RDAbbot and Dow to host HCR formulations webinar
Garden Grove, CA – Join RDAbbott and Dow on Thursday, November 5, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET) for a free webinar exploring how High Consistency Silicone Rubber (HCR) materials can help manufacturers address demanding requirements for durability, safety, and performance.
Presented by Jake Steinbrecher, Senior Technical Service & Development Scientist for Dow Consumer Solutions, Mobility & Transportation, this webinar will demonstrate how custom-engineered HCR formulations can be tailored to address challenges across across mobility, infrastructure, data center, aerospace, energy storage, and industrial applications.
During this session, participants will explore:
Flame-retardant HCR materials, including fully formulated compounds and flexible platform technologies
Silicone HCR foam technologies designed for flame retardancy, thermal insulation, weather resistance, and long-term reliability
Dow’s custom compounding capabilities for developing solutions tailored to specific application requirements and performance targets
Through practical examples, attendees will gain insight into how customized silicone formulations can help solve complex engineering challenges across a range of industries.
Jake Steinbrecher is the Senior Technical Service & Development Scientist for Dow Consumer Solutions, Mobility & Transportation. Jake is a globally recognized technical leader in the fields of silicone elastomers and silicone part fabrication. His current focus is developing applications for a variety of silicone elastomers in the mobility and LED lighting markets and providing direct support to silicone fabricators.
Jake has been a Technical Service & Development engineer at Dow since 2010. In that time, he has been focused on the development of silicone elastomers for lighting, molding and EV applications. In addition to an emphasis on application development of silicone materials for EV powertrain; Jake also provides engineering and technical sales support for silicone materials used in LED lighting technologies. His expertise includes advanced optical silicone materials as well as related silicone rubber technologies for meeting specialized design requirements in automotive, LED lighting and other mobility applications.
Prior to joining Dow in 2010, Jake worked as an engineer in the heavy equipment industry; after graduating from Michigan Technological University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2008.
To learn more about this webinar, visit: https://rdabbott.com/news/2026-nov-webinar/
If you can’t attend live, register anyway and receive access to the webinar recording and post-event resources.