Rogers, CT - Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG) will make two important announcements at the upcoming PCIM Europe 2009 Exhibition (May 12-14, 2009, Nuremburg Exhibition Centre, www.mesago.de). In the first, representatives from Rogers BVBA Power Distribution Systems Division (www.rogerscorp.com/pds) will be on hand in Hall 12, Stand 439, to detail their new Underwriters Laboratories, Inc® (UL) rating for its RO-LINX® Laminated Busbars.

This marks the first time that the UL746C registration has been granted to a supplier of laminated busbar components. The RO-LINX laminated busbars are used in industrial drives, mass transit, and alternative-energy power-distribution systems.

The laminated busbars are a critical component in medium-to-high-power variable-speed drives (VSDs) in these systems. Rogers' components are designed to achieve higher efficiency by limiting switching losses. In addition, the new UL746C rating provides the assurance of safety and reliability backed by Underwriters Laboratories. Previously, busbars and other power-conversion components had been limited to the UL94 safety rating for flammability.

The UL746C rating encompasses UL94, but also covers hot-wire resistance to ignition (HWI), high-current arc resistance to ignition (HAI), comparative tracking index (CTI), and relative thermal index (RTI) safety areas. With the UL746C rating, Rogers' customers are assured of reducing internal engineering validation time, with a corresponding shorter time to market for their own products. For more information on Rogers RO-LINX Busbar products, visit the Rogers website at http://www.rogerscorp.com/pds.

Jo Vercruysse, Business Development Manager PDS, will present together with Mrs Simone Stark from Underwriters Laboratories the new UL-rating during a vendor presentation on Wednesday May 13^th at 1.20pm.

Rogers ' second major announcement at PCIM Europe 2009 comes from a joint effort between their Thermal Management Solutions Division (www.rogerscorp.com/tms) and materials innovator Element Six. The two companies will introduce HEATWAVE ™ AlSiC D3 Technology as an advanced solution to their existing high-performance thermal management products. The AlSiC D3 thermal materials are based on Element Six's unique silicon cemented diamond (ScD) technology combined with aluminum encapsulation.

The thermal-management materials, which are well suited to three-dimensional designs, feature high thermal conductivity and low coefficient of thermal expansion. Element Six (www.e6.com), with more than 50 years in materials development, has refined advanced processes such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to develop diamond-based supermaterials with superior optical, thermal, electrical, and chemical properties for a wide range of industries.