What Bunting Magnetics does

Bunting Magnetics is a family-owned, private industrial manufacturer founded in 1959 and headquartered in Newton, Kansas. The company engineers, manufactures, and sells magnetic separation equipment, metal detection systems, and industrial conveyors used to remove ferrous and non-ferrous contaminants from material streams in food processing, pharmaceuticals, plastics, recycling, mining, aggregates, ceramics, battery manufacturing and recycling, powder and bulk solids, metal fabrication, and printing/decorating applications. Core technology spans permanent magnets (neodymium, alnico, ceramic, samarium cobalt), electromagnets, eddy current separation, and digital metal detection, supported by vertically integrated in-house manufacturing capabilities including CNC machining, robotic assembly, and on-site magnetization.

The company operates four manufacturing facilities—Newton (Kansas), DuBois (Pennsylvania), Berkhamsted (UK), and Redditch (UK)—and sells through direct regional sales teams for the Americas and Non-Americas, a global network of distributors and agents, and two e-commerce platforms (BuyMagnets.com and e-Magnetsuk.com) for standard magnet products. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of custom and standard equipment, quote-based on application engineering specifications, with the Magnet Applications Division providing custom magnet sourcing and assembly for medical, automotive, motor, and sensor end markets. The Redditch site holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 certifications, and Bunting holds memberships in EHEDG, PMMI, and ABMEC.

Bunting has pursued a sustained bolt-on acquisition strategy (Master Magnets in 2017, Global Magnetics in 2017, MagDev in 2021) and a regular cadence of product launches through 2024-2025, including electromagnetic wet and dry filters, enhanced liquid magnetic separators, and a new FF Drawer Magnet. The company experienced a significant leadership transition in June 2025 with the passing of Chairman and Owner Bob Bunting.

Name

Bunting Magnetics

Legal name

Bunting Magnetics Co.

Website

https://buntingmagnetics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Bunting Magnetics is a family-owned private industrial manufacturer founded in 1959 that designs and produces magnetic separation equipment, metal detection systems, and industrial conveyors for food processing, recycling, mining, plastics, battery, and bulk solids manufacturers globally, operating from four manufacturing facilities in the US and UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Magnetic Separation & Metal Detection Equipment

NAICS

Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (3359), Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3329), Other Electronic Parts and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42369)

SIC

Electronic Coils, Transformers & Other Inductors (3677), Sheet Metal Work (3444), Wholesale-Electrical Apparatus & Equipment, Wiring Supplies (5063)

akta.pro primary industry

Physical Separation (Gravity, Magnetic & Electrostatic) (IMAKALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Brokerage (Aluminum, Copper, Brass/Bronze, Lead, Zinc, Nickel) (IMAKAMAB), Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF), Metals Recovery & Sorting Facilities (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (EUAIADAG), Transformers & Magnetics (Power/Signal) (HDAHANAD)

Keywords

• Magnetic separation equipment
• Metal detection systems
• Industrial magnetic conveyors
• Custom permanent magnets
• Tramp metal removal

Headquarters

HQ city

Newton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales: Bunting generates primary revenue through the sale of magnetic separation equipment, metal detection systems, and industrial conveyors. Products are sold as standard configurations or custom-built to customer specifications. The company serves diverse industries including food processing, plastics, recycling, mining, and pharmaceuticals.
2. Custom Magnet Manufacturing: The Magnet Applications division engineers, sources, and manufactures custom magnets and magnetic assemblies for specialized applications in medical technology, automobiles, electric motors, sensors, and other demanding fields. This includes permanent and bonded magnets as well as fully integrated magnetic solutions.
3. E-commerce Magnet Sales: Direct-to-customer online sales of in-stock magnets (neodymium, alnico, ceramic, samarium cobalt) through BuyMagnets.com (North America) and e-Magnetsuk.com (UK/EU) serving B2B customers needing fast, reliable magnet solutions.
4. Application Engineering Services: Custom application engineering and consulting services to recommend appropriate equipment configurations. On-site testing services using customer material to validate equipment performance before purchase.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bunting Magnetics designs, engineers, and manufactures magnetic separation equipment, metal detection systems, and industrial conveyors used to remove ferrous and non-ferrous metal contaminants from manufacturing and processing streams. The company also manufactures and sources custom permanent magnets and magnetic assemblies for medical, automotive, electric motor, and sensor applications through its Magnet Applications Division, and sells standard magnets through its own e-commerce platforms BuyMagnets.com and e-Magnetsuk.com.

