NEWS

FLEXISTEP acquires Securi  International and is presently looking for a bilingual business partner.

Mr. Gérard Lemieux, General Manager of Flexistep, a company specialized in the manufacturing  and sale of telescopic and multifunction ladders, has aquired  last April the Drummondville Securi International company. The said company conceives ladders and flexible stepladders as well as marine ladders (for pontoons and docks). A range of products which well completes that of Flexistep.

History

In 1999, after three years of research and development,  Gérard Lemieux from  Victoriaville and his associates founded Flexistep  invented and put on the market the  telescopic aluminum boarding ladder for the truck industry.  It is a specialized ladder invention.  Its  particularity  comes from the fact that it is possible to install on a  semi-trailers, on big heavy load trucks and trailer trucks. Thanks to this invention   Flexistep was finalist at the 2003 Grand Prix Innovation for the  Association of  Industrial  Transports Equipment  and Special Vehicles (AMETVS).  Some years later, Mr. Lemieux becomes the sole owner of the company and diversifies his range of products going from the aluminum multifunction ladder for factory use to the telescopic ladder, from the multifunction bench to the equally extensible  beam.

The purchase

Securi International specializes in the manufacturing of others types of ladders: dock ladders, retractable ladders for pontoon,  loading and retractable stepladders. Founded in 1989 it was already hiring seventeen employees. Securi International uses innovative concepts to bring practical solutions for the tidying up and handling of its high quality products.  Mr. Lemieux buys the company asssets in April 2007 and repatriates the important  inventory to its Victoriaville warehouse. All the products henceforth will wear the Flexistep brand mark.

Search for a partner

Wishing to make its mark on the Canadian and American market,  Mr. Lemieux is looking for a bilingual business partner who will be helping the company achieve new objectives. By associating himself with a partner he also wishes to insure the company’s take over and see his investments fructify.  Flexistep was the first company in Quebec to offer the telescopic ladders. Presently it has a list of 255 customers in Quebec of which Hydro-Québec and hardware GROUP BMR.   Flexistep  is a Quebec company trying  to reach new summits with her unique ladder concept!

 

 To know more about Flexistep visit its site on Internet www.flexistep.ca or www.securi.ca or communicate with Mr Lemieux at  819 758-8111.