materials Division, Manchester,
Connecticut, U.S.A.
moldable composite materials
Rogers N.V., Gent, Belgium
power distribution bus bars, elastomer components
Rogers Induflex N.V., Gent, Belgium
industrial multilayer films
Joint Venture Manufacturing Units
Durel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona, U.S.A.
electroluminescent lamp systems
Rogers INOAC Corporation, Nagoya and Mie, Japan
high performance elastomer materials and components
Corporate Sales & Marketing Offices
Rogers Corporation, Rogers, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Rogers Consumer and Printing Center, Rogers, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Rogers Japan Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Rogers Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, China
Rogers N.V., Gent, Belgium
DUROID, ENDUR, FLEX-I-MID, MEKTRON, Induflex, MPC, NITROPHYL, PORON, RO3000, RO4000, RT/duroid, RX, R/bak, R/stik, R/flex, and TMM are licensed trademarks of Rogers Corporation.
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For additional information please contact:
Rogers Corporation
One Technology Drive
P.O. Box 188
Rogers, CT 06263-0188
Tel: 860 774-9605
FAX: 860 779-5509
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