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Since 1993, PRF has grown the Purdue Research Park into a model for other technology parks around the state of Indiana. As we gathered feedback from our client companies and gained additional confidence from our faculty-entrepreneurs, we watched our technology transfer, business development and incubation programming garner Purdue numerous honors and awards I hope you'll take a moment to review PRF's 2006-2010 Strategic Plan so that you can get a feel for PRF's new direction. We are honored and excited to have an important role in Purdue's extensive plan to strengthen Indiana's position in this emerging knowledge-based economy. Working closely with researchers from Purdue's Discovery Park, we are committed to bringing Hoosiers the promise of new high-tech companies with secure, high-paying jobs.

Leavitt Tube Company is a privately owned tube manufacturing company that provides a wide range of products and services. It has a manufacturing facility that houses more than five mechanical and structural mills. The company provides vendor inventory management, electronic data interchange, bar coding, square and miter cutting and inside diameter flash removal services. Leavitt Tube Company has various in-house laboratories that offer product testing services. The company offers structural and mechanical tubing of various shapes that include square, rectangular and round shapes. Its additional products include steel coils and structural pipes. The company has an ISO 9001:2000 certification. Leavitt Tube Company is located in Chicago and has branches in Madison, Miss.

Royal Adhesives & Sealants, based in South Bend, Ind., is a company that produces specialty rubber intermediates for adhesives, sealants, coatings and rubber compounds. The company provides specialty properties and improved processing in a range of applications. The DPR liquid natural rubber is a performance additive for rubber compounding. It functions as a liquid reactive processing aid and a reactive plasticizer for filled rubber compounds. DPR is used as binder for grinding wheels, brake pads and other filled wear-resistant products. It is also used as a rheology modifier for lubricants, oils, and asphalt systems. The company additionally manufactures ISOLENE liquid synthetic rubber, an extender for block copolymers that can be cured via the polyisoprene backbone. ISOLENE is used in block copolymer based pressure-sensitive adhesives systems. It is a reactive vehicle for rubber additives and curatives.