Tremco Global Sealants

From flaw to sealing┬áTremco Global Sealants offers flawless sealing solutions for commercial and residential construction and industrial applications. Jaclyn Beck reports on the companyÔÇÖs latest innovations. One Pierrepont Plaza ascends 20 stories high in the heart of BrooklynÔÇÖs MetroTech Center, a 16-acre, 14-building corporate complex. When plans were started to rejuvenate the fa├ºade of the building, one thing its owner, Forest City Pierrepont Associates, wanted to do was to ensure that the buildingÔÇÖs windows would not leak and would not require further maintenance for more than a few decades.This was no simple task, as the narrow window frame meant that there was no way to remove and replace the old seals with new ones without destroying the window units, and if exhaustive and difficult repair methods had to be used, massive costs and delays would be incurred. Tremco Global Sealants, whose resources were called upon by the buildingÔÇÖs architect, The VSA Group, presented a flawless method of ÔÇ£gluingÔÇØ custom-designed silicone sealants to the faces of the windows that was safe, durable, and aesthetically pleasing.Tremco Global Sealants is the worldÔÇÖs foremost supplier of sealant, weatherproofing, waterproofing and passive fire control solutions for commercial and residential construction and industrial applications. The company manufactures the most complete range of high-performance products in the industry, including silicone and urethane sealants and impregnated foam tapes, glazing rubber extrusions, deck coatings, commercial and residential waterproofing and firestopping systems. What makes the company unique, however, is its ability to provide building envelope solutions from the foundation to the roof. Wall assemblies, window assemblies, deck coatings and the below-grade applications all need to connect to ensure the long-term performance of the building enclosure, and Tremco is uniquely positioned to provide the knowledge to bring them together and the compatible products or systems for integrated building envelope solutions.ÔÇ£On a day-to-day basis, we run our company strategically focusing our efforts on building our brands, identifying and filling gaps in the service or product offerings in the industry and providing a value model that will enable us to grow through our customersÔÇÖ ability to grow their business,ÔÇØ said Randy Korach, president of Tremco Global Sealants.Tremco Global Sealants is part of Tremco Group, which represents about one-third of the portfolio of RPM Inc., a multinational company that holds ÔÇÿa mosaic of superior products, services, technologies, companies and peopleÔÇÖ, primarily in construction-related areas. The Tremco sealants division can easily say that everything is going according to plan, as over the past year a number of new weatherproofing products and methods have been recognized.In October, Tremco Global Sealants released its new TREMstop IA+, an acrylic sealant that achieves greater coverage with less material for fire proofing applications. The product is the only sealant of its kind on the market that can be installed around a four-inch plastic pipe without requiring a collar, sleeve, or backer rod. With its unique formula, the product requires 20 percent less material during application than its competitors, and when installed within concrete wall panels, only one sided applications are necessary to meet its fire proofing standards. ÔÇ£Our focus is on product innovation and customer intimacyÔÇöunderstanding needs and responding to them,ÔÇØ said Korach.Tremco Global Sealants took the testing of air barrier assemblies in buildings to a new level this past December with its new Proglaze ETA Engineered Transition Assembly, an installation process recognized for its compatibility and performance. This assembly allows installation issues to be dealt with by the manufacturer, easing the burden of trial and error on the design professional. Chuck Houk, vice president and general manager of Tremco Global Sealants says the companyÔÇÖs innovation is ground-breaking for the industry, ÔÇ£eliminating any guesswork when it comes to constructing more energy efficient and sustainable buildings.ÔÇØTremcoÔÇÖs sealants divisions was recently featured in a segment done for public television on high-performance buildings, as part of a series that provides information on the latest topics and trends impacting the architectural world. The segment reached 96 million households worldwide, and with a strategy based on long-term business growth, Tremco continues to spread across the globe. ÔÇ£We have a global leadership team that investigates the balance between North America and the rest of the world,ÔÇØ said Korach. ÔÇ£We have the luxury of a geographically-spread portfolio and strong business mix. We relish our position. ItÔÇÖs difficult to be agile in a global market but thatÔÇÖs what we strive to be.ÔÇØ ÔÇô Editorial research by Tim Conlan┬á