RDAbbott announces LSR 2025 plans, presentations, and partnerships
Garden Grove, C – RDAbbott is announcing its participation in LSR 2025 as an organizer, exhibitor, sponsor, and presenter. LSR 2025, a global event for professionals in the liquid silicone rubber (LSR) industry, is scheduled for June 16 – 19, 2025, at the Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport in Irvine, California. The event is hosted by Executive Conference Management (ECM), which is offering a discount to attendees who register before May 2, 2025.
Tom Jenkins, RDAbbott’s Vice President of Business Development, is a member of LSR 2025’s Organizing Committee. Other committee members include Steven Broadbent of ACH Solution USA, Amos Golovoy of AG Research, Juergen Giesow of ARBURG, Kurt Manigatter of ELMET GmbH, Markus Landl of ENGEL, Mike Fil of Extreme Molding, Geri Anderson and Rick Finnie of M.R. Mold & Engineering, Daniel Schoelmberger of Rosti, and Oliver Franssen of SIGMASOFT.
RDAbbott will co-exhibit with Dow, a supplier partner, and with NovationSi, RDAbbott’s manufacturing subsidiary that specializes in custom silicone solutions. RDAbbott, Dow, and NovationSi will also co-sponsor the event lanyards. Rick Ziebell, Technical Fellow and Vice President of Technology for RDAbbott, will present “Electrically Conductive Silicones Using Carbon-Nanotube Matrices,” an example of the innovative silicone solutions that RDAbbott and NovationSi are helping to develop.
As Ziebell will explain during his talk on Tuesday, June 17, at 2:30 PM, RDAbbott and NovationSi have developed new silicone compounds with patented carbon nanotube materials. These innovative solutions provide high electrical conductivity with low loading levels that were previously unobtainable in silicone rubber. Articles that are fabricated from these advanced silicone compounds form an electrical circuit where a low voltage, typically under 6V, can deliver a stable, selectable current across the article’s shape.
Ziebell’s presentation will examine ideal applications, product types, physical properties, and fabrication methods for these new materials. He will also cover electrical circuit characteristics, testing and performance methods, design considerations for finished articles, and long-term electrical behavior.
Two of RDAbbott’s supplier partners will also provide technical presentations at LSR 2025. On Tuesday, June 17, at 11:00 AM, Dr. Leanna Foster, Research Investigator for DuPont™ Liveo™ Healthcare Solutions, will present “Advancing Healthcare Innovation Through Material Selection and Manufacturing Excellence.” Foster will examine how low-viscosity silicone formulations are enabling the creation of intricate components, such as thin-walled designs, while supporting faster injection speeds.
On Tuesday, June 17, at 2:00 PM, Jason Reese, Senior TS&D Scientist for Dow, will present “Driving Sustainability and Circularity in Silicone Elastomers.” Reese will examine environmental sustainability across the silicone value chain, from innovations in silicon metal processing and silicone fabrication to advancements in recycling technologies. His presentation will emphasize the importance of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in analyzing the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF).
Wednesday, June 18, includes additional technical presentations, and Thursday, June 19, features live demonstrations by ARBURG at the company’s Irvine, California, facility. During these demonstrations, ARBURG will run two injection molding machine (IMM) cells, each with custom NovaSperse® Color Dispersions from NovationSi that match ARBURG’s teal logo. ARBURG will use molds from ACH Solution, which designs and manufactures LSR tooling and equipment.
ARBURG’s first IMM cell will use a silicone bottle stopper mold and Dow SILASTIC™ RBL-9200-60 LSR. The second cell will use a cable tie mold and a platinum-cured HCR from Momentive. This is the same part that ARBURG molded at MD&M West 2025 in February.