Feeco International

What Feeco International does

FEECO International, Inc. is a privately held industrial OEM founded in 1951 and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The company designs and manufactures custom process equipment organized into three core categories: thermal processing (rotary dryers, kilns, coolers, calciners, fluid bed dryers), agglomeration (disc pelletizers, pin mixers, pugmill mixers, agglomeration drums, coating and conditioning drums), and bulk material handling (bucket elevators, belt and shuttle conveyors). Equipment capacities span pilot-scale units to commercial systems processing up to 800 TPH, and all equipment can be outfitted with Rockwell Automation controls for monitoring of process variables such as temperature, feed rate, and fuel usage.

The company operates a 59,000+ sq. ft. ASME Section IX-certified fabrication center in Green Bay, supplemented by an Innovation Center for feasibility testing and pilot-scale process development. Revenue is generated through custom equipment sales (one-time capital purchases), engineering services (conceptual engineering through FEED, detailed design, and site supervision), and aftermarket parts and service (audits, field services, maintenance programs, and parts for both FEECO and competitor equipment). A rental equipment offering and waste-to-fertilizer and lithium processing capabilities extend the surface area beyond traditional custom sales.

Go-to-market is consultative and engineering-led, targeting enterprise customers in mining and minerals, fertilizer and agriculture, power generation, forest products, and chemicals. The customer base includes named accounts such as BHP, 3M, Cargill, ADM, PotashCorp, Simplot, Agrium, Weyerhaeuser, Imerys, IFDC, and Calcium Products, with installations in over 60 countries. Pricing is quote-based and varies with equipment specifications, materials of construction, capacity, and project scope, supporting a project-driven rather than recurring-revenue revenue mix.

Name

Feeco International

Legal name

FEECO International, Inc.

Website

https://feeco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FEECO International is a privately held US industrial OEM that designs and manufactures custom thermal processing, agglomeration, and bulk material handling equipment, serving enterprise process operators across mining, fertilizer, chemicals, power, and forest products globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS

Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing (333922), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Handling & Conveying for Processing Lines (Augers, Elevators, Conveyors) (AFAAAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN)

Keywords

• Industrial process equipment
• Thermal processing equipment
• Agglomeration equipment
• Bulk material handling
• Rotary processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Green Bay

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Equipment Manufacturing: FEECO designs and manufactures custom industrial processing equipment including thermal processing equipment (rotary dryers, kilns, coolers, calciners, fluid bed dryers), agglomeration equipment (disc pelletizers, pin mixers, pugmills, agglomeration drums), and bulk material handling equipment. Equipment ranges from single pieces to complete process systems.
2. Engineering Services: Comprehensive process development and engineering services including conceptual engineering, Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), detailed design, costing, instrumentation, controls, electrical, automation, process and mechanical engineering, structural engineering, equipment engineering, and material handling. Services include process flow diagrams, plant layouts, general arrangement drawings, P&ID development, and site supervision.
3. Parts & Service Support: Aftermarket parts and service including rotary drum parts (tires, trunnion wheels, bearings, girth gears, flights, seals, burners, etc.), pugmill mixer parts, pin mixer parts, disc pelletizer parts, bucket elevator parts, conveyor parts. Services include process and equipment audits, annual inspections, field services (laser alignment, tire grinding, commissioning, installation), training programs, and maintenance programs.
4. Innovation Center / Lab Testing: Feasibility testing and process development services in their state-of-the-art research and development facility. Testing includes batch and pilot-scale trials for thermal processing, agglomeration, and material handling to establish process data for scale-up.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FEECO International designs and manufactures custom industrial process equipment, including thermal processing equipment (rotary dryers, kilns, coolers, calciners, fluid bed dryers), agglomeration equipment (disc pelletizers, pin mixers, pugmills, agglomeration drums, coating drums, conditioning drums), and bulk material handling equipment (bucket elevators, belt conveyors, shuttle conveyors). The company complements this equipment portfolio with full-service engineering, an Innovation Center for feasibility testing and pilot-scale process development, and aftermarket parts and field service support serving mining, fertilizer, power generation, forest products, and chemical industries worldwide.

