Flexicon opens Barcelona facility

Managing Director Keith Bourton has announced that Flexicon has opened a new office in Barcelona. The new facility will provide engineering services and technical sales support to customers throughout Spain. “The Barcelona location, coupled with our new Spanish language website, will fuel Flexicon's rapid growth in the region by providing a dedicated Spanish-language staff with full access to corporate resources,” said Bourton. Bourton said the new office would have full access to Flexicon’s engineering resources. “The access will include details on more than 20,000 installations of Flexicon bulk handling equipment worldwide,” said Bourton. Regional Sales Manager Víctor Zamora Gómez will head up the Barcelona office. Gómez has a Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya degree in Electronic Engineering and previously served as Project Manager for a bulk solids consultancy. Gómez will be responsible for building relationships with plant managers, engineers and other decision-makers in facilities that handle bulk solid materials across the food, pharmaceutical, mineral and general chemical industries. Flexicon Europe’s headquarters is in Kent, England. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Flexicon Corporation located in Pennsylvania, United States.  In addition to the Kent manufacturing location, Flexicon Corporation owns and operates manufacturing facilities in Brisbane, Australia and Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and has sales offices in Santiago, Chile and Singapore.