Flex-Tek

Tedd Smith

President

Flex-Tek is a global provider of engineered components that heat and move fluids and gases for the aerospace, medical, industrial, construction and domestic appliance markets.

Our flexible hosing, rigid tubing, and thermal systems are deployed on commercial and military aircraft for fuel and hydraulic applications and medical devices for patient care. They also improve the performance of domestic appliances such as clothes tumble dryers, vacuum cleaners and HVAC equipment.

Principal operating regions

Flex-Tek conducts most of its business in the US but also manufactures in France, Malaysia, India, China and Mexico.

Customers

We serve mainly aerospace engine and airframe manufacturers, domestic appliance manufacturers and the US construction industry. Large customers include Whirlpool, Electrolux, Trane, Carrier, Boeing, Airbus, Pratt & Whitney, GE Aerospace, and Respironics.

Competitors

Smiths Tubular Systems Aerospace's competitors include Parker-Hannifin and Eaton as well as outsourced capacity from its key customers. Flexible Solutions competes globally with a number of smaller privately owned businesses which manufacture specialty hoses. Heat Solutions' domestic appliance and specialty heating element competitors include Emerson, Watlow and Chromalox. The construction related products competitors comprise mainly Hitachi, Atco, Omega-Flex, Hart & Cooley and Goodman.

Suppliers

Flex-Tek sources key raw materials from world-class companies including electrical resistance wire from Sandvik, fibreglass insulation from Owens Corning, specialty plastic resins from DuPont and PolyOne, and stainless steel from Allegheny Ludlum. Each of these supply chain partners is chosen based on its ability to provide exceptional quality, service and value. No individual supplier represents more than 10% of total Flex-Tek purchased value.