Stream

What Stream does

Stream, operating under the legal name Striem, is a privately-held industrial manufacturer founded in March 2015 by brothers Vince and Gabe Ismert and headquartered at 2106 South 45th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. The company designs and produces oil/water separators, solids interceptors, and chemical waste tanks — capital equipment used in commercial, institutional, and municipal wastewater pretreatment applications. The core product families are the OS series oil/water separators, the OT (Oil Tanker) line, solids interceptors, and chemical waste tanks, supplemented by monitoring adjuncts including the Bio Basin, Command Center pH monitoring system, and Slick Stick accessory.

Products are manufactured via rotational molding of polyethylene, a process well-suited to large, seamless, corrosion-resistant tanks, and are sold with a lifetime guarantee. Pricing is published per unit and spans approximately $3,100 to $32,200 depending on size and configuration, and orders ship within 3-7 business days. Several product variants have been certified under regional plumbing or pretreatment codes in Johnson County (Kansas), Omaha, Minnesota, South Florida, East Tennessee, and Illinois, which the company highlights as go-to-market enablers in each jurisdiction.

The business operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct sales with a local manufacturer-rep network, which extends commercial reach without proportional headcount expansion. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed external funding rounds, has approximately 27 employees, and shows no public indicators of M&A activity, partnerships with technology providers, or AI/software capability development.

Name

Stream

Legal name

Striem

Website

https://striemco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stream (Striem) is a privately-held Kansas City manufacturer of oil/water separators, solids interceptors, and chemical waste tanks produced via rotational molding, serving commercial and municipal pretreatment markets through direct sales and a regional rep network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Fluid Separation Equipment

SIC

Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

Grease Trap, Used Cooking Oil & FOG Services (Collection & Recycling) (EUAIAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Used Oil & Oily Waste Management (Collection, Re-refining, Disposal) (BPALAFAI), Used Oil, Lubricants & Industrial Fluids Recovery/Recycling (IMAIAFAM)

Keywords

• Oil water separators
• Solids interceptors
• Chemical waste tanks
• Rotational molded polyethylene
• Industrial fluid separation

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Tank Manufacturing: One-time hardware sales of oil separators, solids interceptors, and chemical waste tanks. Products are manufactured to order with typical lead times of 3-7 business days. Pricing is unit-based with list prices publicly available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Striem manufactures oil separators (OS and OT series, 25-2000 GPM flow rates), solids interceptors for grease/sand/sediment capture, and chemical waste tanks for laboratory acid neutralization and biohazardous decontamination. Products are made via rotational molding of polyethylene and are backed by a lifetime guarantee, with most orders shipping within 3 business days and all products shipping in 7 days or less.

Product overview

Striem is a manufacturer of industrial fluid separation equipment specializing in three core product lines: oil separators for vehicle service facilities and parking structures, solids interceptors for grease and sediment capture in commercial and industrial settings, and chemical waste tanks for laboratory acid neutralization and decontamination. The company operates with a single-product-line focus strategy, offering its tanks with a lifetime guarantee. Products are distributed nationally through regional representatives and ship within 3 business days for standard orders. The portfolio includes market-specific variants certified for jurisdictions including Johnson County KS, Omaha, Minnesota, South Florida, and East Tennessee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Oil Tanker: Large capacity oil separator tank product line
• Slick Stick
• Sidekick
• Tuff Trough
• Aardvark
• Lab Rat
• Lab Basin
• Bio Basin
• Command Center

