22 Jun 2026

Syensqo receives supplier recognition award from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

SEAL award recognizes Syensqo’s excellence in quality, technical support and customer service

Brussels, June 22, 2026 - Syensqo, a global leader in high-performance materials, today announced that it has received the Gold level recognition in the chemical segment of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ 2025 Supplier Excellence Achievement Level (SEAL) Award program. The award recognizes suppliers demonstrating outstanding performance in quality, delivery, cost management, technology, and customer service across Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ global network of approximately 300 direct material suppliers.

“In a rapidly evolving business environment, we are pleased to have a trusted and reliable partner like Syensqo,” said BethAnn McNabb, Purchasing Manager Chemicals, North America at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Corporate Procurement. “The team’s technical expertise, customer focus and commitment have made Syensqo a valued partner across our organization.”

“We are honored to receive the Gold Level SEAL Award from Freudenberg Sealing Technologies,” said Joseph Martin, Key Account Manager at Syensqo. “This recognition reflects our teams’ commitment to delivering high-performance material solutions, operational excellence and close customer collaboration. We value our partnership and look forward to continuing to support their innovation and growth.”

The recognition highlights Syensqo’s commitment to enabling customer success through advanced material science, reliable performance, and more sustainable innovation for demanding industrial and mobility applications.

Recent collaboration efforts with Freudenberg Sealing Technologies led to the development of a Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) valve O-ring recognized with a 2025 SPE Innovation Award. The solution features Syensqo’s patented Tecnoflon^® FKM NFS technology, which combines high-performance sealing capabilities with a breakthrough fluorosurfactant-free polymerization process and is now implemented in some of the most recent General Motors vehicles.

Tecnoflon^® is a registered trademark of Syensqo.

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About Syensqo

Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.

Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and healthcare applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.

Learn more at www.syensqo.com.

About Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is a long-standing technology expert and global market leader for sophisticated and innovative applications in sealing technology and electromobility. With its unique materials and technology expertise, the company is a proven supplier of sophisticated products and applications as well as a development and service partner for customers in the automotive industry and general industry. In the 2024 financial year, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies generated sales of around €2.5 billion and employed around 13,000 people. Further information at www.fst.com.

The company is part of the global Freudenberg Group, which generated sales of almost 12 billion euros in the 2024 financial year with its Seals and Vibration Control Technology, Nonwovens and Filtration, Household Products and Specialties divisions and employed around 52,000 people in some 60 countries. Further information at www.freudenberg.com.

About Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies is a joint venture between Freudenberg and NOK Corp. in Japan, is headquartered in Plymouth, Mich. and operates more than 20 facilities across the Americas. The company runs the business operations for Freudenberg Sealing Technologies in the Americas, which is a longstanding technology expert and market leader for sophisticated and novel applications in sealing technology and electric mobility solutions worldwide. With its unique materials and technology expertise, the company is a proven supplier for demanding products and applications, as well as a development and service partner to customers in the automotive industries and in general industries. In 2023, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies generated sales of about 2.55 billion euros and employed more than 13,000 people. More information at www.fst.com.

The company is part of the global Freudenberg Group which has four business areas: Seals and Vibration Control Technology, Nonwovens and Filtration, Household Products as well as Specialties and Others. In 2023 the Group generated sales of more than 11.9 billion euros and employed more than 52,000 associates in around 60 countries. More information is available at www.freudenberg.com.

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Philip Schild, Laura Hirschhorn, Suzanne Banks and Joseph Martin received Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies’ 2025 Supplier Excellence Achievement Level (SEAL) Award on behalf of Syensqo.

In the picture, from left to right: Rodrigo López-Falcó, Director Chemical Raw Materials at Global Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Procurement; Philip Schild, Technical Expert at Syensqo; BethAnn McNabb, Purchasing Manager Chemicals, North America at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Corporate Procurement; Suzanne Banks, Transportation Regional Customer Service Representative, NAFTA at Syensqo; Laura Hirschhorn, Acting Sales Director Americas Transportation & Batteries at Syensqo; Olivia Tabarez, Commodity Manager at Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies and Joe Martin, Key Account Manager at Syensqo.
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