Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is leading the way in advanced-technology polymer products for the most demanding industrial applications. Products range from fluid handling hose and tube, machined and molded fluoropolymers, and medical-grade silicones; to release liners, PTFE coated fabrics and tapes, membranes, foam seals, gaskets and bonding tapes; and precision bearings, spring energized seals, radomes, and composites for aerospace.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics markets trusted brands such as: Tygon^®, Sil-Med^®, Synflex^®, Chemflour^®, Zitex^®, Thermalbond^®, Norton^®, CHR^®, CHEMFAB^®, COHRlastic^®, Normount^®, Furon^®, Rulon^®, and Norglide^®.

Fluid Systems Division

The Fluid Systems sector includes businesses that support the following markets: Health, General Industrial, Semiconductor, Food & Beverage, Transportation & Specialty Products, Laboratory, and Pharmaceutical. We utilize our core capabilities in polymer materials formulation and compounding, extrusion and liquid injection molding to develop innovative and technologically advanced tubing, hose assemblies, and a wide variety of valves, manifolds pumps, and other fluid delivery systems for a broad variety of applications.

Health Markets

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics provides a broad range of components and assemblies, specialty applications and advanced technologies for the medical device OEM. Products for applications such as: enteral feeding tubes, cardiopulmonary bypass or IV administration tubing, and catheter assemblies for urinary and cardiovascular applications are under well known brands such as TYGON®, BioSil®, and Versilic™. Development capabilities allow customized solutions and regulatory requirements. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics broad mix of polymers allows us to redesign material compositions to new performance criteria.

Critical Process Markets

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is the worldwide leader in providing fluid-handling solutions for a wide variety of industrial applications including chemical processing, water treatment, instrumentation, soaps and detergents, pulp and paper, compressed gas, document-processing equipment, and lawn and garden. Recognized brand names include: TYGON® Flexible Tubing, Acutech Engineered Plastics, and Flexible Components chemical and temperature-resistant hose assemblies.

The development of tailored products for specific applications is a core strength of the Flexible Components product line, which includes both smooth bore and convoluted corrosion-resistant and ultra-pure hose assemblies manufactured with Chemfluor® fluoropolymer extruded tubing. Hose assemblies are available in a range of reinforced materials, including stainless steel, polypropylene and PVDF. Applications include biotech, chemical processing, high-pressure hydraulic and pneumatic systems, pump and vessel connections, mixing stations, tank/truck unloading and pharmaceutical.

For the pharmaceutical/biotech manufacturing market, we offer an extensive product line of silicone hose and tubing solutions, crevice-free custom-fabricated barbless manifold systems, peristaltic pump tubing, sanitary flexible hose assemblies, reusable fittings, and high-purity, and non-metallic piping systems including Sani-Tech™, TYGON®, Sil-Flo® and Flexible Components products. Our products have been tested and validated to meet critical regulatory standards.

Our industrial silicone products meet a range of applications including construction, HVAC, lighting, appliance, aerospace, electronic, electrical, chemical processing, document processing, food and beverage and environmental. Through our materials expertise and developmental capabilities, more than 1,200 standard silicone compounds are available to meet the individual needs of the end user. Norton® high performance tanks are rotationally molded in a variety of high-quality virgin resin materials - including polypropylene, PVDF, XLPE, HDPE and LLDPE - that make them ideal for use in demanding chemical and industrial applications.