Nov 20 2007
The Trelleborg Group, through the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions business area, has acquired the privately owned US seal distributor Sealing Solutions Inc., which has about 40 employees and annual sales of approximately SEK 100 M.
Sealing Solutions Inc., with its headquarters in Colmar, Pennsylvania, is a leading US distributor of Trelleborg’s 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.
“Sealing Solutions is a well-managed, profitable and growing player that, in combination with our earlier acquisitions this year, will further strengthen our distribution in North America. This acquisition will give us valuable new customer contacts among, for instance, aerospace systems manufacturers, jet engine manufacturers and industrial OEM customers. Furthermore, we will benefit from the company’s exemplary inventory procedures and capacity for integrated deliveries,” says Claus Barsøe, President, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions.