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VALUE–GENERATING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Cooperation with customers is key
in general industry
38%
of Trelleborg’s
sales
As global growth becomes evermore
concentrated to certain
markets and customers, this
has industrial implications. The
capacity as a global partner
to satisfy local needs through
customized comprehensive
solutions is becoming increasingly
important in the pursuit of longterm
value creation.
General industry. For Trelleborg, the
General industry segment encompasses
products and solutions for companies
active in industries such as medical
equipment – including life sciences –
manufacturing, machine tools,
processing equipment and graphic
production.
The segment is characterized by
geographic high-growth markets and
certain major customers demanding an
increasing number of products and more
advanced solutions to satisfy their
industrial expansion and development,
while more mature markets require even
more advanced solutions and services.
A common feature of Trelleborg’s
products and solutions in the General
industry segment is that they are
customized and often form part of a
Examples of products and applications
Antivibration
systems
Engineered
fabrics
Expansion joints
Hoses
Printing blankets
Seals and
bearings
Sealing profiles
comprehensive offering. They also
represent a non-critical share of the
cost of the end-product’s total value.
Systems developed to minimize noise and damp vibrations in generator sets,
fans and separators, for instance.
Specialty polymer-coated and calendared materials for customized solutions for
the majority of industrial applications.
Solutions that absorb pressure surges, movements and vibrations in pipe
systems, such as those found in the food, cooling, heating and processing
industries.
Specialist hoses for various industrial applications in, for example,
the manufacturing, medical technology and processing industries.
Printing blankets for advanced offset and digital printing applications,
representing printing quality, ink transfer and dot control.
Seals – such as O-rings, rotary seals, hydraulic and various specialty seals – in
many fields of application and niches for both static and dynamic applications.
Custom-designed sealing solutions for a wide range of environments and
applications, for example facade seals with high wind and rain resistance
and high energy-saving potential.
Meeting all requirements
Food and beverage producers are
seeking new and innovative products,
process improvements and cost
reductions.
In this respect, Trelleborg focuses on
sealing products that ensure that food
and beverage processing systems are
not contaminated and on extending seal
life to minimize production down time.
Andreas Schmiedel, Technical
Manager Life Science and Process
Industry Europe for Trelleborg says:
“Trelleborg has positioned itself as the
supplier of sealing solutions for all
material classes on a global scale. Out
products meet the upcoming regulations
in China as well as modifications to
present regulations in other countries,
such as the elastomer guidelines for
potable water in Germany.”
“A great challenge lies in providing
customers with materials carrying
different national approvals for all
regions of the world. But this is a
challenge that Trelleborg has been
successfully meeting for over five
decades, leading to the development
of new materials and designs, and
more recently a large food and beveragefocused
expansion of the liquid silicone
rubber facilities in Pernik, Bulgaria,”
concludes Schmiedel.
34 Annual Report 2015 Trelleborg AB
GRI: G4-4, G4-8