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News Release from: Rogers Corp
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 29 May 2003
New line to answer Far East urethane
demand
Rogers Inoac Corp is planning a new production line for the manufacture of Poron urethane materials in Suzhou, China.
Rogers Inoac Corp is planning a new production line for the manufacture of Poron urethane materials in Suzhou, China The new line is expected to be fully operational during the third quarter of 2004
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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It will be capable of manufacturing both RIC and Rogers grades of Poron urethanes.
Rogers-Inoac Corp (RIC), located in Nagoya, Japan, manufactures and supplies Poron urethane foam materials to customers in Japan and other parts of Asia.
In the USA, Rogers High Performance Foams Division, located in Woodstock, CT, manufactures Poron urethane materials.
Toshio Inukai, General Manager of RIC, remarked, "RIC's Poron urethanes business has grown considerably since the mid-90s and is currently close to capacity.
Due to high demand for Poron materials in mainland China and other parts of Asia, RIC will be building a manufacturing line in Suzhou, China".
Peter Kaczmarek, VP of Rogers High Performance Foams Division in CT, said, "RIC and Rogers are close partners in supplying our unique Poron products to customers throughout the world.
RIC's new line will enable us to address the rapid growth of the use of Poron products in Asia through high-quality production in China.
Global customers of RIC and Rogers will have the assurance and rapid service of multiple worldwide manufacturing locations for Poron products".
The new production line will be located in the production campus of Rogers Technologies Suzhou Co (RSZ), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Corp, and will use proprietary process technology from Rogers and RIC to meet the highest standards of quality and consistency.
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