Process Solutions & Integration

What Process Solutions & Integration does

Process Solutions & Integration, Inc. (PSI), founded in 1965 and headquartered in Carson, California, is a private manufacturer's representative, distributor, consulting engineer, and systems integrator serving sanitary process industries. The company sells and integrates process equipment for handling air, gas, liquids, and dry bulk solids, distributing brands such as Waukesha Cherry-Burrell, Quadro, Endress+Hauser, Gardner Denver, Tuthill, Nash, Top Line, and Definox. Its core offering centers on custom skid-mounted and cart-mounted process systems supported by engineering design (SolidWorks 3D modeling, CAD, P&IDs), custom fabrication, and Class A licensed construction/installation. Service offerings include 24/7 field service and authorized repair-center capabilities for rotating process equipment.

PSI serves enterprises across food & beverage, pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetics, nutraceutical, wine, and chemical processing verticals, with named customers including Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Anheuser-Busch, Allergan, Baxter Bioscience, Gilead, Neutrogena, P&G, Ocean Spray, and Heinz. Pricing is quote-based and project-driven, with revenue generated through a mix of equipment distribution (hardware sales) and professional services (engineering, fabrication, installation, repair). The company holds ISO 9001:2008 certification and operates as a subsidiary of McKenna Engineering & Equipment Company, Inc., itself part of the FloWorks Companies family of industrial businesses, giving PSI access to shared brand reputation and cross-company referrals while it focuses on a defined niche.

Name

Process Solutions & Integration

Legal name

Process Solutions & Integration, Inc.

Website

https://processsolutionsintegration.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Process Solutions & Integration (PSI) is a California-based systems integrator and equipment distributor founded in 1965 that designs, fabricates, and installs sanitary process systems for food & beverage, pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetics, and nutraceutical enterprises across the U.S. and globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial process equipment integration

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333), Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561), Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

Chemical Processing Equipment (Reactors, Mixers, Agitators) (IMAHAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF), End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN), Water Systems & Treatment (Pumps/Boilers/Water Heaters/Filtration) (IMAIABAK)

Keywords

• Process equipment integration
• Sanitary process systems
• Skid-mounted fabrication
• Industrial pump distribution
• Turnkey engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gardena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Distribution: Sale of process equipment including liquid handling pumps, rotary lobe blowers, process compressors, vacuum pumps, and other process equipment from trusted brands. Equipment sold as individual units or packaged as complete systems with drives, instrumentation, and piping.
2. Engineering Design and Integration Services: Application engineering, system engineering including design and integration, modular packaging as a system integrator. Project management from conceptual stages through startup.
3. Custom Systems Fabrication: Shop fabricated, skid mounted modular process packaged systems including project planning, cost estimates, scheduling, layout, drafting, procurement, testing, inspection, and shipment.
4. Construction and Installation Services: Turnkey construction services for sanitary process equipment installations including mechanical, electrical, and civil/structural trades. Project management services from design through installation.
5. Equipment Service and Repair: Factory trained technicians providing equipment service and repair for rotating process equipment. Includes 24/7 support, field service, removal/reinstallation, field alignment, and startup services. Authorized repair center for multiple brands.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Process Solutions & Integration distributes sanitary and industrial process equipment (pumps, blowers, compressors, heat exchangers, instrumentation, valves, tanks, hoses) and provides turnkey engineering design, custom skid-mounted system fabrication, installation, and 24/7 service and repair. The company operates as a manufacturer's representative, distributor, consulting engineer, and systems integrator serving food & beverage, pharmaceutical, biotech, cosmetics, nutraceutical, wine, and chemical processing customers.

