| | Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation operations include plants in LaGrange, GA and Greeneville, TN with division headquarters offices in LaGrange. Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation originated as the Bowser Briggs Company, founded in 1885. Bowser was subsequently purchased and joined with Kaydon Engineering Company, a specialty bearing manufacturer. The combined Kaydon Corporation became an independent publicly owned company in 1984. Bowser's original tradition of leadership in development of filtration products for aviation fuel, diesel fuel, and lubrication has been carried on with vigor and imparted to other markets by Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation.
KAYDON OEM AND GOVERNMENT PRODUCTS
Kaydon works with OEM customers to develop new applications or improve existing system filtration performance. Perhaps Kaydon's most important achievement is the development of specialized liquid conditioning systems for specific applications. Good examples are the TURBO-TOC® turbine oil conditioning systems specified by power generating companies and turbine manufacturers and the KFC series gasoline conditioning systems used by Amoco Oil Company at truck loading terminals.
Kaydon works directly with U.S. Government offices and with prime contractors developing new filtration products. A good example of this is the army's HMMWV program. Kaydon worked with AM General to develop a superior fuel filter/water separator for the 6.2 liter fuel injected engine. Kaydon also supplies filtration for the M-1 main battle tank, M-939 medium tactical trucks, HEMMT refueler and military aviation jet fuel installations.
KAYDON INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT LINE
Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation designs and builds industrial oil filtration equipment and fuel filtration equipment for markets such as Power Generation, Military Fuel Handling, Pulp & Paper, Steel, Marine, Mining, Cryogenic, Fluid Power and Machine Tool. Kaydon specializes in removing harmful water from lube oil with special expertise in turbine oil conditioning for both small industrial steam turbines and large power generating turbines. Kaydon has an R&D department with engineering experience in designing custom filtration products to meet customer's specific needs. Kaydon also produces a line of flow control devices that indicate and control fluid flow to critical equipment for these same industrial users. The flow control devices indicate the flow of petroleum based or aqueous fluids. Kaydon Custom Filtration Corporation has plants in two locations, LaGrange, GA and Greeneville, TN. Kaydon is an ISO 9001 Registered Company. | |
