What’s New

Parker LORD has released a couple more technical resources highlighting its revolutionary adhesion additive Chemlok® 3Stream (3S) that transforms regular LSR into self-bonding LSR.

“You can tell a lot about a person by the way those closest respond,” says Keith Thomas, President of RDAbbott. “By that measure,” Thomas adds, “John Carroll is the Godfather of Silicone.” Known affectionately as “JC”, John Carroll reached 50 years in the rubber industry in 2020. As RDAbbott celebrates this milestone, industry veterans are honoring JC’s contributions – and his character.

RDAbbott has released a humorous holiday video called “The RDAbbott Bunch,” a joyful parody of the theme song from “The Brady Bunch,” a popular television show from the 1970s. RDAbbott’s 2020 Christmas video was recorded and produced remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic and features 16 singing employees (plus kids and pets) in separate, socially distanced locations.

On behalf of “The RDAbbott Bunch,” happy holidays and cheers to a new year!!! We invite you to grab a cup of cocoa and check out our 2020 Christmas video.

RDAbbott has signed an exclusive agreement with ARLANXEO Performance Elastomers to distribute select ARLANXEO polymers throughout all of Mexico.

During the 2020 International Silicone Conference hosted by Rubber & Plastics News, Rick Ziebell RDAbbott’s Technical Fellow and Vice President of Technology, provided a technical presentation titled “Third-Stream Additives that Modify LSR and HCR.” A PDF of this presentation is now available for your review.

RDAbbott and Dow recently sponsored a Rubber & Plastics News “Ask the Expert” livestream presentation on “Optical Silicone Advances.” A recording of this presentation is now available on-demand.

RDAbbott will deliver a technical presentation about innovative silicone additives technologies and host an “Ask the Expert” session highlighting optical silicone advances during the 2020 International Silicone Conference. The International Silicone Conference is a biennial event that will feature a virtual edition this year.

RDAbbott and Rubber Division, ACS are celebrating women’s contributions to the rubber industry with a powerful new video. The video debuted during the October 21st “Women of Rubber” event at the 2020 International Elastomer Conference.

Cancarb is making continued progress on the construction of a sixth thermal carbon black unit at its facility in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, which is expected to be completed by . The processes and equipment in Unit 6 will be the same as in other units, but RDAbbott understands that some customers may require samples of materials that are produced in this new unit.