Carman Industries

What Carman Industries does

Carman Industries, Inc. is a privately held US industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1961 and headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, with a second manufacturing and engineering facility at the same location. The company designs and builds a complete line of vibratory material handling and processing equipment, including vibrating bin dischargers, vibratory conveyors, vibratory feeders, vibrating fluid bed processors, spiral elevators, drawdown hoppers, and vacuum densifiers, plus add-on modules such as auger portioners and tumble-tube processors. Underlying technology is mechanical vibration used to move, feed, convey, heat, cool, dry, moisturize, densify, or elevate bulk solid materials; proprietary design elements include an internal pressure cone for bin discharger flow promotion, a Force Vector Drive for feeders, and FDA/USDA-compliant stainless steel construction for food and dairy applications.

The company serves industrial customers across more than ten verticals, with food and chemical processing identified as primary segments and foundry, coal and mining, power generation, glass, plastics, water treatment, rubber, mineral, and feed and grain as additional served markets. Customers include 'dozens of Fortune 500 companies' and end users such as bakery operations, food processors, dairy processors, chemical processors, water and wastewater facilities, and a Midwest power utility, with applications ranging from lime discharge in 12-foot diameter bins to flour transfer and coal stockpile reclaim. Each piece of equipment is individually engineered to the customer's bulk material and process parameters, supported by an in-house laboratory and field testing using rental equipment before design and manufacture.

Revenue is generated primarily through sale of custom-engineered capital equipment on multi-year contracts, supplemented by usage-based field service billed at published hourly rates ($225/hr domestic US/Canada, $263/hr international) and product testing services. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with regional representatives covering the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Australia, supported by a website with product interest forms and a toll-free sales line. Pricing for equipment is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, while field service rates are transparent. The company holds USDA Equipment Acceptance Certificate for dairy applications and 21 CFR Part 177.2600 compliance for food contact surfaces, and is led by CEO James Hyslop, President and Vice-President David Wantland, and Secretary/Treasurer Amy Swords, with approximately 35 employees classified as a Small Business Concern.

Name

Carman Industries

Legal name

Carman Industries, Inc.

Website

https://carmanindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carman Industries, founded in 1961 and based in Jeffersonville, Indiana, manufactures custom-engineered vibratory material handling and processing equipment — including bin dischargers, conveyors, feeders, fluid bed processors, spiral elevators, drawdown hoppers, and densifiers — for industrial customers in food, chemical, mining, power, and related bulk-solids sectors across the US, Canada, Mexico, and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jeffersonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales: Sale of custom-designed vibratory material handling equipment including bin dischargers, conveyors, feeders, fluid bed processors, spiral elevators, drawdown hoppers, and densifiers. Equipment is individually engineered for each application.
2. Field Service: Field service representatives for equipment inspection, maintenance, operational procedures, and repairs. Charged at hourly rates starting at $225/hour for domestic US/Canada service.
3. Product Testing Services: Laboratory testing and field testing services using rental equipment to analyze material handling solutions prior to equipment design.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Carman Industries designs, manufactures, and sells custom-engineered vibratory material handling and processing equipment for industrial bulk solids. Its product lines include vibrating bin dischargers, vibratory conveyors, vibratory feeders, fluid bed processors, spiral elevators, drawdown hoppers, and vacuum densifiers, each individually engineered to solve specific flow, conveying, feeding, heating, cooling, drying, or density problems in customer facilities. The company also provides laboratory product testing services and field service support for installation, maintenance, and repairs of its equipment.

