Name

Vacom Systems

Legal name

Vacom Systems LLC

Website

https://vacomsystems.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Wastewater Treatment Equipment

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial ZLD/MLD & Brine Concentrate Management (EUANADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Heat Pumps & Mechanical Vapor Recompression (Low–Mid Temp Heat) (EUABAJAB), Industrial Drying & Evaporation Equipment (Dryers, Evaporators, Crystallizers) (IMAHAEAD), Industrial Water Reuse Utilities (ZLD/MLD & Process Water Recycling) (EUANAGAG)

Keywords

• Industrial wastewater treatment
• Zero liquid discharge
• Mechanical vapor recompression
• Evaporator crystallizer systems
• Water reclamation equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Heber City

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, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Wastewater Treatment Equipment Sales: Sale of customized Vacom One-Step™ evaporator/crystallizer systems and Flash Hydrolyzer units. Systems range from pilot-scale to full industrial installations. Revenue from equipment manufacturing, proprietary components, and system integration.
2. Engineering and Project Services: Custom design, engineering, and implementation services. Includes lab bench testing, pilot testing, system sizing, and full-scale system deployment. Collaborative solutions with engineering partners for site-specific applications.
3. Pilot and Testing Services: Mobile pilot systems available for on-site or facility-based testing. Systems take less than one day to set up and operate identically to full-scale systems. Lab-scale bench testing services for boil-down, concentration effect, and stabilization studies.
4. By-Product Recovery Systems: Systems designed to recover valuable by-products including oil from emulsion wastewater, clean salt for chlor-alkali plants or mining operations (lithium, rare-earth minerals), and ammonia/VOCs. Recovery offset can reduce lifecycle costs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vacom Systems designs, manufactures, and deploys custom Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) evaporator/crystallizer systems for industrial Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment. Its flagship Vacom ONE-STEP™ combines evaporation and crystallization in a single, non-fouling/non-scaling unit that converts wastewater into reusable distilled water and crystallized salts without chemical pretreatment, serving power, oil & gas, mining/lithium, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and municipal customers.

Product overview

Vacom Systems, now integrated into Xylem's Water Solutions and Services (WSS) division, offers an integrated portfolio of industrial wastewater treatment products centered around its proprietary Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) technology. The core product is the Vacom ONE-STEP™ Evaporator/Crystallizer, which combines evaporator and crystallizer functions into a single system for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) applications. Supporting products include the Brine Concentrator and Crystallizer for high-hardness wastewater concentration, the Flash Hydrolyzer for municipal sludge management and digester enhancement, and various pilot/testing services. The portfolio is designed to handle difficult wastewater streams including oily wastewater, RO reject, produced water, and industrial effluents without fouling or scaling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vacom ONE-STEP™: Combined evaporator and crystallizer system for zero liquid discharge applications
• Flash Hydrolyzer™

Products and services

• Vacom ONE-STEP™ Evaporator/Crystallizer Combined evaporator and crystallizer system that uses Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) technology for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) applications. Features non-fouling, non-scaling operation capable of concentrating wastewater and crystallizing salts without chemical pretreatment, anti-scalants, or softening.
• Vacom Brine Concentrator Industrial system for concentrating brines and high-hardness wastewaters, part of Xylem's ZLD solution portfolio for power plant and industrial applications.
• Vacom Crystallizer System that produces clean water and salt solids from wastewater, capable of making clean salt for recovery or dirty salt for disposal. Part of the ZLD solution that eliminates the need for pretreatment steps.
• Flash Hydrolyzer Combines high-rate circulation flash loop at boiling temperatures with process steam recovery and reinjection. Hydrolyzes municipal sludge by rupturing single-cell bacteria, providing complete pathogen destruction, enhanced dewatering, and improved RNG recovery in anaerobic digesters.
• Pilot Systems Portable pilot-scale testing systems available for the Vacom System and Flash Hydrolyzer. Systems take less than one day to set up and operate identically to full-scale systems for testing specific waste streams on-site.
• Lab Scale Bench Testing Laboratory testing services for boiling point rise and concentration effect, distillate quality analysis, solids hydrolyzing and dewatering, and stabilization studies for landfill disposal requirements.
• Vacom ZLD Solutions Zero Liquid Discharge solutions combining proprietary and patent-pending processes related to high shear, high velocity, and submerged boiling of waste streams to concentrate RO reject and wastewater without chemical addition or pretreatment.
• Vacom ONE-STEP™ System for Lithium Battery Plant

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% oil recovery from emulsion wastewaters
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and regional.

