Coleman Filter Company

What Coleman Filter Company does

Coleman Filter Company, LLC is a privately-held Texas manufacturer of string wound depth filter cartridges and high-flow replacement filter elements, headquartered in a 50,000 square foot facility in Coleman, TX. The company was founded in 1998 and sells exclusively to business customers in oil and gas, municipal water and wastewater, chemical processing, plastics, and other industrial filtration applications, with no consumer-facing channel. Operations run on two shifts per day and maintain over 70,000 filters in stock across more than 150 configurations, supporting short lead times and customer-warehouse stocking programs.

The company's core technology is a proprietary string winding technique that produces 1.5 to 4 inches of depth filtration media wound onto cores in a diamond pattern, delivering high dirt-holding capacity and low media migration across micron ratings from 0.5 to 200. The product portfolio spans standard 2.5" and 4.5" diameter cartridges in cotton, polypropylene, fiberglass, polyester, nylon, and rayon media, plus dedicated high-flow series — Torpedo (inside/out, up to 500 GPM, 1100 cubic inches of depth), Rocket (outside/in, up to 1500 cubic inches, 300-500 GPM), and Patriot (40" outside/in, drop-in for 3M/Cuno 740 vessels) — and the Bullet and Silver Bullet bag/sock replacement lines, the latter featuring reusable 304 stainless steel hardware for high-temperature service.

Revenue is generated through one-time B2B sales of filter elements directly to industrial end users and through a distributor network with global scope; the company also offers custom private labeling. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with distributor pricing gated behind login and direct quotes available via phone or email. Oil and gas is the primary vertical (coil tubing, mixing plants, frac flowbacks, SWD, midstream, refinery), with municipalities, chemical processing, and general industrial filtration as secondary segments. The company is independently owned, with no indication of institutional investment, parent company, or public listing.

Name

Coleman Filter Company

Legal name

Coleman Filter Company, LLC

Website

https://colemanfilter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Coleman Filter Company manufactures string wound depth filter cartridges and high-flow replacement elements for oil and gas, municipal water, chemical processing, and industrial customers. The privately-held Texas firm sells direct and through distributors from a 50,000 sq ft facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filtration Manufacturing

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Filtration Media & Dust Collection Textiles (Air/Liquid Filtration) (IMAOADAC), Replacement Filter Cartridges & Consumables (CRAJAJAH)

Keywords

• String wound filters
• Depth filtration cartridges
• High flow filters
• Industrial liquid filtration
• Bag sock replacement filters

Headquarters

HQ city

Coleman

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Filter Sales: Sale of string wound depth filter cartridges, high flow filters, and bag/sock replacement filters directly to industrial customers in oil and gas, municipal, and chemical processing sectors.
2. Custom Private Labeling: Custom private labeling services offered to customers for their filter products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Coleman Filter Company manufactures string wound depth filter cartridges and high flow filter elements for commercial liquid and water filtration applications. Products are built using a proprietary string winding technique that produces 1.5 to 4 inches of depth filtration media in cotton, polypropylene, fiberglass, polyester, nylon, and rayon, supplied across oil and gas, municipal water/wastewater, chemical processing, and industrial customers. The company also offers custom private labeling and stocking of customer inventory at its warehouse.

Product overview

Coleman Filter Company is a manufacturer of string wound depth filters serving municipalities, oil and gas, chemical processing, plastics, and other industrial filtration applications. The product portfolio centers on string wound filter cartridges available in multiple media types (Natural Cotton, Bleached Cotton, FDA Bleached Cotton, Polypropylene, Fibrillated Polypropylene, FDA Polypropylene, Fiberglass, Polyester, Nylon, Rayon) and core materials (304/316 Stainless Steel, Tin Plated Steel, Polypropylene). Beyond standard 2.5" and 4.5" diameter filters, the company has expanded into high-flow filter alternatives to pleated elements (Torpedo, Rocket, Patriot Series) and bag/sock replacement filters (Bullet, Silver Bullet Series). The 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Coleman, TX maintains over 70,000 filters in stock across more than 150 configurations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Torpedo Series: Inside/Out High Flow string wound filter elements, 60 inches in length with flow rates up to 500 GPM
• Rocket Series
• Patriot Series
• Bullet Series
• Silver Bullet Series

