Hydro Service & Supplies

What Hydro Service & Supplies does

Hydro Service & Supplies is a privately held US engineering and fabrication company founded in 1967 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. The company designs, fabricates, installs, project-manages, and services custom high-purity water generation, storage, distribution, reclamation, and process skids, supplemented by its Picosystems® family of point-of-use laboratory polishers and Picotap® ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene laboratory faucets. It sells direct to enterprise customers across Life Sciences (pharma/biotech), Microelectronics, Research and Academia, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, and Industrial end markets, with six regional divisions spanning the US East Coast from Connecticut to Georgia.

The company's underlying technology stack is built around well-established purification methods — pretreatment (multi-media filtration, carbon adsorption, softening), reverse osmosis as an OEM, service deionization (SDI) with proprietary regeneration protocols that yield higher resistivity and lower TOC re-introduction, continuously regenerating electrodeionization (EDI), UV sterilization, and ultrafiltration. Sub-brand differentiation is concentrated in the Picosystems® line (nine POU models producing ASTM/CAP Type I reagent water, including UV and depyrogenated variants such as Picopure®, Picomax®, Picotech®, and PICO AWS), and in Picotap® contamination-resistant dispensing. All fabrication, UL 508 panel assembly, engineering, and technical services were consolidated under the Richard David Currin Center for Innovation in Durham in January 2019.

Hydro generates revenue primarily through one-time project sales of custom-engineered systems, augmented by recurring service, maintenance, resin regeneration, and 24/7 support contracts on installed bases. Pricing is quote-based, driven by feed water quality, target product water quality, daily throughput, flowrate, footprint, and budget. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise field sales with technical sales professionals, supported by a long-standing component partnership with GF Piping Systems. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, institutional investors, or acquisition activity.

Name

Hydro Service & Supplies

Legal name

Hydro Service & Supplies

Website

https://hydroservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Water Treatment Systems

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems) (IMAHAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Monitoring & Control (Dosing Systems, Remote Monitoring, Sensors) (BPABAJAK), Dialysis Water Treatment & Dialysate Delivery Systems (HLAHAKAD)

Keywords

• High purity water systems
• Water purification systems
• Reverse osmosis systems
• Service deionization
• Ultrapure water treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Water Purification Systems: Design, fabrication, installation, and service of custom high purity water systems. Revenue is generated through project-based work including pretreatment skids, water generation systems, storage and distribution skids, reclamation systems, and process skids. The company offers ongoing service, maintenance, and support contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hydro Service & Supplies designs, fabricates, installs, and services custom high-purity water generation, pretreatment, storage, distribution, and reclamation systems for Life Sciences, Microelectronics, Healthcare, Research, Academia, Food & Beverage, and Industrial customers. The company also offers the proprietary Picosystems® family of point-of-use laboratory water polishers and Picotap® laboratory faucets, supported by 24/7 service and ongoing maintenance contracts.

Product overview

Hydro Service & Supplies offers a comprehensive portfolio of high purity water treatment systems and components. The core product line centers on Picosystems® — a family of nine point-of-use (POU) water polishers including the basic Picosystem®, UV Plus variants, and Picopure® UV Plus models — all built on a common chassis delivering ASTM/CAP Type I water through prefiltration, carbon adsorption, and mixed-bed deionization. Supporting the Picosystem® line are Picotap® laboratory faucets (Gooseneck, Flex, and Flex Rinse models) engineered from UHMW polyethylene to prevent water re-contamination. The company also designs and fabricates custom system solutions including pretreatment filtration skids, reverse osmosis (RO) systems (as an OEM), electrodeionization (EDI), service deionization (SDI), storage and distribution systems, and water reclamation/reuse systems. All systems are manufactured in the USA at the company's Innovation Center, with engineering, fabrication, and UL 508 panel shop under one roof.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Picosystems®: Laboratory water purification systems - point-of-use (POU) polishers producing ASTM and CAP Type I Reagent Grade Water for analytical laboratory applications. Includes Picosystem®, Picosystem® UV Plus, and related models.
• Picotap®
• Picopure®
• Picomax®
• Picotech®
• PICO Water System (AWS)
• Picosystem® UV Plus
• Picopure® UV Plus

Products and services

• Picosystems® Family

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GF Piping SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing partnership where GF provides precision piping, valves, and sensor technologies for Hydro's high-purity water systems. GF components are chosen for durability, precision, and compatibility across applications including PVC, PVDF, and Polypropylene. GF delivers tight tolerances, consistent color for cleanroom environments, and expert technical support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Organo Corporation: Japanese-headquartered specialist in ultrapure water for semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing — comparable technology platform (RO, EDI, mixed-bed) for the same regulated high-purity use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Global leader in water treatment with extensive high-purity and process water offerings for pharma, semiconductor, and healthcare — overlaps with Hydro across virtually every served vertical at greater scale.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Supplies ultrapure water systems, service deionization, and process water equipment to pharma, microelectronics, and food & beverage — same product/technology stack (RO, EDI, SDI) as Hydro.
• Evoqua Water Technologies (now part of Veolia): Major U.S. provider of high-purity and ultrapure water systems for life sciences, microelectronics, healthcare, and industrial customers — directly comparable custom-engineered systems plus a much broader service footprint.
• Pall Corporation (a Danaher company): Provides filtration, separation, and purification technologies including high-purity water systems for biopharmaceutical and microelectronics customers — competes for the same enterprise custom-engineering work.

Direct peers

• ELGA LabWater (Veolia): Specialist laboratory water purification brand (PURELAB®, MEDICA®) — directly comparable POU and centralized lab water systems sold into research, healthcare, and clinical diagnostics markets.
• Aqua Solutions, Inc. U.S. manufacturer of laboratory and industrial high-purity water systems including Type I reagent grade water, RO, and deionization — a like-sized niche competitor with overlapping product lines.
• Mar Cor Purification (Cantel Medical / Steris): Provides high-purity water systems for dialysis, clinical labs, and healthcare — overlaps with Hydro's healthcare vertical and AAMI-grade water expertise.
• Merck MilliporeSigma (Lab Water): Industry-leading laboratory water purification systems (Milli-Q® family) producing Type I ultrapure water — the dominant productized competitor to Hydro's Picosystems® in research, academic, and pharma QC labs.

Emerging players

• APT Water: Specializes in industrial water reuse and reclamation systems — directly comparable to Hydro's reclamation/reuse offering for microelectronics cleanrooms and industrial wastewater recovery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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