S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S TSS Bridgwater

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater History & Products

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater History

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History In the Beginning there was: Mr Percy Wills

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History 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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S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History In 1958 the company moved to Colley Lane The building is still there and is known as Fothergill House

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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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S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History In 1983 the company relocated to Dunball

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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)  In 1985 the Fothergill & Harvey Group was taken over by Courtalds (same company as British Cellophane)

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S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S History  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)

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S Trelleborg Group Structure Responsibility Innovation Performance Customer Focus Trelleborg Automotive Marketing ASIA Marketing EUROPE Marketing AMERICAS MARKETING Global Operations ENGINEERED PLASTICS Global Operations ELASTOMERS MANUFACTURING TRELLEBORG SEALING SOLUTIONS Trelleborg Wheel Systems Trelleborg Engineered Systems

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S Production worldwide UK Global Operations Engineered Plastics

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater  Modern sites with 4166m 2 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  1935 – Wills Pressure Filled Joint Company founded by Percy Wills  1983 – Moved to Dunball site(3266m 2 ) from Colley Iane  1992 – Taken over by Busak + Shamban Group  1996 – Variseal® product range moved to Wills from WS Shamban  1999 – Joined the TI Group of Companies  2000 – Joined the Smiths Group of Companies  2001 – PDR manufacture transferred to Bridgwater from Ashchurch  2002 – Varilip® manufacture transferred to Wills from WS Shamban  2003 – Joined Trelleborg Group to become part of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S Our Role within the Trelleborg Group 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.

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S t Very Low Friction t Universal Chemical Capability t Wide Temperature Capability from – 253°C to +260 °C t Permanent Elasticity with immunity to ageing, embitterment and compression set embitterment and compression set t High-pressure ratings over 500 Mpa (5000 bar) when used with Back-up rings when used with Back-up rings Variseal® 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 Variseal® performs reliably in a wide range of applications where conventional elastomeric seals fail

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S t Temperature Range from cryogenic to 850°C t Pressure Range from ultra high vacuum to 1000 Mpa / psi Mpa / psi t Compatible with a wide range of media t Corrosion resistant and radiation tolerant t Explosive decompression resistant Wills Rings® 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

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S t Originating in TAV approx t Introduced to Shamban DK 1989 t Low friction t Stick – slip – free running t Universal chemical resistance Varilip® Range of catalogue and bespoke rotary shaft seals

S E A L I N G S O L U T I O N S  Originates from Dowty Seals in 1981  Surface Speed Capability  Wide Temperature Range  Minimal Shaft Wear  Dry Running Ability  Fluid Resistance  Low Friction  Endurance Varilip® PDR Customer-specific non-standard rotary shaft seals These seals are individually designed to satisfy the demands of specific applications

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