Alliance To Develop Products For Extreme-Environment Applications
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products, Reading, PA and The Advanced Products Company, North Haven, CT have formed an alliance for the development of materials and solutions for severe-service sealing applications. The union of two leaders in their respective industries brings together the extensive high performance materials technology of Quadrant EPP and Advanced Products long-proven engineering and testing expertise in seals for extreme environments.

Quadrant will promote Advanced Products as a market development partner for finished-sealing components and systems using its materials, and provide Advanced with targeted product development and market development support. The company was formerly DSM Engineering Plastic Products, which acquired Polymer Corporation and ERTA, two leading worldwide producers of engineering plastics for machining.

Advanced will provide specific market development support and product technology direction for Quadrant's materials development team in addition to promoting Quadrant's materials as an integral part of their extreme-environment sealing components.

Markets expected to benefit from this unique alliance are: aerospace, chemical processing and production, semiconductor manufacturing, turbo-compressors, oil and gas industries, mechanical sealing and industrial process equipment. The joint efforts of Quadrant and Advanced will focus on North America and Europe.

For more information, contact Kress Schwartz, Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products, 2120 Fairmont Ave. P.O. Box 14235, Reading, PA 19612-4235, 800-366-0310, Fax: 800-366-0301, Web: www.quadrantepp.com.<