Company Overview

Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Innovations are the Descendants.

One hundred years is a long time and Senior Flexonics has had many firsts during the past century. Flexonics was founded in the time when streets were lit with gas lamps. With the advent of the automobile, new drivers and their inevitable accidents not only gave rise to the auto insurance industry, but also the need for safer infrastructure. Streetlamps, needed for safe nighttime travel, had the unintended consequence of a catastrophic explosion when struck by a new driver. Necessity is the Mother of Invention. To solve this hazard Senior Flexonics created a flexible, stainless steel hose that would run through the gas light posts and shut off the gas line if the post was hit by a car. Explosions ceased. This innovation saved lives and property.

Fast forward a few decades, the space race was on. Wernher von Braun, the famous rocket scientist, needed durable metal bellows for the Saturn V rocket which was used for the Apollo space program. These giant expansion joints in the rocket booster, eight, ten or twelve feet in diameter, helped bring us to the moon and were designed, prototyped, validated and produced in the Senior Flexonics Bartlett facility.  This commitment to developing solutions continues today as new challenges present themselves.

Necessity for a Cleaner Environment – Gas & Diesel Vehicles getting Cleaner and More Efficient
Senior Flexonics developed a unique metal bellow to create leak-tight exhaust flex systems instead of the ball joint system, the standard practice at the time. This innovation took up the different motions/movements between the engine and the exhaust system while at the same time helping our customers keep a leak tight exhaust to meet emissions legislation.


Senior PLC

Our vision is to be a trusted and collaborative high value-added engineering and manufacturing company producing sustainable growth in operating profit, cash flow and shareholder value.

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 301 operating businesses in 131countries.

Senior designs and manufactures high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group is split into two divisions, Aerospace and Flexonics, servicing five key sectors.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework. Our vision is to be a trusted and collaborative high value-added engineering and manufacturing company producing sustainable growth in operating profit, cash flow and shareholder value.


Careers at Senior Flexonics

Senior Flexonics has a long history of Engineering excellence and design. We design and build components for the world’s largest companies and our people constantly develop new and innovative ideas for our customers. At Senior Flexonics, our employees are major stakeholders in our company and we pride ourselves on offering an energizing and enthusiastic work environment.

Company Summary
Name
Senior Flexonics Inc. (Bartlett)
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000
Phone
(630) 837-1811
Location
300 East Devon Avenue
Bartlett, IL
60103