Flexicon to double U.S. headquarters

Flexicon Corporation has broken ground for an expansion that will double the size of its US headquarters.

“We built the current 91,000-square-foot facility in 2001 on an over-sized site owned by Flexicon that had acres of additional prime real estate beyond what was needed for the 2001 building,” said president and CEO David Gill. “We always had the intention of expanding the building as demand for Flexicon equipment exceeded our capacity to produce it.”

The addition will allow the steel forming, welding, grinding/polishing and blasting/painting departments to double in size, and the electrical controls department to increase four-fold. The assembly department, which will be relocated into the new space, will be eight times larger than before, and provide up to 38 feet of overhead clearance to erect larger systems and enhance factory acceptance testing.

Other plant floor increases include a dedicated 4,000-square-foot area for new product development, and a total of 10 tailgate loading docks and two drive-in doors. Office space will increase to 37,000 square feet.

In addition to manufacturing equipment for the Americas, the Bethlehem Headquarters oversees Flexicon operations located in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Chile and Singapore. The company produces 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.