Local flexible window screen maker and "Shark Tank" appearing startup FlexScreen announced the opening of its newest manufacturing plant in Nashua, New Hampshire. It marks the seventh facility for the company, which counts five others across the U.S. and one in Canada among its manufacturing sites.
FlexScreen also announced an expanded partnership with Harvey Building Products as part of the announcement surrounding the launch of FlexScreen's new facility. Harvey Building Products, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, maintains production facilities throughout the New England area.
"Harvey Building Products is one of the most respected window manufacturers in the country, and it's an honor to align FlexScreen with their premium products," FlexScreen Inventor & CEO Joe Altieri said in a company press release. "New England is one of the only areas in the country without a screen vendor, so we're excited that our new Nashua, NH plant will finally be filling that void."
Orders are set to start shipping out of the new plant by June 1.
In March 2021, the company announced plans to offer its products at big-box retailers like Home Depot, Lowes and Menards. At the time of that announcement, the company employed about 100 workers — half of whom reported out of its Pittsburgh headquarters — but it had plants to increase that count up to 150 over the coming months.
Altieri first appeared on ABC's "Shark Tank" show in January 2020, where he accepted Lori Greiner's deal worth $400,000 in cash and a $400,000 line of credit for 50% of his retail business.
