With 10 mixers in four locations—including separate black and color buildings, specialty compounding, gear-pump straining, calendering and more—Preferred Compounding can make practically any elastomeric compound.
And with Preferred, your custom compound is backed by a full complement of high-performance services: flexible delivery arrangements, product development resources, technical support and more.
Just-in-time delivery
Want more control of your compound supply? With four plants in three regions, Preferred provides compounds on a just-in-time basis to most locations east of the Rockies.
Typical lead times are from overnight to ten days. And when we commit to a delivery date, we meet it more than 99 percent of the time.
Quality in every compound, testing in every plant
With every compound you receive from Preferred, consistent quality is our highest priority. Of every 1,000 compounds we deliver, on average five or fewer are returned.
Preferred has production compound testing laboratories in all facilities.
Development resources
Whether you want to reduce the cost of a compound or improve its performance and manufacturability, with Preferred you have access to our comprehensive
product development resources. Our chemists average more than 20 years in the rubber industry.
Customers say…
“I can get a full range of compounds from the simplest to the most complex, all from Preferred. My business is more productive because I don’t have to use multiple sources.”
Wire and cable manufacturer
Polymers Used
- EPDM
- Natural rubber
- Nitrile
- SBR
- Neoprene
- CPE
- HNBR
- FKM
- Vamac
