About Blair Rubber Company

Blair Rubber Company

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY began manufacturing rubber tank linings.

Neoprene Lining

Develops a super abrasion resistant neoprene lining VE713BNE.

BELT Splicing

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY acquires BF
Goodrich's BELT Splicing Technology and
starts selling belt splice materials for heavy
duty conveyor belts.

Tacky-Back Tie Gum

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY develops Tacky-Back tie gum for the adhesive side of their rubber linings effectively reducing solvent exposure by 25% and increasing adhesion of the linings by 15%.

MOR Natural Rubber

Develops first Moderately Oil Resistant (MOR) natural rubber, VE714BN, for abrasion and moderate oil resistance service conditions.

Exporting Worldwide

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY grows through exporting rubber linings to the world.

Blair Rubber Company

First non-smoke stack copper smelter project at Kennecott Copper Utah division. BLAIR RUBBER is selected as exclusive field applied rubber supplier. Blair supplied over 400 rolls of rubber (72,000 sq.ft.).

Blair Rubber Company

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY bought Good Year Tire Company's rubber lining division in July and starts to manufacture their rubber linings under the Plioweld, & Trioweld trade names.

Ruberoid PLC

Ruberoid PLC buys BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY from Tom Blair in August.

Martin Rubber Company

Martin Rubber Company rubber linings are exclusively manufactured by BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY under the Marflex trade name.

Israel

Exports to Israel over 500 rolls (supplied over 90,000 sq.ft.) of rubber lining.

HB50HT

HB50HT (butyl rubber lining) is developed for the high temperature (250°F) market.

Wang Fu, China

Major rubber lining project (supplied 120,000
sq.ft. of VE621BC, chlorobutyl rubber)
completed in Wang Fu, China.

Luzi, China

Major rubber lining project (supplied 70,000 sq.ft. of VE621BC, chlorobutyl rubber) completed in Luzi, China.

Philippines

Two FGD scrubbers rubber lined in the Philippines (supplied 25,200 sq.ft. of LS582, chlorobutyl rubber).

Vulcan Chemical

Vulcan Chemical chooses PG-70 for HCl rail cars (216,000 sq.ft.). PCS & Olin Chemical chose LS582 for lining 113 rail cars (approx. 1000 rolls).

Rail Car Industry

Blair supplies rail car industry with over 1,400 rolls (356,000 sq.ft.) of rubber lining.

Longest Lasting Lining

Dow Chemical & Reagent Chemical declare PG-70 (Blair's premier soft natural rubber lining) as the longest lasting lining (25+ years) in HCl rail car and storage tank service. Blair rubber supplies over 500 rolls of PG-70 to the HCl rail car transportation industry.

IKO

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY is bought by IKO.

Nexen Chemical

Nexen Chemical selects PG-70 (over 11,000 sq.ft.) for hauling HCl in 60 new rail cars.

Rail Car Rubber

Total rail car rubber lining is 2,334 rolls (560,000 sq.ft.)

ISO 9000:2000 Certified

BLAIR RUBBER COMPANY'S Quality Management System was Certified to "ISO 9000:2000 With Design" standard.

Blair Acquires Crislip

Blair acquired the rights to manufacture Crislip rubber linings. Most notability is the chlorobutyl for the Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) manufacturing and transportation industry.

Building the New Factory

Blair Rubber Company increased business demands a new larger factory be built. Ground breaking on the new 50,000 square foot facility begins July 5th.

Moving Into the New Factory

Blair rubber moves into new factory May 18th. The 50,000 square foot facility was built to accommodate increased efficiency, growth by adding a modern calender line to the existing calendaring line and a much larger cold room.

Crislip™

Olin Chemical Selects Crislip™ CC4624 as the lining of choice for new bleach hauling railcars.