Midwest 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.
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Advanced Cryogenic Enterprises IncAdvanced 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.AKRON, 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
VS Rubber Recycling B.VSince 1947, family-owned VS Rubber Recycling has turned rubber waste—particularly material from the tire-retreading industry—into usable raw materials and semi-finished products. Based in the Netherlands and active across Europe and North America, the company processes about 800 tons of rubber waste each week and converts 99.99% of it through its recycling process. Its closed-loop operation is certified to ISO 9001 and includes rubber powders made through ambient and cryogenic grinding.LEBANON, PA
KRöM International, IncKRöM International, Inc. processes rubber and plastic materials, repurposing waste streams into finished products. Based in Celina, Ohio, the company makes rubber compounds and reprocessed plastic materials, and says its production process protects suppliers’ formulations while maintaining product integrity.CELINA, OH