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In the Beginning there was:

Mr Percy Wills

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HistoryHistoryIn 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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HistoryHistoryIn 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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HistoryHistoryIn 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)

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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HistoryHistory 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)

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Responsibility

Innovation

PerformanceCustomer

FocusTrelleborgAutomotive

MarketingASIA

MarketingEUROPE

MarketingAMERICAS

MARKETING

Global Operations

ENGINEEREDPLASTICS

Global OperationsELASTOMERS

MANUFACTURING

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SOLUTIONS

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Production worldwide

UK

Global Operations Engineered PlasticsGlobal Operations Engineered Plastics

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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 GroupOur 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.

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Very Low FrictionVery Low Friction Universal Chemical CapabilityUniversal Chemical Capability Wide Temperature Capability from – 253Wide Temperature Capability from – 253°°C to +260 C to +260

°°CC Permanent Elasticity with immunity to ageing,Permanent Elasticity with immunity to ageing,

embitterment and compression set embitterment and compression set High-pressure ratings over 500 Mpa (5000 bar)High-pressure ratings over 500 Mpa (5000 bar)

when used with Back-up rings when used with Back-up rings

Variseal®Variseal®

A range of spring-energised seals in A range of spring-energised seals in high-performance PTFE materialshigh-performance PTFE materials

VarisealVariseal® performs reliably in a wide range performs reliably in a wide range of applications where conventional of applications where conventional elastomeric seals failelastomeric seals fail

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Temperature Range from cryogenic to 850Temperature Range from cryogenic to 850°°CC Pressure Range from ultra high vacuum to 1000Pressure Range from ultra high vacuum to 1000

Mpa / 145 000 psiMpa / 145 000 psi Compatible with a wide range of mediaCompatible with a wide range of media Corrosion resistant and radiation tolerantCorrosion resistant and radiation tolerant Explosive decompression resistantExplosive decompression resistant

Wills Rings®Wills Rings®

High-performance static seals for use in High-performance static seals for use in extreme conditions. Supplied in a range of extreme conditions. Supplied in a range of high-performance metallic materialshigh-performance metallic materials

The term ‘Wills Rings’ is now often used The term ‘Wills Rings’ is now often used internationally to describe Metal O-Ring sealsinternationally to describe Metal O-Ring seals

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

Varilip®Varilip®

Range of catalogue and Range of catalogue and bespoke rotary shaft seals bespoke rotary shaft seals

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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

Varilip® PDRVarilip® PDR

Customer-specific non-standard Customer-specific non-standard rotary shaft sealsrotary shaft seals

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

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