About Akrochem

Akrochem, founded in 1929 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, USA, is a chemical distributor of raw materials to the rubber industry. Its portfolio covers nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) compounds, tackifiers, stabilizers, and release agents tailored for both thermoplastics and thermosets. The company’s technologies support enhanced dispersion, flow modification, and heat stability in polymer matrices, enabling improved processing and end-use performance. Akrochem also promotes sustainability by offering additive systems that increase processing efficiency, extend product lifecycles, and enable recyclability in plastics applications.

LG NBR 6240

LG NBR 6240 is an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber by Akrochem. It is recommended for hoses, seals, gaskets, printing blankets, linings, milking inflations, roll covers, oil well cable covers and diaphragms. LG NBR 6240 can be processed by extrusion. It shows good miscibility with polar materials. It is suitable for O-rings, foot wear, friction stocks, conveyor belts and molded articles. It offers oil-, grease- and fuel resistance, high temperature- & abrasion resistance and excellent physical properties.

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LG NBR 2860

LG NBR 2860 is a copolymer of butadiene and acrylonitrile by Akrochem. It can be processed using extrusion and calendering. LG NBR 2860 offers medium mooney viscosity, abrasion resistance, gas permeability, excellent flexibility and elasticity at low temperature. It is recommended for industrial and automotive parts such as packaging, gasket and oil hose.

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LG NBR 6250

LG NBR 6250 is an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber by Akrochem. It shows good miscibility with polar materials. It is suitable for O-rings, foot wear, friction stocks, conveyor belts and molded articles. LG NBR 6250 offers oil-, grease- and fuel resistance, high temperature- & abrasion resistance and excellent physical properties. It can be processed by extrusion. It is recommended for hoses, seals, gaskets, printing blankets, linings, milking inflations, roll covers, oil well cable covers and diaphragms.

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