designed to fit inside a 20-foot general
freight container and convert the freight
container into a non-hazardous bulk liquid
transportationunit.
“Flexitanks basically came to market to offer
a competitive alternative solution for
shipping bulk liquids in comparison to
IBCs, drums, totes and ISOcontainers,” said
Jennifer Phillips, the company’s global sales
manager.
Its corporate headquarters are in Houston,
Texas, while its manufacturing hub is housed
in an 80,000-square-foot facility in Zeeland,
Mich. – about 175 miles to the west of
Detroit, along the shores of LakeMichigan in
the state’s Lower Peninsula. A small office
that’s home to accounting functions is also in
Zeeland, while the Houston location has
sales, operations and logistics responsibilities.
More than 40 employees work at the
manufacturing base in Zeeland and another
60 or so, according to Shane Sims, EPT’s
president, are scattered in the various global
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