What Armatec does

Armatec Environmental Ltd is a New Zealand-based designer, manufacturer, and supplier of industrial fibreglass (FRP/GRP) products and environmental pollution control solutions, founded in 1982 and headquartered in New Plymouth with an additional office in the United Kingdom. The company's core offerings span biological and wet-packed scrubbers, venturi and void tower scrubbers, Green Dome carbon bed odour filters, fibreglass tanks, piping, pump stations, ducting, fans, sewer liners, and marine exhaust systems (including the Whispapipe brand for superyachts). Its technology stack combines proprietary FRP manufacturing with licensed Verantis air pollution control technology, Tellerette tower packing, and biological scrubbing systems that use microorganisms to degrade hydrogen sulphide, achieving removal efficiencies above 97-99% in field installations.

Armatec generates revenue through hardware sales of custom-engineered fibreglass equipment, professional services including design, installation, quality assurance, warranties, and maintenance, usage-based temporary equipment hire for odour control, and recurring spare parts and carbon replacement. The company serves municipal wastewater utilities, fertiliser manufacturers, marine superyacht builders, food processors, tanneries, chemical companies, and pulp and paper facilities primarily across New Zealand and Australia, with European expansion underway. Notable customers include Watercare, Veolia Water, Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Ravensdown, Sanitarium, and Selwyn District Council. The company also distributes Turbulent Belgium's micro hydro vortex turbines in New Zealand as a partner product line.

The firm is privately held with no external equity capital raised; three small Callaghan Innovation R&D grants between 2014 and 2020 represent the only disclosed external funding. Operations are sales-led via direct relationships with customers, consultants, and contractors.

Name

Armatec

Legal name

Armatec Environmental Ltd

Website

https://armatec.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Armatec Environmental is a New Zealand-based designer and manufacturer of industrial fibreglass (FRP/GRP) products and environmental pollution control systems, serving municipal water utilities, fertilizer manufacturers, and industrial customers across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Pollution Control Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Quality & Filtration Equipment (IAQ) (IMAHAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refrigeration Components & Controls (Compressors, Valves, Sensors) (IMAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Industrial fibreglass products
• Air pollution control
• Odour control systems
• Corrosion resistant equipment
• Wastewater infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

New Plymouth

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Manufacturing & Sales: Design, manufacture and supply of industrial fibreglass (FRP/GRP) products including tanks, piping, scrubbers, fans, ducting, and custom fibreglass solutions for pollution control and corrosion resistance applications.
2. Installation & Project Services: Full service including pre-assessment, supply & installation, quality assurance spark testing, warranties, follow up inspections and repairs and professional assistance.
3. Temporary Equipment Hire: Planned or emergency odour control units available for hire in various sizes and designs to suit different process and site applications.
4. Maintenance & Spare Parts: Replacement carbon and parts supply, ongoing maintenance services for installed equipment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Armatec Environmental designs, manufactures and supplies industrial fibreglass (FRP/GRP) products and air pollution control solutions for tough environmental and corrosion-resistant applications. Its portfolio spans biological and wet packed scrubbers, venturi, void tower and sieve tray scrubbers, Green Dome odour filters, microscrubbers, carbon bed adsorbers, mist eliminators and cyclones, plus fibreglass tanks, piping, pump stations, ducting, fans, hoods, covers, sewer liners, valve chambers, marine wet exhaust systems, coatings and linings, and epoxy machine grouts. Services include pilot plant hire, temporary odour control hire, full installation, quality assurance spark testing, warranties, and ongoing maintenance.

Product overview

Armatec Environmental is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of world-class industrial fibreglass (FRP/GRP) products and environmental pollution control solutions. The product portfolio consists primarily of fibreglass-based industrial equipment and air pollution control systems. The core offerings include biological scrubbers (Biological Scrubbers, Bio-Carbon Scrubbers, Microscrubbers), wet packed scrubbers (Wet Packed Scrubbers, Venturi Scrubbers, Void Tower Scrubbers, Sieve Tray Scrubbers), filtration systems (Green Dome Odour Filters, Carbon Bed Adsorbers, Mist Eliminators, Cyclone Separators), and fibreglass infrastructure (Fibreglass Tanks, Fibreglass Piping, Fibreglass Pump Stations, Fibreglass Ducting, Fibreglass Fans, Fibreglass Hoods, Fibreglass Covers, Fibreglass Sewer Liners, Fibreglass Valve Chambers, Flumes & Flume Stations). Additional products include Marine Wet Exhaust and Whispapipe systems for yachts, Stacks/Chimneys/Diffusers, Silencers/Mufflers/Acoustic Enclosures, Strippers/Degassers, Fanstacks, Vortex Dropper Formers, Coatings & Linings, Epoxy Machine Grout, Clarifier Components, Carrier Pipes, Horizontal Surge Tanks, IAF/DAF Solid Separators, Manholes & Sumps, Scrubber Tower Packing & Accessories, and Vortex Turbines via Turbulent partnership. Services include Pilot Plants for hire and Temporary Odour Control Hire. The company operates under Verantis licensing for wet packed scrubbers and serves as New Zealand licensee for Verantis air pollution control technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Whispapipe: Whisper-quiet acoustically-insulated fibreglass wet exhaust pipe for Super Yachts, including factory insulated marine exhaust tubing
• Green Dome
• ArmaGrout
• Armaline

