MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS

ACS Valves is an industry-leading rotary valve manufacturer located in Caledonia, Ontario, Canada. The family-owned company has been in business for more than 36 years and it designs and builds its rotary airlock valves in-house. ACS Valves designs, engineers, and manufactures rotary valves for metering, feeding, and airlock in bulk material processing, dust collection, and pneumatic conveying applications. Its products are sold through a global network of sales representatives and supported by a corporate staff of applications engineers and customer service technicians. ACS’ primary industries are food, pet food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, construction, chemical, agriculture, and recycling. Its main customers are [...]

Bepex International LLC Bepex International LLC, a PEMA member for 21 years, provides solids process and product development built on a range of thermal, agglomeration, and size reduction technologies. The company has more than 25 different proprietary equipment designs, each meeting specific needs in solids processing. It operates in the food, feed, chemical, mineral, and polymer industries. From cottage cheese to charcoal, there is rarely a material or ingredient that the company has not seen at some point in its history.   History Bepex has roots dating back to the early twentieth century. In 1975, Bepex Corporation was formed by [...]

For more than 60 years, Bunting has fit the profile as a leader in growth and innovation, constantly seeking new ways magnetic products can provide the companies its serves with more efficient production, and safer products. Bunting’s extensive product lines include magnetic separation equipment, metal detection equipment, material handling and separation conveyors, printing cylinders, custom magnets, magnetic assemblies, in-stock rare earth magnets, and much more. The company products can be found in the food, chemical, pharmaceutical, plastics, recycling, metal stamping, packaging, aerospace, defense, automotive, appliance, oil and gas markets, and more.   History Bunting is a family-owned, global manufacturing company based in Newton, Kansas. It was originally Bunting Magnetics [...]

CPE Filters, Inc. (CPEF) offers a wide range of equipment and services for the capture of dry particulate product from a variety of manufacturing processes and the containment and collection of nuisance dust and fume. CPEF provides equipment and dust collection service including system evaluations, engineering/design services, erection services, replacement parts for its own and competitor’s units, and maintenance and inspection services. The company was founded in 1972 as C.P. Environmental, Inc., by industry veterans Tim Carr and Jim Petrie. The original business was set up to supply filter bags and other dust collector replacement parts for baghouses used in [...]

PEMA’s newest member, Cyclonaire, was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in York, Nebraska. Driven by beliefs of honesty, integrity and the desire to produce only quality products, Cyclonaire grew from a small plant in the Midwest into an industry-leading manufacturer with global reach. They are known for innovative, custom-designed and manufactured equipment: vacuum; pressure and vacuum/pressure-based technology; conveyors and allied components for materials of all types from adipic acid to zircon. Cyclonaire provides custom dry bulk material handling solutions in five key industries: Battery—Specializing in dense phase conveying of raw materials, especially hazardous products like lead oxide; Cement—Unique technologies [...]

For more than 25 years, DMN Incorporated has been the sales office of DMN-WESTINGHOUSE, the largest independent manufacturer of rotary valves and diverter valves in the world for the bulk solids handling industry. Headquartered in The Netherlands, the company has sales offices in Arkansas, the United Kingdom, Germany, India, and France. Production facilities are in The Netherlands, Germany, and the United States. DMN has a global network of 64 distributors. DMN Incorporated is a 100% daughter company which builds all valves for the North American market. DMN Incorporated knows that selecting the right components is critical to the success of [...]

FEECO International provides a full scope of services centered around agglomeration/granulation, bulk solids drying and cooling, high-temperature thermal processing, and bulk solids handling. This includes feasibility testing and process development (batch and continuous), as well as optimization, plant engineering, custom equipment manufacturing, and parts and service support. FEECO works in a wide range of industries from mining and minerals to chemicals and fertilizers. The company was founded in 1951 to bring better engineering and equipment solutions to the fertilizer industry. It was on the front lines of implementing the TVA approach to granulation and began developing custom fertilizer production lines [...]

