Build a Security Application You Can Count On with KELCO

Build a Security Application You Can Count On with KELCO

Guardian Electric, a division of KELCO Industries, offers a full range of tubular solenoids that allows you to design a security system you can count on. Tubular solenoids help gain higher efficiencies, lower costs, and reduce risk to employees, facilities, and ultimately: your bottom line. Security Applications:• Door Locks • Drawer Locks • Fast Food…

Supplying Precision-Engineered Components to the U.S. Military’s Largest and Heaviest Helicopter

Supplying Precision-Engineered Components to the U.S. Military’s Largest and Heaviest Helicopter

KELCO has a long and successful history of working with the world’s biggest brands. Our partnership with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has enabled us to supply precision-engineered components to some of the most powerful aircraft in the world, including the CH-53K, the U.S. Military’s largest and heaviest cargo helicopter. KELCO is proud to supply…

Kelco Recognized with Business and Inclusion Award

Kelco Recognized with Business and Inclusion Award

KELCO was recently recognized with the Business and Inclusion Award from PAEP, the Parents Alliance Employment Project. PAEP is a supportive employment agency that assists individuals with disabilities to help obtain and retain competitive employment within the communities it serves in Northern Illinois. Throughout the year, PAEP works with dedicated businesses that promote inclusion in…

Kelco Employees Complete NIMS CNC Lathe Operations Certification

Kelco Employees Complete NIMS CNC Lathe Operations Certification

Kelco is proud to announce that four of our employees have completed the CNC Lathe Operations Course provided by NIMS, the National Institute for Metalworking Skills. Additionally, our employees have completed the Measurement, Materials, and Safety Course in accordance with the Machining Level 1 Standards, 2ndEdition, 2021. Both courses were completed through the Freedom Academy…

Kelco Customers Trust Our Engineering Expertise for Extreme Conditions

Kelco Customers Trust Our Engineering Expertise for Extreme Conditions

Kelco leads the industry in PTFE materials, custom rubber formulations, and a large variety of engineered thermoplastics. With over 116 years of manufacturing experience, Kelco customers trust our engineered material formulations for their specific needs. Kelco is the market leader in the production of engineered elastomers for a variety of fluid handling industries. Whether you…

Injection Molded Components for Your Unique Needs

Injection Molded Components for Your Unique Needs

Over 116 years of manufacturing experience has led AMT, a division of Kelco Industries, to produce hundreds of engineered solutions for our customers. Kelco offers a wide range of material choices from polyesters and elastomers to nylon and polethylene. Kelco specializes in engineering-grade nylons and acetals as well as a wide selection of precision-engineered injection…

Complete Engineering Capabilities for Every Application

Complete Engineering Capabilities for Every Application

For over a century, Kelco Industries has offered engineering design services that solve manufacturing and assembly problems for dozens of industries including automotive, aerospace, appliance manufacturing, HVAC, construction, and more. We offer hundreds of custom components, OEM parts, and products with thousands of applications and unique capabilities. Our manufacturing capabilities include: • Injection Molding •…

4 Divisions, 1 Mission: High-Performance Precision Engineered Components

4 Divisions, 1 Mission: High-Performance Precision Engineered Components

Kelco Industries is a market leader in cost-effective, high-performance precision engineered components used across a broad range of industries. Four companies – Guardian Electric, Western Consolidated Technologies (WCT), Flex-Weld, and Advanced Molding Technologies (AMT) – come together under the Kelco Industries banner with over 100 years of expertise crafting industrial product lines and innovative engineered…

Grips, Switches & Solenoids from Guardian Electric: a Division of Kelco

Grips, Switches & Solenoids from Guardian Electric: a Division of Kelco

Guardian Electric, a division of Kelco, has been a market leader for over 80 years in the production of high-performance control grips, switches, and standard and custom solenoids. Guardian Electric offers unique solutions from concept through production. From single components to assemblies and integrated systems, Guardian offers you the engineering and manufacturing resources you can…

Metal Expansion Joints, Compensators & Assemblies from Flex-Weld: a Division of Kelco

Metal Expansion Joints, Compensators & Assemblies from Flex-Weld: a Division of Kelco

Flex-Weld, a division of Kelco, proudly claims over 100 years as a leader in the design and fabrication of flexible metal bellows, expansion joints, expansion compensators, metal hose assemblies, expansion loops, and other engineered components. Flex-Weld products are found in hundreds of applications across a wide range of industries. As the premiere manufacturer of precision…