Several years ago Parker O-ring produced a brochure that spoke about a Los Angeles Superior Court awarding $58 million in damage to a worker who was injured as a result of a defective o-ring. Through a search I learned that the male employee had been suffered severe burns. The piece I found states that this was the largest…
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Custom Fabrication
United Seal & Rubber offers custom fabrication services in addition to our Parker (Seal) Engineered Materials and Chomerics offering. At the heart of our fabrication services that we offer is die cutting. In its simplest form, die cutting involves a steel rule die, a hydraulic press and some type of raw (gasket)material…
Act As One Company
Partnership as defined by Dictionary.com: the state or condition of being a partner;participation; association; joint interest. A popular phrase in B2B sales is to form a partnership. I’m not talking about using the term partnership as in company ownership. No, I’m referring to a partnership that is formed between a supplier and their customer(s). Like most phrases that become popular, partnership is spoken often but are the parties involved really forming a partnership…
Why Use a Distributor?
If you could buy direct from the manufacturer or through a local distributor, which would you choose? The most common argument made for going with the manufacturer is you will get a better price. Sometime this is a correct assumption, but this isn’t always the case…
What To Look For In A Gasket Manufacturer
A standard is a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristic that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their designed function. It ensures that products and services are safe, reliable and of good quality…
