Alliance Rubber Company

Alliance Rubber Company is an American manufacturer of natural rubber bands. The company was originally located in Alliance, Ohio, but is now headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It was founded by William H. Spencer in 1923.

Alliance Rubber Company
TypePrivate
IndustryManufacturer of:
FoundedMarch 7, 1923 (1923-03-07) in Alliance, Ohio
FounderW.H.Spencer
Headquarters
Hot Springs, Arkansas
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Bonnie Spencer Swayze (President)
  • Jason Risner (V.P. of Sales and Marketing)
  • Brandon Hughes (V.P. of Operations)
  • Misty Smith (Creative Director)
Number of employees
176 (2018)
Websiterubberband.com

History

Originally, Alliance rubber bands were made from cutting rejected rubber inner tubes. Spencer took the bands to the Akron Beacon Journal and persuaded them to wrap their newspapers with a band to prevent them from coming apart and blowing across lawns.[1]

Alliance went on to expand its business in 1944 with an additional production plant in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

In March 2020, Alliance announced that they would retool their manufacturing facility to create products (such as Rubber Strips) used to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

References
  1. "Origins of ordinary things: Rubber bands". The New Times. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  2. "Hot Springs company switches gears to help with PPE shortage nationwide". KARK. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
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