Manufacturer of seals for the food and drink industry

BORFLEX® designs and manufactures custom, high-performance, certified seals for the food industry.

BORFLEX®, a leading player in the field of waterproofing

Drawing on its expertise, BORFLEX® creates compliant and certified compounds for all applications.

R&D laboratories develop compounds tailored to the demands of the agri-food industry. The RUBBERLIFE® range, developed by the BORFLEX® Group, comprises high-performance elastomers that meet the most stringent standards.

A declaration of compliance with regulations governing materials, in accordance with the recommendations of ANSES and ANIA (the National Association of Food Industries), is provided. When it comes to food safety and human health, BORFLEX® is committed to excellence.

Our waterproofing solutions
for the water sector

Seal for a water supply network

Seal
for a water supply network

Seals are essential in water supply systems to ensure that joints are watertight.

BORFLEX® offers a range of seals to ensure these installations are watertight.

We offer a wide variety of seals, each with different characteristics to suit your needs: material, shape, colour and diameter.

Seal for drinking water

Seal
for drinking water

BORFLEX® specialises in waterproofing, particularly in the field of drinking water.

Our seals are made from an ACS-certified elastomer suitable for contact with drinking water.

Our seals guarantee a perfect seal and set the standard in the market in terms of durability for your wide range of applications.

Seal for waste water

Seal
for waste water

The BORFLEX® Group also offers waterproofing solutions for sewerage networks.

We offer a wide variety of seals, each with different characteristics to suit your needs.

All of them ensure that the tanks and channels are protected and watertight.

Our entire production process,
from design to delivery, ensures that our products
are of the highest purity and comply
with current regulations.

Our formulation products are approved on the basis of
their purity and the supporting documentation certifying
their compliance with these various directives.

Our sealing solutions
for the food and drink industry

Products tailor-made
for your agri-food products

The BORFLEX® Group also manufactures elastomer products for baby care (baby bottles, teats, breast shields, teething rings, toothbrushes, etc.) as well as calf teats. Find all the information on these elastomer products on the pharmaceutical and cosmetics page.

All directives – whether European (EC 1935/2004, which refers to the legislation of each Member State), US (FDA) or from any other country – refer to a list of authorised substances.

This entails compliance with the following regulations or guidelines:

  • REACH: SVHC List, Annex XIV, Annex XVII (No. 1907/2006)
  • RoHS (2002/95/EC)

All our blends are certified:

  • ADI-free
  • TSE-free / BSE-free
  • Free from phthalates and bisphenol A
Flat sealing gasket for a packaging line

Flat sealing gasket for a packaging
line

We supply flat seals and drive rollers for your packaging lines.

We provide protective solutions for conveyed or packaged products: receiving stops for bottles, vials, etc.

We can also supply you with rolls of labels for marking containers.

All our solutions are designed to ensure the protection of your products.

Tank and hatch seals for the cheese industry

Tank and hatch seals
for the cheese industry

For many years, the BORFLEX® Group has specialised in the field of waterproofing.

The group therefore offers a full range of die-cut or moulded seals and all types of extruded profiles to ensure your installations are watertight.

Tank seals, hatch seals or any type of tank:

BORFLEX® will be able to meet your needs and offer you its expertise, which is well-recognised in the waterproofing sector.

Seal for the food chain

Seal
for the food chain

We offer a wide range of seals for your food production lines and all types of drive rollers.

We provide protective solutions for conveyed food products and can supply you with rolls for labelling products.

All our solutions are designed to ensure your products are protected from the start to the end of the conveying process.

Compliance with standards in the agri-food sector

Compliance with standards in the agri-food sector

Our storage procedures and manufacturing processes are designed to ensure this purity right through to delivery to our customers.

All our products are also traceable (from the receipt of the various raw materials right through to the production of the mixture), which enables us to identify any mixtures that might be affected by a raw material anomaly.

Our products therefore comply with EC Regulation No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

As guidelines change regularly, we carry out periodic regulatory monitoring to ensure that your mixtures remain compliant.

Our group pays particular attention to the packaging of the mixtures to ensure they remain compliant.

RUBBERLIFE®, BORSIL® – two BORFLEX® elastomer
brands designed to meet your needs
in the food and drink industry

ReferenceElastomer familyHardnessFDAEC 1935/2004BNICACS
RUBBERLIFE 501DWEPDM50 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 502EPDM50 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 601DWEPDM60 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 602EPDM60 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 701DWEPDM70 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 351NR35 ShA
UBBERLIFE 401NR40 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 503NR50 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 504NBR50 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 652NBR65 ShA
BORSIL 160-42MVQ60 ShA
BORSIL 970-2MVQ70 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 651FKM65 ShA
RUBBERLIFE 801FKM80 ShA

Cellular elastomer seal for use with wines and spirits

Complies with the Order of 9 August 2005 on rubber materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, food products and beverages. For further information: http://www.economie.gouv.fr/dgccrf/Caoutchouc.

Food-grade grey FKM compound, 60–70 Shore

Complies with EU Directive 1935/2004 (tests have been successfully carried out for repeated contact with all types of food in accordance with standard NF EN 1186, Parts 1, 2 and 3, and the decree of 9 November 1994).

White NBR 50 ShA and 65 ShA, compliant with FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 for contact with aqueous foods. Supplied with safety certificates (migration tests carried out in accordance with FDA specifications).

elastomer solutions for the wine industry

Our elastomer solutions
for the wine industry

BORFLEX® meets all the needs
of winegrowers and alcohol producers

BORFLEX® has been meeting the needs of leading manufacturers in the food and drink sector for many years, designing and manufacturing rubber and silicone components intended for contact with food.

BORFLEX® ensures the watertightness of installations used in the wine industry, in compliance with the relevant standards

packaging solutions for your products

BORFLEX® develops packaging solutions for your products

The group also develops blue and/or magnetic rubber components that meet the most stringent standards, to ensure optimum safety for you. The use of blue rubber in these components allows for more effective detection by machinery. Our production sites ensure traceability from start to finish; BORFLEX® is both a formulator and a manufacturer.

Our laboratories can also assign physical characteristics to their mixtures, such as:

  • Magnetism: any residue is automatically removed by a magnet.
  • the presence of iron: any residue can be detected by laser.

Our blends are certified by the BNIC

Flat sealing gasket for bottling

Flat sealing gasket for bottling

We supply flat seals for your bottling lines and drive rollers.

We provide protection solutions for conveyed or packaged products:

  • bottle guides,
  • bottles,
  • etc.

We can also supply you with rolls of labels for marking containers.

All our sealing solutions for bottling are designed to ensure your products are protected.

Barrel tap

Silicone barrel bung to meet your storage requirements

The BORFLEX® Group offers silicone bungs to ensure your barrels, casks and vats are properly sealed.

These stoppers are ideally suited to the wine industry as they are alcohol-resistant and manufactured to meet food-grade standards in full, thereby ensuring that the original flavour of the contents is preserved.

BORFLEX® can supply you with all types of drain plugs to fit any drain hole and guarantees them to be truly durable over time.

Examples of
elastomer products for the food industry

  • Flap
  • Barrel tap
  • Cellular cord
  • Drive pulley
  • Flat gasket and/or flange gasket
  • O-ring
  • Tank seals
  • Hatch seals
  • Sleeve
  • Membrane
  • Screw-in pad
  • Bottling components
  • Taps and fittings
  • Pump lobes
  • Transfer pump components
  • Scraper
  • Pump rotor (vane, lobe, piston)
  • Sorting foam roller
  • Drain pipe
  • Suction cup
rubber seals for the food industry