We are happy to announce that our new website is now live!!! With a wealth of information related to our products, facilities, market sectors, capabilities and qualities, you can be sure to find what you need and be up-to-date with everything we offer…

With the support of NES’ purpose built facilities in Sheffield, UK, Creavey Seal can rest assured on the efficient and seamless production of our sealing solutions.

With a wide range of products such as NES Ncap™ FEP / PFA Encapsulated Seals, VulcOrings, Moulded Products, NES TECHNIFLATE® Inflatable Seals, Extrusions and Astra Seals®, our products can be made to measure and suit your applications needs. Take a look at Our Products to learn more…

Our products can be used across a wide range of industries, including Aerospace & Defence, Chemical Processing, Energy & Power, Food & Beverage, General Industrial, Pharmaceutical, Transportation, Semiconductor and more… Take a look at our Market Sectors section for more info…

We also host a wide-range of download to help you in your decision making process. This includes Product / Market information, Material Compound Datasheets, Guidelines & more. Take a look at the Downloads section to see what you could learn about our products.

Also, Creavey Seal will soon be launching the new Customer Portal allowing our users to log in to the site and download all the information they need about our products, order and more! We are busy working under the bonnet on this so watch this space!!!

We welcome any feedback so if you would like to pass us a comment, please contact us or alternatively fill out a contact form and a member of our team will get back to you.

Thanks for taking the time to read and we hope you enjoy your visit!

We would like to congratulate (and celebrate) the service of one of our key members of staff here at Creavey Seal & NES – With a career spanning more than two decades, Nick Fuller is entering his 27th year of service and loving every minute of it! See Nick’s success story below…

“I started my working life as an apprentice joiner working on construction sites across the country during the day and playing the club circuit with my band in the evening, the band I was in quickly found semi-success and I gave up my apprenticeship to dedicate all my time to the band, which took me overseas and touring in Europe.

It was during this time that the band made a little money and we hired roadies to carry all the heavy equipment, drive the van and set up all the gear, which allowed me more time to dedicate to groupies!

One of our lighting crew worked at NES during the day and following a full year and a half of heavy touring, the band was offered an 8 month tour of the USA, after a lot of soul searching I decided that the band was not the path I wanted to walk anymore, so I quit and applied for a “normal Job” at NES!

May 1989 I started my career at Northern Engineering Supplies (NES), as it was known back then, at the Hope Street, Rotherham location as a Production Operative, there were 6 staff at Hope street. NES was primarily a stockist of factored products including injection moulded parts, rubber products, cork and non-asbestos gaskets, rubber sheeting, gland packings, Hydraulic Hoses, Brake pipes etc supplying into stores at British Steel and the National Coal Mines.

My primary role was making hydraulic hoses and brake pipes, with some cork gasket and non-asbestos gasket punching, operating a Hytronic press.

NES at this time did very little manufacturing, however under the reign of Margaret Thatcher, the coal mines and steel plants started to decline so NES had to diversify.

During this time, NES acquired a small moulding company and began compression moulding and Injection moulding for Europower supplying rubber and plastic caps for hydraulic hoses. Vulcanised O Ring production had also begun, stocking of factored parts had ceased, the hose and punched gasket department had also closed, NES name changed to Northern Engineering (Sheffield) Ltd, I then became a moulding operative.

The business started to slowly grow and after 5 years relocated to the North Anston Trading Estate, following advice from Erik’s, NES brought N-cap technology to Europe from the USA,N-cap production began and the business really started to take off, 5 years later and another move was underway, the time to North Anston Business Centre, in a unit twice the size of the old unit.

The N-cap production was split into its own manufacturing area and staff numbers had grown to around 20. VulcOring production was also in its own unit, relying on weekly deliveries of extruded cord, H & S was also becoming an every day concern so I was asked if I would take on the role of H&S officer part time and fit it in with my normal day to day duties. Off I went to night school at the local college, to study for my NEBOSH national General certificate in H&S which I passed with a merit.

5 years later NES had the moving bug again so off we went to Monksbridge road site occupying an existing factory and quickly building work began on a brand new unit to house the N-cap production. Following the completion of the new building, it was on this site that NES began fluoropolymer extrusion and elastomeric extrusion in the existing factory, staff numbers continued to grow to 33. It was around this time NES became an International company and opened a warehouse and Sales office in Florida, USA. I continued to study H&S and gained my NEBOSH Diploma, again with a merit and became a professional member of IOSH and the British Safety Council. I was promoted to VulCoring team leader and also moulding department Team Leader.

The business really had started to move forward and land at haigh moor drive was acquired, I was a member of the new building planning team, as a team, we sat down and designed and planned the building we occupy today.

Sept 11th 2001 was the day we started to move out of the old building and into the new site, the excitement of the new move was damped down by the tragic news of the Twin Towers attack which we were all listening to on the radio whilst the move was taking place.