HaF Equipment is a USA-based company that designs and manufactures material handling equipment and systems for businesses worldwide. It delivers a complete solution for small and large plant operations. HaF Equipment’s products range from everyday parts to full turn-key systems. Pneumatic conveying, mechanical conveying, blenders, bulk bag unloading, filter receivers, dust collection systems, and custom engineered designs are the main industries. For customized applications, customers take advantage of the innovative, customer-centered design solutions focused on each unique need. HaF Equipment is committed to manufacturing and developing the world’s most advanced material handling equipment. HaF Equipment was launched in 1994 by founder Pete Hoefler, [...]

HorizonPSI, Inc. is a comprehensive provider of bulk material handling and automated ingredient management systems and aftermarket support for food, pet food, plastics, and chemical manufacturers. Its engineering, manufacturing, component, and service offerings deliver end-to-end process solutions to customers worldwide. From the design/build of new facilities, expanding production capacity, and upgrading existing lines to sustaining production through parts, components, and service, HorizonPSI is a proven source for ingredient management, transfer, storage, and automation. For more than 40 years, its customers have counted on the company for innovative solutions, quality manufacturing, and end-to-end personal attention.   History Horizon Systems, Inc. was [...]

Kice Industries designs complete industrial air systems and builds most of the equipment specified for these systems. Kice Industries serves the grain, plastics, food, feed, wood, minerals, and hemp industries, providing pneumatic conveying, dust control, and aspiration applications. Founded in 1946, Kice Industries is a fourth-generation, family-owned business based in Wichita, Kansas, with a team of approximately 300 employees. For decades the company has been very intentional in building the right company culture by creating a strong foundation built on cornerstones: safety, customer focus, integrity, continual improvement, and faith and family. Just north of Wichita, Kice’s manufacturing and office facility [...]

Founded in 1972, KWS has grown to become one of the largest conveyor manufacturers in the United States. The company provides engineered solutions for conveying, metering, mixing, and thermal processing of bulk materials. Their main product lines are screw conveyors, screw feeders, bucket elevators, drag conveyors, continuous mixers, and heat transfer processors. KWS serves every major industry including agriculture, chemical, environmental, lumber & wood, metals & mining, power, pulp & paper, and recycling. KWS is currently celebrating 50 years in the bulk solids conveying and processing industry. Their quality system ensures that equipment is designed and manufactured to rigid specifications [...]

Magnum Systems Inc. is a system integrator and manufacturer of material handling equipment. The company’s innovative team has earned industry leadership with nearly a century of experience in engineering and application knowledge, material handling, pneumatic conveying, and packaging. The primary markets served are food and ingredients, industrial minerals and bulk solids, chemicals and plastics, and agricultural feed and seed. The company offers engineering, testing, commissioning, components and parts, and support. Their products lines are Smoot Pneumatic Conveying and Taylor Products Packaging Systems. Magnum Systems is the combination of two companies.   Smoot Company began providing pneumatic conveying systems in Kansas [...]

Paul O. Abbe has designed and manufactured process equipment since 1911. Founded in Little Falls, New Jersey, Paul O. Abbe’s assets were acquired by Aaron Engineered Process Equipment, Inc., and relocated to the Chicago area in 2002. Paul O. Abbe specializes in custom process equipment and solving difficult process problems in food, pharmaceutical, fine chemical, advanced ceramics, silicone, rubber, and all other chemical industries worldwide. Paul O. Abbe manufactures solids blenders, including agitated and tumble blenders, solids vacuum dryers, fine size reduction mills and high viscosity sigma blade mixers and extruders, and a wide array of currently patented designs. Its equipment scale ranges from 1-kilo lab scale to [...]

