Trucent

What Trucent does

Trucent is a privately held U.S. fluid separation technology company headquartered in Dexter, Michigan, operating the largest fleet of separation technology in North America and serving industrial manufacturing, bioprocess, and food & beverage customers across 23 countries. The company provides centrifugal separation equipment (CentraSep S-Series, DX Series, AX, and DB Series), complementary industrial products (magnetic separators, ultrafiltration membranes, decanters, vacuum dehydrators, sump cleaners, batch reclamation systems), and proprietary chemistry products such as TruFA (plant-based fatty acid alternative), TruDCO (distillers corn oil), and TruShield-SC. It supports customers through nine service locations, laboratory and pilot services, centrifuge rental, mobile oil reclamation, and a wholly-owned aftermarket subsidiary, Centrifuge Parts and Repair (CPR), that services Alfa Laval, Westfalia/GEA, SPX/Seital, and Tetra Pak centrifuge brands.

The business model combines one-time equipment sales, multi-year managed service contracts, recurring aftermarket parts and repair, and emerging renewable chemical manufacturing revenue. Trucent reaches customers through a field sales organization serving industrial segments (aerospace and defense, automotive, energy and utilities, heavy equipment, metals processing, manufacturing), bioprocess segments (biofuels, biotechnology, agricultural processing), and food and beverage segments (beverage, food and dairy processing, including a dedicated craft brewery offering). Pricing is quote-based and tailored to application specifications, with multi-year contract billing on the service side.

The company has expanded primarily through acquisition since 2019, including the CentraSep and Separator Restorations deals, and is investing in new production capacity in Noblesville, Indiana and a renewable chemicals facility in Van Wert, Ohio. It is led by founder and CEO Tom Czartoski with a management team that includes former senior leaders from Bridgestone/Firestone and Sunstar Engineering. Trucent has roughly 120 employees, nearly 700 centrifugal installations worldwide, and operates with no disclosed parent company or institutional investor backing.

Name

Trucent

Legal name

Trucent, Inc.

Website

https://trucent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Trucent is a privately held U.S. fluid separation technology company operating the largest centrifugal separation fleet in North America, serving industrial manufacturing, bioprocess, food and beverage, and renewable chemicals customers with equipment, managed services, and aftermarket parts and repair.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Separation Equipment

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564)

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Filtration, Condition Monitoring & Fluid Management (Filters, Breathers, Oil Analysis, Cooling) (IMAHAGAL), Industrial Cleaning & Decontamination (Hydroblasting/Vacuum/Confined Space) (IMAIACAJ)

Keywords

• Centrifugal separation equipment
• Fluid separation services
• Disc stack centrifuges
• Industrial fluid purification
• Renewable oleochemicals

Headquarters

HQ city

Dexter

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 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. Equipment Sales: Sale of centrifugal separation equipment including CentraSep S-Series, DX Series, and AX centrifuges along with associated monitoring systems like TruGuard AX
2. Fluid Management Services: On-site fluid separation services delivered through the largest fleet of separation technology in North America, providing turnkey operational solutions for customers
3. Parts & Repair: Replacement parts, repairs, and maintenance services for centrifuges across multiple brands including Westphalia (GEA), Alfa Laval, Tetra Pak, and Seital (SPX)
4. Renewable Chemicals: Production and sale of renewable chemicals using proprietary separation technologies including QuantumClear and TruShield-SC

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Trucent designs, manufactures, and operates centrifugal fluid separation equipment (CentraSep S-Series, DX Series, DB Series, decanters, magnetic separators, ultrafiltration membranes) for industrial manufacturing, bioprocess, and food & beverage customers. The company complements equipment with turnkey on-site fluid management services through the largest separation equipment fleet in North America, parts and repair via its CPR subsidiary, and renewable chemical products such as TruFA and TruDCO.

Product overview

Trucent is a fluid separation technology company offering a comprehensive portfolio of centrifugal separation equipment, chemistry solutions, and service offerings across three main divisions: Industrial Solutions (fluid purification, coolant management, oil management), Bioprocess Solutions (corn oil extraction, ethanol processing, agricultural bioproducts), and Food & Beverage (brewing, dairy, wine clarification). The core product lines include CentraSep centrifuges (S-Series for two-phase solid-liquid separation, DX Series for three-phase liquid-liquid-solid separation, DB Series for brewing), CORE/TruDCO corn oil systems, TruFA renewable chemicals, and QuantumClear glass filtration. Services include mobile oil reclamation, centrifuge rental and repair, laboratory services, and comprehensive fluid management programs. Trucent operates the largest fleet of separation technology in North America with 9 service locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CentraSep: Liquid-solid separator product line and brand acquired from Advanced Separation Technologies, known for glass grinding and industrial fluid filtration applications.
• TruFA
• TruDCO
• CentraSep DB Series

