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Pawling designs and manufactures rubber and plastic seals, actuators, clamps and structural bumpers and barriers for global industrial (1,2,3, 4), scientific (5) and architectural applications (6,7,8). The company?? Engineered Products Division has been IS0 9001 certified since 1994.

General industrial; building and construction; medical/lab/scientific; material handling; transportation; aerospace; energy; semiconductor processing; nuclear power. History

In 1945, a small rubber extrusion business with fifteen employees opened in Pawling, NY, to make gaskets for military ammunition cases. After WW II, the company diversified into plastics processing and launched several consumer products. In the mid-50s, Pawling Rubber Corporation entered into two strategic alliances. It acquired Presray Corporation, which had developed a successful inflatable gripper to handle fragile unfired grinding wheels, and formed an extrusion licensing agreement with the French firm FLT.

In the 1960s, the combined companies established a line of standard wall and corner guards for the architectural market; introduced fabric-reinforced rubber seals and expanded their inflatable seal, actuator and gripper business. Midway through the decade, Pawling diversified into mill mixing and extruding of high-purity silicone, then a leading-edge elastomer for electrical wire and cable insulation. By the end of the decade, the company had branched out into molding of silicone and plastics.

For the next thirty years, all three business areas grew steadily. Reflecting the diversification, the company shortened its name to Pawling Corporation in 1987.he next thirty years, all three business areas grew steadily. Reflecting the diversification, the company shortened its name to Pawling Corporation in 1987.

More recently, the company has focused on high-value branded product lines for demanding growth markets such as healthcare, medical and scientific, nuclear power, solar energy and semiconductor processing. Continuing that focus, in 2006 the company created the strategic business unit Pawling Scientific Products, which provides high-purity elastomeric products (5) to the environmental testing, analytical, and pharmaceutical lab markets.