Essex Industries CEO Evan Waldman Receives the 40 Under 40 Award

Essex Industries CEO Evan Waldman received the 40 under 40 award.

Evan Waldman joined his family’s business in 2004 as a sales and marketing associate. Learning the company from the ground up, he has served as Operations Manager for the Manufacturing Division, Director of Commercial Sales, Director of Strategy, and as Sr. Vice President of Business Development. He was named CEO of Essex in 2019.

Since his time as CEO, Essex has acquired companies in California and Connecticut, expanding capabilities and growth for the company.

Evan has a B.A. degree from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from Washington University. He is a member of the board of St. Louis Makes, a nonprofit that supports emerging and mid-size manufacturing businesses, and he is a member of the board of the St. Louis regional chapter of the ALS Association.

Essex announces partnership with HIFraser

Essex is pleased to announce our recent partnership with HIFraser.

For over 60 years, HIFraser has specialized in sea, land, and air environments, leveraging their global OEM partner network. HIFraser provides many services, including engineer design, product, manufacture, maintenance, and repair services. Their extensive technical team consists of qualified engineers and fitting technicians in electrical, mechanical, chilled water, hydraulic, pneumatic, instrumentation, and waste treatment fields.

HIFraser is located in Australia, with five facilities, 22,604 square feet of warehouse space, and over 100 employees. We are excited to move forward together with our expanded liquid oxygen systems.

Essex Industries Expanded Wall Outlet Line

Essex Industries has expanded its family of Oxygen Equipment with a new line of Wall Outlets which include Oxygen Gas, Medical Air, and a Vacuum Outlet.

The company utilized feedback from Operators worldwide to design a more rugged, user-friendly, and customizable product, with several fitting options available. EMS Operators can now select the correct outlet fitting at the time of order, eliminating the need for fitting adapters. Also, with Essex’ Integrated Flow Control technology, there’s no need for separate flowmeter devices.

The Oxygen Gas Wall Outlet provides safe delivery of supplemental oxygen and accurate prescribed flow rates to patients in multiple healthcare settings, such as hospitals, ground ambulances, rotor, and fixed-wing air ambulances.  Essex Oxygen Gas Wall Outlets work with both High-Pressure Oxygen and Liquid Oxygen (LOX). LOX is a highly efficient method of oxygen storage and delivery, becoming more common in air ambulances. The larger quantities of oxygen eliminate the need to refill between flights allowing EMS operators to maintain mission tempo and reduce downtime between missions. They carry more oxygen, fly longer, and accept more missions.

Essex Industries Announces New Vice President of Quality Assurance & Compliance

Essex Industries is pleased to announce that Mike Balbuena has joined the company as Vice President of Quality Assurance and Compliance.

Mike is a hands-on, process-oriented leader who is energized by working with people to solve problems and seek continuous improvement. His work experience includes leadership roles at Collins Aerospace, Crane Aerospace and Esterline Mason with 25 years in manufacturing, 15 years in quality leadership roles.

He holds an MBA and degrees in mechanical engineering, quality engineering and quality assurance in manufacturing and has achieved certification in supply chain management, Six Sigma Lean blackbelt, quality engineer, quality auditor and quality manager/operation excellence.

Essex Industries Acquires Stevens Manufacturing

Essex Industries is pleased to announce the acquisition of Stevens Manufacturing, an Aerospace and Defense manufacturing company located in Milford, CT, effective February 16, 2021.

Founded in 1947, Essex Industries is a leading supplier to the Aerospace and Defense market, providing platform controls, aircraft components, emergency breathing and liquid oxygen equipment. The company employs over 440 people in its St. Louis, MO and Huntington Beach, CA facilities.

Stevens Manufacturing provides precision machined OEM parts and sub-assemblies to aerospace and defense companies primarily supporting the rotorcraft market. Originating in the 1950s, the company has been a J.H. Whitney Capital Partners LLC portfolio business since 2014. Stevens operates from a single 62,000 sq. ft. facility with 54 employees.

The acquisition of Stevens supports Essex’ business strategy of further expanding its aerospace and defense product portfolio. With Steven’s location, it will also provide improved service for customers in the North East.

According to Evan Waldman, Essex CEO, “Essex and Stevens Manufacturing share common markets, manufacturing expertise and values. Working together, we will be able to offer a broader range of products and enhanced service for our customers.”

The company will continue to operate as Stevens Manufacturing in Milford, CT.