ADVANCED PRODUCTS COMPANY

The Advanced Products Company was founded in North Haven, Connecticut in 1954. The Company's first products were metal O-Rings for aircraft engines, a business that continues today. In the late 1950's, the Company became very active with major nuclear prime contractors in defining the critical reactor pressure vessel closure-head sealing technology for the new pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors then being designed for commercial power generation. Advanced Products supplied ... "Yankee Rowe" in Massachusetts, the first commercial nuclear plant; as well as "Savannah", the first nuclear powered merchant ship. Today, they have supplied over 200 nuclear plants worldwide, as well as nuclear powered naval fleets, using both the original and well proven metal O-ring technology, and the high performance spring energized seals now available. They can proudly state that during all these years and millions of hours of plant operation, there has never been a seal failure in service. In addition to high profile nuclear applications, Advanced Products has always remained close to its foundations in the jet engine business. This extends to space applications including, for example, the Space Shuttle fuel and oxidizer systems as well as seals on the European "Ariane" satellite launch vehicle.More