AMACS Process Tower Internals

What AMACS Process Tower Internals does

AMACS Process Tower Internals is a vertically integrated manufacturer of custom-engineered components for distillation, absorption, and separation columns, serving refineries, petrochemical plants, gas processing facilities, and adjacent industrial separation operators. The company was formed through the merger of Amistco Separation Products and the Separations & Mass Transfer Product Division of ACS Industries, with operating roots dating to 1930. Its product portfolio organizes around three families: Phase Separations (knitted wire mesh mist eliminators, vane mist eliminators, Maxswirl® demisting cyclones, liquid-liquid coalescers, distribution baffles, feed inlet devices), Mass Transfer (conventional and high-performance trays, random and structured packing, the patented SuperBlend™ 2-Pac technology, liquid distributors, packing supports, reactor internals), and Wedge Wire (screen cylinders, flat and curved screens, support grids, catalyst bed supports, hub and header laterals, nozzles and strainers, resin trap screens). Proprietary technologies include SuperBlend™ 2-Pac (third-party verified at 25% efficiency or 15% capacity improvement by the University of Texas Separations Research Program), MaxCap® high-capacity mesh, Multi-Pocket™ vane blades, PLATE-PAK™, Maxswirl®, and MistFix® drop-in retrofits. Engineering services include Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, and a No-Weld Retrofit solution validated through FEA that eliminates ASME post-weld heat treatment and recertification requirements.

The business operates a custom-manufacturing model with quote-based pricing, lead times of 4–12 weeks depending on component type, and 24/7 emergency fabrication at premium pricing during plant turnarounds. Revenue streams span custom tower internals manufacturing, replacement-in-kind equipment during planned shutdowns, turnaround services staffed by field service advisors, and engineering services for no-weld retrofits and CFD/FEA analysis. AMACS goes to market primarily through enterprise field sales targeting plant managers, turnaround coordinators, and process engineers at refineries and petrochemical facilities worldwide, supported by technical content marketing, brochures, industry trade shows (e.g., CAT Cracker Seminar hosted by AFPM), and a Learning Center with Ask AMACS and Lunch & Learn programs. Manufacturing is concentrated in Houston, Texas (14211 Industry Street) with a secondary facility in Monterrey, Mexico; regional sales and support is delivered through AMACS EMEA BV in Arnhem, Netherlands, for European, Middle Eastern, and African markets. The company holds ISO 9001 certification at its Houston headquarters and aligns engineering work with ASME code and National Board Inspection Code requirements for pressure vessel compliance.

In 2023, AMACS was acquired by PMC Global, Inc., a privately-held management company and resource partner operating 20 subsidiaries in plastics/chemicals, manufacturing, food service, packaging, and finance across 20 US states and 17 countries with more than 3,500 employees worldwide. AMACS operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary maintaining operational independence under PMC's corporate umbrella, led by CEO Bruce Taylor. The company's legal entity is Amistco Separation Products, Inc. (Texas, USA), DBA AMACS Process Tower Internals.

Name

AMACS Process Tower Internals

Legal name

Amistco Separation Products, Inc.

Website

https://amacs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

AMACS Process Tower Internals is a vertically integrated Houston-based manufacturer of custom mist eliminators, trays, random and structured packing, wedge wire screens, and turnarounds field services for refineries, petrochemical plants, and gas processing facilities worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Process Tower Internals

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), 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

Process Skids & Modular Process Systems (Packaged Units) (IMAHAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gas Processing Plant Equipment & Skids (Separators, Heat Exchangers, Turboexpanders) (EUAAABAH)

Keywords

• Process tower internals
• Mist eliminators
• Mass transfer equipment
• Structured packing
• Fractionation column internals

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Tower Internals Manufacturing: Design and manufacture of custom process tower internals including trays, packing, mist eliminators, liquid distributors, and other column components. Products are custom-engineered for specific customer applications with lead times varying by complexity (4-12 weeks depending on component type).
2. Replacement in Kind Equipment: Replacement equipment for existing installations during turnarounds. Manufactured to match original specifications or provide upgrades. Key revenue stream during planned maintenance shutdowns.
3. Turnaround Services: Field service advisors provide installation oversight and technical support during plant turnarounds. Includes pre-turnaround hardware needs assessment, 24/7 emergency support, and emergency parts sourcing.
4. No-Weld Retrofit Engineering: Engineering evaluation and design of no-weld retrofit solutions including FEA analysis to validate mechanical integrity without welding to pressure vessels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AMACS designs and manufactures custom process tower internals including mist eliminators (mesh, vane, cyclone), distillation trays (conventional and high-performance), random and structured packing, liquid distributors, collectors, reactor internals, liquid-liquid coalescers, and wedge wire screens for distillation, absorption, and separation columns. Products are custom-engineered for refineries, petrochemical plants, gas processing facilities, and other industrial process operations, with manufacturing supported by in-house CFD, FEA, and 24/7 turnaround services including no-weld retrofit solutions.

