Rogers Corporation is a specialty engineered materials company headquartered in

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History

In 1832, the company was founded by Peter Rogers as Rogers Paper Manufacturing Company. Today, the company is composed of two business segments: Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April, 2000. In 2004, Rogers started Rogers Technologies Suzhou Company Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, located in

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, China. Rogers opened its first Suzhou facility in 2002, adding manufacturing capability for their roller and high-frequency laminate products. A second manufacturing facility opened in 2003. In 2011, Rogers purchased German based Curamik Electronics, a manufacturer of power electronic substrates. In 2016, Rogers announced that it would move its headquarters from the village of Rogers in

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, to

. In November 2021,

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announced that it intended to acquire Rogers in a deal valued at $5.2 billion. The deal has been approved by all the necessary regulators save for the

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. Due to the long delay that Chinese authorities presented, DuPont terminated the acquisition of Rogers and agreed to pay a

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of $162.5 million USD.

Corporate governance

* Colin Gouveia, President and Chief Executive Officer * Ram Mayampurath, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer * Robert C. Daigle, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Products and technology

Rogers offers liquid cooling materials designed to dissipate large amounts of heat, and provide thermal management of high-power laser diodes and other heat-generating optical devices. The cooling structures are copper foil channels bonded into a tight block, with aluminum-nitride (AlN) isolation layers added for extra performance. Rogers manufactures Poron brand industrial microcellular

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In March 2020 Rogers filed a complaint against ElastaPro for trade secret violations, claiming that this company had unlawfully obtained Rogers' technical formulations and manufacturing knowhow.

References

External links

* Corporate History as presented by the company: {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers Corporation Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange British companies established in 1832 Manufacturing companies established in 1832 American companies established in 1832 Manufacturing companies based in Arizona Companies based in Chandler, Arizona Chemical companies of the United States