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Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has launched the innovative and cost-effective NORGLIDE® PRO bearing to replace the traditional sintered bush bearing commonly used in household fan motors.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a global leader in supplying engineered components to international OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), have launched a maintenance-free bearing for the solar market. 

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics demonstrated the full range of possible applications of its NORGLIDE® composite bearings and NORSLIDE® cable liners on a custom-engineered, fully operating Norco Bicycles Phaser 1 mountain bicycle (Booth L1218, floor 4F).

Saint-Gobain, the world's largest manufacturer of building products and a leading producer of innovative materials, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the second consecutive year.

A veteran industry executive from Saint-Gobain confronts solar industry growth issues in a newly released questions and answers (Q&A) video format, and offers guidance on the steps solar industry players must take to remain competitive.

SOLGLIDE® T and SOLGLIDE® M families of bearings, launched by Saint-Gobain Solar,  reduce the costs of initial investment, operations and maintenance for solar tracking systems in solar power plants.

Saint-Gobain will be launching its SOLGLIDE® T and SOLGLIDE® M families of bearings at the CSP Today Summit (June 29-30; Las Vegas, Nevada). Free of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and heavy metals, such as lead, both product lines contain non-corrosive, durable materials to provide sustainability-enhancing solutions for reducing the costs of the initial investment, operations and maintenance in concentrated solar plants (CSP).

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics recently showcased its innovative NORGLIDE® H-Type and T-Type bearings at the Vehicle Dynamics Expo in Stuttgart, Germany.