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Greetings,
Welcome to the first edition of Flexitallic's E-Newsletter. Its
purpose is to increase awareness of what goes on at Flexitallic, and
of what is brewing in our minds. The design of this newsletter
allows for quick and easy access to articles of interest to you
without being forced to read the entire letter. Simply review "in
this issue" then click on the articles you wish to read about in
depth.
| New Thermiculite Ads Published |
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For the past century Flexitallic has been at the forefront
of fluid sealing innovation. Flexitallic's exclusive,
revolutionary product, Thermiculite, maintains integrity
through a wide range of extreme temperatures to say the very
least. Please watch for our new Thermiculite ads currently in
both Hydrocarbon Processing and Chemical Engineering
magazines.
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| New Laser in Deer Park, Texas |
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The Deer Park facility recently completed the purchase and
installation of a brand new Bystronic Bystar 3015 laser
cutting system. The Bystronic laser has a 4.4 kW resonator,
capable of cutting 1” thick carbon steel. This new acquisition
replaced the previous laser that served the facility well for
over 12 years.
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| Flexitallic's Novel Solution |
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As a result of hardware crevice corrosion issues associated
with spiral wound gaskets with metallic inner rings on acidic
service a novel solution utilizing the modified PTFE has been
developed by Flexitallic to support their range of special
products used in corrosive service.
This novel solution
utilizes the Sigma 588 material as the inner ring on the
spiral wound gasket. The inner ring is there to fill the void
so as not to allow the acid to get into the crevice and
accelerate the corrosion process and also provides inner
strength to the sealing element. The Sigma 588 is an unfilled
structurally modified form of ptfe which has outstanding creep
resistance over virgin ptfe. The propriety manufacturing
process produces a sealing material free from any filler
material which restricts the chemical resistance of other
filled ptfe products. This 3rd generation modified ptfe from
Flexitallic will reduce the amount of remachining of metallic
pipeline flanges on toxic acid services on refineries, thus
minimizing downtime and improving run rates as well as
providing excellent sealing performance.
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Jerry L. Lastovica Appointed President Flexitallic
L.P. |
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Mr. Jerry Lastovica has been promoted to President of
Flexitallic L.P. Jerry will also join the Board of Flexitallic
Ltd. as Vice Chairman. In his new position Jerry will be
responsible for both sales and marketing for The Flexitallic
Group, Inc. and subsidiaries globally. Reporting to Jerry will
be Miron Bertsch, Vice President of Sales for Flexitallic L.P.
(Western Hemisphere), Jim Lenahan, Global Marketing Manager,
Gary Briggs, Director of Sales for Flexitallic Ltd. (Eastern
Hemisphere), and Sam Zhang, Manager of Flexitallic's
Representative Office in China.
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