Profile: Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc. manufactures materials for pulp & paper, food service, construction, textile, packaging, rebuild parts, chemical, marine and friction industries. We deliver suction roll seal strips, PolyTube airload, suction roll rebuild kit, PolyPV roll kit for pocket ventilation rolls, end deckles, aluminum oxide spreader bars, shoe press wiper blades and UHMW polyethylene dewatering elements. Our specialty materials include seal rings, bridge bearings, underwater wood, boom wear pads and cheeking plates. Our new Polytron smartseal is designed to meet the needs of the harsh environment inside a suction roll without the use of graphite, and its internal lubricity is provided by teflon powder embedded within the matrix.