Exhibit 99.3

Rogers Corporation - Appointment of a New Board Director

    ROGERS, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2006--Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG)
today announced that on February 16, 2006, its Board of Directors appointed
Carol R. Jensen to serve as a member of the Company's Board.
    Ms. Jensen is currently President and Principal Partner of Lightning Ranch
Group, which provides outsourced executive management services. From July 2001
to April 2004 she served as Global Vice President of R&D Performance Chemicals
for the Dow Chemical Company. Between 1990 and 2001 Ms. Jensen held several
roles of increasing responsibility at 3M Corporation, including Executive
Director, Corporate Technology and Electro & Communications Markets; Managing
Director of 3M Denmark; and Technical Director for the Electronics Products
Division. She started her professional career with 11 years at IBM in a variety
of positions including research, operations, product and process development,
and sales and marketing.
    Ms. Jensen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Douglass College,
Rutgers University, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the California Institute of
Technology.
    Rogers Corporation, headquartered in Rogers, CT, U.S.A., develops and
manufactures high-performance specialty materials, which serve a diverse range
of markets including: portable communication devices, communication
infrastructure, consumer products, computer and office equipment, ground
transportation, and aerospace and defense. Rogers operates manufacturing
facilities in Connecticut, Arizona, and Illinois in the U.S., in Gent, Belgium,
in Suzhou, China, and in Hwasung City, Korea. Sales offices are located in
Belgium, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, and Singapore.


    CONTACT: Rogers Corporation
             Edward Joyce, 860-779-5705
             Fax: 860-779-5509
             E-mail: edward.joyce@rogerscorporation.com
             Rogers' Web site: www.rogerscorporation.com