Product overview

FEECO International is an OEM equipment manufacturer offering custom industrial processing solutions. The company operates as a single unified portfolio organized around three core equipment categories: Thermal Processing Equipment (rotary dryers, rotary kilns, rotary coolers, rotary calciners, and fluid bed dryers), Agglomeration Equipment & Systems (disc pelletizers, pin mixers, pugmill mixers, agglomeration drums, coating drums, and conditioning drums), and Bulk Material Handling Equipment & Systems (belt conveyors, bucket elevators, steep incline conveyors, shuttle conveyors). These equipment lines are complemented by complete Granular Fertilizer Systems, Size Reduction Equipment (hammer mills), Equipment Automation services using Rockwell Automation controls, and an Innovation Center offering lab testing and process development services. The company also provides comprehensive Engineering Services and Parts & Service Support for both FEECO and competitor equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rotary Drum Dryers Custom-engineered direct and indirect rotary drum dryers for moisture removal from bulk solids; available in 3'-15' diameter with capacities from 1-200 TPH. Sold to industrial customers in mining, fertilizer, chemicals, power generation, and forest products sectors.
• Rotary Kilns High-temperature rotary kilns for calcination, pyrolysis, thermal desorption, and reduction roasting in direct and indirect-fired configurations; available up to 15' diameter x 100'+ long. Sold to industrial processors with high-temperature solids processing needs.
• Rotary Coolers Direct and indirect rotary coolers with counter-current flow and custom flight design to maximize cooling efficiency of bulk solids. Sold to industrial processors needing post-process cooling of high-temperature materials.
• Rotary Calciners Indirect kilns for calcination operations where exhaust gases must be minimized or temperature must be tightly controlled. Sold to chemical and mineral processors requiring controlled-atmosphere high-temperature processing.
• Fluid Bed Dryers Pneumatic drying equipment using forced hot air for fluidization of materials, available in 4'-20' diameter with capacities from 1-50 TPH. Sold to industrial customers needing efficient fluidized-bed drying.
• Disc Pelletizers Non-pressure tumble growth agglomeration equipment using a rotating disc with binding agent, available in 6'-25' diameter with capacities from 1-140 TPH. Features expanded metal lining, hand-wheel jacking screw for angle adjustment, anti-friction pivot bearings, and individually mounted vane-type plows. Sold to mineral and fertilizer processors needing pelletizing solutions.
• Pin Mixers Horizontal continuous mixers for material conditioning, de-dusting, and micro-pelletizing, available in 15"-50" sizes with capacities from 500 lb/hr to 70 TPH. Features full sweep pin design, polished stainless steel liner, and precise powder-to-liquid feed ratios. Sold to industrial processors needing pre-conditioning of bulk solids.
• Pugmill Mixers Heavy-duty continuous mixers with dual counter-rotating shafts and pitched paddles for kneading and folding mixing action, available in 22"-78" sizes with capacities from 2-250 TPH. Features U-type trough design, reversible paddles, and bottom cleanout doors. Sold to industrial processors needing intensive mixing of bulk materials.
• Agglomeration Drums Rotary drums for high-capacity agglomeration operations with drum diameters from 36"-15' and capacities from 500 lb/hr to 3,500+ TPH. Sold to large-scale fertilizer and mineral granulation operations.
• Coating Drums Heavy-duty drums for particle coating applications that can apply liquid, powder, slurry, and melt coatings to improve product characteristics. Sold to fertilizer and chemical processors requiring surface treatment of granular products.
• Conditioning Drums Rotary drums for de-dusting, polishing materials, combining liquid additives with solid feedstocks, and improving material handling characteristics. Sold to mineral processors (e.g., potash conditioning for froth flotation) and other industrial operations.
• Bucket Elevators Vertical conveying equipment available in centrifugal and continuous configurations with belt or chain options, capable of handling capacities up to 800 TPH. Includes self-supporting super-capacity models. Sold to industrial facilities requiring vertical bulk material transport.
• Belt Conveyors Engineered belt conveyor systems including belt trippers/plows and belt feeders for horizontal bulk material transport. Sold to industrial facilities needing continuous material conveying.
• Reversing Shuttle Conveyors Reversing shuttle conveyors for distributing bulk materials to multiple locations or stockpiles. Sold to industrial facilities requiring flexible material distribution.
• Steep Incline Conveyors Steep incline conveyors for transporting bulk materials at significant elevation changes. Sold to industrial facilities with constrained layouts requiring elevated material transport.