Products and services

• Biological Scrubbers Biological scrubbing systems that use microorganisms to aerobically degrade absorbed hydrogen sulphide and other odorous compounds, achieving 97-99% H2S removal efficiency for municipal and industrial wastewater and air streams.
• Bio-Carbon Scrubbers Two-stage systems combining biological scrubbing followed by activated carbon polishing for cost-effective zero-odour treatment of wastewater and industrial air streams.
• Wet Packed Scrubbers High-efficiency wet packed scrubbers using Tellerette tower packing for removal of corrosive, noxious and odourous gases from airstreams, licensed from Verantis.
• Venturi Scrubbers Venturi scrubbers for gases with particulate loadings and soluble gases, particularly effective in the sub-micron range using inertial impaction for particle capture.
• Void Tower Scrubbers Original wet scrubber design for removal of gaseous and particulate pollutants from airstreams with solid depositions, preferred for fertiliser den gas scrubbing and applications with particulate deposition.
• Sieve Tray Scrubbers Scrubbers for high-efficiency removal of odourous vapour, particulate and dust from air streams with low pressure drops, traditionally used in food and galvanising industries.
• Green Dome Odour Filters Low-profile carbon bed adsorbers for eliminating sewage odours from pump stations, air release valves, sewer networks and tanks, with no moving parts and a registered trademarked design.
• Microscrubbers Compact plug-and-play odour control solution for urban environments using 2-stage biological trickling filter technology with carbon bed polishing, designed for pump stations and wastewater networks.
• Carbon Bed Adsorbers Activated carbon filter systems for removing odours and volatile gases including hydrogen sulphide from gas streams in landfill and industrial applications.
• Fibreglass Tanks Corrosion-resistant fibreglass tanks designed and manufactured to stringent standards for chemical storage of highly corrosive acids such as hydrofluoric acid.
• Fibreglass Piping Industrial fibreglass (FRP/GRP) piping and fittings for corrosive and environmental applications in chemical processing and industrial settings.
• Fibreglass Pump Stations All-fibreglass pump stations that eliminate corrosion problems, designed for municipal wastewater applications with corrosion-proof, leak-proof construction.
• Fibreglass Ducting Corrosion-resistant fibreglass ducting systems for handling corrosive air streams in industrial and wastewater treatment applications.
• Fibreglass Fans High-efficiency corrosion-resistant FRP fans for moving corrosive air streams in air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems.
• Fibreglass Covers Fibreglass covers for tanks and structures in corrosive environments, replacing deteriorated concrete roofs and providing minimal maintenance solutions.
• Fibreglass Sewer Liners FRP liners installed inside existing corroded concrete manholes to create an impervious surface resistant to hydrogen sulphide attack, extending service life to 50+ years.
• Marine Wet Exhaust Corrosion-resistant and fire-resistant fibreglass exhaust pipe systems for super yachts, including tubing, bends, silencers and mufflers.
• Whispapipe Factory-insulated marine exhaust tubing with built-in acoustic insulation for whisper-quiet yacht engine exhaust systems, reducing installation time by arriving pre-insulated.
• Coatings & Linings (Armaline, Ceilcote) Corrosion-resistant coatings and linings including Armaline 3730 coating system and Ceilcote 6400S Ceilcrete for concrete rehabilitation in harsh environments such as WWTP inlets and waste neutralisation tanks.
• ArmaGrout Epoxy Machine Grout High-strength epoxy machine grout (ArmaGrout MG) for securing turbines and heavy equipment to foundations, with compressive strength exceeding 90 MPa.
• Vortex Turbines by Turbulent Low-impact, high-efficiency vortex micro hydro power generators for waterways, retrofittable to existing infrastructure, distributed by Armatec in New Zealand under partnership with Turbulent Belgium.
• Mist Eliminators Mist eliminators with greater than 99% removal efficiency of liquid droplets from air streams, available in chevron blade, Kimre mesh pad, packed bed and cyclone separator configurations.
• Stacks, Chimneys & Diffusers Custom-designed fibreglass stacks for dispersal of residual pollutants after scrubbing, including diffusers for increased dilution and reduced plume visibility.
• Silencers, Mufflers & Acoustic Enclosures Noise control products including silencers, mufflers, housing insulation and acoustic enclosures to reduce fan and ducting noise breakout.
• Strippers / Degassers CO2 degassers for high-efficiency removal of volatile organic compounds and dissolved carbon dioxide from water supplies and industrial wastewater.
• Pilot Plant Hire Pilot plant equipment available for short and long-term hire, including vertical packed tower, crossflow scrubber, venturi scrubber, stripping tower, mist eliminator and carbon bed absorber for proof-of-concept trials.
• Temporary Odour Control Hire Temporary odour control units available for hire for planned or emergency odour management during maintenance or capital improvement work, in various sizes and designs.

