What Rubber Right Rollers does

Rubber Right Rollers, Inc. is a privately held custom manufacturer headquartered in Chelsea, Massachusetts, specializing in the production and refurbishment of industrial rubber rollers. The company manufactures new rollers ranging from 0.125 inches to 160 inches wide using calendar building, strip building, cross-head extruding, compression molding, and transfer molding processes, and applies a library of more than 2,000 proprietary elastomeric formulations to meet chemical, temperature, FDA, and durometer specifications. It also recovers existing rollers by replacing worn elastomer covers bonded to metal cores and provides ancillary precision grinding, machining, balancing, grooving, and custom molding services. The firm's 15,000 sq ft facility (built in 2013) is equipped with CNC and large computerized roll grinders with crowning and tapering capability, laser measuring inspection systems, and is staffed by specialists averaging 35 years of industry experience.

The company serves a horizontally diversified industrial customer base spanning flexographic/gravure/offset printing, food processing, glass processing, lamination and plastics, paper/film/foil converting, steel, textile, wood, and OEM end markets. Revenue is generated through quote-based custom hardware sales (new rollers and custom molded products) and professional services (recovering, regrinding, machining, and balancing). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supplemented by website-driven quote requests, toll-free and direct phone lines, and field service/technical support. All pricing is custom-quoted and not publicly disclosed, and the firm operates from a single domestic manufacturing and shipping location with no disclosed international footprint, no app or API platform, and no disclosed institutional backing, M&A activity, or executive team in the source data.

Name

Rubber Right Rollers

Legal name

Rubber Right Rollers, Inc.

Website

https://rubberright.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rubber Right Rollers, Inc. is a Chelsea, MA-based custom manufacturer and refurbisher of industrial rubber rollers, serving printing, plastics, steel, textile, food processing, and OEM customers via direct quote-based sales and a 15,000 sq ft facility with 2,000+ proprietary elastomer formulations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Rubber Rollers

NAICS

Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use (326291), Other Rubber Product Manufacturing (32629)

SIC

Fabricated Rubber Products, Nec (3060)

akta.pro primary industry

Rubber Rollers & Wheels (Industrial/Material Handling) (IMANALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Molded & Extruded Industrial Rubber Parts (Custom Components) (IMANALAG)

Keywords

• Rubber roller manufacturing
• Rubber roller recovering
• Custom molded rubber products
• Precision grinding services
• Elastomeric compounds

Headquarters

HQ city

Chelsea

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Rubber Roller Manufacturing and Sales: Manufacturing new rubber rollers from .125 inches wide to 160 inches wide in various materials, colors and durometers. Core business generating revenue through product sales.
2. Rubber Roller Recovering Services: Recovering existing rubber rollers by replacing worn rubber covers bonded to metal cores, providing cost-effective restoration at significantly lower cost than new rollers.
3. Custom Molding Products: Custom molded products using rubber, urethane, and silicone through compression, transfer, and open cast molding methods. Includes elastomer-to-metal bond products.
4. Precision Grinding and Machining Services: Machining services including new core manufacturing, journal and core repair, dynamic and static balancing, regrinding with crowning and custom contours, and special finishes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rubber Right Rollers manufactures and recovers industrial rubber rollers from .125" to 160" wide in various materials, colors, and durometers, using calendar building, strip building, cross head extruding, compression, and transfer molding methods. The company also produces custom molded rubber, urethane, and silicone products and provides precision grinding, machining, recovering, and grooving services to industrial customers across printing, food processing, glass, plastics, steel, textile, wood, and OEM sectors.

