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Tony Sarkis, weld assembly manager for Flex-N-Gate Corp., Urbana, Illinois, is a proponent of a safe, clean working environment that exceeds industry standards through the efficient use of air filtration systems. “We have to make sure we maintain a high standard,” he says. “Our old air filtration unit allowed our particulate level to exceed an acceptable limit so the need for a more efficient system was paramount.” 

Flex-N-Gate is committed to continual improvement of its Environmental Management System (EMS), which includes waste minimization; the prevention of pollution; and compliance with all relevant federal, state and local environmental regulations. Flex-NGate manufactures bumpers primarily for General Motors, Ford Motor
Co., Honda, Toyota and Mercedes. 

Flex-N-Gate was incorporated in 1956 to produce stock racks for pickup trucks that featured a flexible roll-up rear gate, and the company expanded in the 1960s to include the production of rearstep bumpers for pickup trucks. It employs approximately 300 people...

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