What SAMCO Technologies does

SAMCO Technologies, Inc. is a privately held industrial engineering firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, specializing in custom-engineered water and wastewater treatment systems for heavy industry. The company designs and builds process systems — including filtration, separation, purification, and zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) skids — tailored to client-specific feedwater chemistry and plant integration requirements. Project values range from $250K to over $50M, with a reported 98% on-time delivery rate across more than 500 installations worldwide over its 40+ year operating history.

The company's technical scope spans power generation, chemical processing, metals and mining, semiconductor fabrication, petrochemical refining, oil and gas, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, municipal water, pulp and paper, and — most recently — carbon capture. Adjacent specialty offerings include Brine Lithium Purification and Rare Earth Metals Recovery, extending the core separation and concentration competency into critical-minerals and battery-supply-chain end markets. A modular water treatment product line has also been launched to broaden reach beyond fully custom engineered skids.

SAMCO's business model is project-based and engineering-led: revenue is generated through the design, fabrication, and commissioning of treatment systems, typically sold into engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) channels or directly to industrial operators. The buyer base includes ExxonMobil, Dow, DuPont, Shell, Coca-Cola, Cargill, Alcoa, Novelis, Dominion, NRG, Applied Materials, Kinder Morgan, and Jacobs Engineering. The firm remains under founder/CEO Richard Posa and operates with a lean headcount of 11–50 employees, consistent with a specialized boutique engineering model rather than a scaled manufacturing platform.

Name

SAMCO Technologies

Legal name

Samco Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://samcotech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAMCO Technologies is a Buffalo, NY-based industrial engineering firm, founded in 1983, that designs and builds custom water and wastewater treatment systems for heavy-industry buyers across power, chemicals, semiconductors, oil & gas, metals, and food & beverage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Buffalo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Water/Wastewater Treatment Systems: Design, engineering, fabrication, and delivery of custom industrial water and wastewater treatment systems. Revenue is project-based with long sales cycles involving consultation, treatability studies, and detailed engineering. Systems range from $500,000 to over $25 million depending on complexity and flow requirements.
2. Engineering and Consulting Services: Process engineering, lab and pilot studies, detailed design and modeling, controls and PLC programming, project management, and installation support.
3. Operations and Maintenance Services: Ongoing service technician support, remote engineering support, aftermarket parts, off-site resin regeneration, remote monitoring, and equipment rentals.
4. Parts and Consumables: Replacement parts, consumable components, filter press cloths and plates, Durco compatible parts, and remanufactured/used equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SAMCO Technologies designs, engineers, fabricates, and delivers custom industrial water and wastewater treatment systems that integrate membrane filtration, ion exchange, biological treatment, and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technologies into turnkey process trains. Projects are sold to EPC firms and industrial end-users across power, semiconductor, refining, chemical processing, metals & mining, oil & gas, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and municipal sectors, with system prices typically ranging from approximately $500,000 to over $50 million.

