CONTENT 08 AFRICAN BOOM Port expansions power marine fender business. A MAGAZINE FROM TRELLEBORG GROUP 3.2023 Solutions that seal, damp and protect critical applications. PLUS MARINE FENDER GROWTH IN AFRICA MAKING RENEWABLE ENERGY FLEXIBLE THE DAMPING SECRETS OF SILENT CARS Shock absorbers Why suspension seals are the secret to a smoother ride 15 ENJOY THE SILENCE Damping shim technology for quieter automotive brakes. 08 28 EDITORIAL 20 GERMANY BETS ON LNG Trelleborg tech plays key role in new harbor terminal. 28 SOCIAL SPONSORSHIP How AFC Chellaston helps girls into football. Don’t rock the boat! It is fascinating how port infrastructure develops according to different needs. Take for example the emerging ports in Africa, which you can read about in this issue of T-Time . Africa’s coastline measures 26,000 kilometers and includes nearly 40 countries. In Europe, specialized ports such as the one in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, currently operates five Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) pending the completion of a fixed terminal. Trelleborg is a proud supplier of the SafePilot technol- ogy platform, which is used as a marine positioning and monitoring system in the port. Read more about the port and our technology on page 20. Trelleborg is also a sponsor of youth sports through the Trelleborg SportsClub initiative. The initiative builds further on our estab- lished direction of community engagement to support the development of younger people, in this case, sports, training, and coaching. A fine example of that is the football club AFC Chellaston in England. Who knows if that is not where the next Alexia Putellas, Ballon d’Or w inner 2022, will come from in the future? Enjoy your reading! Peter Nilsson, President and ceo Cover photo: Daniel Milchev, Getty Images. The next issue of T-Time will be released in March, 2024. Responsible under Swedish Press Law: Patrik Romberg, patrik.romberg@trelleborg.com Editor-in-Chief: Margareta Mildsommar, margareta.mildsommar@ trelleborg.com Co-Editor: Donna Guinivan Production: Appelberg Publishing Project Manager: Cajsa Högberg Language Coordinator: Kerstin Stenberg Art Director: Markus Ljungblom Subscription: Receive a notification when there is a new issue available by subscribing to the Trelleborg Group’s press releases: www.trelleborg.com/en/media/ subscribe Address: Trelleborg AB (publ) Box 153, SE-231 22 Trelleborg, Sweden Tel: +46 (0)410-670 00 Fax: +46 (0)410-427 63 T-Time is published three times a year. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author or people interviewed and do not necessarily reflect the views of Trelleborg. If you have any questions about Trelleborg or wish to send us your comments about T-Time , please email: margareta.mildsommar@ trelleborg.com linkedin.com/company/ trelleborggroup twitter.com/trelleborggroup facebook.com/trelleborggroup youtube.com/trelleborg trelleborg.com Trelleborg is a world leader in engineered polymer solutions that seal, damp and protect critical applications in demand- ing environments. Its innovative solutions accelerate perfor mance for customers in a sus- tainable way. The Trelleborg Group had annual sales of about SEK 30 billion (EUR 2.83 billion, USD 2.98 billion) in 2022 and operations in about 40 countries. The Trelleborg share has been listed on the Stock Exchange since 1964 and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Large Cap. www.trelleborg.com 2 | 3.2023 T·TIME
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