APM Hexseal has manufactured sealing products in our New Jersey facility since 1947. After over 75 years, our products are still proudly manufactured in America.
What Does Manufactured in America Mean?
Over the last few years, there has been a movement to reshore manufacturing. This brings jobs back to the United States and is more cost-effective in the long run. Companies who manufacture in America may source their raw materials from all over the world to ensure they’re getting the best components available, but U.S. workers are creating the final product stateside.
Benefits of Manufacturing in America
There are numerous benefits to choosing a manufacturer based in the United States over those found abroad, including:
- Cost-Effective: Logistics costs drop with U.S. manufacturing because there are more options and the goods do not have to travel as far. Also, the wages earned by employees are spent in their respective communities, boosting their local economies.
- Quality Control: U.S. manufacturing facilities are held to U.S. safety standards and regulations to ensure a safer workplace for employees. Having the factory nearby also allows one to better oversee daily operations and quality control measures.
- U.S. Job Creation: U.S. manufacturing plants create jobs for the American worker—not only in manufacturing, but in industries that support and complement it. This helps to foster economic growth across industries and communities.
- Shorter Lead Times: Shipping overseas takes time, and that must be factored into the final ETA for delivery. By manufacturing in the United States, we shorten delivery times to our domestic customers.
- Environmental Sustainability: Long-haul shipping isn’t environmentally friendly. Reducing shipping distances decreases carbon emissions. Additionally, there is more control over facility operations as guided by U.S. environmental protection standards, and more sustainable choices in day-to-day operations can be made. Today’s customers are looking for responsible companies with a commitment to sustainable manufacturing.
- U.S. Taxes: Keeping manufacturing in the U.S. means that we pay taxes into the U.S. treasury, which benefits the national economy as a whole.
Why APM Hexseal?
APM Hexseal is a trusted partner in sealing solutions, offering products proudly manufactured in the USA. When you work with APM Hexseal, you can enjoy the following benefits:
Historical Excellence and Innovation
Since 1947, APM Hexseal has been an innovator in sealing fasteners and sealing solutions. With more than 100 patents to our name, we are intimately invested in the quality and success of our product line. We developed this technology more than 75 years ago in response to a U.S. military request. Since then, our spirit of innovation has continued. We now produce a full line of sealing hardware and sealing switch boots, adding new products regularly to meet growing demand.
Wide Range of High-Quality Products
We offer a wide range of sealing solutions for our clients. Our sealing boots protect circuit breakers as well as toggle, rotary, and pushbutton switches. We have a switch boot for most standard or off-the-shelf switches and breakers, along with design and manufacture sealing solutions for custom applications. We also offer a full line of self-sealing fasteners, including sealing screws, nuts, bolts, and washers.
Our products are designed to protect sensitive electrical and mechanical components in mission-critical applications. If your devices are operating in an environment where they can be exposed to a range of potential contaminants, you can count on our products to provide a proper seal. Hazardous conditions can include dirt, grease, water, wind, salt, ice, snow, chemicals, food, liquids, and sun exposure, any of which can spell disaster for unprotected electronic components.
Our products are designed to alleviate such threats and prevent damage or failure during use. Most of our products are also reusable, making them a smart economic choice.
Commitment to Quality and Safety
We are committed to delivering products that our customers can rely on. We maintain UL and ISO 9001 certifications and comply with various international standards to ensure quality, safety, and environmental sustainability across our line of products. This includes the Dodd-Frank Act, REACH, and RoHS.
Industries
APM Hexseal offers top-end sealing solutions to a growing number of clients. You will find our products on the job in just about every industry, including:
- Agriculture. We help ensure the performance of agricultural equipment in harsh conditions, protecting food supplies with quality sealing solutions.
- Chemical and Petroleum. Our sealing products can create a barrier to protect sensitive ecosystems from contamination by chemical and petroleum hazards.
- Drilling, Down Hole, and Pump. A tight seal can protect equipment in dirty, heavy-duty, and challenging conditions.
- Energy Generation. Our products protect electronic and mechanical system performance, helping to maintain the flow of power to our communities and industries.
- Electronics. Sealing solutions can protect sensitive electronics from external conditions. Many of our products are UL-listed, making them the perfect choice for NEMA-rated enclosures.
- Food and Beverage. Sealing food and beverage processing and dispensing equipment prevents contamination and leakage.
- Industrial and Construction. Seals for construction and industrial applications are tested under harsh conditions to ensure performance under pressure.
- Lighting. Our sealing solutions can protect sensitive lighting controllers and sensors from damage.
- Military, Aerospace, and Defense. Our products help protect mission-critical systems that operate under extreme conditions. APM Hexseal’s Seelskrews® can be tested upon request and certified to meet NASM pressure standards.
- Marine. Sealing products protect sensitive electronics from water, wind, and salt spray on marine vessels and buoys. They also promote safety and enhance the performance of navigation, exploration, and measurement equipment.
- Medical and Pharmaceutical. Our boots and fasteners protect expensive and fragile pharmaceutical and medical equipment during operation.
- Robotics and Automation. Our self-sealing products support robotics and automation systems by reducing the likelihood of mechanical failure and downtime.
- Vehicles and Heavy Equipment. APM Hexseal’s sealing products offer high performance in engine components, batteries, and motors by providing reliability, reusability, and vibration-resistant solutions.
Products
APM Hexseal delivers various products made in the USA. Our offerings include:
- Toggle Boots. Come with various design options to accommodate several specifications, toggle boots protect toggle switches from harsh environments
- Pushbutton Boots. Ideal for various industrial applications with MIL-DTL-5423 compliance for military applications
- Rotary Boots. Feature a unique, open design to provide a durable and long-lasting seal for rotary switches in extreme conditions
- Circuit Breaker Boots. Protect circuit breakers from shorting and overloading, extending their lifespan
- Rocker Boots. Provide clear visibility of the rocker switch position
- Illuma-Boots. Glow in the dark to enhance visibility during power outages
- Bushing Seals. Protect mounting holes for rotary switches, pushbuttons, and toggles
- Sealing Hardware. Offering includes self-sealing washers, nuts, bolts, and screws to protect the integrity of components and resist contamination and corrosion
- Seelskrews and Seelbolts®. Suitable for harsh conditions, such as applications in the automotive and aerospace industries
- Seelnuts®. Self-sealing for use in various applications with conventional fasteners
- Nutzilla. Made for heavy industrial applications; we offer durable, large-sized self-sealing nuts
- Seeloc® Washers. Ideal for use with conventional fasteners
APM Hexseal Is Proud to Manufacture in America
Since 1947, APM Hexseal has been proudly designing and manufacturing innovative sealing solutions at our plant in NJ. This enables us to control the entire process, from first thought to finished product, and provide high quality products and exceptional customer service. We are proud to say our products are manufactured in America.
If you have any questions about sealing solutions, ask the experts at APM Hexseal.
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