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U.S. Work Share Program Saves Jobs at Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals Group   Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals Group’s, Bristol, Rhode Island, facility was recently featured in Bloomberg Businessweek.  The Businessweek article shared how Rhode

Governor Chafee Visits Bristol Rhode Island Facility The Saint Gobain Performance Plastics facility in Bristol, Rhode Island, was visited recently by Rhode Island Governor, Lincoln Chafee.

OmniSeal® Spring Energized Seals and Meldin® Bearings Assist with Setting New Standard in Surgical Stapling   A leading global provider of healthcare products has selected to use Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals Group’s OmniSeal® spring energized

If you venture five minutes down the street from the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals Group site in Garden Grove, you will encounter a warehouse full of assorted items such as food and fresh vegetables, clothing, refrigerators and even a small building project that includes functional utilities. 

Meldin® 7021 and Meldin® 7022 materials, manufactured by Saint Gobain Seals Group, have met and exceeded the smoke density

OmniSeal® Spring Energized Seals on World's First Subsea Gas Compression Station   In 2015, the world’s first subsea gas compression station will be installed in the Åsgard field offshore Norway.  Saint Gobain Performance Plastics, Seals

When television viewers around the world watched the fantastic images sent to Earth by the Mars Rover Curiosity, which landed on Mars in August, they did not

When it connected to the International Space Station over northwest Australia this morning, the SpaceX commercial spacecraft company's innovative Falcon 9 rocket features

Saint-Gobain, the world's largest manufacturer of building products and a leading producer of innovative materials, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award

OmniFlex™ R25 is a new fluoroelastomer material grade developed by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. 

Professional Plastics, Inc. has signed a formal agreement with Saint Gobain Performance Plastics for the distribution of Meldin® polyimide shapes in the North American and SE Asian markets. The agreement covers Meldin® 7000 series, as well as, 2000 series and 6000 series polyimide shapes.

OmniSeal® Seals for Rapid Gas Decompression Applications in High-Pressure Services

Fluoroloy® brand grades are high performance, custom formulated compounds and alloys for extreme and specialty sealing applications including PTFE and PTFE blends, fluoropolymers, PEEK and UHMW-PE.

Fluoroloy® materials qualified to API 6A F1.13.5.2   Fluoroloy® brand grades are high performance, custom formulated compounds and alloys for extreme and specialty sealing applications including PTFE and PTFE blends, fluoropolymers, PEEK and UHMW PE.  

Meldin 7000 provides extended product lifecycle, and allows customers to resolve engineering issues faster and speed time to market

OmniFlex™ R22 is a new proprietary fluoroelastomer material grade that combines low temperature performance with improved compression set, low friction and longer wearlife in dynamic conditions.

Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest manufacturer of building products and a leading producer of glass containers and innovative materials, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).