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Corporate Description Flexicon is a leading worldwide manufacturer of bulk handling equipment and systems that source material from interior and/or exterior plant locations, transport it between in-plant process equipment and storage vessels, weigh it, blend it, feed it to packaging lines, extruders, molding machines and storage vessels, and/or load it into railcars and trailers. Flexicon offers administrative, engineering and manufacturing capabilities on four continents, and an extensive worldwide network of applications engineers, authorized representatives and field support technicians to serve you—a unique consolidation of bulk handling specialists with hundreds of years of combined experience. An extensive research and development program continually sets new standards for equipment performance with entirely new designs, product improvements and equipment that complies with certifications required by governmental and industry associations for chemical, food, dairy and pharmaceutical applications— both nationally and internationally. Facilities Flexicon products are manufactured on four continents and marketed through eight company- owned facilities: • Bethlehem, PA, USA: Flexicon Corporation • Kent, England: Flexicon (Europe) Ltd • Brisbane, Australia: Flexicon Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd • Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Flexicon Africa (Pty) Ltd • Santiago, Chile: Flexicon Chile Ltd • Singapore: Flexicon Singapore Pte Ltd • Barcelona, Spain: Flexicon (Europe) Ltd • Aschaffenburg, Germany: Flexicon (Europe) Ltd The company's manufacturing facility and world headquarters in Bethlehem, PA, houses administrative offices responsible for worldwide operations. The manufacturing area was purpose-built for efficient flow of work-in-process, and includes state- of-the-art pneumatic and mechanical test laboratories (shown above) equipped with full size bulk handling equipment and systems that are readily reconfigured and accessorized to simulate customer installations. Using customer-supplied bulk materials, engineers and laboratory technicians can verify system performance prior to final equipment design and fabrication, and demonstrate newly constructed equipment for Factory Acceptance Testing. In addition, Flexicon engineers utilize the laboratories to study the performance of new designs. Markets Served Chemical, food, dairy, pharmaceutical, plastics and packaging industries 22 Powder and Bulk Engineering, 2018 Annual Guide to the Powder & Bulk Market Flexicon Flexicon Corporation 2400 Emrick Boulevard Bethlehem, PA 18020-8006 Tel: 888-FLEXICON (888-353-9426) 610-814-2400 Fax: 610-814-0600 E-mail: sales@flexicon.com Web address: www.flexicon.com Date Founded: 1974 Major Products • Flexible Screw Conveyors, Tubular Cable Conveyors, Pneumatic Conveying Systems, Bulk Bag Unloaders, Bulk Bag Fillers, Bulk Bag Conditioners, Bulk Bag Weigh Batching and Blending Systems, Bag Dump Stations, Drum/Box/Container Dumpers, Custom-Engineered and Integrated Plant-Wide Systems. Mechanical and pneumatic test laboratories are readily reconfigured and accessorized to replicate customer installations A recent expansion doubled the size of Flexicon's manufacturing facility and world headquarters in Bethlehem, PA.