Product overview

Process Solutions & Integration is a FloWorks company providing process equipment sales and engineering services for handling air, gas, liquids, and dry bulk solids. The company operates as a manufacturer's representative, distributor, consulting engineer, and systems integrator serving the sanitary industries since 1965. The product portfolio centers on Cart Mounted Process Systems and Tanks and Vessels (including Kettles, Batch Tanks, CIP Tanks, and Receivers), complemented by Piping and Fittings, Sanitary Hose & Accessories, and Sanitary Process Equipment (Liquid Handling Pumps, Vacuum Pumps, Air and Gas Blowers, Process Compressors). Additional offerings include Heat Exchangers (Fin Fan, Shell and Tube, Plate and Frame), Process Instrumentation, and Dispersion and Emulsification equipment. The company also provides Process Systems including Mixing and Blending Systems, Granulation System, Wine Filtration, and Sanitary Pump Carts. Services include Engineering Design & Integration, Custom Systems Fabrication, Construction and Installation, and Equipment Service and Repair. The portfolio integrates equipment distribution from trusted brands with full turnkey engineering, fabrication, and installation services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cart Mounted Process Systems Pre-wired, pre-assembled, ready-to-install cart-mounted process systems with single mechanical and electrical connection points, designed as modular building blocks that reduce on-site piping and electrical work for sanitary processors.
• Tanks and Vessels Stainless steel tanks and vessels including kettles, batch tanks, CIP tanks, and receivers custom sized for pharmaceutical, bioscience, food, dairy, and beverage process systems.
• Piping and Fittings Broad range of sanitary piping and fittings for bulk material handling sourced from Waukesha Cherry-Burrell, Inline, Definox, Top Line, and Cipriani.
• Sanitary Hose and Accessories Sanitary tubing, gaskets, hoses (PTFE, smoothbore, FEP, PFA) and accessories from Rubber Fab with metal detectable / x-ray inspectable options meeting Food Safety Modernization Act guidelines.
• Sanitary Process Equipment Sanitary liquid handling pumps (centrifugal and positive displacement: gear, lobe, peristaltic, screw, vane), vacuum pumps, air and gas blowers, and process compressors for industrial sanitary applications.
• Heat Exchangers Heat transfer equipment including fin fan, shell and tube, and plate and frame heat exchangers optimized to process specifications.
• Process Instrumentation Measuring and automation instrumentation for level, flow, pressure, temperature and liquid analysis sourced from Endress+Hauser, Anderson Negele, and Chicago Stainless.
• Dispersion and Emulsification High pressure homogenizers, colloid mills, high shear mixers and powder dispersion units for size reduction, deagglomeration and emulsion creation, sourced from Quadro for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food and beverage processors.
• Mixing and Blending Systems Custom mixing and blending systems including feeder systems, raw bulk materials unloading systems, dual path in-line filler systems, CIP/COP systems and fully automated controls with gauges, transducers, flow meters and thermometers for cosmetic and food processing applications.
• Granulation System Turn-key batching and transfer systems for clumping powdered vitamins into granules, featuring mixing tanks, recirculation centrifugal feed pumps, emulsifiers and granulators.
• Wine Filtration Diatomaceous earth filtration systems with vacuum pump skids and closed loop seal water circulation and cooling systems for filtering wine and water.
• Sanitary Pump Carts Stainless steel pump carts and skid-mounted pumping systems with variable frequency drives, pressure gauges, safety/emergency stops and optional installation and performance qualification documentation validation.
• Engineering Design and Integration Process engineering services including application engineering, P&ID and flow diagrams, piping and equipment layout drawings, SolidWorks 3D modeling, CAD and general arrangement drawings, and full integration of new processes and equipment into existing systems.
• Custom Systems Fabrication Turnkey shop-fabricated, skid-mounted modular process packaged systems including project planning, cost estimates, scheduling, layout, drafting, procurement, testing, inspection and shipment under ISO 9001:2008 quality standards.
• Construction and Installation Class A Licensed California Engineering Contractor services for mechanical, electrical, and civil/structural trades including installation, erection, maintenance, and repair of sanitary process equipment and project management from design through startup.
• Equipment Service and Repair 24/7 service and repair of rotating process equipment including liquid handling pumps, vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors, mixing systems, heat exchangers, emulsifiers and dispersers, with one-year warranty, field service, removal/reinstallation, field alignment, startup, and authorized repair-center status for brands such as Tuthill, Kinney, MD Pneumatics, Nash, Republic and Teikoku.