Quantifiable outcome

• >99% H2S removal performance achieved at Pines II Rolleston WWTP biological scrubber from 11-42ppm inlet concentration
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VerantiscoreTechnology or IntegrationVerantis is a world leader in air pollution control technology and systems. Armatec Environmental is the licensee of all Verantis products and solutions in New Zealand, including FRP Fans, Wet Packed Scrubbers, Venturis and related equipment.
• Turbulent BelgiumcoreTechnology or IntegrationTurbulent develops elegant low impact, high efficiency vortex generators for micro hydro power. Armatec collaborates with Turbulent to make these gravitational turbines available in Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Entec ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEntec Services collaborates locally with Armatec for Turbulent vortex turbine installations in New Zealand.
• Ngāti Tāwhirikura Hāpu o Te AtiawaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMāori hapu partnership with Armatec for Turbulent micro hydro turbine deployment in New Zealand.
• ThinkStepANZminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThinkStepANZ supported Armatec in developing their Sustainability Programme and sustainability reporting.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Strongwell Corporation: Leading US manufacturer of pultruded and molded FRP/GRP structural products, gratings, and custom industrial fibreglass fabrications — directly comparable to Armatec's fibreglass product line across corrosion-resistant industrial applications.
• Fibergrate Composite Structures: Manufacturer of FRP grating, structural shapes, and corrosion-resistant fibreglass products for chemical, wastewater, and marine markets; directly competes with Armatec in moulded fibreglass infrastructure used in harsh-service environments.
• Creative Pultrusions: US pultruded FRP/GRP manufacturer of profiles, tubing, and panels for industrial and corrosion-resistant applications — comparable custom-engineered fibreglass manufacturing capability to Armatec.
• Croll Reynolds Company: Specialist designer and manufacturer of wet scrubbers, venturi scrubbers, and air pollution control systems; comparable to Armatec's wet packed, venturi, and void tower scrubber offerings for industrial air emissions.
• Beetle Plastics: Specialist manufacturer of fibreglass reinforced plastic (FRP/GRP) products for corrosion-resistant industrial applications — comparable custom-fabrication focus to Armatec's FRP tanks, ducting, and scrubber housings.

Broad incumbents

• Ducon Environmental Systems: Long-established supplier of air pollution control equipment including scrubbers, scrubber internals, and FRP fans — directly comparable product range to Armatec's air pollution control portfolio, with a broader global footprint.
• Hamon Group: Global engineering group supplying cooling towers, air-cooled condensers, and air pollution control systems; comparable in cooling tower fanstacks, mist eliminators, and industrial scrubbers to Armatec's product range, with broader geographic reach.
• Verantis: World leader in air pollution control technology and the licensor of FRP fans, wet packed scrubbers, and venturi scrubbers to Armatec in New Zealand — comparable technology and product portfolio operating at a broader global scale.

Regional players

• Biogas Nord: German specialist in biological desulphurisation and biogas/air treatment systems — directly relevant technology peer to Armatec's biological scrubbers, but focused on European biogas operators rather than NZ/Australia.

Emerging players

• BioAir Solutions: US-based supplier of biological odour control and biotrickling filtration systems for wastewater and industrial sites — directly comparable biological scrubbing technology to Armatec's biological and bio-carbon scrubbers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/armatecenviro

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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