Award Recipients

Aberdeen headquartered elastomer engineering firm, Rubberatkins Ltd, is proud to receive the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, recognising the company’s exceptional global growth and commitment to delivering world-class elastomeric solutions to customers across international markets.

For over 35 years, Rubberatkins has delivered high-performance elastomeric solutions to the oil and gas sector, from upstream exploration and development to midstream processing and downstream refining. Rubberatkins materials are trusted in the world’s most extreme environments where failure is not an option. Whether withstanding corrosive chemicals, intense pressures or extreme temperatures, Rubberatkins seals, gaskets and custom components help keep critical energy infrastructure running efficiently and safely.

The company’s reputation for solving the ‘unsolvable’ is no accident. Rubberatkins’ industry-leading in-house Elastomer Innovation, combined with novel R&D and precision manufacturing capabilities, has led to this success. Rubberatkins doesn’t just supply products, it engineers performance.

Proven in Energy. Driven by the Future.
While solidly rooted in oil and gas, Rubberatkins also supports the semiconductor, hydrogen generation and space exploration markets, meeting their demands for high-purity, high-performance and highly durable materials.

For semiconductor fabrication, the company applies its widely regarded material expertise to develop ultra-clean, low-particulate elastomers that meet the stringent demands of wafer processing and chip manufacturing.

In the expanding hydrogen economy, Rubberatkins is at the forefront of innovation, developing an advanced membrane material to resist hydrogen embrittlement and that increases electrolyser performance.
Meanwhile, in the demanding arena of space exploration, the company is pioneering new polymer technologies designed to withstand the intense stresses of launch, the harsh vacuum of space, and extreme thermal fluctuations. It’s an ambitious frontier, but one that Rubberatkins has confidently embraced and actively advancing in.

This award not only recognises the company’s success in international trade, but also reinforces its trajectory as a global partner of choice across traditional and emerging high-tech industries.

A global platform for growth
With headquarters in Aberdeen and strategic locations in Texas, Calgary, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Shenzhen, Rubberatkins is positioned to support clients around the world with local service and global expertise. The company’s recent expansion into US manufacturing further strengthens its commitment to delivering high-quality, responsive solutions wherever customers need them.

At the heart of Rubberatkins’ success is its people and culture. The company builds strong relationships with clients through close collaboration, and its dedicated team works hand-in-hand with customer teams to deliver excellence every day. This people-first approach, combined with decades of experience and elastomer excellence, underpins everything Rubberatkins does.

“This award is a testament to our team’s ingenuity and dedication,” says co-founder Nick Atkins. “It marks not just a milestone, but a launch pad for our next wave of innovation and global growth.”