Woodville Polymer Engineering
From Graces Guide
of Ross-on-Wye
1948 Company established
The company was based in Ross-on-Wye, after moving there in 1961, but had other plants in Burton-on-Trent and Cinderford.
1980 Employing almost 900 persons at three plants producing a full range of elastomer and polymer products.
The company manufactured products from both natural rubber and a variety of synthetics and one of their largest volume products was a synthetic rubber-coated steel seal, made for the bearing industry as a seal for a lifetime, non-serviceable, sealed bearing. In 1980 it was making more than 1,000,000 of these seals each week.
Became absorbed by Trelleborg
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