EnPro Industries buys Chinese seals distributor/manufacturer

Industrial Distribution staff -- Industrial Distribution, 1/24/2008 6:24:00 AM

Shanghai-based Sinflex, which distributes and manufactures industrial sealing products, will do business as Garlock Sealing Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. under EnPro’s Garlock Sealing Technologies banner. The Chinese company has been Garlock's principal distributor in China for more than 10 years.

"Establishing an operational presence is key to our ability to address China's fast-growing sealing products market," EnPro president and CEO Ernie Schaub said. "Sinflex is one more small but important step in this direction. We will continue on this path later this quarter, when Stemco begins manufacturing operations at Shuzhou, also in the Shanghai area, further expanding the sealing products we manufacture and sell in China."