Innovators looking to create high-performing products and measurably reduce go-to-market timelines have a place to collaborate. The Trelleborg Innovation Center provides immersive engineer-to-engineer experiences, along with a fully integrated design-prototype-test-build process.
Engineers and product innovators get direct access to some of the best minds in materials science, prototyping, tooling, and design for manufacturability, plus proven processes for improving critical outcomes in development and manufacturing. Simply bring us your product design goals, and we’ll work together to create highly differentiated products and get them to market faster than ever. You can collaborate with our experts in-person or engage in highly personalized digital experiences.
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Service Portfolio

The Innovation Center offers a full range of services, including:
  • Design for Manufacturability (DfM), helping make the product more cost-effective
  • Mold Flow Analysis 
  • Extensive in-house toolmaking capabilities 
  • Generation of build-quality prototypes within 24 hours 
  • Production quality steel-tooling 
  • Build to 3D CAD models
  • Raw material traceability 
  • ISO certified manufacturing facilities that meet US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) & global water regulation requirements  
  • Advanced elastomer and thermoplastic component materials science 
  • Full spectrum of materials
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Collaborating Every Step of the Way

Customers who come to the Innovation Center will work side-by-side with experts, such as materials scientists and design engineers, to achieve new levels of creativity, innovation, and speed.
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A formula for speed

Our Innovation Center features a materials science lab and completely integrated processes for product design and prototype tooling build. Under one roof, we take a typical four- to six-week development process and condense it to as little as 48 hours. The output is production intent and fully functional prototype parts. 

Full spectrum of materials

Our materials sciences experts collaborate with customer teams to explore a full range of materials, including LSR, HCR silicone, custom thermoset elastomeric formulations, and thermoplastics. Additionally, we can apply our innovative and ever-growing coatings and surface modification chemistries to enhance our materials science solutions, including CoF reduction. 

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Complete design services

We offer the equipment, processes, and experience to support product development, identify potential improvements at the design stage, and explore complex geometries and multi-material designs.
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Accurate prototyping

We create samples with a focus on prototyping parts that are as close as possible to the final process in terms of tooling and the build-quality achieved. This approach reduces the number of variables when ramping to serial production.