Product overview

Bunting Magnetics is a unified global company offering a comprehensive portfolio of magnetic separation equipment, metal detection systems, and industrial conveyors for diverse industries. The product lineup centers on three core categories: (1) Magnetic Separation products including Drawer Filter Magnets, Drum Magnets, Inline Magnets, Suspended Magnets, Overband Magnets, Plate/Grate/Tube Magnets, Liquid Magnetic Separators, Eddy Current Separators, Stainless Steel Separators, Electromagnetic Filters, Magnetic Pulleys, Hump Magnets, Electrostatic Separators, Rare Earth Rolls, Induced Magnetic Rolls, Magnetic Disc Separators, Magnetic Sweepers, and the TurboGrate Magnetic Separator; (2) Metal Detection products including Gravity Fall Metal Detectors, Pneumatic Metal Detectors, Tunnel Metal Detectors, Under Belt Metal Detectors, Inline Metal Detectors, TN Industrial Metal Detectors, Conveyor Metal Detectors, and Web Metal Detectors (collectively marketed under the Performer line); and (3) Industrial Conveyors including Feeder & Discharge Conveyors, MagSlide Magnetic Conveyors, DragSlide Conveyors, Magnetic Belt Conveyors, Mattop Belted Conveyors, Can Conveyors, and Magnetic Sheet Fanners. Supplementary offerings include Wright Cylinders for printing and decorating, plus e-commerce platforms BuyMagnets.com and e-Magnetsuk.com, and the Magnet Applications Division for custom magnet manufacturing. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Newton (KS), DuBois (PA), Berkhamsted, and Redditch (UK).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MagDev: Magnetic solutions brand acquired by Bunting in 2021
• BuyMagnets.com
• e-Magnetsuk.com
• Magnet Applications
• Wright Cylinders
• MagSlide
• DragSlide
• Performer
• ElectroMax
• TurboGrate

Products and services

• Drawer Filter Magnets Capture and retain ferrous contaminants from gravity-fed powders and pellets to protect equipment and ensure product purity; available in food-grade, sanitary, and TurboGrate rotating-action configurations for difficult-to-flow powders.
• Drum Magnets Continuously separate and discharge ferrous metals for automated, high-volume processing in recycling, aggregate, and processing operations.
• Inline Magnets Capture ferrous contaminants in pneumatic and gravity-fed systems without slowing flow, used in plastics, food, and chemical processing lines.
• Suspended Magnets Remove tramp ferrous metals from conveyed bulk materials using overhead magnetic separation in heavy-duty mining, aggregate, and recycling applications.
• Overband Magnets Continuously extract large tramp iron from conveyor-fed material without halting production, including the air-cooled ElectroMax electromagnetic separator line.
• Plate, Grate, and Tube Magnets Remove ferrous contaminants from dry, free-flowing materials using stationary magnetic elements that fit into chutes, hoppers, and gravity flow systems.
• Liquid Magnetic Separators Remove ferrous particles from liquids and slurries to ensure purity and prevent contamination in food, ceramic, and chemical processing.
• Eddy Current Separators Separate non-ferrous metals such as aluminum and copper from material streams using rotating magnetic fields that induce eddy currents in conductive materials.
• Stainless Steel Separators Extract stainless steel and weakly magnetic metals to deliver cleaner, higher-purity product output in food, plastics, and recycling applications.
• Electromagnetic Filters Remove fine ferrous contaminants from wet and dry products using high-strength magnetic fields; the product line includes both dry and wet electromagnetic filter configurations.
• Magnetic Pulleys Replace standard head pulleys to continuously remove tramp ferrous metals from conveyors in aggregate, recycling, and mining operations.
• Hump Magnets Remove tramp ferrous metals from gravity-fed product flow without disrupting throughput in dry bulk material handling.
• Electrostatic Separators Mechanical separation method using differences in electrical conductivity to efficiently separate a wide range of materials in mineral and recycling applications.
• Rare Earth Rolls Separate weakly magnetic minerals such as garnet and ilmenite from non-magnetic materials in mineral processing applications.
• Induced Magnetic Rolls Deliver high-precision separation of weakly magnetic materials using powerful induced magnetic forces in mineral processing.
• Magnetic Disc Separators Separate weakly magnetic minerals from non-magnetic material using high-intensity rotating discs for mineral purification.
• Magnetic Sweepers Provide fast, powerful cleanup of ferrous metal contamination in industrial facilities, warehouses, and processing environments.
• TurboGrate Magnetic Separator Rotating magnetic action magnetic separator engineered for difficult-to-flow powders to break up clumps and ensure thorough metal contaminant removal.
• Performer Metal Detectors Line of metal detection solutions including gravity fall, pneumatic, tunnel, under-belt, inline, conveyor, and web configurations with advanced digital signal processing, auto-calibration, and product effect compensation for high sensitivity with low false alarms across food, plastics, recycling, mining, and web production.
• Performer Weigh Inline metal detection with checkweighing for the Performer metal detection line, introduced as a product enhancement at 2024 Pack Expo.
• MagSlide Magnetic Conveyors Fully enclosed magnetic conveyors designed for moving sharp, oily, or abrasive ferrous parts and chips with zero carryover and minimal maintenance in horizontal, incline, or Z-style layouts.
• Feeder and Discharge Conveyors Designed to feed material into shredders and remove it after processing, handling heavy, abrasive, and jagged scrap in recycling and scrap operations.
• DragSlide Conveyors Enclosed drag conveyors designed for safe and leak-proof movement of small or wet parts in industrial processing.
• Magnetic Belt Conveyors Conveyors ideal for elevating, holding, or controlling ferrous parts in machining or stamping operations.
• Mattop Belted Conveyors Durable, modular belted conveyors ideal for transporting lightweight cans, parts, and packages through production environments.
• Can Conveyors Engineered specifically for moving two-piece aluminum or steel cans in decorator and printing operations.
• Wright Cylinders Precision-engineered magnetic cylinders and shafts for exceptional print quality and fast label changes in packaging and decorating applications.
• Magnet Applications Division (Custom Magnet Manufacturing) Engineers, sources, and manufactures custom permanent magnets and magnetic assemblies for specialized applications in medical technology, automobiles, electric motors, sensors, and other demanding fields; includes on-site magnetization with full control over magnetic properties, shapes, and materials.
• BuyMagnets.com E-commerce platform for North America offering thousands of standard in-stock magnets (neodymium, alnico, ceramic, samarium cobalt) in various shapes and sizes for B2B customers needing fast, reliable delivery.
• e-Magnetsuk.com E-commerce platform for UK and European markets offering thousands of standard in-stock magnets (neodymium, alnico, ceramic, samarium cobalt) for B2B customers with local currency and shipping options.