Product overview

AMACS Process Tower Internals is a vertically integrated manufacturer of process tower internals, serving the refining, petrochemical, gas processing, and industrial separation industries. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio organized around three core product families: Phase Separations (including mesh mist eliminators, vane mist eliminators, Maxswirl® cyclones, liquid-liquid coalescers, and MistFix® retrofits), Mass Transfer (comprising conventional and high-performance trays, random packing including SuperBlend™ 2-Pac, structured and grid packing, liquid distributors, reactor internals, and support hardware), and Wedge Wire products (screen cylinders, flat/curved screens, catalyst bed supports, hub/header laterals, nozzles/strainers, sieve bend screens, and resin traps). The portfolio also includes proprietary technologies such as MaxCap® high-capacity mesh and Multi-Pocket™ vane configurations. Engineering capabilities encompass Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for custom solutions, plus No-Weld retrofit engineering to eliminate ASME recertification requirements. Turnaround services provide 24/7 emergency support, hardware assessments, and replacement equipment regardless of original manufacturer. Formed through merger of Amistco Separation Products and the Separations & Mass Transfer Product Division of ACS Industries, acquired by PMC Global Inc. in 2023.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SuperBlend™ 2-Pac: Patented technology combining two sizes of high-performance saddle ring packing in a single bed for improved column efficiency and capacity
• Maxswirl® Demisting Cyclone
• MaxCap® Mist Eliminator
• PLATE-PAK™ Vane Mist Eliminator
• MistFix® Mist Eliminator
• Multi-Pocket™ Vane Blades

