Technetics Group


Technetics Group is one of six operating divisions of Enpro Industries, Inc., a producer of engineered industrial products for the processing and general manufacturing industries, worldwide.
Technetics Group is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It manufactures custom-designed industrial seals, components and subsystems for extreme application uses within the aerospace, nuclear power, life sciences, oil and gas, industrial turbines, and semiconductor industries. Additionally, Technetics Group also provides a number of services including surface and coating technologies, plastics machining, fluoropolymer etching, and seal testing, design and analysis. As of 2016, Technetics Group has a workforce of over 900 employees, and operates manufacturing facilities in Columbia, South Carolina; DeLand, Florida; Santa Clara, California; Houston, Texas; Daytona, Florida; Hatfield, Pennsylvania; Saint-Étienne, France; Montibrison, France; Singapore; and Leicester, England, United Kingdom.
In 1969, Technetics Group began a research and development partnership with CEA, the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Agency. Today, Technetics Group and CEA share personnel and resources to operate maestral laboratory, located in Pierrelatte, France. The team at maestral laboratory studies and develops sealing products for use in harsh environments, characterized, for example, by high pressure, high temperature, complex mechanical stresses, and interactions between materials, fluids, and aggressive bacteria. Personnel at maestral laboratory perform testing, characterization and simulation of sealing systems in these environments. Located in the Rhone Valley, CEA Marcoule carries out research and development in the fields of nuclear fuel cycling, waste management, dismantling and remediation technologies.

History

Technetics Group includes a number of acquired businesses, including Tara Technologies, Wide Range Elastomers, Hydrodyne, Technetics, Plastomer Technologies, Qualiseal Technology, Garlock France and Garlock Helicoflex.

Operating units