What Prime Conveyor does

Prime Conveyor, Inc. is a privately held US manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial conveyor systems and material-handling equipment, headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, and operating since 1989. The company designs and builds application-specific conveyors across several product families including pallet handling (Chain Driven Live Roller, Drag Chain, pallet dispensers, Iron Cross pallet lift-and-rotate, transfer carts, load aligners), case and bag handling (MDR accumulation, slat, bag flatteners, vibratory bag conditioning), belt conveyors (slider bed, flat wire, belt-on-roller, mat top), vertical lifts, and turn/rotate equipment. Differentiated engineering features include frames 20% heavier than industry standard, an engineered bolt-together design for strength and flexibility, TyVar chain guides, and freezer-rated, fully electric systems rated to -10°F for cold storage and frozen food applications.

Prime Conveyor sells exclusively through its Partners In PRIME (PIP) network of OEMs and System Integrators, with no direct end-customer sales channel. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and revenue is generated through project-based hardware sales of complete conveyor systems and components. The customer base is industrial — manufacturing facilities, warehouses, frozen food and cold storage operators, and the system integrators who bundle Prime equipment into larger material handling solutions. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, M&A activity, or funding rounds, and is independently operated as a small manufacturer of 11–50 employees.

Name

Prime Conveyor

Legal name

Prime Conveyor, Inc.

Website

https://primeconveyor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prime Conveyor is a privately held Merrillville, Indiana manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial conveyor systems and material-handling equipment, sold exclusively through its Partners In PRIME network of OEMs and System Integrators to manufacturing, warehousing, and cold storage customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Conveyor Systems & Material Handling Equipment

NAICS

Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing (333922), Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (4238)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569), Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailors & Stackers (3537)

akta.pro primary industry

Conveyors & Sortation Systems (Warehouse & Parcel) (IMAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bulk Material Handling Systems (Belt Conveyors, Feeders, Stackers, Reclaimers) (IMAHABAH), Material Handling & Industrial Lift Vehicle Manufacturing (Forklifts/Telehandlers/Reach Stackers) (IMACAFAD)

Keywords

• Industrial conveyor systems
• Material handling equipment
• Pallet handling conveyors
• Warehouse automation equipment
• Heavy-duty conveyor manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Merrillville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Conveyor Equipment Sales: Sale of complete conveyor systems, components, and material handling equipment to industrial customers through channel partners

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Prime Conveyor designs and manufactures heavy-duty industrial conveyor systems and material handling equipment, including pallet, case, and bag handling conveyors, vertical lifts, dispensers, and turn/rotate units. Products are sold exclusively through the company's Partners In PRIME (PIP) channel network of OEMs and System Integrators serving manufacturing, warehousing, and cold storage customers.

Product overview

Prime Conveyor designs and builds application-specific conveyor systems and material handling equipment. The product portfolio consists of multiple product lines organized by handling type: Pallet Handling equipment (Chain Driven Live Roller, Drag Chain Conveyor, Pallet Dispensers, Pallet Lift & Rotate/Iron Cross, Transfer Carts, Motorized Load Aligner, Pallet Load Stacker, Pallet Load Turntable), Case Handling equipment (190 Poly-V MDR Live Roller Accumulation, Lift Gates, Slat Conveyor), Bag Handling equipment (Bag Flattener, Bag Knockdown + Rotate Belt Conveyor, Vibratory Bag Conditioning Belt Conveyor), Belt Conveyors (Slider Bed Belt, Flat Wire Belt on Roller, Belt on Roller, Mat Top Belt), Vertical Lifts (Reciprocating and Continuous), Turn + Rotate equipment (Iron Cross, Live Disk Turntable), Dispensers (Pallet Dispensers, Slave Board Dispenser, Slipsheet Dispenser), and general conveying solutions including Tabletop Chain. Equipment is sold exclusively through the Partners In PRIME (PIP) network of OEMs and System Integrators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Iron Cross: Motorized/Air Operated Pallet Load reorientation unit designed to rotate pallet loads 90° or 180° and lift them by 3 inches
• ProPal 15
• Partners In PRIME (PIP)

Products and services

• Chain Driven Live Roller (CDLR) Conveyor Chain-driven live roller conveyor for heavy-duty pallet and unit load handling in industrial applications, sold through PIP channel partners.
• Roller Transfer Roller-based transfer module for moving loads between conveyor lines in pallet handling systems.
• Drag Chain Conveyor (2060 and 2080) Drag chain conveyor in two series (2060 and 2080) for heavy-duty industrial material handling applications.
• Chain Transfer Chain-driven transfer module for redirecting loads between conveyor sections in pallet handling systems.
• Pivot Transfer Pivot-style transfer module for rotating or redirecting loads on conveyor lines.
• Motorized Pallet Dispenser Motorized dispenser for staged delivery of pallets into pallet handling lines.
• ProPal 15 Pallet Dispenser ProPal 15 model pallet dispenser for controlled pallet introduction into conveyor lines.
• Pallet Load Stacker Stacking equipment for palletized loads in pallet handling and warehousing operations.
• Slave Board Dispenser/Collector Combined dispenser and collector unit for slave boards used in pallet handling systems.
• Slipsheet Dispenser/Collector Combined dispenser and collector unit for slipsheets used in unit load handling.
• Iron Cross / Pallet Lift and Rotate Iron Cross rotating pallet lift and rotate unit for reorienting palletized loads on conveyor lines.
• Transfer Carts Transfer carts for moving loads between conveyor zones in industrial material handling systems.
• Motorized Load Aligner Motorized unit for aligning loads on conveyor lines prior to downstream operations.
• Lift Gates Lift gates for load transfer between conveyors operating at different elevations.
• Slat Conveyor Slat conveyor for heavy-duty material handling of unit loads and palletized goods.
• Flat Wire Belt on Roller Conveyor Flat wire belt mounted on roller conveyor configuration for industrial material handling.
• Belt on Roller Conveyor Belt on roller conveyor configuration for case and package handling applications.
• Mat Top Belt Conveyor Mat top belt conveyor for case and package handling in industrial and packaging lines.
• Slider Bed Belt Conveyor Slider bed belt conveyor for general industrial material handling and case conveying.
• Case Rotator Case rotator unit for reorienting cases on conveyor lines in packaging and distribution operations.
• Bag Flattener Bag flattener for conditioning bags on bag handling lines prior to palletizing or further processing.
• Bag Knockdown + Rotate Belt Conveyor Combined belt conveyor for knocking down and rotating bags during bag handling operations.
• Vibratory Bag Conditioning Belt Conveyor Vibratory belt conveyor for conditioning bags through vibration during bag handling operations.
• Reciprocating Vertical Lift Reciprocating vertical lift for moving loads between different elevations in industrial conveyor systems.
• Continuous Vertical Lift Continuous vertical lift for ongoing vertical conveying of loads between elevations in industrial conveyor systems.
• Pallet Load Turntable Turntable for rotating palletized loads on pallet handling lines.
• Live Disk Turntable Live disk turntable for rotating loads on conveyor lines in industrial material handling.
• Tabletop Chain Conveyor Tabletop chain conveyor for case and package handling in industrial and packaging lines.
• 190 Poly-V MDR Live Roller Accumulation Conveyor 190 Poly-V motor driven roller (MDR) live roller accumulation conveyor for zero-pressure product accumulation.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Partners In PRIME (PIP) NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive distribution network consisting of OEMs and System Integrators. Equipment is sold ONLY through this partner network. Partners integrate Prime Conveyor equipment into complete material handling solutions for end customers.

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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