Industrial Filter and Pump

What Industrial Filter and Pump does

Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. Co. is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of pressure leaf filtration equipment, founded in 1927 and headquartered in Mims, Florida. The company designs and fabricates four primary pressure filter vessel families — the Type 122 Horizontal Pressure Leaf Filter, Type 114 Hydra-Shoc Vertical Tube Filter, Type 112 Vertical Leaf Filter, and Type 116 Horizontal Plate Filter — each tailored to different solids loads, cleaning methods (sluice, vibration, air wash, hydraulic shock), and discharge formats (dry cake vs. slurried). Core technology centers on proprietary multi-layer wire mesh filter leaves, where a coarse center mesh supports finer outer layers for precise particle separation, with optional Dacron or polypropylene filter bags for finer filtration. All pressure vessels are built to customer specification under ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code with ASME U Symbol and NBBI R Symbol certifications. The company holds over 100 U.S. patents and operates an in-house chemical and physical laboratory for R&D.

The company serves chemical processing, food and agricultural processing, mining and mineral processing, metal finishing and plating, pet food processing, and wineries and breweries. Revenue is generated from three streams: one-time sales of custom-built pressure filter vessels, ongoing sales of replacement parts and components for the installed base, and professional services covering installation, staff training, site inspection, troubleshooting, and filter leaf refurbishment. Pricing is quote-based with no public disclosure, and the business is sales-led through a network of domestic sales representatives, OEM partners, and international licensees providing worldwide distribution.

Industrial Filter & Pump is a small, family-controlled operation with 1-10 employees and nearly a century of operating history under continuous private ownership. It maintains a sister-company relationship with Fuel Tech, Inc. The business model is anchored in long-cycle capital equipment, multi-decade aftermarket parts revenue, and regulatory certifications that create high barriers for new entrants in its served niches.

Name

Industrial Filter and Pump

Legal name

Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. Co.

Website

https://industrialfilter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. Co., founded in 1927 in Mims, Florida, custom-fabricates ASME-certified pressure leaf filtration equipment, replacement components, and installation services for chemical, food, mining, and metal finishing industries worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filtration Equipment

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Pressure leaf filtration
• Liquid-solid separation
• Industrial filtration equipment
• ASME pressure vessels
• Industrial pumps and clarifiers

Headquarters

HQ city

Mims

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

Revenue model

1. Pressure Filter Vessel Sales: Custom-built pressure filter vessels (Type 112, 114, 116, 122) sold to industrial customers in chemical, food, mining, and metal finishing industries. Each vessel is built to customer specification per ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
2. Replacement Parts and Components: Sale of filter elements, filter leaves, filter candles, filter bags, tube sleeves, hydraulic controls, hydraulic cylinders, industrial vibrators, seals, O-rings, gaskets, and other replacement parts for their equipment and legacy products.
3. Installation and Repair Services: Skilled technicians provide installation services, staff training, site inspection, troubleshooting, and equipment repair/refurbishment including filter leaf refurbishment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. Co. designs, fabricates, and sells custom-built pressure leaf filtration systems (Type 122 horizontal, Type 114 vertical tube, Type 112 vertical leaf, Type 116 horizontal plate) for liquid-solid separation in chemical, food, mining, metal finishing, and other industrial applications. The company also manufactures replacement components (filter leaves, candles, bags, gaskets, seals, hydraulic parts) and provides installation, staff training, inspection, troubleshooting, and refurbishment services.

