Engineered polymer sealing solutions. We create seals with a purpose: to improve the performance of your mechanical system, by improving the design and material of the seals.

Based in Calgary, Alberta, KC Seals has been supplying sealing products and materials for over 25 years. Through this time we have built up a broad and continuously expanding range of seals and sealing materials-from customized solutions for very aggressive down-hole applications, to off the shelf sealing components such as O-rings, U-cups, Back-ups, Wipers, Guide Rings, and more. Our customer and partnership portfolios span all across the globe and have given us the opportunity to work with some of the most valued organizations in the world today.

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Alan Stiff

President and Founder

History Timeline

1992

Alan and Anne Stiff started K.C. (Named after their Children Kerry and Christopher) Seals first location out of the back of a hydraulic cylinder repair shop in Calgary, Alberta. At the beginning K.C. Seals was strictly a distributor of hydraulic sealing components.
1994

K.C. Seals moves from the back of the hydraulic shop to its own small facility.
1999

K.C. Seals partners with major Canadian sealing manufacturer gaining access to a wide variety of sealing parts and materials.
2004

With bringing in the expertise of Steve Giles from the United Kingdom in combination with the purchase of our first seal specific CNC. K.C. Seals has the ability to engineer new sealing solutions and produce high quality/quantity parts.
2006

K.C. Seals moves to an 8000 sq.ft. facility located in the foothills industrial area of Calgary, Alberta.
2010

Partnership with an overseas compression molding facility for elastomeric sealing components.
2011

Expansion of our manufacturing facility with the purchase of 2 new seal specific CNC’s, taking our total square footage to 15,000 sq.ft.
2012

Newly constructed Quality Control room, fully equipped with tools for material analysis and the first Ziess o-inspect 322 CMM in western Canada.
2013

Achieved approved distributor status with Fruedenberg Sealing Technologies, giving K.C. Seals access to the world’s best quality Perfluoroelastomer compounds and Radial Shaft Seals.
2016

Steve Holmes joins K.C. Seals as VP of Sales. Based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Steve brings 25 years worth of experience in the Western Canadian Oilfield sealing market.

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