TSS Bridgwater

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TSS Bridgwater
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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater

• Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater
• History
• Products

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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater

• History

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History

• In the Beginning there was
• Mr Percy Wills

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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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History
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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 its 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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History

• In 1958 the company moved to Colley Lane
• The building is still there and is known as
  Fothergill House

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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

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History

• In 1982 the Managing Director at that time was a
  Mr Barrie Gibbons who had moved down to
  Bridgwater from the companys headquarters in
  Lancashire

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History
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History

• In 1982 the Managing Director at that time was a
  Mr Barrie Gibbons who had moved down to
  Bridgwater from the companys 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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History

• In 1983 the company relocated to Dunball

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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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History
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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

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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

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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)

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Trelleborg Group Structure
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Global Operations Engineered Plastics
Production worldwide
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Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Bridgwater

• 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

• 1935 Wills Pressure Filled Joint Company
  founded by Percy Wills
• 1983 Moved to Dunball site(3266m2 ) 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

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Our Role within the Trelleborg Group
To be the supplier of
The Variseal product range to the Groups
European Marketing Companies
Metal O-rings and C-seals to the Groups
Worldwide Marketing Organisation
Varilip PDR to the Groups 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.
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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

• Very Low Friction
• Universal Chemical Capability
• Wide Temperature Capability from 253C 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

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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

• Temperature Range from cryogenic to 850C
• 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

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Varilip
Range of catalogue and bespoke rotary shaft seals

• Originating in TAV approx. 1987
• Introduced to Shamban DK 1989
• Low friction
• Stick slip free running
• Universal chemical resistance

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Varilip PDR
Customer-specific non-standard rotary shaft seals

These seals are individually designed to satisfy
the demands of specific applications

• 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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