Manufacturing Memes: Happy Pre-Holidays from SSP
Happy Holidays from SSP! We hope you’re enjoying this pre-holiday season as well. Sometimes you have to work especially hard so that you can take some time off. If you’re rushing around like crazy today, you know that manufacturing comes with some stress. Here at SSP, we’re especially grateful for everyone’s contributions. The same hard-working […]
How SSP Supplies Its Vast Line of Silicones
Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) supplies hundreds of silicone formulations and compounds. We make our own elastomers and offer the following types of materials. EMI/RFI Shielding Elastomers Military and Aerospace Silicones Fluorosilicones Space-Grade Silicones USP Class VI Medical Silicones Custom Silicones SSP supplies uncured materials for compression molding and cured materials for gasket cutting. Keep reading […]
Fluorosilicones from SSP
SSP makes fluorosilicones for EMI shielding and supplies these elastomers are sheets, rolls, and ready-to-mold compounds. SSP also makes fluorosilicones for non-EMI military and aerospace applications. Fluorosilicones are silicone-based elastomers that contain fluorine additions for improved oil and fuel resistance. Like other silicone compounds, they exhibit excellent stability over a wide range of temperatures, typically […]
Conductive Silicones: Electrically Conductive vs. Thermally Conductive
Conductive silicones are silicone-based elastomers that conduct heat, electricity, or both heat and electricity. These compounds contain special fillers and are available as ready-to-fabricate materials or ready-to-install products. Unlike standard silicones, which are naturally insulating, conductive silicones can carry heat and/or electricity. Applications include aerospace, defense, electronics, electrical vehicles (EVs), and battery energy storage systems […]
Industry Insights from Electronica 2024
Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) attended Electronica, the world’s largest event for the electronics industry, in Munich, Germany, from November 12th to 15th, 2024. SSP’s Dominic Testo, Business Development Manager, and Gary Falchi, Business Development Specialist, joined 3,480 exhibitors and 80,000 visitors for a multi-day tradeshow that happens just once every two years. At Electronica 2024, […]
Bidding for New Business with Custom Molded Aerospace Parts
SSP makes military and aerospace silicones and fabricated products. This SSP case study explains how we helped a company bid for new business using custom molded aerospace parts. SSP provided research and development (R&D), custom formulation, MIL-SPEC testing, materials manufacturing, mold making, and compression molding services. The customer received a low volume of samples in […]
SSP Product Showcase for the GASette
This SSP Product Showcase originally appeared in the November 2024 edition of The GASette, an email newsletter for the seal and gasket industry. Meet SSP at The Gasket & Seals Show from March 19-20, 2025, in Amsterdam (Stand 712). Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) makes EMI/RFI shielding elastomers, MIL-SPEC and aerospace silicones, and fabricated products. Many of our […]
EMP Shielding and SSP’s MIL-DTL-83528, Type C Fluorosilicone
EMP shielding protects electronics and electrical equipment from the potentially damaging effects of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a short burst of electromagnetic energy that can induce large currents in electrical conductors. A hardened metallic enclosure provides protection, but there are still small gaps between enclosure surfaces to fill. EMP gaskets and EMP O-rings made of […]
Find EMI Shielding at The Battery Show (Booth #1334)
Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) will showcase electrically conductive O-rings and extrusions at The Battery Show North America from October 8 to 10, 2024. Visit SSP in Booth #1334 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan and find EMI shielding for battery enclosures and charging stations. SSP’s products combine proven performance with cost-effective options for prototyping and […]
Three Industry Insights from the GFA Fall Meeting
Last week, Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana for the Fall 2024 Meeting of the Gasket Fabricators Association (GFA). As a material supplier and Associate GFA Member, we were eager to hear what’s on the minds of fabricators and converters. SSP’s Kevin Wickert, Sales and Marketing Manager, and Gary Falchi, Business Development […]