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Rogers Corporation Receives Chinese Honors

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  Published in House and Home on Wednesday, June 16th 2010 at 5:50 GMT by Market Wire
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ROGERS, Conn.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG) a global leader in the development and manufacture of high performance engineered materials, has recently received two award honors from the Chinese government.

"Jiangsu Provincial May 1, 2010 Honorary Labor Medal"

The first award, aLevel A Credit Company for Labor Securitya, was given to Rogers for its labor compliance and positive management of its employees. The award is based on Rogers having met or exceeded labor compliance requirements during the last two years, including cooperation with the local Chinese labor union and the high audit scores Rogers received related to labor compliance audits. Only 132 companies of the 17,000 doing business in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) received the Level A award. Suzhou Industrial Park is a planned industrial, commercial and residential community where thousands of companies, including many of the largest corporations in the world, have established facilities.

The Level A recognition permits award winners to extend labor-related permits by one year and to use a streamlined method for future labor audits, which reduces the frequency of audits. The Level A award also allows recipient companies to market this recognition, which can be used to help attract high caliber employees to the Company.

The second award, aJiangsu Provincial May 1, 2010 Honorary Labor Medala, was given to Rogersa™ Vice President of Asia, Michael Sehnert, by the Jiangsu Labor Union Bureau for outstanding performance, achievement and contribution to society in Jiangsu Province. Nomination of Mr. Sehnert was made by the Suzhou Industrial Park where Rogersa™ main campus in China is located.

aThese awards mean a great deal to Rogers Corporation and we are sincerely grateful for the recognition they afford us,a commented Robert D. Wachob, Rogers President and CEO. aThey express the feelings of our Chinese hosts that Rogers and its employees and management are viewed very favorably by the Suzhou Industrial Park, the local government and the Jiangsu provincial government. Forging an enduring presence and partnering with local businesses, governments and communities has always been the path to success for global companies operating in China. This has certainly been the case with Rogers Corporation. In fact, our modern factory campus in Suzhou recently won our internal award for best safety performance among all Rogersa™ worldwide factories, and is recognized as a leader in safety and environmental performance in SIP as well.a

Rogers established its initial presence in the Suzhou Industrial Park in 2003 with a manufacturing facility, Rogers Technologies Suzhou, a wholly owned foreign enterprise of Rogers Corporation. From its Suzhou facility, Rogers manufactures most of its core products and is able to provide local, responsive service to its customers throughout the region.

Rogers has developed close working relationships over the years with the local government and associated business and labor organizations, and Rogers has hired local nationals to help staff both its manufacturing and sales offices in China. Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province, has become a vital strategic location for the Company, enabling its business presence in China and throughout Asia. Since 2003, Rogers has grown significantly in China and elsewhere in Asia. It currently maintains sales offices in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore, as well as a manufacturing facility in South Korea. The Company also operates a joint venture in China with INOAC Corporation.

About Rogers Corporation

Rogers Corporation, headquartered in Rogers, CT, is a global technology leader in the development and manufacture of high performance, specialty-material-based products for a variety of applications in diverse markets including: portable communications, communications infrastructure, computer and office equipment, consumer products, ground transportation, aerospace and defense. Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States (Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois), Europe (Ghent, Belgium and Bremen, Germany) and Asia (Suzhou, China and Ansan, South Korea). In Asia, Rogers maintains sales offices in Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore. Rogers has joint ventures in Japan and China with INOAC Corporation and in Taiwan with Chang Chun Plastics Co., Ltd.

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Safe Harbor Statement

Statements in this news release that are not strictly historical may be deemed to be aforward-lookinga statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on managementa™s current expectations and are subject to the many uncertainties that exist in the Companya™s operations and environment. These uncertainties, which include economic conditions, market demand and pricing, competitive and cost factors, rapid technological change, new product introductions, legal proceedings, and the like, are incorporated by reference from the Rogers Corporation 2009 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. All information in this press release is as of June 16, 2010 and Rogers undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law.