Quantifiable outcome

• Equipment protection reduces costly downtime and repairs from tramp metal damage
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Eaton: Large industrial conglomerate with electrical components and power management offerings. Overlaps with Bunting only at the edges (custom magnet assemblies for motors/sensors) but represents the type of broad incumbent that could acquire or out-resource Bunting in selected verticals.
• Metso: Global incumbent in mining, aggregates, and metals processing equipment. Overlaps with Bunting in mineral processing and mining magnetic separation as part of a much broader portfolio of crushing, screening, and processing systems.

Direct peers

• Magnetic Products Inc. (MPI): US-based manufacturer of magnetic separation, material handling, and magnetic detection equipment serving industrial and recycling customers. Comparable in product mix and US manufacturing focus, though smaller in scope than Bunting.
• Goudsmit Magnetics: Dutch-based manufacturer of magnetic separators, eddy current systems, and metal detectors for food, recycling, and metal processing. Directly comparable product portfolio with strong European manufacturing footprint overlapping Bunting's UK operations.
• STEINERT: German-headquartered leader in sensor-based sorting and magnetic separation for the recycling and mining industries. Competes with Bunting in eddy current separators and overband magnets for scrap metal recovery and resource extraction.
• Eriez Manufacturing: Eriez is a direct competitor headquartered in Erie, PA, manufacturing magnetic separation, metal detection, and vibratory feeding equipment for food, recycling, mining, and processing industries. Closest competitor to Bunting in product scope, target verticals, and engineering-led sales model.
• Master Magnets: UK-based manufacturer of magnetic separation and metal detection equipment for recycling, mining, and food processing. Bunting acquired Master Magnets in 2017; the brand continues to operate within Bunting's UK footprint, making it a useful historical and operational benchmark.
• Industrial Magnetics Inc. (IMI): IMI designs and manufactures magnetic separation and material handling equipment serving automotive, food, plastics, and recycling customers. Comparable to Bunting in core product portfolio and US-based custom engineering positioning.
• Arnold Magnetic Technologies: Manufacturer of precision magnetic materials, assemblies, and magnetic separation products serving aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial markets. Comparable to Bunting's Magnet Applications Division in custom permanent magnet and assembly manufacturing.
• SGM Magnetics: Italian manufacturer of magnetic separation, eddy current separation, and metal detection equipment. Comparable to Bunting in scope of separation equipment and serves overlapping recycling and industrial customer base across Europe and globally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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