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Source Industry-Leading Automotive Rubber Components For The Lowest Possible Cost, From A Tier 1 Supplier

As Australia’s leading manufacturer of both standard and customised products, we can supply you with world-class, cost-efficient rubber components that reduce production cost – without sacrificing quality.

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      Key clients

      Overview

      As a Tier 1 Supplier to BMW, and other large Automotive OEM’s, you can rely on Gulf Rubber for quality, service, and reliability.

      Gulf Rubber has world class design and Australian rubber manufacturing capability of safety critical automotive components, for elastomeric automotive driveline component applications, with composite products (metals, plastics and rubber polymers).

      Whilst Gulf offers an extensive OEM and aftermarket Automotive product range, Gulf is a world leader in rubber couplings and alignment bushes for vehicle propshafts.

      Gulf has developed standard and customised products for global automotive leaders such as BMW, Mercedes Benz, Daimler, Maserati, Renault, GM Corvette and Iveco, with a truly global supply footprint.

      Gulf couplings and bushes are designed with FEM principles, based on sound knowledge of durability and performance requirements of each vehicle application. Utilising our audited VDA class A VDA 6.3 rating, our manufacturing systems are ISO/IATF 16949 certified.

      These automotive rubber manufacturing and quality standards and principles are applied across all facets of the Gulf business – When you partner with Gulf, you can be assured of our product quality. Read More

      Benefits

      VDA 6.3 Class A Rating

      ISO 9001 certification

      IATF 16949 certification

      Quality assurance

      Customised design offering

      Applications

      • Automotive Rubber Couplings
      • Centering alignment bushes
      • Aftermarket seals and gaskets
      • Transmission O-Rings and Seals
      • Extrusions and hoses

      Gulf Rubber Design And Manufacture Industry Leading Products You Can Rely On

      We supply specialised compression and injection rubber and plastic components to leaders in automotive, mining, construction, water, and other industries. With 40+ years’ experience, we’re experts in highly technical and critical OEM applications. We can design, manufacture, and deliver the highest quality products to suit your requirements.

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      Gulf Rubber – Australia’s Automotive Rubber Manufacturers

      Gulf Rubber Australia (GRA) are the country’s leading automotive rubber supplier. From concept to delivery, we are the choice of leading motor manufacturers, supplying Daimler Benz and BMW.

      Automotive rubber components are many, there are no applications we cannot handle with our products supplied for use in brakes, steering, electric motors, aircon units and transmissions. There are further applications to insulate and protect the transfer of fluids, dampen vibration and provide protection against high temperatures. In summary, we can design and manufacture all rubber products for the automotive industry.

      The use of rubber and polymers is becoming more prevalent and sophisticated as motor manufacturers design and create more innovation in their vehicles. To supply any rubber engineering services to this market, we have to be one step ahead and that’s where we are.

      New Demands for Automotive Rubber Manufacturers

      There are three areas of advancement in rubber component parts for motor vehicles. These areas have created new demands for wiring insulation. This is very prevalent in the growing EV marketplace where non-conductive rubber is in high demand to protect essential electrical components. Noise elimination is another area where rubber is used to stop squeaks and rattles. By insulating an area of potential contact between hard surfaces, rubber gasket type interfaces are used as insurance against unwanted noise.

      Advanced certification is the last of the three areas affecting the increased use of rubber components. All reputable parts suppliers to the automotive industry work to IATF certification standards, holding ISO 9000 certification.

      Unmatched Quality Amongst Australian Automotive Rubber Manufacturing

      It’s official, there’s nobody better positioned to become your automotive rubber supplier. Quality is built into everything that we do. Within our working environment, we practise strict process controls such as Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA). We are also a Proven Zero-Defect Manufacturer which means we work to tight tolerances and to systems that show a zero-defect status. To ensure standards of quality are observed and constantly achieved, all Gulf Rubber factories around the world, including third-party suppliers to Gulf, meet the quality standards required for ISO 9001 or IATF 16949.

      As Australian automotive rubber manufacturers supplying to a precision-sensitive marketplace, we understand the need to meet all specifications and to deliver on time.

      How Rubber Became Sophisticated: An Automotive Rubber Components Manufacturer’s Story

      Back in the day, rubber was a humble material with a variety of down-to-earth uses. The image was of someone cutting a slit in a tree, collecting the substance that oozed out and somehow turning it into rubber bands, seals for kitchen jars and so on. And, without going into the refining techniques, that is pretty much what happened. But then the world started using so much of this basic material that natural production couldn’t keep up.

      The world’s scientists got on the case and came up with synthetic rubber, which added a multitude of characteristics to those natural qualities and made rubber an indispensable part of the range of materials used in manufacturing.

      Perhaps the most high-profile way in which the versatility of rubber was brought to the world’s attention was in motor racing, where tyres have such an influence on speed that it has been known for the specialised automotive rubber manufacturers to be asked to use less durable types that force drivers to nurse their wheel cushions and replace them during the race.

      In industry too, rubber has to fulfil various roles, so different types are called for. As automotive rubber suppliers in Australia, we at Gulf Rubber know all the types and all their characteristics, and we use what’s appropriate for any particular application whether it’s for injection moulding in Melbourne or if you’re looking for check valve suppliers in Australia.

      Contact us Today to Discuss Your Project with Our Automotive Rubber Supply

      If you have visited our website to search out a reputable and highly capable company to manage your automotive rubber supplies, then clearly you have found Gulf Rubber and we would welcome an opportunity to take a no-obligation Review of Needs with you at your earliest convenience.

      What we have found is an exploratory consultation in person, online or by phone is the best first step. In order to facilitate this fact-find, we have engineers, skilled in first-look reviews and ready to talk through with you, all aspects of your upcoming project. You can either phone our head office based in Sydney on contact form. One of our team will call you back to arrange the review.

      Australia’s Automotive Rubber Suppliers

      The automotive industry remains key to just about every sphere of human endeavour. Whatever needs to be done in order to be made, whatever needs to be worked on to arrive at a certain place and the equipment and materials required to get there.. While the internal combustion engine may be under threat and about to be outlawed for transport purposes in many countries, the vehicles themselves will still be needed, so there will still be a need for machinery that is a collection of parts, brought together with precision, and therefore automotive rubber mouldings will be with us for many years to come.

      As leading automotive rubber suppliers in Australia, we are proud to play our part in a better industrial era where engineering excellence has tangible benefits.

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      Quality Assurance

      It’s our goal to ensure you never experience production downtime, expensive repairs, or frustrating warranty claims. That’s why all Gulf factories around the world, and all third-party factories that supply to Gulf, meet the quality standards required for ISO 9001 or IATF 16949.

      Our products are manufactured to precise specifications with tight tolerances. When you partner with Gulf, you can have complete peace of mind knowing you will always receive the highest quality components.

      Custom Design Capability

      At Gulf, we thrive on the opportunity to innovate. If you need a custom product or solution, then our trusted engineers, chemists, and technologists will work tirelessly to deliver above and beyond your expectations. Whatever your specifications or requirements, you can rest easy knowing that you’ve got the strategic partner who can solve the problem.

      Searching for the right partner to solve your problem?

      Book a consultation with our engineering team

      Since 1980, Gulf Rubber’s specialised rubber and plastic engineers have designed bespoke, technical solutions for our partners across the globe. If you have a problem you can’t solve, a concept you can’t pinpoint, or a fragmented process you wish to simplify, we can help.

      We’ll get to know your product and application, design a new solution, and use our experience to improve your business outcomes.