Manufacturer seals growth plans with £200,000 plant investment

Flexitallic, a major provider of static sealing solutions, has pumped around £200,000 into the latest machinery to boost its production line and meet high demand overseas.

The Cleckheaton-based company’s investment will supplement its existing innovative ‘Change gasket’ manufacturing operation in Texas.

Flexitallic says Change, a highly-resilient metal-wound gasket designed to deliver dynamic static sealing technology, has become the most significant development in the gasket and sealing industry in the past five years.

More than 50,000 have been sold into sectors such as steel, power, chemical, refining, and pulp and paper around the world, it says.

Phil Kelshaw, Flexitallic’s sales director – Eastern Hemisphere, said: “With demand for Change increasing across all markets and industries, the investment in a European manufacturing capability was an essential next step for the company.

“It will enhance existing production expertise at our UK facility and support our ambitions to provide an increasingly responsive service to customers in European, Middle East and Far East markets.”