Products and services

• OS Series Oil Separators High-efficiency polyethylene oil separators for vehicle service, maintenance facilities, and parking areas, with models OS-25 through OS-500 offering 25 to 500 GPM flow rates.
• Oil Tanker (OT Series) Oil Separators Large-capacity polyethylene oil separator tanks for high-volume applications, with models OT-750 through OT-2000 providing 750 to 2000 GPM flow rates.
• Slick Stick Oil Level Monitoring System Standalone oil level monitoring system available factory-installed on OS and OT series separators via -SS suffix models, used by facility operators to monitor oil accumulation.
• Sidekick Solids Interceptor Compact polyethylene solids interceptor for grease and food waste applications in commercial kitchens.
• Tuff Trough (TT Series) Solids Interceptors Heavy-duty polyethylene solids interceptors for industrial solids capture, available as TT-3, TT-6, and TT-10 models.
• Aardvark (AA Series) Solids Interceptors Polyethylene solids interceptors for vehicle service areas, in models AA-2, AA-3, AA-4, and AA-6.
• Screen-Style Solids Interceptors (PS Series) Screen-style polyethylene interceptors for fine solids separation, in PS-25-S, PS-50-S, and PS-275-S models.
• Sand Interceptors (CB Series) Polyethylene sand and sediment interceptors for commercial and industrial facilities, including CB-50-S, CB-125-S, CB-275-S, CB-500-S, CB-1000-S, and SI-UPC-1016 models.
• Lab Rat Point-of-Use Neutralization Tanks Point-of-use polyethylene acid neutralization tanks for laboratory sinks, in models LB-2-ADA, LB-2, and LB-5.
• Lab Basin Neutralization Tanks Larger polyethylene neutralization tanks for laboratory chemical waste, in models LB-25, LB-50, LB-125, LB-275, and LB-500.
• Bio Basin Decontamination Tanks (BB Series) Polyethylene decontamination tanks for biohazardous waste neutralization, in models BB-275, BB-500, BB-1000, and BB-2000.
• Command Center pH Monitoring (CC Series) pH monitoring and control systems for chemical waste tanks, available as CC-1 and SPK models.
• Limestone Neutralization Tanks (LS Series) Limestone-based neutralization tank for acid neutralization, model LS-50.
• Johnson County, KS Oil Separators (JCW Series) Johnson County, Kansas-approved oil separators, with OS-50-JCW through OS-500-JCW and OT-750-JCW through OT-1500-JCW variants (list prices $3,100 to $32,200).
• Omaha Type I and Type II Interceptors Interceptors meeting Omaha metropolitan utility requirements, including OS-100-OMAHA and OS-1000-OMAHA models.
• East Tennessee Oil Collection Tanks (OCT Series) Oil collection tanks designed for East Tennessee regulations, models OCT-125 and OCT-275.
• South Florida Catch Basin Solid Interceptors Region-specific polyethylene sand interceptors for South Florida requirements, in CB-1000-SFL and CB-1500-SFL models.
• Minnesota Flammable Liquid Interceptors (FLI Series) Polyethylene flammable liquid interceptors certified for Minnesota, including FWT-35 and FLI-125 through FLI-2000 models.
• Accessories (Risers, Covers, Hold Down Kits, Level Monitoring) Supporting accessories for Striem tank installations, including risers (SR-16, SR-24, LR-24, CPRK), Inspector sampling ports (INSPECTOR-4, INSPECTOR-6), covers (C16-M, C24-M, C24-HP), HDK series high water table hold down kits, and AVA-3 / AVA-4 liquid level monitors.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Schier Products Company: Schier manufactures grease interceptors and oil/water separators for commercial kitchens and vehicle service — a near-direct product overlap with Striem's OS series and Sidekick/Tuff Trough interceptors.
• Josam Company: Josam manufactures drainage products including oil/sand interceptors and acid neutralization tanks that overlap directly with Striem's oil separator, sand interceptor, and lab waste tank lines.
• MIFAB: MIFAB makes grease interceptors, oil/water separators, and acid neutralization tanks serving the same plumbing and drainage specification channels as Striem.
• Jay R. Smith Mfg Co: Jay R. Smith manufactures drainage products including oil/sand interceptors and acid neutralization tanks, directly competing with Striem in the specification-driven plumbing market.
• Highland Tank: Highland Tank manufactures steel and polyethylene tanks for oil/water separation and industrial fluid storage, overlapping with Striem's oil separator and chemical waste tank product lines.
• Bunker Hill Engineering: Bunker Hill designs and builds oil/water separators and wash-water treatment systems, competing directly with Striem's OS/OT oil separator series in industrial and vehicle-service applications.

Broad incumbents

• Zurn Industries: Zurn offers a broad portfolio of drainage, interceptor, and water-management products including oil/water separators and grease interceptors, competing with Striem across multiple verticals but with much wider product breadth.
• Watts Water Technologies: Watts is a large publicly traded water-products company with interceptor and drainage offerings that compete with Striem, but as part of a much broader water-systems portfolio.

Emerging players

• HEMCO Corporation: HEMCO manufactures laboratory equipment including chemical waste neutralization tanks, overlapping with Striem's Lab Rat, Lab Basin, and Bio Basin product lines for lab and research facilities.

Others

• RectorSeal: RectorSeal supplies plumbing specialty products and accessories to the same contractor and specification channels that buy Striem interceptors, making it a channel-adjacent comparable rather than a direct product competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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