Products and services

• Mesh Mist Eliminators (Knitted Wire) Knitted wire mesh mist eliminators fabricated as multiple layers of crimped wire mesh compressed to target density and framed with structural grid. Effective across a broad droplet size range including sub-10-micron droplets; intended for refineries, petrochemical plants, and gas processing operators.
• PLATE-PAK™ Vane Mist Eliminator Standard non-pocketed vane separator whose vane profile geometry creates hydraulic pockets promoting drainage. Offers low pressure drop with multiple plate spacings configurable for different droplet size distributions and fouling resistance for horizontal and vertical vapor flow in industrial process columns.
• MaxCap® Mist Eliminator High-capacity mesh mist eliminator using proprietary internal geometry to improve liquid drainage without changing separator type. Allows higher allowable vapor velocity with improved fine droplet impaction efficiency compared to standard 9 lb/ft³ density mesh pads.
• Multi-Pocket™ Vane Blades Pocketed vane configuration with physical liquid collection pockets on vane blades allowing captured liquid to pool and drain in protected zones away from the main vapor stream, preventing re-entrainment at elevated velocities in heavy liquid loading service.
• Maxswirl® Demisting Cyclone Demisting cyclone separator technology for liquid entrainment control in process columns and vessels, separating liquid from vapor streams in industrial refining and chemical service.
• Liquid-Liquid Coalescers Coalescing devices for industrial separation of hydrocarbons and solvents from water, including patented award-winning coalescing process equipment used for oil-water separation, partial filtration, and oil spill cleanup from seawater.
• MistFix® Mist Eliminator Retrofit mist eliminator designed for applications where the existing vessel has no internal mist eliminator support or restricted internal access. Drops into the top gas outlet nozzle and hangs from the flange without requiring vessel modification.
• Distribution Baffles Baffle systems for liquid distribution within process towers and vessels, used to optimize phase distribution and separation performance.
• Feed Inlet Devices Devices controlling how feed enters the column to minimize vapor-liquid entrainment and disruption of tray or packing performance in process columns.
• Sandjet Systems Specialized mist elimination system designed for process applications requiring sand and particulate-tolerant separation performance.
• Conventional Trays Standard distillation trays including sieve trays, valve trays, and bubble cap designs for vapor-liquid contact in distillation columns. Custom-engineered to column specifications for refining, petrochemical, and chemical process facilities.
• High Performance Trays Advanced tray designs offering superior vapor handling and resistance to fouling for demanding separation applications where standard trays underperform.
• Liquid Distributors Devices ensuring uniform liquid distribution across the packed bed cross-section, critical for maintaining packing efficiency and predictable separation column performance.
• Hold Downs (Packing/Tray Hardware) Hardware used to secure packing and tray elements within process columns during operation and transient conditions.
• Random Packing Random dumped packing elements including AMACS Saddle Ring Packing and Pall Rings for mass transfer in distillation, absorption, and stripping columns, with fouling tolerance and third-generation low-aspect-ratio geometry promoting oriented fill pattern parallel to vapor and liquid flow.
• SuperBlend™ 2-Pac (Patented Random Packing Bed) Patented technology combining two different sizes of high-performance saddle ring packing in a single bed, with smaller packing filling interstitial void spaces between larger pieces. Verified by third-party testing at the Separations Research Program at University of Texas to deliver 25% increase in column efficiency or 15% increase in column capacity.
• Structured Packing Corrugated metal plates or gauzes creating open honeycomb with inclined flow channels for high surface area and low gas flow resistance. Includes gauze, knitted, sheet metal, and grid types for mass transfer and heat transfer applications.
• Grid Structured Packing Corrugated sheet metal and stamped blade packing designed for extended operation in fouling services with large open areas and high durability.
• Packing Supports Structural hardware supporting packing beds within process columns, designed to handle the mechanical loads of packed beds under operating conditions.
• Collectors / Vapor Distributors Devices collecting liquid and distributing vapor within separation columns for phase management in distillation and absorption operations.
• Reactor Internals Internal components for fixed-bed reactors and pressure vessels including catalyst bed supports and distributor systems used in petrochemical and refining reactor service.
• Screen Cylinders (Wedge Wire) Cylindrical wedge wire screens for filtration and separation applications in process vessels, including catalyst support and media retention uses.
• Flat / Curved Screens (Wedge Wire) Wedge wire screens in flat or curved configurations used for various process filtration and separation applications across refining and chemical facilities.
• Inlet / Outlet Baskets (Wedge Wire) Wedge wire baskets for inlet and outlet flow management in process vessels, used in catalyst and media retention service.
• Support Grids (Wedge Wire) Wedge wire support grids for catalyst beds and media retention in vessels, designed for high open area and structural load capacity.
• Catalyst Bed Support Grids High-load grids for fixed-bed reactors offering high open area and near-zero clogging potential, designed in modular segments for installation through manways.
• Hub and Header Laterals (Wedge Wire) Wedge wire systems for filtration, ion exchange, and underdrain applications ensuring uniform flow distribution with customizable inlet configurations.
• Wedge Wire Nozzles and Strainers Precision flow control nozzles with high open area design (up to 60%) for media retention in filtration systems.
• Sieve Bend and Flat Screens (Wedge Wire) High-capacity dewatering screens with self-cleaning, non-blinding performance using gravity and flow direction for solids-liquid separation.
• Resin Trap Screens (Wedge Wire) Inline screens preventing media loss in ion exchange or specialty resin systems, retaining media down to sub-millimeter sizes.
• No-Weld Retrofit Solutions Engineered mechanical attachment methods using expansion rings and proprietary structural designs to secure new internals to pressure vessels without welding. Eliminates ASME post-weld heat treatment and recertification requirements; validated through FEA including static, vibrational, thermal expansion, buckling, and frictional resistance analysis.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling Advanced fluid dynamics modeling for custom process solutions and optimization of separation equipment performance, applied to the design of mist eliminators, trays, packing, and other column internals.
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Mechanical analysis including static, vibrational, thermal expansion, buckling, and frictional resistance analysis for structural validation of no-weld and other internals solutions.
• Turnaround Services 24/7 emergency support, hardware needs assessment, replacement-in-kind equipment, and field service advisors for planned and emergency column work at refineries and petrochemical plants. Includes pre-turnaround hardware needs assessment, 24/7 emergency support, and emergency parts sourcing.
• Hardware Trailers & Lockers (Turnaround Support) Mobile equipment storage and provisioning service for turnaround support at client sites, ensuring rapid availability of internals and hardware during planned shutdowns.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% increase in column efficiency or 15% increase in column capacity with SuperBlend™ 2-Pac technology (verified by University of Texas SRP testing)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Munters: Munters is a global leader in air treatment and humidity control, including mist elimination products and separation technologies that overlap with AMACS's mesh and vane mist eliminator product lines in industrial process applications.
• Koch-Glitsch: Koch-Glitsch is the global market leader in mass transfer and separation equipment, offering trays, structured and random packing, and mist elimination products that directly compete with AMACS across refining, petrochemical, and gas processing end markets.
• GTC Technology: GTC Technology provides licensed process technologies and mass transfer equipment including trays, structured packing, and column internals for refining and petrochemical customers, serving as a direct competitor to AMACS in specialty separations.
• Sulzer ChemTech: Sulzer ChemTech is a leading global provider of separation and mixing technology including trays, structured packing, random packing, and column internals, directly competing with AMACS in distillation and absorption columns across oil & gas and chemical processing.
• Raschig GmbH: Raschig is a German-headquartered manufacturer of tower internals including random packing, structured packing, trays, and column hardware, competing directly with AMACS in chemical, petrochemical, and refining applications globally.
• RVT Process Equipment: RVT Process Equipment is a German manufacturer of column internals and separation equipment including trays, packing, and mist eliminators, competing with AMACS in European refining and chemical processing markets.

Broad incumbents

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries: Sumitomo Heavy Industries is a diversified Japanese industrial conglomerate whose process equipment division supplies separation columns and internals, competing with AMACS in Asian refining and petrochemical projects as a broader industrial incumbent.

Others

• ACS Industries: ACS Industries is the former parent of the Separations & Mass Transfer Product Division that merged with Amistco to form AMACS, making it a historical peer and adjacent industrial component manufacturer with overlapping legacy capabilities.

Emerging players

• Hangzhou Sinya Industrial: Hangzhou Sinya is a Chinese manufacturer of tower internals including trays, random packing, structured packing, and mist eliminators, serving as a cost-competitive emerging player competing with AMACS in Asia-Pacific and price-sensitive global markets.
• Lantec Products: Lantec Products is a niche manufacturer of random tower packing including saddles and rings, competing with AMACS's random packing line in chemical and environmental applications, though with a narrower product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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