• UCC EnvironmentalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2024Strategic teaming agreement announced July 2024 to jointly offer advanced ZLD wastewater treatment solutions for coal-fired power plants across North America. Combines Vacom's proprietary evaporation and crystallization technology with UCC's solids management and wastewater treatment expertise. Integrates salt dewatering technology and one-step crystallization process. UCC leads sales operations and customer engagements under the collaboration. Targets compliance with EPA's 2024 Effluent Limitation Guidelines.
• JDI Contracts Inc.majorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2003Since 2003, JDI has provided fabrication engineering and construction management for Vacom. Specialties include mechanical and electrical engineering, mechanical CAD modelling, and programming PLC/HMI controls.
• Danfoss/SondexcoreTechnology or IntegrationOver 20-year alliance with Danfoss/Sondex providing heat exchangers for Vacom systems. Vacom has purchased proprietary molds to stamp heat exchanger plates for high scaling and crystallizer applications. Danfoss provides the largest plate exchangers in the world for use within Vacom system design.
• PD Blowers Inc.majorTechnology or Integration30 years of collaboration supplying and packaging mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) steam systems with rotary lobe blowers or turbofans. Thorough field working knowledge of tolerances, seal designs, and oil cooling systems for Vacom applications.
• Accell (Saudi Arabia)regionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccell partnered with Vacom to facilitate and accelerate entry, deployment and positioning of Vacom technology within the Energy sector in Saudi Arabia. 75 years of collective expertise in oil & gas industry provides Vacom with market knowledge, on-ground support, and guidance for navigating Saudi energy market.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IDE Technologies: IDE Technologies is a global desalination and water reuse specialist whose brine concentrator and ZLD offerings overlap with Vacom's technology and target verticals.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia operates HPD evaporators and crystallization systems globally and is the largest broad-line competitor to Vacom in industrial ZLD and brine concentration for power, mining, and chemicals.
• Evoqua Water Technologies: Evoqua, now part of Xylem, is Vacom's corporate sibling inside WSS and offers adjacent industrial water and ZLD technologies, making it both a portfolio peer and an internal channel for Vacom's solutions.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: SUEZ (including legacy GE Water) provides a broad industrial water portfolio including evaporation/crystallization ZLD; it competes with Vacom across power and industrial customers from a much larger installed base.

Direct peers

• Aquatech International: Aquatech is one of the most direct competitors to Vacom in industrial Zero Liquid Discharge and brine concentration, offering thermal evaporation/crystallization and RO-reject systems for power, oil & gas, and mining customers globally.
• Gradiant: Gradiant is an emerging ZLD specialist with Counter-Flow Reverse Osmosis and Selective Crystallization technologies serving oil & gas, mining, and pharma — overlapping Vacom's core industrial verticals.
• Saltworks Technologies: Saltworks focuses on industrial brine management and ZLD using proprietary thermal and membrane processes, competing head-to-head with Vacom for lithium, mining, and produced-water projects.

Others

• PHOENIX Process Equipment: PHOENIX/depcom supplies sludge handling and dewatering equipment commonly used downstream of ZLD systems like Vacom's, making it an adjacent process-equipment peer in the wastewater treatment chain.
• Fluid Equipment Development Company (FEDCO): FEDCO manufactures high-pressure pumps and energy-recovery devices used in desalination and ZLD evaporation systems; it is a component-level peer and technology enabler for MVR/evaporation platforms like Vacom's.

Emerging players

• H2O Innovation: H2O Innovation supplies specialty water treatment systems (membrane, filtration, reclamation) to industrial and municipal customers and competes in adjacent ZLD/reuse opportunities to Vacom.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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