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News Release from: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 May 2008
Saint-Gobain announces tolerance ring
acquisition
Rencol Tolerance Rings will be integrated into the Bearing Business Unit and change its name to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has acquired Rencol Tolerance Rings, a UK-based subsidiary of Eriks, for GBP 12.5 million The arrangement includes the company's activities in Bristol and Japan and a 51% controlling interest in Rencol MMI Technology in Singapore
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 14 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Saint-Gobain has over 200,000 employees around the world, of which over 20,000 are in the UK and Ireland.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, the company will be integrated into the Bearing Business Unit and change its name to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol.
Jim Smith, Managing Director, will report to Marc Aerts, General Manager Bearings.
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Rencol is a manufacturer and supplier of bespoke fastening solutions, with a global client base including major blue-chip companies in the automotive, white goods and electric motor industries.
The company has approximately 120 employees and, in 2007, achieved a turnover of around GBP11.3 million.
Rencol tolerance rings solve many of the engineering problems associated with temperature, vibration and torque control between shafts and housings.
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