• Granular Fertilizer Systems Complete fertilizer granulation systems including granulation drums, pipe reactors, hammer mills, high-speed mixers, and organic/inorganic processing configurations. Sold as integrated turnkey systems to fertilizer manufacturers and waste-to-fertilizer operations.
• Hammer Mills (Size Reduction Equipment) Hammer mills and chain mills for breaking up oversize pellets for reintegration via recycle circuit in continuous agglomeration processes. Sold to fertilizer and mineral processors as part of granulation circuits.
• Innovation Center & Lab Testing Services Research and development facility providing feasibility testing, batch and pilot-scale trials for thermal processing, agglomeration, and material handling to establish process data for scale-up. Sold to industrial customers as a professional service to de-risk equipment scale-up.
• Engineering Services End-to-end engineering capabilities including conceptual engineering, Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), detailed design, costing, instrumentation, controls, electrical, automation, process and mechanical engineering, structural engineering, P&ID development, plant layouts, general arrangement drawings, and site supervision. Sold to industrial customers as standalone or bundled services.
• Parts & Service Support Aftermarket parts (tires, trunnion wheels, bearings, girth gears, flights, seals, burners, liners, drive components) and field services (process/equipment audits, annual inspections, laser alignment, tire grinding, commissioning, installation, training programs, maintenance programs) for both FEECO and competitor equipment. Sold to industrial customers as ongoing support contracts or transactional purchases.
• Rental Equipment Rental of FEECO industrial processing equipment for customers needing temporary or trial access to thermal processing, agglomeration, or material handling equipment. Sold as rental agreements to industrial customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Equipment installed in over 60 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rockwell AutomationcoreTechnology or IntegrationFEECO has partnered with Rockwell Automation to provide the latest automation controls for all equipment and process systems. The partnership enables monitoring, collecting, and trending of various data points including amps, fan speed, feed rate, fuel usage, gas sampling, horsepower, system pressures, and temperatures. This combination of proprietary Rockwell Automation controls with FEECO's process design experience provides innovative process solutions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FLSmidth: Engineering company supplying rotary kilns, dryers, coolers, pyroprocessing, and bulk material handling equipment to the cement, minerals, and mining industries. Overlaps directly with FEECO's thermal processing and material handling product lines.
• Metso: Global leader in mining, aggregates, and metals processing equipment, including rotary mills, dryers, and material handling systems. Serves the same BHP- and Imerys-type mining customers with process equipment at much larger scale, making it the most direct comparator in FEECO's mining/thermal processing segment.
• Carrier Vibrating Equipment: Manufactures vibrating conveyors, fluid bed dryers, and thermal processing equipment for bulk solids. Closely comparable in product categories (fluid bed dryers, conveyors) and customer base (mining, chemicals, fertilizers).
• Stedman Machine Company: Manufactures size reduction and processing equipment for aggregate, mining, and industrial applications. Comparable in the size reduction (hammer mills) and industrial processing equipment categories that FEECO also offers.
• Hosokawa Micron: Supplies powder and particle processing equipment including mixers, dryers, and granulators. Overlaps with FEECO's pin mixers, pugmills, and agglomeration equipment serving similar chemicals and minerals customers.
• Glatt Group: German process technology company specializing in fluidized bed technology, granulation, coating, and drying. Directly comparable to FEECO's fluid bed dryers, agglomeration drums, and disc pelletizers serving chemicals, fertilizers, and food.
• Andritz: Supplies drying, thermal processing, separation, and bulk material handling equipment for industries including chemicals, fertilizers, and mining. Comparable in custom-engineered thermal processing and pulp/paper overlap (forest products).
• Komline-Sanderson: Manufactures custom drying, thermal processing, and agglomeration equipment for industrial and environmental applications. Closely comparable in custom-engineered thermal processing and process development services.
• Bühler Group: Swiss process equipment manufacturer serving grain, feed, and food processing — including granulation, drying, and material handling. Overlaps with FEECO's work for Cargill, ADM, and other agricultural processors, and shares the agglomeration/granulation technology stack.
• Heyl & Patterson: Manufactures thermal processing (rotary dryers, kilns, coolers, calciners) and bulk material handling equipment. Direct product-line overlap with FEECO's thermal processing and material handling portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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