FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
                 LONG-TERM ENHANCEMENT PLAN FOR
             SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF ROGERS CORPORATION



A.   Pursuant to Section 10 of the Long-Term Enhancement Plan for
     Senior Executives of Rogers Corporation (the "Plan"), effective
     as of April 4, 2000, the Plan is hereby amended by adding at the
     end of Section 2(b), the following:

         "  , of which 75,000 shares were originally reserved by
       the Board of Directors for issuance pursuant to this
       Plan.  Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized but
       unissued shares or shares reacquired by the Company.  In
       the event of a stock dividend, stock split or similar
       change in capitalization affecting the Capital Stock, the
       Committee shall make appropriate adjustments in the
       number and kind of shares of Capital Stock reserved and
       available for issuance under the Plan, subject to the
       provisions of Section 9."

B.   Except as herein amended, the provisions of the Plan shall
     remain in full force and effect.

C.   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Rogers Corporation has caused this
             First  Amendment to the Plan to be executed this 25th day of April,
      2000.



                                ROGERS CORPORATION



                                By: /s/ Robert M. Soffer

                                Robert M. Soffer, Treasurer