What Aerogen does

Aerogen (legal entity: The Aerogen Company Limited) is a UK-based specialist manufacturer of industrial gas burner systems, flame treatment equipment, and combustion systems, founded in 1881 as The Aerogen Gas Company and incorporated in 1988. Headquartered in Alton, Hampshire, the company operates with 11-50 employees and is privately held following a 2005 management buy-out by Managing Director Tony Wilkinson. Its core technology centers on flame treatment systems — used to improve adhesion properties of plastics, films, paper, board, and metal prior to coating, printing, laminating, or labelling — as well as proprietary burner designs (ribbon burners from 10mm to 10 meters, FC Series air heaters with 35:1 turndown and ±1°C control), automatic flame controls, flame plasma technology, and a patented Side Strip Curing System for three-piece can manufacturing.

Aerogen generates revenue primarily through one-time sales of bespoke, customer-specified capital equipment, supplemented by an aftermarket stream of spare parts and service (gas valve trains, electrodes, flame relays, regulators, UV cells, combustion air fans). Approximately 90% of sales are international, distributed through a network of regional channel partners across five continents, with main markets in Sweden, Korea, Japan, China, and Ireland. The company serves enterprise customers across automotive (BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Honda, Daimler Chrysler, Kia), packaging (Tetra Pak, SIG Combibloc, Crown Packaging), food and beverage (Walkers Crisps, United Biscuits, Warburton's), consumer goods (Colgate, Gillette, S.C. Johnson), and industrial manufacturing (Pilkington Glass, Stora Enso, Pirelli Cables). Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales from the UK head office combined with regional distributors and presence at major international trade exhibitions.

Name

Aerogen

Legal name

The Aerogen Company Limited

Website

https://aerogen.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1881

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aerogen is a UK-based specialist manufacturer of bespoke industrial flame treatment systems, combustion systems, and gas burners, serving enterprise customers in automotive, packaging, food processing, and industrial manufacturing across five continents, with approximately 90% of sales generated internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Alton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Gas Burner Systems: Aerogen designs and manufactures bespoke industrial gas burner systems, combustion systems, and flame treatment equipment. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales with custom specifications for each customer application.
2. Spare Parts and Service: Aerogen offers an extensive range of spare parts including gas valve trains, electrodes, flame relays, gas valves, regulators, pressure switches, gauges, and burner spare parts kits. Service revenue supplements equipment sales.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Aerogen is a specialist UK manufacturer of flame treatment systems, combustion systems, industrial gas burners, and gas controls used to improve adhesion properties of papers, plastics, films, and metals in industrial manufacturing. The company designs bespoke burner solutions for applications including automotive component treatment, packaging converting, film coating, bakery/food processing, anti-flecking of sheet metal, and curing in can-making operations, and supplements equipment sales with spare parts and service support.

Product overview

Aerogen is a specialist manufacturer of industrial gas burner systems and flame treatment equipment. The product portfolio consists of Flame Treatment systems (Plastics, Automotive, Converting, Film, and Anti-Flecking applications), Combustion Systems (FC Series Air Heaters, Side Strip Curing Systems, Bespoke Burner Systems, Bakery and Food Related burners, and Flame Polishing), Industrial Gas Burners (Ribbon Burners in air blast and natural draft formats), and associated Spares. All products are designed for industrial manufacturing applications and the company specializes in bespoke solutions tailored to specific customer requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flame Treatment - Plastics Flame treatment systems for extruded or moulded plastic products including bottles, containers, mouldings, components, pipes, and cable covers, designed to promote adhesion of labels and print on plastic surfaces.
• Flame Treatment - Automotive Specialty flame treatment systems for plastic components in car manufacturing to improve adhesion for painting, bonding, slushing, and foaming of components such as bumpers, instrument panels, headlamps, and wheel trims.
• Flame Treatment - Converting Flame treating technology for conditioning paper and carton board adhesion qualities prior to lamination for liquid packaging and converting applications.
• Flame Treatment - Film Flame treatment systems for BOPP and OPP films requiring high adhesion qualities for coating and printing applications, including adhesive tape and low-adhesion coating uses.
• Flame Treatment - Anti-Flecking Flame treatment system for sheet metal surfaces (tin plate, aluminium, steel) to remove forming oil and grease prior to coating.
• Side Strip Curing System Patented side-strip curing system for three-piece can manufacturing that cures weld seam protection material, featuring an Aeroflame Box Burner and individual temperature modulation for accurate temperature profiling.
• FC Series Fire Cone Air Heater Industrial air heater burners with ±1°C temperature control, 35:1 turn-down ratio, and thermal capacity from 500,000 to 4,000,000 BTUs for ink drying, paint drying, factory heating, and general drying applications.
• Bespoke Burner Systems Custom-designed industrial gas burner systems for bakery ovens, can making, tobacco drying, silicon coating, medical plastics, and other specialised applications, manufactured to suit individual customer and product needs.
• Bakery and Food Related Burners Industrial gas burners for baking, toasting, searing, branding, and caramelising applications in industrial bakeries, available in cast iron, mild steel, chrome plated, stainless steel, and ceramic constructions.
• Flame Polishing Flame polishing systems for removing burs and flash from injection moulded components, rounding off edges without damaging products to deliver smooth surface finishes.
• Ribbon Burners Industrial gas burners from 10mm to 10 metres in length for flame treatment, heating, drying, and curing, available in air blast and natural draft formats with customisable constructions and energy outputs.
• Spares and Service Parts Spare parts and service offering including gas valve trains, electrodes, flame relays, gas valves, regulators, pressure switches, gauges, UV cells, flow meters, and combustion air fans.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% growth in international trade over three years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers44 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered regional.

• Cooper and Turner Pty LimitedregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distribution partner for Australia. Contact: Andrew Turner at 59-69 Sutherland Road, Diamond Creek VIC 3089, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9438 6000.
• Scanteco ApSregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distribution partner for Denmark and Scandinavia. Contact: Jens Bjørn, Walgerholm 7 Johnstrup, DK 3500 Værløse, Denmark. Tel: +45 4498 5155.
• OY EMROTEC TRADE ABregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distribution partner for Finland. Contact: P.O.Box 812, 13501 Hämeenlinna, Finland. Tel: +358-405 034 761.
• KMC LtdregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distribution partner for Korea. Contact: 726-5 Daewon-ri-Jori-eup, Paju Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea. Tel: +82 2 6309 7031.
• Sumitomo Heavy Industries Modern LtdregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distribution partner for Japan. Contacts: Masaaki Yoshimi (sales) and Mikio Koyasu (technical), 8-32-16 Shinyoshida-higashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8511, Japan.
• Shanghai Shunze Int'l Trading Co., LtdregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional distribution partner for China (People's Republic of). Contact: Richard Peng, Rm.1504, 2515 Pudong Ave., Shanghai 200136, China.
• Dusan Stajer (Independent Representative)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional contact for Czech Republic. Contact: Vitezna 1746, 756 61 Roznov, Czech Republic.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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