CORRESP 1 filename1.txt VIA EDGAR --------- June 10, 2008 Ms. Pamela A. Long Assistant Director Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Mail Stop 7010 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Rogers Corporation Supplemental Response Letter dated May 13, 2008 Relating to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the FYE December 30, 2007 File No. 1-4347 Dear Ms. Long: We refer you to the letter to Rogers Corporation (the "Company"), dated May 27, 2008 (the "Comment Letter"), containing the comments of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission to the Company's filing referenced above. Following-up on the conversation of our attorney with Mr. Dorine Miller of your office on June 9, 2008, we are writing to confirm that we have requested an extension to respond to the Comment Letter until June 20, 2008, as the Company needs additional time in order to prepare its response to the Staff's comments. We appreciate the Staff's cooperation in this matter. Please telephone me at 860-774-9605, or our attorney, Andrew J. Merken, Esq. of Burns & Levinson LLP, Boston, MA at 617-345-3740, with any questions or comments you may have. In addition, please provide to us a copy of all future correspondence via ------------------------------------------------------------------------- facsimile at 860-779-5585. -------------------------- Ms. Pamela A. Long Assistant Director Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance June 10, 2008 Page 2 Very truly yours, /s/ Dennis M. Loughran ------------------------------------------------------ Dennis M. Loughran Vice President and Chief Financial Officer cc: Robert D. Wachob, President and Chief Executive Officer Robert M. Soffer, Vice President and Secretary Paul B. Middleton, Treasurer Debra J. Granger, Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Controls Ronald J. Pelletier, Manager, Financial Reporting Sean Lynch, Ernst & Young Andrew J. Merken, Esq., Burns & Levinson LLP