Meet our Employee Brook Newton
Brook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Osseo where she attended Osseo High School. She received her Associates of Art at CLC (Central Lakes College). She took courses in Accounting and through CLC, received a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting through College of Saint of St. Scholaslastica. Before working for Stern Rubber Company, […]
Nitrile Rubber, Buna-N, Perbunan or NBR
This synthetic rubber is a copolymer of acrylonitrile (ACN) and Butadiene, and tends to have a resistance to oil, fuel and other chemicals. The higher the nitrile (ACN) content, the more resistant to oil this rubber becomes. Some of the trade names used at Stern Rubber Company for nitrile rubber include Krynac, Nipol and Perbunan, but […]
Mon Tech Rheometer used in our Quality Assurance Lab
Stern Rubber Company uses a rubber Rheometer to measure the viscoelastic properties of elastomeric and rubber compounds before, during and after curing. During rubber vulcanization, a Rheometer determines the plasticity, including the cure rate and examines the behavior of the rubber mixture of after it has been vulcanized. Data is transferred to a computer and […]
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber or SBR
Styrene-butadiene rubber is a mixture of two monomers, styrene and butadiene, and is a replacement for natural rubber. SBR is a synthetic rubber and is derived, like other synthetic rubbers, from petroleum. SBR was created prior to World War II by a German chemist Walter Bock and Edward Tschunkur in 1933. The United States of […]
Synthetic Rubber Before World War II
Stern Rubber Company uses many different synthetic rubbers for molding and rubber extrusion. Synthetic rubber origins begin back in 1879 that one form of synthetic rubber was created by a Frenchman Gustave Bouchardat. He created a polymer of isoprene in his laboratory. As tires on automobiles increased the demand for rubber, so in 1909 a […]
Meet Employee Linda McIntire
Stern Rubber Company’s Quality Assurance program is second to none. Year after year, Stern continues to received awards and recognition for its outstanding and rigorous QA processes. We recognize that we are only as good as our QA team. We are proud to feature one member from our QA team in this week’s blog. Linda […]
West Coast Labor Dispute Affects Stern Rubber Company
Since early November, when talks stalled between members of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU) which represents 29 west coast ports, and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), there has been work slowdowns at all of the west coast ports. Still after seven months they are still far apart on many issues. Even though talks are […]
Stern Manufacturing Becomes Stern Rubber Company
We are pleased to announce that Stern Manufacturing is changing its name back to Stern Rubber Company, effective January 1, 2015. In 2006, Stern Rubber Company’s name was changed to Stern Manufacturing in order to expand our capabilities in additional fields of manufacturing. Although we still offer additional manufacturing applications, we have returned to our […]