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Victrex is the sole commercial manufacturer and supplier of aromatic polyketone thermoplastics that are sold under the brand name VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer. Annual capacity currently stands at 2,300 tonnes per annum, with a further increase of 500 tonnes on target for October 2003.
Formerly part of ICI, Victrex was bought by management in 1993, thereby establishing a new, independent company. Victrex plc was successfully floated on the UK stock exchange in December 1995 and today the company is recognised as an innovative, world-class high performance materials group.
From its sales, technical and production headquarters in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, Victrex plc exports over 95% of PEEK™ polymer around the world to compounders, injection moulders, OEMs and end-users. In recognition of its outstanding achievement in international trade, Victrex plc has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2002. This is the company's third Queen's Award, the first being in 1987 and the second in 1997.
Victrex plc - company headquarters and site of its manufacturing facility - is located at Hillhouse International, Thornton Cleveleys, FY5 4QD, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 (0)1253 897700 Fax: +44 (0)1253 897701 | 
STE, Germany has developed a new cylinder head gasket based on a powder coating process that combines the high performance properties of VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer with PTFE.
PEEK™ polymer monofilaments for protective braiding have specifically been developed to protect the electrical and hydraulic cables used in aerospace and associated 
PEEK™ polymer is the material of choice for a switching jack in a coaxial connector used in mobile telephones
Greene Tweed a world leader in high technology sealing innovation has developed a labyrinth seal made with a carbon fibre reinforced PEEK™ polymer composite.
Eclipse Dental Manufacturing has successfully replaced aluminium with PEEK™ polymer for the finger and thumb grips on a self aspirating dental cartridge syringe.
