B-to-B company delivering optimal precision sealing solutions for business and industry
Web Seal Inc. offers precision-engineered sealing solutions for an extensive range of industrial, manufacturing and commercial applications including custom gaskets and die cuts, O-rings, dynamic seals and more. Web Seal provides design assistance, technical information, on-site training seminars, and quick turn-arounds on prototypes.
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Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Since 1960
What is your primary product or service?
Precision-engineering sealing solutions for original equipment manufacturers and other businesses
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
Web Seal is a second-generation family business, started by Donald L. Hurley. Don had been a purchasing manager for American Brake Shoe when the company relocated to California, and he decided to start his own industrial company serving the booming manufacturing sector of western NY and the Southern Tier. His son, John F. Hurley, who has worked in the business since he was a teenager, is currently president/CEO. John has an MBA from The University of Miami, FL, and has been active in numerous professional organizations, and local business groups, as well as civic and not-for-profit groups for many years.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Web Seal's hallmark over a half-century has been its expertise, ease of doing business, and customer service. Web Seal continues to live out it's founder's values of integrity, flexibility, innovation, compassion and competence.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Headquartered in downtown Rochester, NY, Web Seal is a global B-B supplier serving customers across the US and internationally, with sales representation throughout New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern region.
Provide detailed directions to your location
15 Oregon Street is located off Central Avenue in downtown Rochester, just two blocks from the train station.
What type of payments do you accept?
Purchase orders, MasterCard, VISA, AmericanExpress
Which areas do you service?
Web Seal supplies custom die-cuts, gaskets, O-rings and a nearly limitless array of sealing, shielding, cushioning and packaging products and services to a wide variety of industries, from oil/gas/power generation and automotive/transportation to food/beverage processors and lighting manufacturers, as well as to municipal facilities and defense/homeland security/government agencies.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
John F. Hurley, president/CEO
What are your hours of operation?
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
Become a repeat customer.
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" -- often attributed to Albert Einstein