EXHIBIT 10.8



                               ROGERS CORPORATION
                      1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED

                                Eighth Amendment

     Pursuant to the powers and procedures for amendment of the Rogers
Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "1998 Plan"), described
in Section 9 of the 1998 Plan, the Board of Directors of Rogers Corporation (the
"Company") hereby further amends the 1998 Plan as follows:

1. Effective upon and subject to the shareholders of the Company approving the
Rogers Corporation 2005 Equity Compensation Plan at the Company's annual
shareholders' meeting on April 28, 2005, (a) the definition of "Retainer Payment
Date" in Section 1 is amended by providing that there shall be no Retainer
Payment Dates after April 28, 2005, (b) Section 5(b) is amended by providing
that there shall be no automatic grants of Options to Non-Employee Directors
under Section 5(b) after April 28, 2005, and (c) Section 6(a) is amended by
providing that there shall be no additional grants of shares of Stock to
Non-Employee Directors under Sections 6(a)(i) and 6(a)(ii) after April 28, 2005.

2. Except as so amended, the 1998 Plan in all other respects is hereby
confirmed.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Directors has caused this Eighth Amendment
to the 1998 Plan to be duly executed on this 29th day of April, 2005.



                                   ROGERS CORPORATION



                                   By:  /s/ Robert M. Soffer
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                                        Robert M. Soffer
                                        Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary