Advanced Cryogenic Enterprises has spent nearly 20 years reducing rubber, specialty plastics, and other materials to precise particle sizes through ambient and liquid-nitrogen-assisted grinding. Employee-owned and operated, ACE has grown from a 3,000-square-foot pilot plant opened in 2008 to two locations totaling 75,000 square feet. The Akron company works from small laboratory trials through multiple truckloads per week and also makes ACE-CAL moisture-control products for rubber manufacturing.
Midwest Elastomers IncMidwest Elastomers Inc. is a grinding and size-reduction company based in Wapakoneta, Ohio, that has been offering cryogenic and ambient grinding services for over 30 years. The company processes rubber and plastic materials into fine mesh powders and granules, serving industrial and sports surfacing markets. It is ISO 9001:2015 certified and also buys scrap rubber for recycling.WAPAKONETA, OH
Edge RubberFrom its Chambersburg plant, Edge Rubber engineers fine rubber powders made from recycled tire material for industrial applications. The facility has operated for more than 27 years and has supplied over one billion pounds of powder worldwide, while its state-of-the-art laboratory verifies each shipment through chemical testing and sieve analysis. Following a 2016 reopening under new ownership and experienced local management, the plant expanded its coarse crumb rubber capacity in 2017.CHAMBERSBURG, PA
Pulva CorporationFamily-owned Pulva Corporation has manufactured pulverizing and particle-size-reduction equipment in western Pennsylvania since 1938. The company also supports that equipment with replacement parts, rebuilds and toll-grinding services, including cryogenic processing through its in-house testing laboratory. Its broad parts inventory and repair capabilities are geared toward keeping customers’ production lines running with minimal downtime.VALENCIA, PA
ACE Rubber ProductsEstablished in 1950, ACE Rubber Products is an Akron manufacturer with more than 75 years of vertically integrated rubber-making experience. The company is known for serving transportation and industrial customers from its own compounding, molding, and fabrication operations, with more than three decades of experience supplying Class 1 railroads. Its masticated rubber can contain up to 90% recycled content.AKRON, OH