May 31, 2024 (Trelleborg release) — Trelleborg Sealing Solutions announces the launch of its Innovation Center in Plymouth, Minnesota, US, 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.
Chris Tellers, Global Technology Director for the Innovation Center, says: “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.
“Engineers and product innovators get direct access to some of the best minds in materials science, prototyping, tooling and design for manufacturability, plus proven processes for improving critical outcomes in development and manufacturing. Simply bring us your product design goals and we’ll work together to create highly differentiated products and get them to market faster than ever. You can visit our experts in-person or engage in highly personalized digital experiences.
“We take a collaborative approach to help customers optimize their designs and discover how they can be realized. We have decades of experience designing and manufacturing advanced silicone solutions, thermoset elastomers and now we can offer customers expertise in thermoplastic molding and manufacturing. We look at customers’ complex designs and quickly create prototypes and tooling that help customers achieve their goals.”
The Innovation Center comprises several core competencies including design, consultation, toolmaking, prototyping, high-precision machining, silicone molding, thermoset elastomer molding, thermoplastic 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 requirements of the Food and Drug Administration and global water regulations. Trelleborg leverages its manufacturing expertise and long-term vision to transform customer ideas from design to global, long-term production, quickly and affordably.
To learn more about the Innovation Center, visit: https://www.trelleborg.com/en/seals/about-us/innovation-center
