Trelleborg Sets Guinness World Record for the Largest O-Ring Ever Produced

It’s official: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions set a new Guinness World Records® title for the largest O-Ring.
It has been manufactured at our facility in Tewkesbury, England, using its unique FlexiMold™ process. The successful record attempt was the focus for a community-based project with Tewkesbury School.

On 12 July 2019, the 364 meter elastomer O-Ring was laid around the Medieval Tewkesbury Abbey. The Mayor of Tewkesbury, an adjudicator from the Guinness Book of World Records, employees from the Trelleborg facility, the pupils that had been involved in the project, their teachers and parents, and other representatives from the local community joined the ceremony.

For the project to set a world record for the largest O-Ring ever produced, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions in Tewkesbury, teamed up with 20 GCSE engineering pupils from Tewkesbury School. The students were coached in various manufacturing disciplines and were involved in the design, costing and production planning of the O-Ring.

Watch this film about where this giant O-Ring was produced and take a factory tour of our manufacturing facility in Tewkesbury!

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