Since 1976, Akron-based Desenco has designed and built precision rubber molds and tooling for complex projects across the rubber industry. Its 25,000-square-foot climate-controlled facility combines mold engineering with deep rubber-production experience, allowing the company to advise on processing as well as tool construction. Desenco also takes on turnkey projects and makes precision mold inserts, cores and pins, with inspection equipment traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Akron Central Engraving Mold & Machine Company, IncFounded in Akron in 1969, Akron Central Engraving Mold & Machine Company designs and manufactures customized tire molds for domestic and international tire makers. Its approximately 40 skilled employees produce molds for applications ranging from passenger and truck tires to aircraft and racing, while also reworking existing molds and maintaining customer-specific parts inventories. The company is developing its quality system to the current ISO 9001 standard and emphasizes expedited delivery without compromising product requirements.AKRON, OH
MoldtechMoldtech is a Lancaster, New York manufacturer with decades of experience and a nearly 50,000-square-foot vertically integrated facility. It is known for solving complex rubber molding challenges for customers in demanding fields, with in-house production and quality systems suited to regulated work.LANCASTER, NY
US Molding Machinery CompanyFounded in 1980, US Molding Machinery Company is a Willoughby manufacturer known for American-built rubber injection molding equipment and eight patented designs. Its presses have been used across the rubber-products industry for more than four decades, with about 1,200 now in operation. A 110,000-square-foot plant houses the company’s operations and supports custom work for manufacturers with specialized production needs.WILLOUGHBY, OH
Rubber Associates, IncSince 1953, Barberton’s Rubber Associates has made custom molded rubber components, taking projects from design and prototyping through production. Its 75,000-square-foot Ohio facility operates more than 60 conventional molding presses and 20 injection presses, with particular expertise in compression and transfer molding and rubber-to-metal bonding. The company supplies customers nationwide and has maintained key customer relationships for more than 25 years.BARBERTON, OH