Flexaseal Engineered Seals and Systems, LLC, with a 26,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vermont and a 12,000-square-foot sister facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was recently recognized with a 5x5x5 Growth Award by Key Bank and Vermont Business Magazine as one of the fastest-growing manufacturing companies in Vermont. The 5x5x5 Awards, explains Vermont Business Magazine, is a recognition and celebration of those Vermont companies to whom the data points as being one of the five fastest-growing businesses in five categories over the last five years in Vermont. This year, Flexaseal, which manufactures highly engineered mechanical seals for rotating equipment, welded metal bellows, and non-metallic parts for wastewater treatment, took the honors in the manufacturing category.
By manufacturing high quality, precisely engineered, and competitively priced products required by the rotating equipment used by gas and oil refining facilities, food manufacturing plants, and wastewater treatment plants around the world, Flexaseal continues to see demand for its products in global markets grow.
Hank Slauson, president of the Essex Junction-based mechanical seal manufacturer attributes Flexaseal’s impressive growth and expanding global customer base to the quality of its products and nearly 30 years of experience. “Flex- A -Seal is a worldwide manufacturer of mechanical sealing devices and auxiliary equipment for rotating equipment of all makes and models. We have been in business since 1983 and currently employ 80 people in Essex Junction. We have a sister manufacturing plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil with 55 employees. Our facility is state of the art and our products demand we hold tolerances in the millionths of an inch. We attribute our success to the highest quality product being manufactured here in the US at extremely competitive prices with superior design and service capabilities available to any user of rotating equipment. We market our seals primarily through distributors and agents and the final product is used in the oil and gas, power, waste water, chemical, pulp and paper, food processing industries, etc.” Exceptional price, quality, and manufacturing capacity will ensure that the 5x5x5 Award-winning company continues to experience impressive growth for years to come.
