Reflecting on a Milestone Year
2025 was a big year for Marco Rubber & Plastics. We welcomed new leadership, added Colonial Seal Company to the Marco Group, expanded our in-stock inventory, and implemented meaningful price reductions across key materials. Each change strengthened how we serve our customers, allowing us to offer faster quotes, more availability, and better value on the same high-performance o-rings and sealing solutions you rely on.
As the year comes to a close, we want to thank every customer who worked with us and helped us reach these incredible milestones. Your continued partnership drives our progress. From all of us at Marco, we wish you happy holidays and best wishes for the year ahead.
Building on a Strong Foundation
Marco has always been guided by strong leadership focused on customer success, reliability, and responsiveness. That tradition continued in 2025 under the direction of our new CEO, Chad Smith. Chad brought a hands-on, customer-first approach that builds on the company’s proven foundation. His focus on execution and alignment has strengthened how we work together and how we serve our customers.
Chad’s first months reinforced what already defines Marco: dependable quality, clear communication, and practical support from sealing experts who help customers solve problems quickly. He continues to focus on improving availability, refining pricing, and expanding technical support so that customers can count on faster turnaround and consistent results for both standard and custom o-rings.
Marco’s foundation stays the same:
- Strong leadership
- Skilled teams
- Commitment to performance
These continue to move the company forward.
Strategic Growth: Colonial Seal Acquisition
This year, Marco grew stronger through the acquisition of Colonial Seal Company. The addition expanded our regional footprint, deepened our technical expertise, and introduced new product families in sealing solutions.
The integration of Colonial Seal has increased our manufacturing and sourcing capacity, broadened the range of sealing materials we offer, and improved our ability to support standard and custom industrial sealing products with shorter lead times.
The acquisition represents another step in Marco’s long-term strategy to build capability that creates real customer value.
More resources.
More expertise.
More ways to solve the toughest sealing challenges.
Delivering Better Value Through Efficiency
As capabilities grew, so did Marco’s ability to find new efficiencies and deliver greater value to our customers. Operational improvements and stronger supply chain integration led to meaningful cost reductions across key materials, including Viton, Buna, silicone, EPDM, and Markez® FFKM.
These changes reflect Marco’s continued commitment to providing cost-effective, high-performance sealing solutions. Every improvement, from sourcing to manufacturing to logistics, helps customers get the reliable o-rings and sealing products faster and at a better value.
The result is simple: Marco provides the same trusted quality, now more accessible than ever, across more materials and applications.
Expanded Inventory for Faster Delivery
This year, we expanded our stock inventory by an additional 7,500 SKUs to give customers faster access to o-rings, sealing materials, and the sizes they need most. The increase supports shorter lead times, improved on-time delivery, and greater flexibility across both standard and custom parts.
Marco’s OTIF (on time, in full) promise was strengthened with dependable inventory and accurate forecasting. Technology and planning tools now help track demand and maintain stock levels so customers get the right parts when they need them.
Reliable products, faster turnaround, and consistent results continue to define how Marco delivers value to customers every day.
Looking Ahead to 2026
Every improvement in 2025 strengthened how Marco supports its customers. With new leadership, an expanded team through Colonial Seal, and continued progress in responsiveness and operational efficiency, the company enters 2026 with strong momentum.
In the coming year, Marco will continue to invest in faster quoting, stronger engineering collaboration, and expanded material options for demanding applications.
The goal is simple: make it easier for customers to plan early, move faster, and achieve better performance in every project.
As new initiatives take shape, one thing remains the same: Marco is committed to reliability, responsiveness, and the partnerships that drive progress.
From everyone at Marco Rubber & Plastics, thank you for a great year.
We wish you and yours a happy holiday season and look forward to a successful 2026.