What Goodflex Rubber does

Goodflex Rubber Co. Ltd. is a UK-based, family-founded manufacturer established in 2002 in Alcester, Warwickshire, specializing in the design, manufacture, and supply of custom silicone and organic rubber hoses, mouldings, and assemblies. The company operates from a 3x-expanded facility (relocated in 2021) and serves enterprise OEMs across a broad vertical mix including automotive, bus & truck, off-highway, rail, defence, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, electronics, data centre, renewable energy, agriculture, and converting. Its product portfolio spans straight, elbow, reducing and bespoke-profile hoses in materials including Silicone (VMQ), EPDM, FKM (Viton), Fluorosilicone, AEM (Vamac), ECO, NBR, EU-AU Polyurethane, High Temperature ACM, and food/pharmaceutical/fire-retardant grades, supplemented by assemblies, mouldings, gaskets, washers, clips, connectors, heat sleeves, abrasion shields, cleaning rollers, and calendared silicone sheet. The company claims one of the largest rubber and silicone material ranges available in the UK and holds ISO 9001:2015, RISQS rail registration, and IMDS automotive membership, with EN45545-2 fire-retardant compliance for rail.

The business wraps core manufacturing with engineering services (SolidWorks CAD design support, 3D mobile scanning for reverse engineering at 0.1mm resolution, FDM/FFF 3D printing using advanced polymers including Antero, and impulse burst testing with high-speed data acquisition) and operates two go-to-market service brands: Goodflex Rapid for engineering teams requiring fast-track prototyping and design risk mitigation, and Goodflex Ready for procurement teams requiring supply chain stability, allocated production, and scheduled despatch. Revenue is generated through quote-based, project-priced custom manufacturing contracts on multi-year cycles with enterprise customers (VW Group, Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin, McLaren, General Dynamics, Switch Mobility, Thwaites, Dennis Eagle), sold via a direct technical sales motion. The Goodflex Group also includes wholly-owned subsidiaries Vulcascot (cable protectors) and Harltex (precision rubber mouldings and extrusions). The company has grown entirely organically since founding, with no disclosed external funding, completing two prior acquisitions (Artel web cleaning 2007, Highbury Hose 2009).

Name

Goodflex Rubber

Legal name

Goodflex Rubber Co. Ltd.

Website

https://goodflexrubber.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Goodflex Rubber Co. Ltd. is a UK-based manufacturer of custom silicone and organic rubber hoses, mouldings, and assemblies, serving enterprise OEMs across automotive, rail, defence, bus & truck, off-highway, food, pharmaceutical, electronics, data centre, and renewable energy industries via direct technical sales, with in-house CAD, 3D printing, and testing services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Rubber & Silicone Hoses

NAICS

Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use (326291)

SIC

Fabricated Rubber Products, Nec (3060)

akta.pro primary industry

Molded & Extruded Industrial Rubber Parts (Custom Components) (IMANALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Design-for-Additive (DfAM) & Prototype Optimization (IMAAAFAC), Polymer 3D Printing Service Bureaus (FDM/FFF, SLA/DLP, SLS/MJF) (IMAAADAA), Rubber Compounding & Mixing (IMANAOAK)

Keywords

• Custom silicone hoses
• Rubber mouldings
• Hose assemblies
• CAD design support
• 3D printing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Alcester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Silicone and Rubber Hose Manufacturing: Design, manufacture and supply of bespoke silicone and organic rubber hoses, mouldings, and assemblies to customer specifications. Revenue is generated through custom manufacturing projects with varying lead times and complexity levels.
2. Goodflex Ready Stock Products: Off-the-shelf supply of standard hose and moulding products with allocated production, scheduled despatch, and insight-led stock management for procurement teams seeking supply chain risk mitigation.
3. Goodflex Rapid Prototyping Services: Fast-turn prototyping service for engineering teams with compressed design phases, priority dispatch, and full CAD/design support for rapid prototype and advanced production projects.
4. 3D Printing Services: Additive manufacturing services using advanced materials including FDM/FFF technology for prototyping, tooling, jigs, fixtures, and low-volume production parts.
5. Testing and Validation Services: Impulse burst testing and validation services for hoses and assemblies using custom-built automated testing equipment with configurable parameters and exportable test reports.
6. CAD Design and Engineering Support: Collaborative CAD design services using SolidWorks for discovery, design, deliver, and deploy stages of product development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Goodflex Rubber designs, manufactures, and supplies custom silicone and organic rubber hoses, mouldings, and assemblies to OEM specifications across materials including silicone, EPDM, FKM, fluorosilicone, AEM, ECO, NBR, EU-AU polyurethane, food-grade, pharmaceutical-grade, and high-temperature silicones. The company complements manufacturing with in-house engineering services—SolidWorks CAD design support, 3D mobile scanning for reverse engineering, FDM/FFF 3D printing, and impulse burst testing/validation—delivered through two branded models: Goodflex Rapid (rapid prototyping with full CAD design support and priority dispatch) and Goodflex Ready (allocated production, scheduled despatch, and full material/product traceability for supply chain risk mitigation).