Products and services

• String Wound Filter Cartridges String wound depth filter cartridges manufactured by winding filter media (cotton, polypropylene, fiberglass, polyester, nylon, rayon) onto cores in a proprietary diamond pattern. Available in micron ratings from 0.5 to 200 and lengths from 9.75 to 80 inches, sold to oil and gas, municipal, chemical processing, and industrial customers.
• Torpedo Series (Inside/Out High Flow Filters) Inside-to-out high flow string wound filter element, 6 inch OD and 60 inches long, delivering flow rates up to 500 GPM at 150 PSI with up to 1100 cubic inches of depth media. Drop-in replacement for elements from Pall, 3M, FTC, Fil-Trek, Parker, Shelco, Jonell, PecoFacet, and Global. Used in oil and gas and industrial high flow applications.
• Rocket Series (Outside/In High Flow Filters) Outside-to-in high flow string wound filter element with up to 1500 cubic inches of depth media and flow rates of 300 to 500 GPM depending on fluid type and micron rating. Available in 40, 60, and 80 inch lengths and competes with pleated surface filters from 3M/Cuno for industrial and oilfield applications.
• Patriot Series (40 inch Outside/In Flow) 40 inch outside-to-in flow string wound element that fits 3M/Cuno 740 vessels, providing up to 700 cubic inches of depth media and flow rates up to 4 bbl/min depending on micron. Used in frac flowbacks, coil tubing, production disposal, recycle/reuse, and commercial saltwater disposal applications.
• Bullet Series (Bag/Sock Replacement Filters) String wound replacement cartridge for #2 filter bags that fits all major manufacturer baskets and uses proprietary 1.5 inch deep filtration layers. Customers have captured up to 15 pounds of particulates in some bag replacement applications. Available in bleached cotton, FDA bleached cotton, natural cotton, polypropylene, FDA polypropylene, fibrillated polypropylene, fiberglass, rayon, polyester, and nylon media.
• Silver Bullet Series (High Temperature Bag/Sock Replacement) High temperature string wound alternative to bag/sock filters with reusable 304 stainless steel caps and connecting rod, 316 stainless steel core, and over 500 cubic inches of depth media. Delivers flow rates of 80 to 125 GPM depending on fluid. Available in bleached cotton, FDA bleached cotton, natural cotton, fiberglass, and polyester media.
• Custom Private Labeling Service Private labeling service that lets distributors and industrial customers sell Coleman-manufactured filter cartridges under their own brand, supporting channel partners and resellers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 500 GPM flow rates with Torpedo Series filters
• +5 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Eaton Corporation: Eaton's Filtration Division produces industrial filter cartridges and housings for oil & gas and process industries. Comparable industrial liquid filtration offerings to Coleman's portfolio with a much larger corporate footprint.
• Pall Corporation: Pall (a Danaher company) is a major manufacturer of industrial filtration products including high-flow filter elements that Coleman's Torpedo series explicitly replaces. Pall serves oil & gas, municipal, and industrial water customers globally.
• Donaldson Company: Donaldson is a major manufacturer of industrial filtration products including liquid filter cartridges for oil & gas, chemical processing, and water treatment. Comparable product categories and end markets with much broader scale and geographic reach.
• Parker Hannifin (Hannifin Filtration): Parker's filtration division produces industrial filter cartridges and housings and is named by Coleman as a competitor for replacement elements. Parker's global scale and diversified industrial portfolio make it a broad incumbent peer.
• 3M (Cuno Filtration): 3M's Cuno division manufactures pleated and string wound filter cartridges and is explicitly named by Coleman as a competitor being displaced by the Patriot and Rocket Series. 3M is a global industrial conglomerate with a much broader filtration and industrial portfolio.

Direct peers

• Shelco Filters: Shelco is explicitly cited by Coleman among the high-flow filter manufacturers whose elements Torpedo replaces. Shelco manufactures industrial cartridge and bag filtration serving overlapping oil & gas and industrial customers.
• Jonell Systems: Jonell is named by Coleman as one of the manufacturers whose filter elements the Torpedo series replaces. Jonell manufactures filtration products for oil & gas and industrial process applications.
• Fil-Trek Corporation: Fil-Trek is explicitly named by Coleman as one of the manufacturers whose high-flow elements the Torpedo series replaces. Fil-Trek specializes in industrial liquid filtration cartridges with comparable product positioning.
• PecoFacet (Parker): PecoFacet is explicitly listed by Coleman among the high-flow element manufacturers being displaced. Now part of Parker Hannifin, it serves oil & gas produced water and process filtration markets with comparable product positioning.
• Global Filter: Global Filter is named by Coleman as one of the manufacturers whose elements the Torpedo series replaces. Global Filter manufactures industrial liquid filtration cartridges and housings for oil & gas and process industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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