The Blog

Bob Schwartz Promoted to President

Today we announced the promotion of Bob Schwartz to President of our company. Ron Hill remains Chief Executive Officer. Click to read the full press release.

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Bouncing Balls Show the Rubber on Your Roller Isn’t Always the Same

We recently posted a new video online. Our Technical Director Steve Huff uses two bouncing balls to show that rubber roll covers, even by the same name, are not alike. This spotlights why roll covers need to be selected with care and suggests the implications on your process. Give us just 71 seconds and you’ll see

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25th Anniversary Celebration, Donation

Today our company celebrates 25 years in business. Thank you very much for your support and collaboration (and sometimes patience) as we have grown to become what we are today. As we thought about how to mark this occasion, we realized that we are much better at making “precision rolls you can rely on” than

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Lean Manufacturing KPIs

We just posted a single page with our top 3 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which shows how Lean Manufacturing is helping us to deliver superior quality rollers to our customers: 97% of our customer’s orders ship complete and on-time; 99.44% of our production meets our customer’s acceptance criteria and is not returned for any reason;

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Lean Manufacturing Yields Better Rollers

We just released metrics on our 2013 results. This report details our performance on Complete-on-Time-Shipments, Returns and Internal Rejects. These measures indicate our continuously improving quality and our ability to deliver high quality rollers quickly. Check out the specifics at www.imperialrubber.com/lean/report/2013yearend.asp.

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Get your questions answered

You’ve Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers. Have a question about rubber rollers? Industrial rolls? High precision rolls for coating, converting or laminating? Trying to find more information on a related topic but are having trouble finding it? Just enter your question in the small box on the right side of most any page on our website

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We’ll be at the Print UV Conference, March 2-4 in Las Vegas

PRINT UV CONFERENCE “The World’s Best Information About Printing with UV” March 2-4, 2014 Las Vegas … This is the premier all-in-one conference for printers who want to learn about the latest in UV printing and UV curable coating technologies. Imperial Rubber will be showcasing the E-Tech™ series of coverings for ink and water rollers (proven

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Ink Rollers, Water Rollers for Dedicated UV, Back & Forth UV, Offset Printing

We just added information to our website about new products for these applications. The E-Tech Series provides exceptional dimensional and hardness stability that also provides further dynamic efficiency. This combination allows printers to reduce roller maintenance and maintain consistent color control from a more stable ink transfer. Information is on our website in both English (www.imperialrubber.com/e-tech_offset_printing_rollers.asp)

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More Manufacturing Locations

Our strategic alliance partner Finzer Roller recently acquired S.I. Industries. This adds two more manufacturing locations to our alliance, near Minneapolis and Denver. There are now 11 sites across the United States from which we can serve you. The 11 locations coordinate and synchronize manufacturing and quality methods, raw materials, and pricing, to serve customers with

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New Videos on Website

Check out a couple new videos on our website at www.imperialrubber.com/videos.asp. Learn how to check the hardness of a rubber roll, as explained by our Technical Director Steve Huff.

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