Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc.

Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc. is celebrating over 28 years as a materials manufacturer. Emerging as a leader in manufacturing quality materials, Sawyer's purpose is to develop solutions all over the world using Advanced Composite Technology. With over 150 years of combined experience, Sawyer Plastics has developed materials for these industries: Pulp & Paper TOUGHLON™ is the next advancement in materials technology and is the most significant change in seal strip materials for over 30 years! A worry free solution for the Converting and Paper Industry. Made of an aluminum base with ceramic inserts for long lasting results. Sawyers Plastics formulates advanced proprietary materials. The Paper Industry in Review The Paper Industry has had many changes over the past decade. Some of the changes include plant closings, buyouts and consolidations. These changes are not only with the Paper Companies but also the vendors associated with the industry. The types of paper machine designs that are still common to the industry, especially in North America, are Beloit, VOITH, and VALMET. These designs include a variety of components that are maintenance items to the machines. One area of the paper machine that needs optimum service from the replacement parts are the components of the suction roll. These components include Airload Tubes, Deckles and Seal Strips. The sealing strips have many names including suction roll seal strips, sealing strips, side deckles, packing, seals, silencers or side packing strips.