What Cablevey Conveyors does

Cablevey Conveyors, legally Intraco, Inc., is a tubular drag cable and disc conveyor manufacturer headquartered in Oskaloosa, Iowa, founded in 1972 and operating as a subsidiary of Akona Process Solutions alongside sister brands Kason, Marion Process Solutions, and Spiroflow. Its core technology is an enclosed tubular conveying system that uses a coated flexible stainless steel cable with solid circular discs to gently transport fragile materials without air assistance, addressing product breakage, dust generation, and contamination in food and industrial processing. The product portfolio includes the core tubular cable and disc conveyor system, add-on modules such as Metal-Detectable Cable Assemblies, Clearvey™ (transparent tubing for visual monitoring), Cleanvey CIP (clean-in-place), CleanDrop™ and CleanTray™ retrofits, and the Internal Minicam monitoring system, all available in multiple system sizes capable of moving up to 2,000 cubic feet per hour.

The company operates a hybrid hardware-and-services revenue model across five streams: conveyor system sales, spare parts (cables and discs), service and maintenance (annual inspection, total preventative maintenance, commissioning, supervised installation), Performance Retro Kits, and product testing at its Tech Center. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with multi-year enterprise contract cadence typical for capital equipment of this class. Cablevey sells through a direct B2B enterprise sales motion supported by 6-10 annual industry tradeshows, multilingual video content, case studies, white papers, ROI calculators, and social channels.

The customer base spans seven primary verticals — coffee (Starbucks, Keurig Green Mountain, Probat), nuts (Blue Diamond Growers, Paramount Farms, Hilltop Ranch), pet food (Mars Petcare, Nestlé SA, CJ Foods), breweries (The Bruery, Anaheim Brewery), food processing (Hershey's, Snak King, Ralston Foods, Novarroz, Nutropica), industrial materials, and frozen foods — served across 66+ countries from offices in the United States, United Kingdom (Darwen manufacturing facility opened October 2024 as a joint venture with Spiroflow, Kason, and Marion), and Germany. The company has expanded capacity via a second manufacturing shift in July 2022 and pursues vertical diversification into hemp, biomass, and plastics handling.

Name

Cablevey Conveyors

Legal name

Intraco, Inc.

Website

https://cablevey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cablevey Conveyors, founded in 1972 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, designs and manufactures tubular drag cable and disc conveyor systems for gentle handling of fragile materials. It serves enterprise food processors in coffee, nuts, pet food, breweries, and cereals across more than 66 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oskaloosa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Conveyor System Sales: Design, engineering, and manufacturing of tubular drag cable and disc conveyor systems for material handling across various industries
2. Spare Parts: Replacement components including cables, discs, and other conveyor parts
3. Service and Maintenance: Annual Service Inspection, Total Preventative Maintenance, Commissioning, and Supervised Conveyor Installation services
4. Performance Retro Kit: Retrofit and upgrade solutions for existing conveyor systems to improve performance
5. Product Testing Services: Tech center facility for testing customer products to determine optimal conveyor configuration

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cablevey Conveyors designs, engineers, and manufactures enclosed tubular drag cable-and-disc conveyor systems that gently transport fragile, friable, and high-value bulk materials through sealed tubes without air assistance. The core conveyor system is sold alongside configuration-specific accessories and complementary service offerings including product testing, commissioning, supervised installation, annual inspection, preventative maintenance, and spare parts across food processing, coffee, nuts, pet food, breweries, cereals, and select industrial material applications.

