What Sodimate does

Sodimate is a privately held industrial equipment manufacturer founded in Chicago, Illinois, and operating globally for over 40 years, specializing in bulk storage, discharge, conveyance, and mixing systems for dry powders used in water and air treatment applications. Its core technology is a patented mechanical bin activator (DDS 400) that uses rotating flexible blades for gentle agitation to break silos of dry powders — including hydrated lime, quicklime, powdered activated carbon (PAC), soda ash, dry cement, sand, and polymers — eliminating arching, rat holing, and erratic discharge typical of vibratory or air-injection designs. The company's product portfolio spans 15+ equipment categories including mechanical bin activators, flexible screw conveyors (Type DMR), loss-in-weight feeders, pneumatic conveying systems, slurry tanks, lime slakers, sludge mixers, and wetting cone eductors, marketed under US (sodimate-inc.com) and international brands in France (sodimate.com), Germany (sodimate.de), Spain (sodimateiberica.com), and China (sodimate.com.cn).

Sodimate's business model is built on direct enterprise field sales targeting municipal and industrial customers, with revenue generated from hardware sales, custom engineered system integration, retrofit installations on existing silos, and recurring after-sales support including spare parts, on-site training, and troubleshooting. Pricing is quote-based with all solutions engineered to customer-specific requirements, and projects typically run from initial contact through turnkey installation. The company serves a defined set of vertical segments — water and wastewater treatment (primary), air pollution control (dioxin/furan, SO2/SO3 treatment at waste incinerators), and industrial manufacturing (cement, glass, pulp and paper, plastics, food processing). Selected named customers include CEMEX USA, INFRAMARK, Torginol, Greenville Utilities Commission, Société Mosellane des Eaux, Indaver, and Veolia subsidiaries.

Distribution is conducted exclusively through direct field sales rather than third-party resellers, supplemented by active content marketing (technical blog, case studies, LinkedIn/Twitter/YouTube presence) and industry trade show attendance at WEFTEC and IFAT. Sodimate has deployed more than 9,000 systems globally, holds multiple long-standing patents on its mechanical arch breaker and screw feeder architecture, and maintains referral and engineering relationships with adjacent ecosystem players including Lhoist, OTV, and regional distributor SOURCES.

Name

Sodimate

Legal name

Sodimate, Inc.

Website

https://sodimate-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sodimate designs and manufactures patented mechanical bulk powder handling systems — bin activators, screw feeders, pneumatic conveyors, lime slakers, and slurry tanks — for municipalities and industrial operators in water, wastewater, and air pollution control applications across the US, France, Germany, Spain, and China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Bulk Material Handling Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Solids Handling & Processing Equipment (Conveying, Silo, Feeders) (IMAHAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bulk Packaging Filling/Discharge Systems & Handling Aids (Spouts, Lifting, Dischargers) (IMALAGAI), Filling & Dosing Equipment (Liquid, Powder, Aseptic) (IMALAOAB)

Keywords

• Bulk powder handling
• Mechanical bin activator
• Silo discharge systems
• Water treatment equipment
• Lime slurry systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bulk Material Handling Equipment Sales: Sale of proprietary mechanical bin activators, screw feeders, conveyors, slurry tanks, lime slakers, and related powder handling equipment. Equipment is customized and engineered to customer specifications. Revenue derived from both new equipment sales and retrofit/upgrading of existing systems.
2. Custom Engineering and System Integration: Turnkey solutions including studies, design, equipment supply, and installation. Engineering services for complete system retrofit including measurements, on-site studies, and installation guidance. Accompanied by comprehensive documentation.
3. After-Sales Services: Ongoing revenue from spare parts, technical support, start-up assistance, on-site training, and troubleshooting services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Sodimate engineers and manufactures bulk storage, handling, and mixing systems for dry powders and chemicals. Its core products are mechanical bin activators, flexible screw conveyors, pneumatic conveying systems, slurry tanks, lime slakers, and loss-in-weight feeders used by municipalities and industrial facilities for water treatment, wastewater treatment, and air pollution control processes.