Product overview

Rubber Right Rollers is a single-product manufacturing company specializing in rubber rollers and custom molded products. The core product portfolio consists of two main offerings: (1) Rubber Rollers, manufactured to tight tolerances (.001” T.I.R.) from .125” to 160” wide in various compounds; and (2) Custom Molded Products using open cast, compression, and transfer molding processes. Both product lines are supported by comprehensive manufacturing services including rubber roller recovering, precision CNC grinding with laser measuring systems, machining, grooving, and composite sleeve production. The company operates a 15,000 sq. ft. facility built in 2013 with over 2,000 proprietary compound formulations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rubber Rollers Precision rubber rollers manufactured from .125" to 160" wide in various materials, colors, and durometers. Capabilities include calendar building, strip building, cross head extruding, compression and transfer molding with tolerances as tight as .001" for T.I.R. and taper. Designed for industrial applications across printing, food processing, glass, plastics, steel, textile, and wood sectors.
• Custom Molded Products Custom molded rubber, urethane, and silicone products manufactured using open cast, compression, and transfer molding processes. Includes in-house mold manufacturing and tool and die capabilities, as well as elastomer-to-metal bond products for industrial customers requiring specialized molded components.
• Rubber Roller Recovering Recovery and restoration service for worn or damaged rubber rollers by replacing rubber covers bonded to metal cores. Uses calendar building, strip building, extrusion, compression, or transfer molding techniques to restore rollers at significantly lower cost than replacement. Available for industrial customers seeking cost-effective maintenance of production equipment.
• Precision Grinding and Machining Services Comprehensive precision grinding and machining services including CNC grinding achieving tolerances of .001" for T.I.R. and taper, new core manufacturing, journal design, core repair and alterations, dynamic and static balancing, straight grinding, crowning with parabolic, taper, trapezoidal, concave and custom contours, and various grooving patterns (chevron, circumferential, diamond, helical, spiral, spreader).
• Composite Sleeves Composite sleeve products including tapered sleeves for quick changeovers, tinting sleeves for narrow web industries, Teflon sleeves (bonded or not bonded heat shrink) for extra release, and heat shrink options. Designed for converting and printing industry applications requiring rapid roller changeover.
• Elastomeric Compounds Over 2,000 formulations for roller manufacturing including rubber compounds (Buna Nitrile, EPDM, Silicone, Neoprene, Hypalon, Natural, SBR, Viton, Hydrogenated Nitrile, Carboxylated Nitrile), polyurethanes (Polyester, Polyether, Millable), and specialty compounds (Anti-Static, FDA Approved, High Temperature, Tacky, Foam). Available as part of roller manufacturing and custom molding services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tolerances of .001 inch for T.I.R. and taper
• +2 more outcomes

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Independent Machine Company: US custom roller manufacturer offering rubber covering, grinding, and recovering for industrial and converting customers. Closely comparable services, including recovering and precision grinding.
• American Roller Company: Largest US-based custom manufacturer of rubber, polyurethane, and special-purpose rollers serving printing, converting, steel, and industrial markets. Directly comparable product line, customer base, and precision-tolerance positioning.
• Polyurethane Specialty Company (PSCI): Custom polyurethane and rubber roller manufacturer producing precision-covered rollers and molded parts for industrial and converting applications. Comparable in custom compounding, molding, and precision grinding services.
• Cinergy Technology: Custom rubber and urethane roller manufacturer and recoverer serving printing, converting, and industrial customers. Closely comparable business model — new manufacture plus roller recovering — and overlapping precision-tolerance positioning.
• Roller Corporation of America: US manufacturer of custom rubber-covered rollers, idlers, and pulleys with in-house compounding, molding, and grinding. Direct competitor in industrial rubber rollers with similar size range and tolerance capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Maxcess: Established supplier of web-handling rollers, idlers, and tension-control products to the converting and printing industries. Overlaps with Rubber Right Rollers in precision industrial rollers but operates at much larger scale and broader product breadth.
• Davis-Standard: Global incumbent in converting and extrusion equipment, supplying rollers and complete systems into the same printing, film/foil, and paper converting end-markets Rubber Right Rollers serves. Comparable customer set, broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Hudson Extrusions: US rubber extruder producing custom extruded profiles and rollers for industrial and OEM customers. Partial overlap in rubber extrusion and roller-component manufacturing serving similar industrial end markets.
• Webex: Manufacturer of precision rolls and converting equipment serving the flexible packaging, film, and paper industries. Partial overlap — Webex focuses on OEM rolls for its own converting systems, complementing rather than fully overlapping with custom rubber rollers.

Regional players

• Bimec: Italian manufacturer of rubber and silicone rollers for the converting, printing, and packaging industries, including recovering services. Comparable product line and applications, primarily serving European customers rather than the US Northeast.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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