Product overview

Cablevey Conveyors is a tubular drag cable and disc conveyor manufacturer offering a comprehensive material handling system for gentle conveying of fragile materials. The core product is the Tubular Cable and Disc Conveyor system, complemented by accessory products including Metal-Detectable Cable Assemblies, Clearvey™ (clear tubing for visual monitoring), Cleanvey (CIP clean-in-place system), and CleanDrop™/CleanTray™ retrofit innovations. The company also offers monitoring solutions through Internal Minicam systems and provides full service capabilities including commissioning, supervised installation, annual service inspection, and total preventative maintenance. All systems are designed for dust-free, low-maintenance operation across food, pet food, coffee, nuts, cereals, and industrial material applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clearvey: Clearvey™ Systems allow materials to move through tubing with no adverse effects, featuring transparent tube design for easy viewing.
• Cleanvey
• CleanDrop
• CleanTray
• Metal Detectable Cable Assemblies

Products and services

• Tubular Cable and Disc Conveyor Systems The flagship tubular drag cable-and-disc conveyor system that gently transports fragile materials through enclosed sealed tubes, reducing breakage, dust, and product damage while preserving blend integrity. Sold in multiple sizes, including 6-inch diameter tubes, with capacity up to 2,000 cubic feet per hour and 5HP-motor efficiency. Used by enterprise food, beverage, and industrial material processors including coffee roasters, nut processors, pet food manufacturers, breweries, cereal and snack producers, and plastics/biomass handlers.
• Product Testing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Systems can transport over 50 million pounds of almonds annually at customer facilities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SpiroflowcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 October 2024Joint venture partner in UK manufacturing facility. Cablevey's new Darwen, UK facility is a joint venture with Spiroflow, Kason and Marion Process Solutions, all part of the Advanced Material Processing (AMP) group. Equipment from all four brands is manufactured at the UK facility.
• KasoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 October 2024Joint venture partner in UK manufacturing facility. Kason is part of the Advanced Material Processing (AMP) group joint venture with Cablevey, Spiroflow, and Marion for UK manufacturing operations.
• Marion Process SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 October 2024Joint venture partner in UK manufacturing facility. Marion Process Solutions is part of the Advanced Material Processing (AMP) group joint venture for UK and European operations.
• Akona Process SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCablevey is part of Akona Process Solutions (formerly May River family), bringing together Cablevey, Marion Process Solutions, Spiroflow, and Kason under one trusted name. The company designs and manufactures tubular drag conveyor systems as part of this broader process equipment manufacturing group offering advanced material handling equipment and engineering capabilities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hapman: Hapman is a US manufacturer of bulk material handling equipment including flexible screw conveyors and vacuum conveyors, overlapping with Cablevey in food and industrial bulk solids handling.
• KWS Manufacturing: KWS Manufacturing designs and builds screw conveyors, bucket elevators, and bulk material handling equipment serving the same food and industrial process customers as Cablevey.
• Bühler Group: Bühler is a global industrial process equipment leader in food, feed, and advanced materials, offering integrated conveying and processing lines that compete with Cablevey at the larger-project level.

Direct peers

• Spiroflow: Spiroflow makes flexible screw, Aero Mechanical, and tubular drag conveyors for bulk solids handling. Now a sister brand under Akona Process Solutions and JV partner in Cablevey's UK facility, but historically a direct competitor.
• Flexicon Corporation: Flexicon is a leading US manufacturer of tubular cable and disc conveyors plus flexible screw conveyors for food, pharmaceutical, and bulk solids – the closest direct competitor to Cablevey, addressing the same gentle-handling applications.
• Schlagel: Schlagel manufactures drag conveyors, en-masse conveyors, and belt conveyors for bulk material handling, overlapping with Cablevey's industrial materials and grain-handling use cases.
• Chain-Vey (by Mepaco): Chain-Vey manufactures tubular drag conveyors widely used in food, pet food, and chemical processing – directly competing with Cablevey on the same core product architecture and end markets.

Emerging players

• Dynamic Air: Dynamic Air specializes in pneumatic conveying systems and bulk material handling components for food and industrial applications – an alternative architecture competing for the same conveying projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cablevey
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/cableveyconveyors/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/cableveyconveyors
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cablevey-conveyors
• Instagraminstagram.com/cableveyconveyors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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