Product overview

Sodimate is a specialist in bulk storage, handling, and mixing systems for water and air treatment applications. Over the past 40 years, the company has engineered and manufactured over 9,000 systems. Their product portfolio centers on a complete line of bulk powder handling equipment including the patented DDS 400 Mechanical Bin Activator (3-in-1 system combining silo unloader, isolation slide gate, and screw feeder), Big Bag Bulk Dischargers, Flexible Screw Conveyors (Type DMR), Screw Feeder Hoppers, Injector Screws for moisture isolation, Slurry Tanks (for lime milk, activated carbon, and polymer slurries), Pneumatic Conveying Systems (dilute and dense phase), Loss in Weight Feeders, Slurry Eductors (PAC Microsand), Slurry Metering Systems, Silo Retrofit solutions, Bulk Storage Silos, Lime Slaker Units, Sludge Mixers (Class B), and Sludge Screw Conveyors. The systems handle various dry chemicals and powders including hydrated lime, quicklime, soda ash, powdered activated carbon (PAC), dry cement, sand, and polymers. Applications span water treatment, wastewater treatment, air pollution control (dioxin, furan, SO₂/SO₃ treatment), and industrial processes (cement, glass, pulp & paper, food processing, plastics).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mechanical Bin Activator (DDS 400) Patented 3-in-1 system combining a silo unloader with flexible screw conveyor, an isolation slide gate, and an accurate volumetric screw feeder. Uses gentle agitation to discharge and feed dry powder, avoiding compacting, bridging, and arching common with vibrators or air injection systems.
• Big Bag Bulk Discharger Bulk bag discharger / FIBC unloader equipment for handling dry bulk materials from large bags and super sacks.
• Flexible Screw Conveyor Type DMR Flexible screw conveyor system for transporting bulk powders and materials.
• Screw Feeder Hopper Screw feeder hopper designed for manual discharge and feeding of 55 lbs bags, featuring shaftless screws that feed products accurately.
• Injector Screw for Moisture Isolation An isolation injector that protects screw feeders from humidity and moisture during powder transfer.
• Slurry Tank Mixing tank for lime milk slurry, activated carbon slurry, and polymer systems, available in HDPE (100-1000 gal) or stainless steel/epoxy coated steel (up to 700 ft³).
• Pneumatic Conveying Systems Compressed-air based systems for transferring dry bulk materials through enclosed pipelines using dilute phase or dense phase conveying methods.
• Loss in Weight Feeder Gravimetric feeder that measures the mass of product traveling through it, providing high powder metering accuracy, instantaneous flow rate, and accurate control of consumption for powders such as activated carbon, hydrated lime, clay, and polymer.
• Slurry Eductor PAC Microsand Wetting cone designed for creating dust-free PAC slurries using the Venturi effect to transport slurry over high distances with low energy consumption.
• Slurry Metering System Packaged pump skid system with centrifugal pumps and electric motor or diesel engine drivers, equipped with all metering accessories needed for easy installation.
• Silo Retrofit Retrofit solutions for integrating new discharge and metering systems into existing silos without requiring separate construction or facility modifications.
• Bulk Storage Silos Storage silos for bulk materials in various sizes, including 80m³ capacity and polyester silos of 3500 ft³.
• Lime Slaker Unit System for slaking quicklime in an agitated slaking tank maintaining high efficiency for water treatment applications.
• Sludge Mixer Class B Dual-shaft mixer for combining sludge and lime to achieve Class A or Class B stabilized sludge, featuring notched blades for effective mixing.
• Sludge Screw Conveyor Coreless screw conveyor for sludge recovery from centrifuges in wastewater treatment applications.
• Polymer Preparation Unit (Polymatique E-2) Preparation units for emulsion-based polymers used in sludge dewatering applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% reliability rate achieved for PAC injection system at Greenville Utilities Commission
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered key project partner, project partner, referral partner, key customer and regional partner.

• Ronaval (Veolia)key project partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 4 April 2024Ronaval, a Veolia subsidiary, partnered with Sodimate to simplify and optimize the existing activated carbon dosing installation at the Bourgoin-Jallieu incinerator. Sodimate provided turnkey solution including measurements, studies, equipment supply, and installation.
• OTVproject partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022OTV was the engineering company commissioned by Société Mosellane des Eaux and SERM for the Moulins-lès-Metz water treatment plant modernization. Sodimate was asked to help modernize the plant as part of this broader project.
• Lhoistreferral partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020Lhoist, a large lime manufacturer, recommended Sodimate for the Indaver project at the Loon-Plage IndaChlor site. This recommendation led to Sodimate being contracted for the acid neutralization line equipment.
• Indaverkey customerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Indaver, a Belgian company with European operations, partnered with Sodimate for designing and building part of its acid neutralization line at the IndaChlor site in Loon-Plage. Sodimate supplied storage silos, metering and conveying systems, and truck unloading equipment.
• SOURCESregional partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2020SOURCES is a French company that delivered Sodimate's polymer preparation units to Veolia's Dieppe wastewater treatment plant in 2020.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Spiroflow Systems: Spiroflow designs and manufactures flexible screw conveyors, aero mechanical conveyors, and bulk bag discharging/filling stations, overlapping directly with Sodimate's bulk powder handling portfolio.
• Gericke Group: Gericke manufactures feeding, conveying, and mixing equipment for bulk solids, closely mirroring Sodimate's bin activator, screw feeder, and slurry tank offerings for chemical, food, and water treatment customers.
• Hapman: Hapman produces bulk material handling equipment including flexible screw conveyors, bag dump stations, and bulk bag unloaders, competing with Sodimate in chemical, food, and mineral powder handling applications.
• AZO GmbH + Co. KG: AZO designs automated bulk material handling systems including silos, feeders, and pneumatic conveying — directly comparable to Sodimate's bulk storage, dosing, and conveying product portfolio.
• Flexicon Corporation: Flexicon manufactures flexible screw conveyors, bulk bag dischargers, and other powder handling equipment — directly overlapping Sodimate's DMR flexible screw conveyor and Big Bag Bulk Discharger lines for the same industrial and food/pharma end markets.
• Palamatic Process: Palamatic Process is a European specialist in bulk powder handling, including big bag unloading, screw conveying, and pneumatic conveying — directly comparable to Sodimate's product range and water/air treatment applications.
• Dynamic Air: Dynamic Air specializes in pneumatic conveying systems and components for dry bulk materials, directly competing with Sodimate's Pneumatic Conveying Systems line in dilute and dense phase applications.
• National Bulk Equipment (NBE): NBE builds bulk material handling and process equipment including bulk bag unloaders, screw conveyors, and feeders — directly comparable to Sodimate's discharge, conveying, and feeding product family.

Broad incumbents

• Coperion: Coperion (formerly Coperion K-Tron) is a much larger, broad-line industrial supplier of compounding, extrusion, and bulk material handling equipment, including feeding and conveying systems that overlap with Sodimate's offerings as part of a wider portfolio.
• Schenck Process: Schenck Process is a global industrial incumbent offering weighing, feeding, screening, and air filtration technologies; its feeding/conveying lines overlap with Sodimate's mechanical bin activator and screw feeder systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sodimate
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsQSHfbt8t2nVIC86p8nDJw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Sodimate
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/Sodimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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