Once the move was complete, the new building (Current) was officially opened by the at the time Rotherham United Manager – Ronnie Moore. Months had past and work had really slowed down due to the terrorist events in the USA, the MD at that time pulled all the team leaders together and announced we may have to sell off half the building as he may have bitten off more than he could chew with the latest commitment to the new building, I had a young family and a new house to pay for, so these were worrying times, bonuses’ were cut, overtime banned, for the first time in the company’s history, the NES train had started to slowdown, however this was not before long, orders started to pick up and business was booming. Shortly after we started the quality journey and I was tasked with gaining ISO9011 accreditation for the business, I was given the responsibility of quality for NES and became the Quality Manager & MRQ. Following promotion to various department supervisor roles, I was also promoted to joint Production Manager along with Steve Ball and between us we oversaw the full production, headcount had grown to around 60 people.

It was at this point the current MD approached me with a suggestion that I take on some of his duties relating to Customers/ Technical Support & Materials, so I decided to jump off production to go over to the dark side of Technical/Sales under the job title of Development Manager, took on the responsibility of dealing with Compounders and issuing formulations for our growing compound library.

May 2006 NES was acquired by Sanders Industries, an American Aerospace company and I was once again tasked with gaining quality standard AS9100 accreditation, which I achieved later the same year. As well as Technical visits to our customer base, I was also arranging exhibitions and stand design for Erik’s Technivents in Holland and Belgium and Achema Chemical processing show in Frankfurt.

I was then asked to help the Commercial/Sales Team so I was promoted to Commercial & Technical Manager which I oversaw the customer service and the Internal Sales Team which I enjoyed successfully for a couple of years, Restructuring came about with the introduction of a new MD who decided to take on the role of Commercial Manager so I was focused back to Technical support to our Customers. College beckoned again which I took my ITOPS (International Trade & Operations) qualification, which I gained with a distinction, I then picked up the responsibility for NES logistics.

July 2014 NES and Sanders Industries were acquired by IGP and further restructuring takes place with the introduction of a matrix reporting structure in which I was relieved of my Quality and Logistics responsibilities.

So here I am today, 27 years later and headcount at 165!! I have really enjoyed my time at NES, and supporting Creavey Seal, with the constant changes and every day challenges and being mostly out of my comfort zone, I am looking forward to a fresh challenge!! I have joined the band again and busy working on our 5th CD, gained my full motorcycle licence this year, some people believe I am going through a mid-life crisis, maybe I am but I wish I had gone through it earlier, nobody said it would be this much fun!!

I am very pleased to say that I have finally made it onto the NES Wall of Fame!

Every year our sister company, NES, support a charity in their local area to dedicate all fundraising activity to. This year is no different and their chosen charity this year is Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice based in Sheffield, UK.

Whilst NES are the hub of the fundraising, Creavey Seal support in every way that they can!

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice cares for children and young adults with life shortening conditions and complex medical needs. They have hospices across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, North Derbyshire and North Lincolnshire – in the UK. Looking after children and young adults up to the age of 25 years old, the charity provides incredible support services for all family members throughout the child/young adults life journey. It is safe to say that they create extremely special, long lasting memories in their hospices which are full of love and laughter.

This is exactly why Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice holds a very special place in the heart of those at NES and Creavey Seal.

This year we are giving our all for Bluebell Wood! NES and Creavey Seal have charity events planned throughout the year to make sure we give everything we possibly can to this outstanding charity.

From bake sales to car washing to a nominated office tea/coffee lady (or gentleman!) – we have lots of fun things planned to raise morale and, more importantly, raise as much money and awareness we can for Bluebell Wood. It’s safe to say that people are lining up to find out the dates for the charity carwash, at NES, as this is going to be performed by the NES company directors David Beare and Lee Metcalfe! We cannot wait to make the most out of this spectacle and do not worry… pictures will follow!

The biggest event of the year is definitely the Three Peaks Challenge which NES’ Quality Manager, Danielle Jovanovic, and Finance Administration Supervisor, Lauren Havenhand, will be tackling!

Never heard of it? The Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales… within 24 hours. These mountains, in their usual order, are Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon; three gruelling mountains separated by two long drives! We do not fear though. We know that these two NES girls are made of tougher stuff! Both fitness junkies, they have partaken in a multitude of challenges. The likes of Pretty Muddy, Tough Mudder and Rough Runner (all based in the UK) are just a handful that have already been defeated. (Pretty Muddy was completed whilst Lauren was 7 months pregnant might we add!) These girls are not shy when it comes to a challenge and always want to push themselves further. We know that they will do NES, Creavey Seal and, more importantly, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice extremely proud!

Want to support the NES/Creavey Seal girls in their next challenging adventure? Why not visit their JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/nes3peaks – 100% of donations go to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

As previously mentioned, we have lots of fun, adventurous activities and challenges happening throughout the year so please make sure you check our Latest News page every now and again to catch up on all the fundraising!