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Trelleborg acquires Sealing Solutions Inc.
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Company News Innovations using polymers earn awards
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ooper-Standard Automotive was honoured with three finalist awards in the Most Innovative Use of Plastics category at the annual awards ceremony held by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division. The components, found in several new Nissan vehicles, use DuPont Zytel HTN PPA and have been designed to deliver significant cost, weight and performance improvements. The assemblies were redesigned in plastic to integrate multiple functions, simplify attachments and final assembly, and take advantage of the Cooper-Standard patented over-moulding and joining processes to significantly reduce part count and improve performance. An electric water valve assembly reduces four component parts into one assembly for significant cost savings and 40% weight savings with improvements to internal and external leakage. An electric brushless pump incorporates 11 discrete components into one integrated assembly that cuts weight by onethird, streamlines packaging and increases motor life expectancy by 500%. The third assembly, a transmission thermal valve, reduces the weight of multi-piece metal component by half, integrates multiple functions, eliminates multiple subassemblies and fasteners, streamlines processing, and eliminates metal crimp and secondary welding processes. Overmoulded brackets accomplish two functions – joint sealing and vehicle mounting interface helping eliminate potential leak paths.
Contact: Cooper-Standard Automotive, Fluid Systems Division HQ, 2110 Executive Hills Court, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, USA, Tel: +1 248 836 9400, Fax: +1 248 836 9116, Email: [email protected], Web: www.cooperstandard.com.
January 2008
Trelleborg acquires Sealing Solutions Inc.
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he Trelleborg Group, through the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business, has acquired the privately owned US seal distributor Sealing Solutions Inc. The company has about 40 employees and annual sales of approximately SEK 100M. with headquarters in Colmar, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a leading US distributor of Trelleborg and other suppliers’ sealing products, primarily to the aerospace industry and industrial OEM companies. The business has positioned itself with special expertise that offers deliveries integrated into the customers’ production processes. The acquisition is expected to provide new customer contacts among aerospace systems manufacturers, jet engine manufacturers and industrial OEM customers together with benefits from the company’s inventory procedures and capacity for integrated deliveries, Contact: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, Global Marketing & Communications, Handwerkstrasse 5–7, D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany, Tel: +49 711 7864 0, Fax: +49 711 7864344, Email: [email protected], Web: www.tss.trelleborg.com.
Elastomers made more easily available in Asia
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xxonMobil Chemical Company has recently made a number of investments for its specialty elastomers in the Asia Pacific region.
Customers in mainland China can now buy the full portfolio of Santoprene thermoplastic vulcanizates from inventory stocked in China using local currency. Other ExxonMobil brands such as Vistamaxx and Vistalon ethylene propylene polymers are also available. Products sold in China are sourced from the ExxonMobil world-scale plants in the USA, Germany, France and UK. Contact: ExxonMobil Chemical Company, 13501 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77079-1398, USA, Tel: +1 281 870 6607, Fax: +1 281 870 6661, Web: www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
Flowserve breaks ground for new Quick Response Centre
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lowserve has started work on a planned new Quick Response Centre (QRC) to Serve Gulf Coast Customers in the oil and gas, power, chemical and desalination industries. The new centre will be located within the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It will serve as the regional headquarters for the Flowserves mechanical seal business in the Middle East and will also have a full range of pump repair and packaging capabilities. It will also complement existing joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and other existing service capabilities within the region. It is planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Contact: Flowserve World Headquarters, 5215 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 2300, Irving, TX 75039, USA, Tel: +1 972 443 6500, Fax: +1 972 443 6800, Web: www.flowserve.com.
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Company News Innovations using polymers earn awards
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ooper-Standard Automotive was honoured with three finalist awards in the Most Innovative Use of Plastics category at the annual awards ceremony held by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division. The components, found in several new Nissan vehicles, use DuPont Zytel HTN PPA and have been designed to deliver significant cost, weight and performance improvements. The assemblies were redesigned in plastic to integrate multiple functions, simplify attachments and final assembly, and take advantage of the Cooper-Standard patented over-moulding and joining processes to significantly reduce part count and improve performance. An electric water valve assembly reduces four component parts into one assembly for significant cost savings and 40% weight savings with improvements to internal and external leakage. An electric brushless pump incorporates 11 discrete components into one integrated assembly that cuts weight by onethird, streamlines packaging and increases motor life expectancy by 500%. The third assembly, a transmission thermal valve, reduces the weight of multi-piece metal component by half, integrates multiple functions, eliminates multiple subassemblies and fasteners, streamlines processing, and eliminates metal crimp and secondary welding processes. Overmoulded brackets accomplish two functions – joint sealing and vehicle mounting interface helping eliminate potential leak paths.
Contact: Cooper-Standard Automotive, Fluid Systems Division HQ, 2110 Executive Hills Court, Auburn Hills, MI 48326, USA, Tel: +1 248 836 9400, Fax: +1 248 836 9116, Email: [email protected], Web: www.cooperstandard.com.
January 2008
Trelleborg acquires Sealing Solutions Inc.
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he Trelleborg Group, through the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business, has acquired the privately owned US seal distributor Sealing Solutions Inc. The company has about 40 employees and annual sales of approximately SEK 100M. with headquarters in Colmar, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a leading US distributor of Trelleborg and other suppliers’ sealing products, primarily to the aerospace industry and industrial OEM companies. The business has positioned itself with special expertise that offers deliveries integrated into the customers’ production processes. The acquisition is expected to provide new customer contacts among aerospace systems manufacturers, jet engine manufacturers and industrial OEM customers together with benefits from the company’s inventory procedures and capacity for integrated deliveries, Contact: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, Global Marketing & Communications, Handwerkstrasse 5–7, D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany, Tel: +49 711 7864 0, Fax: +49 711 7864344, Email: [email protected], Web: www.tss.trelleborg.com.
Elastomers made more easily available in Asia
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xxonMobil Chemical Company has recently made a number of investments for its specialty elastomers in the Asia Pacific region.
Customers in mainland China can now buy the full portfolio of Santoprene thermoplastic vulcanizates from inventory stocked in China using local currency. Other ExxonMobil brands such as Vistamaxx and Vistalon ethylene propylene polymers are also available. Products sold in China are sourced from the ExxonMobil world-scale plants in the USA, Germany, France and UK. Contact: ExxonMobil Chemical Company, 13501 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77079-1398, USA, Tel: +1 281 870 6607, Fax: +1 281 870 6661, Web: www.exxonmobilchemical.com.
Flowserve breaks ground for new Quick Response Centre
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lowserve has started work on a planned new Quick Response Centre (QRC) to Serve Gulf Coast Customers in the oil and gas, power, chemical and desalination industries. The new centre will be located within the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It will serve as the regional headquarters for the Flowserves mechanical seal business in the Middle East and will also have a full range of pump repair and packaging capabilities. It will also complement existing joint ventures in Saudi Arabia and other existing service capabilities within the region. It is planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Contact: Flowserve World Headquarters, 5215 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 2300, Irving, TX 75039, USA, Tel: +1 972 443 6500, Fax: +1 972 443 6800, Web: www.flowserve.com.
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