Products and services

• CentraSep S-Series Centrifuge High-performance two-phase solid/liquid separator centrifuge with a single-motor, vertical-standing, self-discharging scraper bowl design that extracts up to four times as many solids as similar separation equipment with minimal maintenance. Used in industrial and food processing fluid separation applications.
• CentraSep DX Series Centrifuge Three-phase liquid-liquid-solid separator centrifuge using a disc stack design that performs either three-phase (70% efficiency) or two-phase (90% efficiency) separation in a single pass. Designed for high-volume industrial separation processes.
• DB Series Brewing Centrifuge Brewing-specific centrifuge engineered for craft breweries with the lowest dissolved oxygen pickup on the market (zero ppb, always less than 10 ppb). Available with an integrated inline carbonation system for brewery fluid clarification.
• QuantumClear Glass Grinding Filtration System Advanced glass grinding filtration technology using the Q-Series automatic back-flushing multi-chamber filter. Chemical-free and media-free, it returns clear fluid to the fabrication process with automatic discharge capabilities.
• CORE (Corn Oil Refinement Equipment) Corn oil refinement equipment modules designed to produce TruDCO (Trucent Distillers Corn Oil) from ethanol plant stillage for use by ethanol producers and agricultural processors.
• COSS (Corn Oil Separation System) Fully automated corn oil separation modules for ethanol plants. Operates at 98% uptime efficiency with high DCO extraction rates of up to 0.75 lbs per bushel.
• TruFA Renewable Fatty Acid Plant-based fatty acid alternative to tall oil fatty acids (TOFA). Produced using proprietary biocatalytic splitting technology from seed and vegetable oil triglycerides, providing a low carbon footprint and resilient supply chain.
• TruDCO (Trucent Distillers Corn Oil) High-quality distillers corn oil produced through CORE equipment modules for use in various industrial applications including biodiesel, generated from ethanol plant stillage.
• TruShield-SC Syrup Conditioner Chemistry Syrup conditioner chemistry used in conjunction with COSS systems to improve distillers corn oil extraction efficiency in ethanol plants.
• Ultrafiltration Membrane Systems Industrial ultrafiltration membrane systems for fluid purification applications across various industrial processes.
• Magnetic Separators Media-free magnetic separation technology for removing ferrous particles as small as 1-3 microns from industrial fluids.
• Decanter Centrifuges Decanter centrifuge systems for solid-liquid separation in various industrial applications.
• Centrifuge Parts and Repair (CPR) Services OEM and aftermarket replacement parts plus repair services for high-speed disc stack centrifuges, provided through the Centrifuge Parts and Repair (CPR) subsidiary. Supports Alfa-Laval, Westfalia (GEA), SPX/Seital, and Tetra Pak brands.
• Fluid Performance Program (Managed Fluid Separation Services) Turnkey on-site fluid separation services delivered through Trucent's fleet of separation technology across North America, including coolant management, lubrication management, oil management, mobile oil reclamation, centrifuge rental, repair, and laboratory/pilot services for industrial manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 700 installations operated across 23 countries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Flottweg SE: German manufacturer of decanters, disc-stack separators, and belt presses serving food, beverage, chemicals, and biofuels — directly comparable product portfolio to Trucent's centrifuge systems across both bioprocess and industrial customers.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in centrifugal separation, heat transfer, and fluid handling; directly competes with Trucent's CentraSep disc-stack centrifuges across food, beverage, bioprocess, and industrial markets, and is a brand Trucent services via its CPR parts business.
• Centrisys Corporation: US-based designer and manufacturer of decanter centrifuges and dewatering systems, primarily for wastewater, biosolids, and industrial processing; overlaps with Trucent's bioprocess and industrial fluid-separation offering.
• Andritz AG: Austria-based supplier of separation and centrifuge technologies (including decanter and disc-stack units) for food, chemical, environmental, and mineral processing; comparable scope and customer overlap to Trucent.
• Pieralisi Group: Italian maker of centrifugal separators and decanters widely used in olive oil, beverage, and industrial applications; comparable niche-separator focus and customer base to Trucent's industrial and food/beverage solutions.
• Tetra Pak: Global food and beverage processing equipment provider whose separation technologies overlap directly with Trucent's beverage, dairy, and food-processing centrifuge offerings; also a brand serviced by Trucent's CPR division.
• GEA Westfalia Separator: One of the largest OEMs of disc-stack and decanter centrifuges for dairy, beverage, chemical, and marine applications; directly comparable to Trucent's centrifuge product lines and named as a brand serviced by CPR.
• SPX FLOW (Seital Separation): Supplies Seital disc-stack centrifuges for dairy, beverage, and industrial separation; a direct competitor in Trucent's core markets and another brand explicitly supported by Trucent's CPR aftermarket business.

Broad incumbents

• Mann+Hummel: Global filtration company supplying liquid and air filters across industrial, automotive, and life-sciences markets; an adjacent incumbent with overlapping capabilities in industrial fluid purification served by Trucent.
• Donaldson Company, Inc. Large diversified industrial filtration company with broad portfolio across liquid and air filtration; competes with Trucent in industrial fluid purification but at much larger scale and with broader product breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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