Have you heard the expression, “We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us”?
Imagine life without mobility and the ability to expand our possibilities, connect, dream, communicate, gain knowledge and advance.
At Omniseal Solutions™, we have been powering mobility in many ways through our polymer seals, metal seals, and specialized material solutions such as carbon fiber composites, PTFE and polyimides.
With over 4,000 employees and a global presence in 14 countries, we hail from an even deeper history and stronger manufacturing background with our parent company, Saint-Gobain, created over 350 years ago. As a developer of innovative photovoltaic glass to smart insulation systems, water supply systems and more, Saint-Gobain is one of the top 100 industrial groups in the world with over 1,000 manufacturing facilities, 180,000+ employees and one in four of its products sold today that did not exist 15 years ago.
What is our place in relation to the world we live in? Discover why we focus on solutions that improve and protect our daily lives and keep us moving and how we continue to concentrate on transforming and growing, our customers, and giving back.
Engineering “Moving” Solutions Is Our Inspiration
Continually advancing solutions to make life more comfortable, safe, and sustainable, has been at the forefront for Omniseal Solutions™. With higher-performing, stronger, lighter-weight, and more sustainable materials, we help partners to push the limits to improve everyday life.
One way we focus on our customers and innovation is by structuring our company to address market needs, anticipate emerging needs, and shorten development time.
As with our parent company, our R&D department comprises of local teams in addition to a network of global transversal R&D centers. These transversal centers acquire core technologies, work on longer-term, more fundamental projects, focus on innovation and global requirements, serve as hubs for academia and external contacts, and aim to attract and develop talent to serve Saint-Gobain’s businesses worldwide.
Omniseal Solutions’ R&D local teams can be found in the following locations: Garden Grove, California, USA; Kontich, Belgium; Bristol, Rhode Island, USA; Saltillo, Mexico; Willich, Germany; and Wertheim, Germany. R&D resources are also in three corporate transversal R&D centers in Northboro, Massachusetts, USA; Shanghai, China; and Chennai, India.
With regional offices teams/centers dedicated to our business and customers, we are able to identify and supply local needs. By drawing on solutions and skills from our R&D centers throughout the world, we can provide a better and quicker response. And our transversal centers allow us to focus on longer-term innovation to address customers’ needs today and into the future.
As just one example of our customer-centric goals, we recently announced numerous advances at our Kontich, Belgium R&D site to specifically address advanced polymer needs in aerospace and life sciences, in addition to supporting the oil and gas industry. Along with expanding the site’s R&D, testing and customer onboarding areas (including numerous other advancements throughout the years, with the R&D laboratory expanded in 2017 and a number of other manufacturing upgrades made in 2016), the Kontich initiative also establishes sales and engineering around customer markets with a focus on customer needs in design. Omniseal Solutions’ Kontich office is also moving toward greater digitization for increased efficiencies and to maximize employee productivity and has instituted a number of practices to entrust employees to be more agile and reduce reaction time to problems as well as elevate larger issues where necessary.
Specialty Materials Making THE Difference
Another way we go beyond is through our passion for materials. We share a commitment to pushing limits and possibilities. We are committed to developing even lighter materials in commercial airplanes, cars, and electric vehicles reducing emissions and increasing efficiency; increasing recyclability of materials in rockets in space; developing even more durable, longer-wearing parts to help prevent downtime in manufacturing, and ensuring greater reliability in parts in healthcare devices that people rely on.
How do we do it? Through our solutions portfolio and expertise
Our cutting-edge material development is combined with industry expertise and a consultative approach to work with customers to determine the best sealing and material solution to address their specific needs. We then leverage leading manufacturing techniques, a commitment to standards [ISO 9001,14001, 9100, 16949, 5S, Kaizen, 6 Sigma, World Class Manufacturing, NORSOK and API, to name a few], and a focus on quality and testing and simulation to ensure reliability.
Powering & Protecting Mobility in Everyday Life
Where are our solutions “moving” you? You may be surprised where we are and what we protect...
Explore our infographic to see where we help power mobility in everyday life.
Leaving Things Better Than We Left Them
In addition to designing solutions that protect us, we also manufacture materials that protect our environment and help our partners build better solutions, improving the planet.
By supporting sustainability
By working with communities
By supporting education
Throughout all we do, advancing mobility in our lives and supporting our customers have been our focus yesterday, today, and as we look to the future. Please contact our team of engineering, R&D and manufacturing experts to continue powering.