Product overview

Goodflex Rubber is a UK-based silicone and rubber hose manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The core product portfolio includes hoses (silicone, EPDM, FKM, NBR, ECO, AEM, EU-AU, and high temperature variants) in straight, elbow, reducing, and bespoke profile configurations; assemblies combining hoses with metal tubes or additional hoses; mouldings in silicone and EPDM; and ancillary products including clips, connectors, gaskets, washers, heat sleeves, abrasion shields, cleaning rollers, and calendared silicone materials. These are complemented by engineering services including CAD & Design Support, 3D Mobile Scanning, 3D Printing Technology, and Testing & Validation. The company operates two service brands: Goodflex Rapid for engineering teams seeking rapid prototyping and design risk mitigation, and Goodflex Ready for procurement teams seeking supply chain stability and stock management. Materials range from standard silicone rubber to specialized compounds including food grade, pharmaceutical grade, fire retardant, FKM fluorocarbon (Viton), AEM (Vamac), ECO, EPDM, EU-AU polyurethane, and high temperature ACM rubbers. Products serve diverse industries including automotive, bus & truck, off-highway, rail, defence, marine, food, pharmaceutical, electronics, data centre, renewable energy, agriculture, and converting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Goodflex Rapid: Service for engineering teams completing rapid prototype and advanced production projects, offering risk mitigation in design of hoses, mouldings and assemblies with full CAD design support and compressed tooling times.
• Goodflex Ready

Products and services

• Hoses Custom silicone and rubber hoses in straight, elbow (45°, 90°, 135°, 180°), reducing, and bespoke profile configurations, manufactured across silicone, EPDM, FKM, NBR, ECO, AEM, EU-AU polyurethane, and high temperature ACM variants for industrial OEM fluid transfer applications.
• Long Length Hoses Custom continuous-run silicone hoses supplied in pharmaceutical grade platinum cure, food grade platinum cure, high temperature THT glass, anti-static, and fire retardant material variants for industrial OEM and regulated process applications.
• Mouldings Custom rubber mouldings in silicone and EPDM materials supplied as OEM components for sealing, vibration, and fluid handling applications across industrial verticals.
• Assemblies Hose-to-metal tube assemblies and hose-to-hose assemblies engineered for specific operating pressures, temperatures, and media compatibility, providing complete fluid transfer sub-systems to industrial OEM customers.
• Calendared Silicone Material Silicone sheet and calendared material supplied in food grade, high temperature THT glass, anti-static, and fire retardant variants in widths up to 1100mm for industrial sealing and fabrication applications.
• Abrasion Sleeves Hose protection sleeves designed to protect hoses and cables from abrasion damage in demanding industrial environments.
• Heat Sleeves Thermal protection sleeves including fibreglass and silicone heat wrap for hose and cable thermal protection in high-temperature engine and process environments.
• Cleaning Rollers Elastomer contact cleaning rollers and hand rollers supplied in various Shore hardness levels (15-55 Shore) for web cleaning applications in the converting and printing industries.
• Web Contact Cleaning Rollers Elastomer rollers engineered for web cleaning applications in the converting and printing industries, supplied in various Shore hardness levels.
• Clips Hose clips and clamps including worm drive clips (304/316/430 grade stainless steel and zinc plated), heavy duty bolt clamps, and pipe retaining clips supplied as part of the hose assembly offering.
• Connectors Push-fit and push-on hose connectors including reducing Y, equal Y, equal T, elbow, and reducing straight connectors in acetal copolymerisat (POM) material supplied as fluid-transfer system components.
• Gaskets Sealing gaskets in EPDM and silicone materials supplied for industrial sealing applications.
• Washers Sealing washers in EPDM and silicone materials supplied for industrial sealing applications.
• 3D Printed Parts Additive manufacturing service using FDM and FFF technology for low volume production, bridge-to-production parts, rapid prototyping, tooling, jigs, fixtures, and fit and function testing, drawing on advanced materials including Antero and engineering-grade filaments.
• CAD & Design Support Collaborative design engineering service using SolidWorks CAD, supporting discovery, design, deliver, and deploy stages for hose, moulding, and assembly projects, compressing design phases and mitigating programme risk.
• 3D Mobile Scanning Reverse-engineering service using handheld 3D mobile scanning technology with 0.1mm resolution capture, automatic shape recognition, and calibration certification for capturing dimensions when CAD models or 2D drawings are unavailable.
• 3D Printing Technology Advanced material 3D printing service using FDM and FFF technology with access to high-performance polymers for rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, bridge-to-production parts, jigs and fixtures, and low-volume production.
• Testing and Validation Hose and assembly testing and validation service using a custom-built automated impulse burst-test machine with configurable impulse frequencies, multi-hose simultaneous testing, and exportable reports for durability and fatigue qualification.
• Goodflex Rapid Rapid prototyping and advanced production service for engineering teams offering risk mitigation in design, full CAD design support, fast-track production, and priority dispatch for hoses, mouldings, and assemblies.
• Goodflex Ready Supply chain service for procurement teams offering allocated production capacity, scheduled despatch, insight-led stock management, testing and validation support, and full material and product traceability to mitigate supply chain risk and deliver cost-down road maps.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved £1m turnover within four years of founding in 2002
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered group company, minor and acquisition.

