Trislot

What Trislot does

Trislot NV is a privately held Belgian manufacturer of wedge wire filter elements and separation screens, headquartered in Waregem, Belgium, with wholly owned production facilities in Shanghai, China and Houston, Texas. The company's product portfolio centers on a proprietary manufacturing technology in which parallel V-shaped surface profiles are resistance-welded perpendicularly onto support profiles at every intersection, producing filtration elements with precisely controlled slot openings down to 0.015mm. Its four core product families are slot tubes (in radial external, radial internal, and axial internal configurations supporting both FOTI and FITO flow directions), flat and curved screens, conical baskets for dewatering, and architectural wedge wire elements. Trislot sells custom-engineered filtration components primarily to enterprise customers in food and beverage, water treatment, oil and gas / petrochemical, architecture, and other industrial sectors, with named references including Siemens Energy, Shell, UOP, IFP, Fluid Quip Mechanical, and the largest Dutch sugar manufacturer.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market combining engineer-to-order direct sales through a global network of qualified agents and partners with lightweight self-service digital tools (online calculators for flat screens and slot tubes) that provide immediate indicative pricing and delivery times. Pricing is quote-based; standard executions are priced per unit, while complex custom projects are handled through multi-year contracts under ISO 9001 quality management. Approximately 95% of production is exported, and Trislot positions itself as a long-tenured specialist (40+ years of wedge wire experience, 130 employees across three plants) rather than a high-volume commodity supplier. Ownership history traces from Bekaert (where the technology originated in 1948) through a 1987 management buyout, a 1995 acquisition by Canada's CAE Inc., and a 2001 sale to a Belgian private investor following CAE's pivot to flight simulators; today the company operates as an independent private business.

Name

Trislot

Legal name

Trislot NV

Website

https://trislot.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trislot NV is a Belgian manufacturer of custom wedge wire filter elements and separation screens, producing slot tubes, flat and curved screens, and conical baskets at plants in Belgium, China, and the USA for enterprise customers in food and beverage, water treatment, oil and gas, and architecture.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filtration Equipment

NAICS

Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing (33261), Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (332618), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332996)

SIC

Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317), Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipe & Tube Manufacturing (Seamless & Welded OCTG/Line Pipe/Structural Tube) (IMAKABAI)

Keywords

• Wedge wire filters
• Filtration screens
• Slot tubes
• Conical baskets
• Industrial filtration

Headquarters

HQ city

Waregem

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Wedge Wire Filter Elements: Trislot designs and manufactures custom wedge wire filter elements and separation screens to customer specifications. Products include slot tubes, screens (flat and curved), conical baskets, and reactor internals. Pricing is project-based and determined through quotation requests.
2. Standardized Product Sales: Sale of standardized wedge wire products with standard constructions available, plus custom special executions on request.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Trislot designs and manufactures wedge wire filter elements — slot tubes, screens (flat and curved), and conical baskets — for industrial filtration and separation applications. Products are made from V-shaped profile wire resistance-welded onto continuous support cylinders to produce non-clogging filter media with precise apertures, serving sugar, starch, brewing, water intake, oil & gas, petrochemical, and architectural applications.

Product overview

Trislot designs and manufactures wedge wire filter elements and separation screens. The product portfolio centers on the proprietary wedge wire technology—a specific production method using parallel triangular profiles welded perpendicularly to support profiles. The core product line consists of four main categories: (1) Wedge Wire Technology as the foundational manufacturing method, (2) Slot Tubes (cylindrical filters) available in radial external wire, radial internal wire, and axial internal wire configurations, (3) Screens (flat and curved filter surfaces) used across various industrial processes, and (4) Conical Baskets for dewatering applications. All products are manufactured in Belgium, China, and the USA, serving industries including food & beverage, water treatment, oil & gas, architecture, and general industrial filtration. The company offers online tools for price calculation and quotation requests but does not provide any software products or APIs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Slot Tubes Cylindrical wedge wire filter elements available in radial external, radial internal, and axial internal configurations; used for solid-liquid and solid-gas separation in process industries such as sugar, starch, brewing, water treatment, and petrochemical processing.
• Screens Flat and curved wedge wire screens manufactured for separation, sizing, and dewatering applications; offered as flat panels or curved profiles (sieves, bends) for use in process equipment, water intake structures, and architectural facades.
• Conical Baskets Cone-shaped wedge wire filter baskets used for solid-liquid separation, typically in centrifugal or basket strainer configurations, for applications such as starch processing and mining.
• Wedge Wire Technology Trislot's proprietary wedge wire manufacturing capability that produces V-shaped profile wire resistance-welded onto continuous support cylinders; the underlying technology used across all Trislot filter offerings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Slot precision down to 0.015mm minimum
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PackocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Cooperation with Packo for local manufacturing in China starting in 2009. This partnership enabled Trislot to establish production capabilities in the Chinese market.
• LeemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeem provided support for the establishment of Trislot's US operations in 2017, including the sales office in Ramsey, NJ and local manufacturing start-up.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Haver & Boecker: German family-owned manufacturer of wire cloth, woven wire screens, and industrial screening media with a U.S. subsidiary (W.S. Tyler). Directly comparable to Trislot's wedge wire screens and slot tubes serving similar process industries and engineering-led customer base.
• Kemtron: UK-based specialist manufacturer of wedge wire products, including screens, cylinders, and filtration baskets. Closely comparable niche specialist to Trislot, competing in the same product categories and end markets including oil & gas and water treatment.
• GKD Group (Gebr. Kufferath): German manufacturer of woven wire mesh, process belts, and architectural metal fabrics used in filtration and screening. Comparable to Trislot as a precision metal fabricator serving food, water, and architectural applications, though broader in product portfolio.
• Multotec: South African specialist in mineral processing and screening equipment including wedge wire screens and sieve bends. Directly comparable to Trislot's conical baskets, flat/curved screens, and slot tubes for dewatering and solid-liquid separation applications.
• Ando Screen (Fuyo Wire): Japanese manufacturer of wedge wire screens and filter elements. Most direct international niche competitor to Trislot, with similar product portfolio (slot tubes, flat/curved screens) targeting water treatment, food processing, and pulp/paper verticals.
• Steinhaus GmbH: German manufacturer of industrial sieves, filters, and screening equipment. Closely comparable European peer to Trislot offering custom-made screening solutions for similar food, chemical, and process industries.

Broad incumbents

• ANDRITZ Separation: Austrian global leader in industrial solid-liquid separation, including centrifuges, screens, and process filters. Comparable to Trislot's wedge wire offerings as part of a much broader filtration portfolio serving the same food, chemical, and mining end-markets.
• GEA Group: German global supplier of separation, filtration, and homogenization equipment for food, beverage, dairy, and pharma. Overlaps with Trislot's Food & Beverage and Oil & Gas segments but at much larger scale and broader product portfolio.
• BHS Filtration: German-American manufacturer of industrial filtration and drying equipment including candle filters and pressure filters. Overlaps with Trislot in petrochemical and chemical processing solid-liquid separation but operates at a larger scale across broader process technologies.
• Donaldson Company: U.S. global filtration manufacturer with industrial, engine, and bulk filtration product lines. Comparable to Trislot's filtration focus but in adjacent categories (air, gas, liquid filters) rather than wedge wire internals, serving overlapping industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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