New White Paper: Molded Frame Gaskets for EMI Shielding
- Posted By: Dominic Testo
- Category Featured, EMI RFI Shielding

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) is announcing the release of a new white paper that explains how molded frame gaskets for EMI shielding can reduce costs, increase material yields, and support low-volume production. Engineers, technical buyers, and sourcing managers who need frame-shaped EMI gaskets are invited to contact SSP or email Dominic Testo for this cost-saving white paper. SSP makes conductive elastomers, including mold-able EMI silicones. The Ballston Spa, New York (USA) company also [...]
Nickel-Aluminum EMI Silicone Resists Galvanic Corrosion
- Posted By: Dominic Testo
- Category Featured, EMI RFI Shielding

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) supplies a nickel-aluminum silicone that provides EMI shielding, resists galvanic corrosion, and offers an offset to Chomerics 6502. SSP-2529 is ideal for marine environments and is available in molded sheets and extruded profiles. SSP’s dark gray, 68-durometer shielding silicone also has shorter lead times and lower minimum order quantities (MOQs) than the competition. The shielding effectiveness for SSP-2529 was tested at over 100 dB between 20 [...]
SSP Launches New SeptaSource Website
- Posted By: Adam Stiles
- Category Featured, Company Information

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) has launched a new website for the laboratory diagnostic, environmental testing, pharmaceutical, and chemical packaging industries. SeptaSource.com is the place to find clean septa, septum caps, and cap mats for analytical purity. In addition to standard products, this on-line resource features an easy-to-use Custom Septa Selector. SSP’s new site also includes a blog and other technical content that highlight why not all septa is created equal. For [...]
SSP Fluorosilicones: Advantages, Applications, Types, and Specs
- Posted By: Dominic Testo
- Category Featured, Fluorosilicones

Fluorosilicones are silicone-based elastomers that contain fluorine additions for improved oil and fuel resistance. Like other silicone compounds, they exhibit excellent stability over a wide range of temperatures, typically from -60° C to +200° C. Fluorosilicones also provide good compression set and resilience, and can withstand ultraviolet (UV) light, ozone, and chlorinated and aromatic hydrocarbons. Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) supplies a complete line of fluorosilicones in a [...]
Meet SSP’s Packaging Team
- Posted By: Dominic Testo
- Category Featured, Company Information

Specialty Silicone Products (SSP) manufactures septa, caps, and other laboratory products that require clean silicones. SSP’s Packaging Team prepares shipments of these products and combines a strong work ethic with close attention to detail. As Kevin Meadows, SSP’s Lab Products Production Manager explains, “there are a lot of things to like about working at SSP”. The Packaging Team is responsible for accurate counts, he says, but “you’re not just a number [...]
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