Flex-N-Gate Corporation

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1306 East University Ave. Urbana, IL 61802, USA

Business Overview

-The Company manufactures metal and plastic exterior and interior components, lighting components, and mechanical assemblies for the automotive industry.

-The Company is organized into the following six divisions based primarily on product line:

Plastics
Metals
Mechanical Assemblies
Lighting systems
Electronics
FLEX-ION battery development across all battery aspects, including chemistry, cell, module, and enclosure manufacturing

Shareholders

-The Company is privately owned.

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Products

Plastic products
Exterior products
-Body side moldings
-Box top rails
-Bumper systems
-Chrome plastic grilles
-Cowl screens
-Energy management systems
-Grille guards
-MIC, painted, and chrome plated grilles
-Radiator supports
-Rocker panels
-Running board systems
-Wheel covers
-Wheel house lining
-Liftgates
-Spoilers
-Door protectors
-Front-end carriers
-Pillar appliques
-Wheel arch moldings
-Exterior trim finishes
-Front and rear fascias with integrated sensors including radar, lidar, cameras, and ultrasonic devices
-Active Grille Shutters
-Active Air Dams

Interior products
-A, B, C, D-pillars
-Trim assemblies
-Console assemblies
-Door panels and lift gate trim components
-Door switch plates
-Front and rear step garnishes
-Glove box assemblies
-HVAC vent assemblies
-Instrument panel cluster bezels
-Interior body hard trims
-Quarter trim panels
-Speaker and heater grilles
-Steering column bezels

Exterior body metal products
-Front and rear bumper systems
-Tubular side bars
-Running board systems
-Receiver hitches
-Towing accessories
-Heat shield and skid plates
-Bumper beams
-Class "A" closures
-Welded body in white structures
-Large body in white stampings
-Body structure assemblies
-Chassis structural assemblies
-Cradles and crossmembers
-Body mounts
-Roll formed components
-Lightweight battery and module enclosures with integrated components

Mechanical assemblies
Complete front end modules

Parking brake systems
-Hand and foot parking brake systems
-Pawl, sector and torsion lock systems
-Manual and auto adjust systems
-Cable and mechanism systems

Closure systems
-Stamped, forged and profile hinges
-Side door, hood, trunk, decklid, sliding door, liftgate, endgate hinges
-Integrated and separated door check systems
-Plastic encapsulated and paintable torsion spring check systems
-Latches

Pedal systems
-Accelerators, brakes, clutches and modules
-Electronic throttle control (ETC) and cable systems
-Multiple pedal systems and materials

Lighting systems
-LED lamps
-Halogen lamps
-Xenon High Intensity Discharge lamps
-Headlamps
-Modular projector systems
-Reflector systems
-Light pipes
-Side markers and turn signals
-Fog lamps
-Daytime running lamps
-Signature lamps
-Rear combination lamps
-Center high mounted stop lamps
-Flex F/X lighting technology
-Adaptive driving beams
-Interior lighting systems
-Signal lighting with Light Mantle technology
-Lit grilles
-FlexMAGIC hidden-until-lit exterior lighting integration
-FlexPANEL illuminated front grille
-ECUs for LED lighting

Electronics
-LED boards

FLEX-ION battery solutions
-Pouch battery cells
-Prismatic battery cells
-Cylindrical battery cells
-Batteries across various chemistries including NMC, LFP, and LMO
-Scalable battery modules
-Battery enclosures
-Battery cover solutions

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History

1956	Flex-N-Gate was incorporated.
1960s	Commenced supplying bumpers to the Jeep Corporation, making them the Company's first OE customers.
1970s	Its second manufacturing facility was established in Danville, Illinois to support production of OE rear step bumpers.
2001	Acquired Ventra Group.
2007	Acquired the Collins and Aikman facilities in Evart, Michigan; Belvidere, Illinois; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; and St. Louis, Missouri.
2008	Acquired BlackHawk Automotive Plastics, Inc.
2009	Acquired a part of Meridian's bumper systems business.
2012	Acquired the headlamp and taillight business belonging to Ford Motor Company's Automotive Component Holdings LLC.
Dec. 2015	Acquired Cooper-Standard Rockford, a manufacturer of decorative and functional exterior components, through an affiliate of the Company.
Aug. 2023	Acquired a Treviso automotive lighting plant in Italy from ams OSRAM.
Oct. 2025	Acquired IAC Logroño and its dedicated sequencing facility in Spain.

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