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What Makes Silicone Rubber Such A Key Material in Many Industries?
If you are looking for a rubber product that is versatile, durable and suitable for multiple applications, silicone rubber should always belong in the conversation. Due to its many advantageous properties, silicone rubber is a mainstay in a wide range of industrial sectors, including aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical and even food and drink production. Let’s…
Read More CB Frost Sponsor Local Football Team
CB Frost are proud to sponsor Birmingham based football team, the Castle Vale Concords Over 35s. Castle Vale Concords play in Division 1 of the Central Warwickshire Over 35s Football League and the 2019-2020 season is the third season they have played together as an over 35s team. In the 2017-2018, the Concords finished runners…
Read More Common Applications for EPDM Rubber
The first synthetic rubber was developed in 1909 by a team headed by German organic chemist, Fritz Hofmann, working at the Bayer laboratory in Germany. Hofmann and his team succeeded in polymerising isoprene, creating the first synthetic rubber. Despite the invention of synthetic rubber in the early 20th century, natural rubber continued to be widely…
Read More CB Frost, UK Manufacturing and Industry
As a leader in the specialist rubber and plastics industry, CB Frost have long served many of the major sectors of UK manufacturing. From our early roots in Birmingham, the city of a thousand trades and the birthplace of the commercial plastics industry, we have seen huge change in the last 98 years. Not only…
Read More Gasket Manufacturing in Birmingham
From small beginnings in 1921, CB Frost & Co have now been manufacturing gaskets in Birmingham for almost 100 years. In this time, we have seen great developments in plastics and other materials, gasket manufacturing techniques and manufacturing technology in general. CB Frost has always strived to be at the forefront of the evolving rubber…
Read More Success for CB Frost at the Rail Industry Technology Roadshow
During June, CB Frost had the opportunity to showcase our range of rail industries on a nationwide tour with the Rail Industry Technology Roadshow. Daniel Brock, Business Development Manager, was our representative throughout the travelling exhibition, presenting our Armaflex® range of materials, including Rail SD, SD-C, ZH and ZH-C insulation foams. After visiting Alstom in…
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