Product overview

Carman Industries offers a complete line of vibratory material handling and processing equipment founded in 1961. The product portfolio centers on seven core product lines: Vibrating Bin Dischargers (eliminate bridging/ratholing in hoppers), Vibratory Conveyors (move bulk materials across industries), Vibratory Feeders (controlled feeding with Force Vector Drive), Vibrating Fluid Bed Processors (heat/cool/dry bulk solids), Spiral Elevators (multi-process elevation with minimal footprint), Drawdown Hoppers (outdoor stockpile reclaim), and Vacuum Densifiers (increase powder density 50-100%). Additional specialized equipment includes Auger Portioners and Tumble-Tube Processors. All equipment is engineered individually for each application and carries the 'Built To Deliver' guarantee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vibrating Bin Dischargers Vibrating Bin Dischargers eliminate hopper flow problems including bridging and ratholing by using vibratory action to promote bin flow, individually engineered for each application with an internal pressure cone and expanded flow design for industrial bulk solids handlers.
• Vibratory Conveyors Vibratory Conveyors move bulk materials efficiently across hostile environments with smooth movement and low maintenance, with the versatility to accomplish multiple processes while conveying for industrial customers in food, chemicals, mining, foundry, and metals.
• Vibratory Feeders Adjust-A-Flow Vibratory Feeders provide controlled feed rates for impact loading, wet materials, and corrosive atmospheres, featuring Force Vector Drive technology, steel coil or rubber isolation systems, and variable capacity control for process plants.
• Vibrating Fluid Bed Processors Vibrating Fluid Bed Processors heat, cool, dry, or moisturize bulk solid materials by passing controlled process air up through the material bed, delivering process flexibility with lower operating and capital costs for industrial processors.
• Spiral Elevators Spiral Elevators accomplish multiple processes while elevating products including heating, cooling, drying, curing, dewatering, or quenching, with space-saving footprint at heights up to 35 feet and gentle vibratory motion to minimize product degradation.
• Drawdown Hoppers Drawdown Hoppers eliminate outdoor stockpile storage and reclaim problems including coring, bridging, and minimal active reclaim by transmitting vibration energy directly into the stockpile via a projection ring, increasing active reclaim to within 5 to 10 degrees of material's natural angle of repose.
• Vacuum Densifiers Vacuum Densifiers remove air surrounding particles to increase product density by 50-100% for fine powders, with fixed or variable speed drives, carbon or stainless steel construction, optional closed-loop oil-sealed vacuum pump systems, and ability to deaerate products before extrusion to increase production.
• Auger Portioners Auger Portioners provide controlled feed rates to downstream equipment in a dependable, easy-to-maintain design for specialized processing problems in industrial lines.
• Tumble-Tube Processors The Tumble-Tube Processor is a vibratory version of a rotary drum ideal for materials that do not fluidize readily, large wet flakes, or leafy materials, featuring large working volume for extended residence times and excellent blending capability.

Quantifiable outcome

• Density increases of 50-100% with Vacuum Densifiers (e.g., Kaolin clay from 15 PCF to 27-30 PCF)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Vibra Screw Inc. Vibra Screw specializes in vibratory and screw-based bulk material feeding and conveying equipment, overlapping directly with Carman's vibrating feeders and conveyors. They serve similar industrial customers across chemical, food, plastics, and pharmaceutical markets with engineered feeding solutions.
• Cleveland Vibrator Company: Cleveland Vibrator manufactures industrial vibrators and vibratory equipment including bin vibrators, feeders, and material flow aids - directly mirroring Carman's bin discharger and vibratory feeder product lines. The companies serve overlapping industrial customer bases with engineered vibration-based material handling solutions.
• Triple/S Dynamics: Triple/S Dynamics manufactures vibratory conveyors, feeders, and screener-conveyors (the "Sludge-tron" and "Dynacushion" lines) for bulk solids across food, chemical, plastics, and recycling. They compete with Carman directly for vibratory conveying and feeding projects in North American industrial markets.
• Carrier Vibrating Equipment: Carrier Vibrating Equipment is a direct peer designing and manufacturing vibratory conveyors, fluid bed dryers/coolers, and vibrating feeders/scalpers for bulk material processing. Their natural-frequency and brute-force designs compete head-to-head with Carman's offerings across chemical, food, and mineral processing customers.
• General Kinematics: General Kinematics is a leading direct peer manufacturing vibratory feeders, conveyors, fluid bed processors, and screening equipment for bulk solids. The company's VIBRA-DRIVE and vibratory fluid bed product lines directly overlap Carman's core product portfolio, especially in foundry, food, and mining applications.
• Kinergy Corporation: Kinergy designs and builds vibrating screens, feeders, and conveyors for bulk material handling, with a similar focus on engineered-to-order vibratory equipment for industrial customers. Their product range and project-based business model closely parallel Carman's approach to vibratory material processing solutions.
• Eriez Manufacturing: Eriez is the closest direct peer to Carman Industries, manufacturing vibratory feeders, conveyors, and bin vibrators alongside magnetic separation and detection equipment. Both companies target the same Fortune 500 industrial customers in food, chemical, and mining with engineered-to-order bulk material handling solutions.

Broad incumbents

• Metso Corporation: Metso is a broad-incumbent Finnish-listed equipment manufacturer serving mining, aggregates, and metals industries with bulk material handling and processing equipment including vibrating screens, feeders, and conveyors. Metso competes with Carman primarily in mining/foundry/aggregates and serves as a benchmark for global-scale vibration equipment OEMs.
• Coperion (formerly K-Tron): Coperion (which acquired K-Tron) is a broad-incumbent manufacturer of bulk material handling, feeding, conveying, and densification equipment - overlapping Carman's feeders, conveyors, and densifier lines. Their larger scale, multi-region presence, and broader product portfolio position them as an alternative bidder on engineered bulk-handling projects where Carman competes.
• Schenck Process Group: Schenck Process is a broad-incumbent global leader in bulk material handling, weighing, feeding, and screening equipment with a comprehensive portfolio that overlaps several Carman product categories. They bring multinational scale, in-region engineering, and larger service infrastructure that Carman's small US footprint cannot match, making Schenck a frequent alternative on global rollouts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/carman_ind_inc

Compliance2 records

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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