Pulva Corporation has been the leading global manufacturer of quality pulverizing equipment for the size reduction industry since 1938. The company attributes its enduring success and tremendous growth during the past 84 years to its experienced employees, new product introductions, ultramodern manufacturing equipment, commitment to R&D, and state-of-the-art facilities. Pulva Corporation offers a full line of equipment for both ambient and cryogenic size reduction. Pulva equipment reduces materials to 40-1000 microns by impact in an economical fashion. A typical ambient Pulva customer might turn -3/8” material into 100-325 mesh powder. Cryogenic customers generally freeze the -3/16” product to its embrittlement temperature then [...]

Management Team Scott Equipment Company is an international supplier of industrial processing equipment, producing custom products for the agricultural and industrial markets. From original feed processing equipment to its patented AST Drying System, Scott Equipment now designs and manufactures custom mixing and blending systems, coolers, dryers, size reduction equipment, product separation equipment, and dry bulk storage bins. Scott Equipment’s headquarter facility and pilot plant testing facility are located in New Prague, Minnesota. An additional expansive manufacturing plant is in Arlington, Minnesota.    Founded in 1966 by Richard V. Lucas in a small blacksmith shop in Jordan, Minnesota, Scott [...]

Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc., located in Sterling, Illinois, has 50 years of experience providing efficient process weighing and batching solutions, process control and automation systems, and more. Its dedicated software, electrical, and mechanical engineering staff have decades of technology and process experience, providing state-of-the-art design solutions meeting customer objectives with the latest technology and non-proprietary components, as well as unique expertise in data management, raw material and production data tracking, and automation. The company provides solutions for feed milling, pet food manufacturing, food processing and baking, rubber compounding, and many other process industries specializing in automation, weighing, and batching. [...]

For the past 50 years, bulk material manufacturers worldwide have relied on UniTrak’s premium conveying equipment to improve processing and packaging lines. UniTrak’s innovative product offering includes the time-tested TipTrak bucket elevator, which provides the gentlest handling, least spillage, lowest maintenance and quietest operation of any bucket conveyor system currently in production. Every UniTrak product is built-to-order to meet the unique application needs of the customer. UniTrak’s commitment to exceptional service enables them to collaborate with a diverse international customer base, who have come to trust their reputation for quality, durability, longevity and reliability. With vast knowledge and experience in [...]

WAM, Inc. was founded in Modena, Italy, in 1969, and employs 2,100+ people at more than 60 locations in 40 countries. At the age of 22 after leaving a job as a draftsman at a concrete plant, Marchesini Vainer founded WAMGROUP in the north of Italy. It was originally called Officina Meccanica Marchesini Vainer. Marchesini’s first innovation was to standardize and then produce on an industrial a screw conveyor, which is a device with a very long history, invented it is said by Archimedes. This product formed the basis for WAMGROUP success. In 1984 the company set up its first [...]

WesTech Engineering Inc. provides process solutions for water treatment, liquid/solids separation, and biological treatment to municipal, industrial, and minerals clients worldwide. Founded in 1973, WesTech has more than 500 employees around the world and is ISO 9001 certified. Shortly after the Clean Water Act of 1972, which increased the United States’ focus on resolving water pollution problems, a small group of engineers gathered in California with a vision to create a company that would focus on improving water quality. From this beginning, WesTech has grown into a global leader in process solutions for water and wastewater treatment. WesTech is proud [...]

Wyssmont Company Wyssmont Company designs, manufactures, and services its TURBO-DRYER® worldwide to the chemical, specialty chemical, pharmaceutical, mineral, food, and food additives industries. Additional products manufactured are continuous tray dryers, crossflows, feeders, lump-breakers, solvent recovery dryers, multi-stages, laboratories, and calciner. The company was founded in 1932 by Mr. A. Weisselberg, a mechanical engineer, with the sale of the first Turbo-Dryer in the United States. His son, Edward, a chemical engineer and long-time PEMA participant, took over in 1964 and led the company until his passing in 2016. Wyssmont’s office is located in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and there is a [...]