Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (MRP) is a leader in material compound development and the manufacturing of custom elastomeric and thermoplastic components. For 76 years, the company has built a reputation for collaborative design and successful production of “the tough parts.” With facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia, MRP collaborates with original equipment manufacturers, with deep expertise in the medical device market and other critical industries, to solve difficult sealing and component challenges.
Capabilities include materials science and formulation, fully functional product prototyping, and operational excellence and supply chain consolidation. The company’s Innovation Center provides its customers with enhanced direct access to materials science expertise and a fully integrated design-build-prototype-test process that enhances innovation and greatly accelerates product development.
The company places emphasis on research and development and empowers its technicians to design, formulate, develop, and test a wide range of highly engineered materials and parts. For more information, please visit www.mnrubber.com.
We Develop and Manufacture Custom-Molded Rubber Compounds and Components for Demanding Applications When clients are facing tough molded rubber engineering challenges, they turn to us early in a project for our material science, design, and manufacturing expertise. The result: quick answers,... Read More
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Finding the right materials is as important as ever, especially in the medical device industry, but it’s not getting easier. The global medical device industry is expected to reach $603.5 billion in 2023 and (and $658 billion in sales by 2028), and an aging population means innovation can’t slow... Read more
Our client wanted us to create a custom rubber material for umbrella and bell valves leading to a more robust version of existing critical pump sealing components. At the same time, we would develop the material and manufacture the valves from our design facility in China, close to our client’s... Read more