Product overview

Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. Co. manufactures industrial pressure leaf filtration equipment and related components. The core product line consists of four main pressure filter vessel types (Type 122 Horizontal, Type 114 Vertical Tube, Type 112 Vertical Leaf, and Type 116 Horizontal Plate), each serving different filtration applications. The company fabricates filters, clarifiers, and liquid separation equipment for industries including beverages, chemicals, mining, metal plating, sugar, and vegetable oils. Supporting products include filter elements (leaves, candles, bags, tube sleeves) and a comprehensive range of replacement parts (wheels, hydraulic controls, sluice assemblies, trolley assemblies, hydraulic cylinders, industrial vibrators), rubber products (sleeves, gaskets, seals, o-rings), all designed to work within their filter vessel systems. The company also provides installation and repair services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Type 122 Horizontal Pressure Leaf Filter Horizontal pressure chamber filter with vertical leaves for liquid-solid separation. Cleaned by sluice, vibration, air wash, or combination; can be equipped with screws for closed discharge. Delivers high clarity filtration across a wide range of solids contents and is built to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Used by industrial customers in vegetable oils, sugar, chemicals, wastes, mining, and process water.
• Type 114 Hydra-Shoc Vertical Tube Filter Vertical pressure chamber with vertical tubes where solids collect on the outer tube surface. Cleaned by hydraulic shock back-washing for extremely fast cleaning and cakes discharged in slurried state. Tubes available in metal, ceramic, or carbon. Suited to high speed filtration with medium solids loads. Applied in petro-chemicals, steam condensate, swimming pools, sugar, and chemicals.
• Type 112 Vertical Leaf Filter Vertical pressure leaf filter with top or bottom outlet. Cleaned by sluice, vibration, bag shaker, air wash, or combination; can be equipped with clean-out door for dry cake discharge. Provides high clarity filtration with slurried cake discharge. Used for beverages, chemicals, plating solutions, sugar, and water applications.
• Type 116 Horizontal Plate Filter Horizontal plate filter with center outlet, cleaned manually with or without a scavenger element. Provides high clarity, low to medium solids filtration for in-line polish and trap work applications. Used on beverages, sugar, water, petro-chemical, pharmaceutical, oil-derivatives, and paint applications.
• Filter Leaves Large metal screens made of multi-layered wire mesh that serve as the main filter element in pressure leaf filters. Center layer is coarser mesh providing support to finer outer layers, with fine mesh outer layers using smaller wires for precise particle separation. Offered in various sizes and materials including stainless steel and titanium. Refurbishment is also available for pre-existing leaves.
• Filter Elements Long cylindrical plastic tube assemblies used with Type 114 filters, offered in polypropylene and CPVC materials for industrial filtration applications.
• Filter Candles Candle-style filter elements for industrial filtration applications, designed for use in Industrial Filter pressure vessel systems.
• Filter Leaf Bags Large cloth bags placed over filter leaves to enable finer particle filtration than bare wire mesh alone. Made in-house from durable Dacron/polypropylene filter cloths. Available with various closure methods including Velcro, snap-over flaps, zippers, and drawstrings to ensure proper fit.
• Industrial Vibrator Leaf cleaning system that shakes filter cake loose from filter leaves using vibration. Offered in 3, 4, and 5 inch sizes depending on filter size and type, with related cushion and diaphragm replacement parts.
• Design & Installation Services Custom design and on-site installation of pressure filter vessels built to customer specification per ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Includes staff training on safe and proper filter operation and maintenance by skilled technicians.
• Repair and Refurbishment Services Site inspection, troubleshooting, and equipment repair services performed by skilled technicians. Includes assessment and refurbishment of pre-existing filter leaves and ongoing support for legacy Industrial Filter equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Some equipment has been in use for over half a century, demonstrating exceptional durability and reliability

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fuel Tech, Inc.minorOthersFuel Tech, Inc. is described as a 'sister company' to Industrial Filter & Pump. The two companies share an entrance sign and group photo, indicating they are affiliated organizations under common ownership.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sparkler Filters, Inc. Texas-based manufacturer of horizontal and vertical pressure leaf filters for liquid-solid separation. Closest direct peer to Industrial Filter & Pump - same core product family (pressure leaf filtration), custom-built vessels, and similar target end-markets including food, beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical processing.
• Filtration Group Corporation: Chicago-based industrial filtration equipment manufacturer with a portfolio of liquid filtration products, including pressure vessels and filter media. Direct comparable in industrial filtration equipment fabrication serving chemical, food, and general manufacturing customers.
• BHS-Sonthofen (BHS Filtration): German industrial filtration and separation equipment maker producing rotary pressure filters, candle filters, and indexing belt filters. Direct peer on pressure filtration equipment for chemical and bulk-processing end markets, including mining/minerals where Industrial Filter & Pump also operates.
• CECO Environmental: U.S.-based environmental and industrial filtration company providing engineered filtration solutions for industrial process air and liquid applications. Comparable focus on engineered industrial filtration for heavy industrial customers including chemicals and metals processing.

Broad incumbents

• Pall Corporation (Danaher): Large industrial and life sciences filtration company within Danaher, offering a much broader portfolio (membrane, cartridge, and equipment) including filtration for chemical processing, food/beverage, and metal finishing. Overlap with Industrial Filter & Pump exists in chemical and process-water filtration.
• Donaldson Company, Inc. Publicly-traded global manufacturer of filtration systems across industrial, aerospace, and engine markets. Serves chemical processing, mining, and heavy industry with extensive liquid and air filtration offerings comparable in target markets to Industrial Filter & Pump.
• Parker Hannifin: Global motion and control technologies leader with industrial filtration as one segment alongside hydraulics, pneumatics, and aerospace systems. Comparable in serving heavy industrial customers with filtration and fluid handling equipment including replacement elements.
• Eaton Corporation: Diversified industrial manufacturer with a filtration systems business serving chemical, oil & gas, mining, and general industrial end markets. Overlap with Industrial Filter & Pump in industrial fluid handling and pressure vessel adjacent equipment.
• MANN+HUMMEL: German privately-held global filtration specialist across automotive, industrial, and life sciences. Comparable in industrial filtration equipment and replacement elements with deep end-market overlap in chemical, water, and process industries.
• GEA Group: German engineering group focused on food, beverage, and process industries, with separation and filtration equipment (separators, decanters, membrane systems) for chemical and mining applications. Overlaps with Industrial Filter & Pump's chemical and food processing customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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