---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000084748-24-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROG"
cik: "0000084748"
company_name: "ROGERS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:07:04.205078+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rogers to close Belgium advanced circuit materials plant; expects $18-28M charges, $7-9M annual savings

## Summary
- Cessation of advanced circuit materials manufacturing at Evergem, Belgium facility by mid-2025.
- Expected total charges of $18-28M, primarily employee severance and accelerated depreciation.
- Annual operating profit improvement of $7-9M once fully implemented.
- Customer support to continue from existing China and US manufacturing footprint.
- Subject to consultation process with works council; cash outflows mostly in FY2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000084748-24-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROG
- cik: 0000084748
- company_name: ROGERS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474824000043/0000084748-24-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474824000043/rog-20240606.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-24-000043
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-24-000043.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084748-24-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  ROGERS CORP announced a restructuring with charges of $18 to $28 million affecting advanced circuit materials manufacturing and related activities at its facility in Evergem, Belgium.
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: $18 to $28 million
  - Affected area: advanced circuit materials manufacturing and related activities at its facility in Evergem, Belgium
  source text: the Company expects to record expenses in the range of $18 to 28 million, a majority of which is expected to comprise employee severance costs, with the balance comprising non-cash accelerated depreciation of fixed asset costs and other shutdown-related cash costs
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84748/000008474824000043/0000084748-24-000043-index.htm

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