• Vulcascotgroup companyOthersVulcascot cable protectors operates as part of the Goodflex Group, sharing manufacturing expertise and focus on engineered polymer solutions. It is a leading international supplier of flexible, floor-laid cable protectors for Office, Domestic, Industrial and Heavy Duty applications, specializing in cable protection management and workplace safety products.
• Harltexgroup companyOthersHarltex operates as part of the Goodflex Group, sharing manufacturing expertise and focus on engineered polymer solutions. It is a long-established UK manufacturer of precision-engineered rubber mouldings, extrusions and bonded products with over 40 years of expertise, delivering bespoke solutions tailored to exact requirements.
• The Rail AllianceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGoodflex partnered with The Rail Alliance to exhibit at Innotrans 2010 in Germany, showcasing rail industry hose solutions and building relationships within the UK rail supply chain.
• Artel Rubber Co.acquisitionOthersIn 2007, Goodflex acquired a web contact cleaning business from Artel Rubber Co., expanding their product portfolio into cleaning rollers and establishing presence in the converting industry.
• Highbury HoseacquisitionOthersIn 2009, Goodflex brought Highbury Hose into the Goodflex Rubber Co. family as an acquisition to expand manufacturing capabilities and product offerings.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Carville Plastics: UK-based custom manufacturer of plastic and rubber sheeting, mouldings and converted components. Direct peer to Goodflex on custom moulding and material conversion for industrial customers, operating at a comparable sub-50-employee scale.
• James Walker: UK-based manufacturer of sealing products, gaskets, mouldings and custom elastomer components for industrial, oil and gas, and process industries. Closest UK direct peer to Goodflex in terms of custom rubber component manufacturing, B2B technical sales model and breadth of elastomer grades.
• Flextech Hose Solutions: UK distributor and assembler of industrial rubber and silicone hose products serving industrial, automotive and process customers. Comparable on product category (silicone and rubber hose assemblies) and UK customer base, with a distribution-led rather than manufacturing-led model.
• DGS Group (UK): UK-based precision rubber and silicone moulding manufacturer serving automotive, defence, medical and industrial customers. Closest size-comparable UK direct peer to Goodflex, with a similar focus on custom mouldings and assemblies for regulated industries.

Broad incumbents

• Continental AG (ContiTech): German automotive and industrial group whose ContiTech division manufactures rubber hoses, belts, and moulded products for automotive and industrial customers. Directly comparable product portfolio in silicone and rubber hoses, with significantly greater scale.
• Trelleborg AB: Swedish engineered polymer group producing industrial hoses, sealing solutions and anti-vibration components for automotive, aerospace and general industrial customers. Direct overlap on custom rubber hose and moulding products, with a much larger global footprint than Goodflex.
• Gates Industrial: Global power transmission and fluid power solutions company with a major industrial and automotive hose portfolio. Comparable in core hose product category, but operates at a much larger scale and with broader geographic reach than Goodflex.
• Parker Hannifin: Global motion and control technologies company with a large industrial hose and fittings division serving automotive, aerospace, oil and gas and industrial markets. Overlaps directly with Goodflex on rubber hose and assembly products, but as part of a multi-billion-dollar diversified portfolio.
• Avon Rubber: UK-headquartered engineered rubber products manufacturer serving defence, automotive and industrial markets with hoses, seals and mouldings. Direct comparable on product category and UK operating base, though materially larger and more diversified than Goodflex.
• Semperit AG Holding: Austrian industrial rubber group producing hoses, profiles, conveyor belts and other elastomer products for automotive, construction and industrial customers. Overlaps with Goodflex on industrial hose and moulded rubber components, though much larger and product-broad.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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