American Roller
Mark Hlinak is an experienced professional in elastomeric materials, currently serving as the Elastomeric Technical Manager at American Roller since May 2021, focusing on development project management for roll coverings made from rubber and polyurethanes. Prior to this role, Mark held the position of Operations and Technical Manager for Rubber Mixing at ACE ELASTOMER, INC, where responsibilities included overseeing laboratory functions related to rubber mixing production and research. Mark's extensive background includes over 14 years as the Research and Development Manager at RotaDyne and earlier experience as an Analytical Supervisor at SKF Sealing Solutions, as well as a role as a Product Design Specialist at Americhem. Mark earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay between 1991 and 1995.
American Roller
American Roller Company designs, manufactures, and markets a range of industrial rollers. The company offers rubber, urethane, ceramic, hard coat, bowed, heat transfer, and other specialty rollers and coatings. It also designs and manufactures elastomeric, polyurethane, and ceramic metal matrix coverings, as well as electrically heated rollers andcomposite shafts, cores, cylinders, and sleeves. The company’s products are used in bag making, coating, extruding, laminating and embossing, printing glass processing, strand pelletizing, and wrinkle reduction applications.The company’s products are used in bag making, coating, extruding, laminating and embossing, printing glass processing, strand pelletizing, and wrinkle reduction applications. It serves various industries, including packaging, paper converting, pulp and paper, textiles, non-woven, health imaging, powder and bulk, petrochemical, metal processing, coil coating, commercial printing, newspaper printing, and sanitary product manufacturing industries; and business machine manufacturers in the United States and internationally. American Roller Company was founded in 1938 and is based in Union Grove, Wisconsin.