Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is focusing on accelerating technological breakthroughs at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, by investing in its R&D facilities here.
Based at the new Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Innovation Centre, the facility is a key part of the business area’s global R&D network. Substantial investment in the Innovation Centre has seen usable space for R&D increased by 50%, to around 3,000 square metres, including a 300 square metre showroom area dedicated to the department and demonstrating R&D and product innovation capabilities.
Prof. Dr. Konrad Saur, Director Global R&D at Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, says: “Innovation is not only about new products and materials, but advancements in analytical and technical capabilities to support problem resolution and to accelerate technological breakthroughs.”
The new facility will contain laboratories with the latest analytical equipment and measurement centres, next to innovation and prototype facilities, as well as a major test area with a fully equipped tool room and a materials laboratory. The capabilities will range from standard mechanical testing to material analytics, including Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Digital Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, to a highly advanced high-resolution Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with an Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX).
The new Innovation Centre is also home to the Trelleborg Sealing Solutions global headquarters, its German headquarters and various global support departments for the business area. Employees have begun moving into the Centre and its official opening is planned for September 2018.