California-headquartered full-service rubber supplier RDAbbott has signed a new distribution agreement with leading global synthetic rubber company, Arlanxeo to expand its distribution of Arlanxeo’s High Performance Elastomers (HPE) nationwide to the continental US. Prior to this revised distribution agreement, RDAbbott…
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