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Company and Product Profile
Seaward
is a world leader in innovative uses of plastics and elastomer
technology. Founded in 1973, the company provides a wide range
of products and services to the marine industry, including
marine fenders and buoys, elastomer coatings, plastic pilings
and timber, and special anechoic coatings and installation
equipment, and composite railroad tie is also under development.
For nearly thirty years, Seaward
engineers have provided technological solutions to such industry
problems as energy absorption, corrosion, deterioration,
flotation, abrasion, noise control, and other situations
requiring the development of special materials. Trelleborg
Engineered Products, Inc., acquired the business interests of
Seaward International effective December 1, 2002. Trelleborg is
a leading international company that serves a broad range of
industries with polymer products. This transaction is supportive
of and strengthens the Trelleborg strategic goals of being the
worldwide leader in marine fender and flotation technology and
products, and provides Seaward with significant growth
opportunities in the international market. The tradition of
Seaward quality, performance and technology associated with the
Seaward brand name and products will continue.
The
Engineered Plastics Division
manufactures structurally reinforced composites from recycled
plastic. SEAPILE composite marine piling and SEATIMBER composite
marine timber are environmentally friendly materials made from
recycled plastic reinforced with fiberglass reinforcing bars.
Offering a superior alternative to traditional creosote and
other chemically treated piling and timber, they are being used
successfully in harbors and other marine settings on a gobal
scale. First introduced in 1994 and 1995, SEAPILE and SEATIMBER
products are manufactured in a continuous process, producing
material without joints or discontinuities that can be made in
any shippable length. The plastic compound is of Duralin a
matrix of 100% recycled plastic designed by Seawards chemists &
engineers for strength and ability to bond with structural
elements. It is resistant to ultraviolet light, chipping,
spalling, and impervious to marine borers. The products are
totally non-corrosive and are 100% recycleable. Five sizes of
SEAPILE are currently in production: 6” (150mm), 8.5” (215mm),
10” (250mm), 13” (330mm) and 16” (400mm) diameter. Also in
production are a variety of sizes of SEATIMBER material: ranging
from 4”x 4” (100mm x 100mm) up to the larger sizes of 8”x12”
(200mm x 300mm), 10” x 10” (250mm x 250mm), 10” x 12” (250mm x
300mm) and 12”x 12” (300mm x 300mm).
Engineered
properties of the composite pile and timber can vary to fit
specific customer and project requirements through adjusting the
quantity and diameter of the FRP rebars. The FRP rebars are
pultruded, while a proprietary continuous extrusion process
makes the composite pile and timber products. Seward
manufactures both the FRP rebars and composite piles and timbers
in its own facilities and has obtained four patents on the
products and processes for manufacturing them.
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