UK Abrasives is the Quality
High Technology Oriented Company
Established in 1993.
Manufactures, markets and sells products worldwide from its Northbrook, Illinois, USA Headquarters and Manufacturing Plant.
Board of Directors:
Dmitry Balyasny
Mark Gorelik
Vladimir Kompan, P.E.
Vitaly Slobodsky, Ph.D.
Company Principals:
President and CEO: Vladimir Kompan, P.E.
Technical Director: Dr. Vitaly Slobodsky, Ph.D.
CFO: Mark Gorelik
Key Employees:
Controller: Susan Kaneko, C.P.A.
Office Manager: Rosalie Stickling
Sales Managers: Adam Balboa, Glen Clinton, Andrew Dominello, Ed Hein, Greg Lipovetsky
Production Manager: Vladimir Rubinstein
Production Control Supervisor: Ilona Yaschenko
Quality Programs Registration and Certifications:
ISO 9001:2008 (Reregistered in 6/3/2003, Certificate No. 10893)
NQA1 (Nuclear Quality Assurance) Certified in July 2001.
Facilities
Building:
26,000 sq. ft., fully air conditioned, including
Manufacturing facilities:
- Fully Air Conditioned Plant
- Clean Room ng, 8,000 sq,ft., with 0.3 mcm air purification system. Houses Diamond Storage Room, QC Laboratory and 2 production rooms for manufacturing Vehicles, Suspensions and Slurries.
- Electronic Industry Quality Reverse Osmosis DI Water Purification System.
- Re-Packaging and Custom Blending
- Boron Carbide Processing Line with Fluidized Bed Jet Mill System and Air Classifier System.
- Warehouse area.
- Custom Build Equipment Shop
QC Laboratories, equipped with:

- Coulter Laser Type Particle Analyzer Model LS230
- Coulter Particle Analyzer Horiba LA920
- Microscopes
- Viscosity Meter
- Tap Density Tester
- Laboratory Sieves
R&D Equipment:
- Ultrasonic Wave Generator with Set of custom designed "Disunite" Probes.
- Custom Built "Blendex" Powder Blending/Mixing System
Quality Assurance Program
At Manufacturing Plants:
- Approved specifications and process sheets to manufacture the product.
- Process Control, assures that the same process specifications and technology are used to manufacture the product each time.
- Quality Control
- Certification for every product lot includes information about Particle Distribution and Certificate of Analysis.
At US Facility:
- Per ISO 9001:2008 and NQA1 (Nuclear Quality Assurance) procedures.