Quantifiable outcome

• One-year warranty against workmanship and defects on all repairs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Environmental Water SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental Water Solutions (EWS) is an affiliated company under McKenna Engineering & Equipment Company. EWS serves the industrial and municipal water and wastewater industry in California and Western Nevada with a full line of mechanical and process equipment. EWS was established in 2004 by McKenna Engineering & Equipment Company, Inc. EWS supports all products sold by Process Solutions & Integration with 24-hour parts and service availability.
• Waukesha Cherry-BurrellcoreTechnology or IntegrationWaukesha Cherry-Burrell is represented for pumps, valves, scraped surface heat exchangers, and dispersion equipment. Known for exceptional quality and precision-made components serving food, dairy, beverage, and industrial process industries.
• Endress+HausercoreTechnology or IntegrationEndress+Hauser provides top of the line products in level, flow, pressure, temperature measurement, liquid analysis, and system components for process instrumentation.
• QuadrocoreTechnology or IntegrationQuadro Engineering provides particle/powder size reduction, milling, and processing equipment. Known for unmatched coarse-to-fine particle size reduction results and highest returns on investment for dispersion and emulsification applications.
• Gardner DenvercoreTechnology or IntegrationGardner Denver is a trusted partner for compressed air, pressure and vacuum needs. Provides blowers, compressors, vacuums, and pumps serving industries including food & beverage processing.
• TuthillcoreTechnology or IntegrationTuthill Corporation manufactures pumps, meters, vacuum systems, and blowers for agriculture, construction, chemical, water & wastewater, energy & power, and medical markets. PSI is an authorized repair center for Tuthill products.
• NashcoreTechnology or IntegrationNash provides liquid ring pumps and compressors. PSI is an authorized repair center and distributes Nash products for wine filtration and other process applications.
• McKenna EngineeringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcKenna Engineering & Equipment Company is the parent company of Process Solutions & Integration. It provides process engineering equipment and expert services including application engineering, system engineering, fabrication services, modular packaging, equipment installation, and service & repair. McKenna Companies includes multiple affiliated companies serving the process equipment industry.
• SoCal Pump & VacuumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of McKenna Companies providing pump and vacuum equipment services in Southern California.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Waukesha Cherry-Burrell (an SPX brand): OEM supplier of pumps, valves, scraped-surface heat exchangers, and dispersion equipment — represented by PSI in California. Strategic upstream supplier relationship to PSI; also a partial peer given product overlap in sanitary process components.
• Endress+Hauser: Global instrumentation supplier for level, flow, pressure, temperature, and liquid analysis — represented by PSI. A core OEM partner and a partial adjacent comparator in the process instrumentation layer of industrial control systems.
• Tuthill Corporation: Manufacturer of pumps, meters, vacuum systems, and blowers across industrial markets; PSI is an authorized repair center. Strategic OEM partner and comparable product category.

Broad incumbents

• SPX Flow: Global provider of process solutions including pumps, valves, mixers, and engineered systems for sanitary and industrial applications. Highly comparable equipment portfolio (pumps, mixers, heat exchangers) and serves overlapping F&B / personal care / pharma customers as PSI.
• GEA Group: German-based global supplier of process technology and engineered equipment for food, dairy, beverage, and pharma end markets. Direct strategic overlap with PSI's sanitary process systems integration and component supply model, but at vastly greater scale and global reach.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling including sanitary pumps, valves, and process skids for F&B and pharma. Comparable product set to PSI especially around heat exchangers, pumps, and hygienic fittings, with similar regulatory-driven customer requirements.
• Flowserve Corporation: Large manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and fluid motion control for industrial process markets. Overlaps with PSI's liquid handling pump distribution and engineered skid business; competes for similar process engineering and aftermarket service workloads.

Regional players

• Cincinnati Fan and Ventilating Co. Mid-sized U.S. manufacturer of industrial fans, blowers, and air-handling equipment with comparable scale to PSI. Partial overlap in blowers/compressors distribution and custom air-system integration for process facilities.
• Mar Cor Purification: Affiliate under the same McKenna / EWS umbrella for industrial and municipal water and wastewater process equipment. Sister company to EWS (which supports PSI) and serves overlapping SoCal industrial water-treatment process equipment market.

Direct peers

• FloWorks Companies (sister companies, e.g., Sunbelt Supply, Flotech, Oliver Equipment): Affiliated industrial distributors and process equipment service providers under the same McKenna/FloWorks parent as PSI. They share go-to-market model (manufacturer rep + distributor + service) and customer base in process equipment, making them the most direct operational comparables.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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