The new space is slated primarily for warehousing of sub-assemblies, crating and staging of assembled equipment. This includes stocking of Quick-Ship models of Flexible Screw Conveyors, Bulk Bag Dischargers and Bulk Bag Conditioners for immediate shipment, freeing the main facility for increased capacity in fabrication and assembly.
The company purchased its first manufacturing plant in New Jersey in 1978. It then expanded with the purchase of a plant in the town of Phillipsburg in 1988, and added a satellite plant in Pennsylvania in 1995. US operations were then consolidated and further expanded with construction of the company's world headquarters in Bethlehem in 2001.
David Boger, executive vice president at Flexicon, says: "In 2014 we doubled the size of our Bethlehem headquarters, maximizing coverage of the existing site, so we are fortunate that a facility adjacent to our main building became available this year.”
The company holds 36 patents reflected in the designs of its flexible screw conveyors, tubular cable conveyors, pneumatic conveying systems, bulk bag dischargers, bulk bag conditioners, bulk bag fillers, bag dump stations, drum/box/container dumpers and weigh batching systems. A separate project engineering division integrates large-scale systems across all industries in which bulk materials are handled.
