Trelleborg expands capabilities through U.S. Innovation Center

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (Trelleborg, Sweden) announces the launch of its Innovation Center in Plymouth, Minnesota, providing its global industrial customers with a single partner for design, rapid prototyping, development and serial production, ensuring cost control and scalability of customers’ solutions.

Trelleborg created the Innovation Center to accelerate customers’ time to market, reduce the production cost of parts already in market and improve the transition from design to serial production. With increased capabilities, the Innovation Center is a dedicated space with personnel possessing decades of combined experience. It enables customers to work with design, materials and quality experts throughout the entire life cycle of a project.

“For innovators looking to create high-performing products and measurably reduce go-to-market timelines, our team at the Innovation Center can create samples in days, enabling multiple design iterations to be tested to confirm effective production and enable rapid scale-up,” Chris Tellers, global technology director for the Innovation Center, says.

The Innovation Center comprises several core competencies including design, consultation, toolmaking (metal), prototyping, high-precision machining, silicone molding, thermoset elastomer molding, thermoplastic molding (including thermoplastic composites molding), automation, assembly and secondary operations.

By using Trelleborg’s manufacturing facilities, customers have access to raw material traceability and established validation processes. These facilities are ISO certified and meet FDA requirements and global water regulations. Trelleborg says it leverages its manufacturing expertise and long-term vision to transform customer ideas from design to global, long-term production, quickly and affordably.