Like most inventions, the SEAFLEX mooring system came about by chance. In the 1960´s, Bertil Brandt, a Swedish innovator active within the mining industry, invented a highly durable compound rubber. In 1968, Brandt visited a fishing harbour in Cannes where he witnessed the chaos that occurred when fishing boats berthed. This inspired the idea for a simple and secure rubber mooring arrangement with specially manufactured rubber straps. Realising the potential of his invention, Brandt continued to develop a secure anchoring system on his return to Sweden. Bertil´s son Lars, now continues the family business as the president of Seaflex.

The first pontoon was moored with SEAFLEX in 1975. Today there are several thousand SEAFLEX systems in use around the world. Over an eight-year period, Seaflex increased its sales by an average of 30% per year and doubled its staff. Ninety percent of all sales are exports. The traditional markets in Europe and the United States have in recent years been joined by new and expanding markets in the Middle East and Asia. This is further evidence of Seaflex´s expansion capabilities.