Press Releases

Press Releases

** LATEST NEWS **
07/2006 - Defence - PPE wins three year MoD contract for NES337 Naval O-rings
07/2006 - Semiconductor - Perlast seals extend PM cycles in chip manufacturing processes

04/2006 - Diesel - PPE offers professional development training course in elastomer technology for diesel engines
01/2006 - General - PPE offers independent polymer testing and consultancy service

Archived articles:

Food & Dairy
Aug 2005	The power of Silver - proactive antimicrobial rubber components
June 2004	PPE achieves new 3A Sanitary approval for dairy and food hygienic seals and gaskets
June 2002	New Composite Piston Seal Cuts Machine Downtime Seal replacement cycles up from 100,000 to over 300,000 and still going!
Dec 2000	Longer Life Seals for the Dairy Industry

Pharmaceutical & Bio-analytical
Aug 2005	The power of Silver - proactive antimicrobial rubber components
Jan 2005	Glass reactor vessel - Valve sealing innovation
July 2004	Millipore uses innovative, hygienic seals from PPE, in new QuikScale® chromatography column range.
Jan 2004	Perlast® Announces USP Class VI Standard Seals for Pharmaceutical Manufacture
Dec 2003	Innovative micro seal kits for precision engineered analytical equipment
Oct 2002
Oct 2002	Seal Collaboration leads to First Total Containment Valves for API Powders
April 2002	Perlast® micro seals for Upchurch Scientific 'Lab-on-a-Chip' analysis applications

Diesel Engines
July 2005	PPE installs the UK's largest seal moulding machine
March 2005	Marine engine seals take the heat (appeared in Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide)
	A Driving Force in Reducing Harmful Emissions from Diesel Engines

Aerospace
Jul 2005	High Flying PPE Awarded Aerospace Quality Standard
June 2002	PPE rapid response avoids costly Sikorsky Black Hawk component redesign
May 2002	Ten-year Seals Contract for European Jet Fighter

Chemical processing
Aug 2005	Nano-engineered 'Super' Fluoroelastomer sets standard for Chemical Manufacture
Jan 2005	Increased acid resistance for Perfluoroelastomer seals in chemical processing

Process engineering
	PPE seals take the heat in titanium product manufacture.

Oil & Gas
Jan 2005	Explosive decompression resistant AFLAS seals for oil and gas operations
	Improved High Temperature Performance AFLAS Seals for Oil and Gas production and processing.
Nov 2000	Rapid Seals Service Cuts Downtime for the Offshore Industry

Semiconductor
Feb 2005	Pure Perfluoroelastomer seals for semi-conductor applications
	Seal Performance Gives Equipment Manufacturers' Competitive Edge
	Perlast extends maintenance cycles by 40%

General
Dec 2003	New fluoroelastomer - PEEK bonding technique gives stronger bond
July 2001	Perfluoroelastomers on Demand - Made-to-measure Perlast® parts available in days.
May 2001	Innovative Seal Design for New Rapid Opening Pipeline Closures

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