History & Accomplishments
Key Milestones & Dates
1979
Hopewell, VA – Paul Malgee with his father George Malgee formed Virginia Sealing Products. David Malgee joined the business in October 1979. Business focused on gaskets, mechanical packing, and expansion joints.
1982
Prince George, VA – Moved to larger facility to allow for continued growth of the business
1984
Prince George, VA – Garlock Top 10 Distributor for 30-years beginning in 1984
1993
Prince George, VA – Signum Manufacturing Division formed to design, manufacture and supply the world’s first controlled density spiral wound gaskets
1995
Prince George, VA – Sales process refocused on engineered solutions
1996
Prince George, VA – Jerry Waterland hired and further refined efforts towards advanced manufacturing, Engineered Solutions, and product development
1999
Kingsport, TN – Received Eastman Chemical Supplier Excellence Award
Prince George, VA – Patented Anti-Buckling Spiral Wound Gasket and introduced the AB-326™ gasket
Kingsport, TN – Opened on-site facility in support of Eastman Chemical Contract
2002
Prince George, VA – Developed full CAD-controlled cutting system
Prince George, VA – VSP shifted focus to reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for fluid-sealing products, and initiates Cost Savings & Productivity Gains documentation with/for our customers
2004
Prince George, VA – Patented CycleTight® manway gasket
Prince George, VA – Developed RideTight® Six Sigma Process Control Plan for flanged connections on rail & ISO tank cars
Prince George, VA – Patented OPRA™ One Piece Reduced Area gasket
2005
Houston, TX – Opened facility to support transportation growth and industrial business in Eastern Texas & Louisiana
Prince George, VA – Named RESCAR Preferred Supplier each year beginning in 2005
2007
Kingsport, TN – Received Eastman Chemical Innovative Supplier Award
2008
Prince George, VA – Patented PITA® fully-encapsulated corrugated metal insert gasket
Prince George, VA – Moved into current 108,000sq-ft facility
Prince George, VA – Name formally changed to VSP Technologies
2009
Prince George, VA – Named Dominion Generation Gasket & Sealing Supplier of the Year each year beginning in 2009
2011
Prince George, VA – Named Anheuser Busch Supplier of the Year in support of national contract
2014
Prince George, VA – Developed and patented CargoTight™ ISO tank manway gasket
Parkersburg, WV – Purchased facility to support industrial businesses in the Ohio Valley
Houston, TX – Purchased larger manufacturing facility in support of continued industrial and transportation growth in Texas and throughout the Gulf Coast
Prince George, VA – Developed ECOMAP™ Environmental Compliance Maintenance Program
2015
Baton Rouge, LA – Opened facility to support industrial businesses in and around Baton Rouge, LA
Lake Charles, LA – Purchased facility to support industrial businesses in and around Lake Charles, LA
Prince George, VA – Developed LoadLock™, which combines the strength and blow-out resistance of metallic gaskets with the compressibility and tightness of expanded PTFE gaskets without the use of adhesives
2018
Prince George, VA – VSP becomes a Fastener Consultant to aid in launching the updated VSP Torq-Kit™
Prince George VA – VSP developed low-stress-to-seal FR-PITA™ gasket specifically for FRP flanges
Prince George, VA – VSP and Klinger concluded a global collaboration agreement to make PITA® technology available on a worldwide scale. In addition, Klinger will distribute and support global needs in the tank container market under the RideTight® program
2020
RideTight®, the proven Six Sigma Fluid Sealing Management Program synonymous with Sealing Reliability and Compliance, will now include Service Equipment Rebuild Kits in an expansion of RideTight, VSP Technologies’ regulatory compliance program
2022
ENCASE™ gasket exceeds industry standards and delivers high tightness sealing with extremely low creep.
2023
VSP Technologies acquires GP&S in April.
VSP Technologies acquires Hex Technologies in July.
Accomplishments
VSP Technologies leads the fluid sealing industry in Innovation, Technical Expertise, and Customer Service
VSP engineers and technical staff participate in and lead industry technical organization, conduct and publish Bolt Flange Connection (BFC) research, develop improved sealing technologies, and support fluid sealing management programs with clients to achieve the lowest Total Cost of Ownership and performance of sites fluid sealing products. VSPs Technical Expertise:
Developed and owns 8 patents
- U.S. Patent 5,964,486 Anti-Buckling Spiral Wound Gasket
- U.S. Patent 6,682,021 Reduced Area Gaskets
- U.S. Patent 6,824,021 Manway Cover Gasket
- U.S. Patent 7,455,301 Seamless Corrugated Insert Gasket
- U.S. Patent 8,066,843 Seamless Corrugated Insert Gasket
- U.S. Patent 8,916,777 Dust Tight and Water Tight Seal
- U.S. Patent 9,944,459 Manway Lid Gasket
- U.S. Patent 11,268,616 Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Envelope Gasket
Serves as BFC technical consultants to several Fortune 100 chemical and power companies as well as major US and European gasket manufacturers
Engineers and technical staff routinely present BFC research papers at industry associations/organizations including
- Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
- Chlorine Institute (CI)
- Association of American Railroads (AAR)
- Bureau of Explosives (BOE)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Pressure Vessel Research Council (PVRC)
- Materials Technology Institute (MTI)
- Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)
- Fluid Sealing Association (FSA)
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- International Tank Container Association (ITCA)
Employees serve on technical committees
- Former Chairman PVRC Bolted Flange Connection Committee
- Current Chairman ASME Pressure Vessel & Piping Division, Computer Technology & Bolted Joints Technical Committee
- Founding Member of ASME PCC-1, S/C Flange Assembly
- Former Chairman Eastman Chemical Company Gasket Committee
- Current Member ASME piping and vessel committees including Section XII, RTP
- Former Chairman ASME B16 Committee G
- ASME Training & Development Division, Flange Group Member
- ASME B16 Committee G (Gaskets)
- ITCA (Intermodal Tank Container Association)
- ASTM Committee F3 (Gaskets)
Employees Cited and Awarded by ASME and PVRC
- Best International Technical Session (PVP 2015)
- Best Technical Paper by Early Career Engineer (PVP 2018)
- PVRC Certificate of Appreciation
- ASME PVP Certificate of Appreciation
- Doug Scarf Early Career Engineering Leadership Award (2026)
Maintains the fluid sealing industry’s most successful, longest running Customer Cost Savings Program
VSP Technologies has received numerous supplier innovation and performance awards.
- Eastman Chemical
- Dominion Energy
- U.S. Navy
- Rescar
- Honeywell