Product overview

SAMCO Technologies offers a comprehensive portfolio of custom-engineered industrial water and wastewater treatment solutions. The core offerings include water treatment systems (raw water, boiler feed, ultrapure/demineralized, cooling tower), Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) systems, and industrial wastewater treatment. These are supported by a full range of treatment technologies including membrane systems (RO/NF, MF/UF), biological treatment (FBBR, MBBR, MBR), ion exchange systems, and various filtration methods. The company provides complete project lifecycle services including engineering and design, project execution, operations and maintenance, plus parts and consumables. SAMCO serves diverse industries including power, chemical processing, metals and mining, semiconductor, petrochemical refining, oil and gas, food and beverage, and municipal sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Treatment Solutions Custom water treatment systems covering raw water clarification, boiler feed water, ultrapure/demineralized water, and cooling tower water treatment, engineered to specification for industrial facilities including power plants, semiconductor fabs, refineries, and chemical processors.
• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Systems Advanced ZLD and Minimum Liquid Discharge (MLD) systems that recover approximately 95% of liquid waste for reuse and produce dry solid cake for disposal, integrating pretreatment, concentration, evaporation, and crystallization stages for industrial clients needing to minimize wastewater discharge.
• Industrial Wastewater Treatment Custom wastewater treatment and reuse solutions for industrial facilities to meet NPDES and other discharge regulations, recover valuable byproducts, and reduce water consumption across refining, chemical processing, mining, and similar operations.
• Product Recovery and Concentration Systems Industrial filtration and separation systems designed to recover valuable by-products and concentrate process streams for chemical processing, refining, and other process industries.
• Beverage Purification Systems Water treatment systems designed for purification in beverage processing applications, serving food and beverage producers including Coca-Cola and Cargill.
• Platform Oil and Gas Recovery Systems Systems for hydrocarbon removal and recovery from produced water in offshore and onshore oil and gas operations, including sour/natural gas separation, two-step oxygen removal for enhanced oil recovery, and phenols removal from sour water.
• Reverse Osmosis / Nanofiltration Systems Membrane technology using semipermeable media to remove ions and particles from liquid streams; RO removes particles 0.0001 µm or larger while NF removes particles 0.002 to 0.005 µm in diameter for desalination and high-purity water production.
• Microfiltration / Ultrafiltration Systems Membrane systems with MF pore sizes of 0.1 to 10 µm and UF pore sizes of 0.001 to 0.1 µm for removing suspended solids, bacteria, and fine particles in pretreatment and polishing applications.
• Fixed Bed Bioreactor (FBBR) Systems Aerobic biological treatment system using multiple-chambered tanks packed with porous media supporting high-density microbial populations to treat medium to high BOD wastewaters for industrial clients.
• Moving Bed Bioreactor (MBBR) Systems Biological treatment system using suspended polyethylene biofilm carriers held within aeration tanks by media retention sieves for BOD removal in food, beverage, and petrochemical applications.
• Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Systems Advanced biological wastewater treatment combining suspended-growth activated sludge with membrane filtration to deliver higher quality effluent in a smaller footprint than conventional activated sludge systems.
• Ion Exchange Systems Water softening, purification, and separation systems using ion exchange resins to replace dissolved ions with more desirable ions of similar electrical charge, including UPCORE, Twin Bed, Mixed Bed, Specialty IX, Advanced Amberpack ADI, Amberpack Polishing, and Electrodeionization (EDI) configurations.
• Hydra-Shoc Filtration Systems Specialty filtration system for surge protection and hydraulic shock absorption in industrial water treatment applications.
• Water Treatment Engineering & Design Services In-house engineering services covering process engineering, lab and pilot treatability studies (typically $2,500 to $30,000+), detailed design and computer modeling, and controls integration with PLC programming for industrial water treatment projects.
• Project Management & Turnkey Execution Services Full project execution services including project management, installation support, turnkey systems delivery, and factory-trained start-up support for industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities.
• Operations & Maintenance Services Ongoing operational support for installed water treatment systems, including on-site service technicians, remote engineering support, remote monitoring, equipment rentals, and off-site resin regeneration.
• Parts & Consumables Aftermarket replacement parts, consumable components, filter press cloths and plates, Durco compatible parts, and remanufactured and used equipment for installed water treatment systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% on-time project delivery rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fluence Corporation: Decentralized water and wastewater treatment provider for industrial and municipal clients. Comparable on modular, packaged treatment trains and EPC-style project delivery.
• Aquatech International: Pittsburgh-headquartered EPC specializing in industrial water treatment, desalination, and Zero Liquid Discharge systems. Most directly comparable to SAMCO on ZLD scope, industrial customer base, and project-based delivery model.
• H2O Innovation: Canadian provider of integrated water treatment systems and specialty chemicals for industrial and municipal clients. Comparable on membrane systems portfolio, custom-engineered project delivery, and recurring aftermarket/service revenue.
• WesTech Engineering: Utah-based designer and manufacturer of water and wastewater treatment equipment serving municipal and industrial markets. Comparable on custom-engineered treatment trains and process equipment scope.

Broad incumbents

• Kurita Water Industries: Japanese water treatment specialist serving semiconductor, power, and industrial customers globally. Comparable on ultrapure water, boiler feed, and ion exchange systems, particularly in semiconductor fabs.
• Pentair: Global water solutions company with industrial and commercial treatment product lines. Overlaps with SAMCO on filtration, separation, and process water equipment but at significantly broader scale and consumer/residential exposure.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Industrial water treatment arm of SUEZ (now consolidated with Veolia). Competes head-to-head with SAMCO on boiler feed, cooling, and process water systems for power, refining, and chemical customers.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Global water-technology platform serving industrial clients with engineering, equipment, and chemistry. Overlaps directly with SAMCO across RO, ZLD, and industrial wastewater but at vastly larger scale and with bundled service offerings.
• Xylem (including Evoqua): Global water technology major with a significant industrial treatment footprint following its acquisition of Evoqua. Competes across the same verticals as SAMCO with a broader product portfolio and stronger digital services.
• Ecolab (Nalco Water): Industrial water and process services platform offering chemistry, equipment, and digital monitoring. Comparable customer base in power, refining, chemicals, and food & beverage; differentiated by chemistry-led recurring revenue model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/samcotech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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