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SEALING
SOLUTIONS
TSS Bridgwater
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater
SEALING
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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Bridgwater
History
&
Products
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater
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History
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In the Beginning there was:
Mr Percy Wills
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In 1935 Percy Wills founded the company and called it Wills Pressure
Filled Joint Company based in St Johns Street Bridgwater
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In 1938 a Professor Plunket who worked
for Dupont discovered a new material
called Polytetrafluoroethylene, more
commonly known as PTFE or Teflon
 Due to it’s many excellent properties PTFE
began to be used widely in industry, Wills
identified this as an opportunity and
gradually moved into the processing and
machining of this type of material
 They specialised in bearings, backing
rings, valve seats and seals
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In 1958 the company moved to Colley Lane
The building is still there and is known as Fothergill House
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Because Wills had a high proportion of
PTFE being produced at the factory, they
became of interest to a number of
companies and eventually in 1968 they
were purchased by a company based in
Littleborough in Lancashire who were
heavily into PTFE themslves.
 The company was then renamed:
Fothergill & Harvey
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In 1982 the Managing Director at that time
was a Mr Barrie Gibbons who had moved
down to Bridgwater from the company’s
headquarters in Lancashire
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In 1982 the Managing Director at that time
was a Mr Barrie Gibbons who had moved
down to Bridgwater from the company’s
headquarters in Lancashire
 He persuaded his bosses that Bridgwater
should have a new factory and in 1983 the
company moved to a new purpose built
factory at Dunball
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In 1983 the company relocated to Dunball
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As the premises at Dunball were
significantly bigger than Colley Lane other
products within the group were moved
there, primarily composite tube production
of glass fibre & carbon fibre (flag pole at
Enmore Golf Club)
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In 1985 the Fothergill & Harvey Group
was taken over by Courtalds (same
company as British Cellophane)
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Courtalds main interest was in the composite
side of the company and in 1989 they moved
this part of the business up to Coventry and
sold the remainder of the business to a
Management Buyout. The company was then
renamed as
Wills Engineered Polymers
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Just over 3 years after the Buyout there was
a further takeover this time by a German
company called Busak & Shamban. This
company specialised in the manufacture and
sales of sealing solutions, primarily at the
high performance end of the market
 In 1999 Busak & Shamban (which was a
privately owned company) sold out to the TI
Group of companies
 The following year the TI Group were
swallowed up by the Smiths Group
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And finally in 2003 Smiths sold off part of
their company (5000 employees) to a
Swedish company called Trelleborg, and
what was Wills Pressure Filled Joint
Company has now become:
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater
(TSSB)
Trelleborg Group Structure
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Responsibility
Innovation
Performance
Customer
Focus
Trelleborg
Automotive
TRELLEBORG
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Marketing
EUROPE
Trelleborg
Engineered
Systems
MANUFACTURING
MARKETING
Marketing
ASIA
Trelleborg
Wheel
Systems
Marketing
AMERICAS
Global Operations
ENGINEERED
PLASTICS
Global Operations
ELASTOMERS
Global Operations Engineered Plastics
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UK
Production worldwide
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater
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Modern sites with 4166m2 area
144 employees : 107 blue collar
37 white collar
Over 7 m seals manufactured per year
Highly Specialised CNC Production
Innovative Material Development
Advanced Design Facilities
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1935 – Wills Pressure Filled Joint Company founded by Percy Wills
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1983 – Moved to Dunball site(3266m2 ) from Colley Iane
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1992 – Taken over by Busak + Shamban Group
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1996 – Variseal® product range moved to Wills from WS Shamban
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1999 – Joined the TI Group of Companies
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2000 – Joined the Smiths Group of Companies
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2001 – PDR manufacture transferred to Bridgwater from Ashchurch
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2002 – Varilip® manufacture transferred to Wills from WS Shamban
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2003 – Joined Trelleborg Group to become part of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Our Role within the Trelleborg Group
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To be the supplier of:
The Variseal® product range to the Group’s European
Marketing Companies;
Metal O-rings and C-seals to the Group’s Worldwide
Marketing Organisation;
Varilip® PDR to the Group’s Worldwide Marketing
Organisation.
To carry out the above in a way, which will allow the Trelleborg
Group to offer appropriate and effective solutions to satisfy its
customers’ needs and requirements, with respect to service
levels, prices, quality and functionality.
Variseal®
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A range of spring-energised seals in
high-performance PTFE materials
Variseal® performs reliably in a wide range
of applications where conventional
elastomeric seals fail
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Very Low Friction
Universal Chemical Capability
Wide Temperature Capability from – 253°C to +260 °C
Permanent Elasticity with immunity to ageing,
embitterment and compression set
High-pressure ratings over 500 Mpa (5000 bar)
when used with Back-up rings
Wills Rings®
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High-performance static seals for use in
extreme conditions. Supplied in a range of
high-performance metallic materials
The term ‘Wills Rings’ is now often used
internationally to describe Metal O-Ring seals
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Temperature Range from cryogenic to 850°C
Pressure Range from ultra high vacuum to 1000
Mpa / 145 000 psi
Compatible with a wide range of media
Corrosion resistant and radiation tolerant
Explosive decompression resistant
Varilip®
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Range of catalogue and
bespoke rotary shaft seals
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Originating in TAV approx. 1987
Introduced to Shamban DK 1989
Low friction
Stick – slip – free running
Universal chemical resistance
Varilip® PDR
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Customer-specific non-standard
rotary shaft seals
These seals are individually designed to
satisfy the demands of specific applications
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Originates from Dowty
Seals in 1981
Surface Speed Capability
Wide Temperature Range
Minimal Shaft Wear
Dry Running Ability
Fluid Resistance
Low Friction
Endurance
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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions