Kaydon Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of custom-engineered, critical performance products for a broad customer base. The Company's principal products include bearing systems and components, filters and filter housings, custom rings, shaft seals, specialty retaining rings, specialty balls, slip-rings, video and data multiplexers, fiber optic rotary joints, fuel cleansing systems, industrial presses, metal alloys and linear deceleration products. These products are used by customers in a wide variety of medical, instrumentation, material handling, machine tool positioning, aerospace, defense, construction, electronic, marine and other industrial applications. The Company performs as an extension of its customers' engineering and manufacturing functions, with a commitment to identify and provide engineered solutions to design problems through technical innovation, cost-effective manufacturing and outstanding value-added service.