INOX BF

Name

INOX BF

Legal name

INOX B.F. S.R.L. - unipersonale soggetta a direzione e coordinamento di 3F Finanziaria S.R.L

Website

https://inoxbf.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Paper Mill Equipment

akta.pro primary industry

Pulp & Paper Process & Water Chemicals (IMAEAJAH)

Keywords

• Paper mill equipment
• Waste treatment machinery
• Pulper waste handling
• Industrial filtration systems
• Waste compaction equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Lucca

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales: Sale of custom-built waste treatment equipment for paper mills including Ecodrum, Conicdrum, Separsand, Ecovis, Ecoreject, Ecofilter, and other specialized machinery. Equipment is customized to customer specifications with technical studies performed for each installation.
2. Aftermarket Services: Technical support, spare parts, and maintenance services for installed equipment base

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

INOX BF designs, manufactures and sells industrial equipment for the waste treatment of paper mills. Its portfolio covers the full life cycle of pulper reject handling — separation, compaction, filtration, conveying and baling — and is complemented by stainless-steel fabrication, technical assistance, spare parts and revamping services for tissue, chemical and petrochemical plants.

Product overview

INOX BF is a waste treatment equipment manufacturer for the paper mill industry, producing a comprehensive portfolio of industrial machinery for collection, washing, transport, and compaction of waste from pulpers and purification machines. The product line includes: Ecosewer and Separsand (sand/contaminant separators for wastewater treatment), Ecovis and Ecovis 600 T-EF (coarse waste collection systems), Ecodrum and Conicdrum (pulper waste collection and handling), Ecoreject-V and Ecoreject ER-500 (waste thickeners/compactors), Ecojunk (JunkTrap waste handling), Ecofilter (water filtration), Dual Cut (rope cutter), Ecocompact (volume reducer/compactor), Ecoroll (wire winder), plus ancillary equipment including Yankee Spray (passivation systems), Presse da imballo (balers), and Nastro Trasportatore (conveyors). The company also serves the chemical and petrochemical sectors with DSP passivation systems. The products are constructed primarily from stainless steel (AISI 304/316) or hot-dip galvanized carbon steel, featuring mechanical screw, hydraulic, and filtration technologies for waste processing and water recovery applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ecodrum High-consistency rotary drum for separating and thickening pulper rejects in paper mills, designed to process rejects at high consistency while reducing fibre loss and downstream load.
• Conicdrum Cylindrical-conical thickening/dewatering drum for pulper rejects, offering controlled dewatering with low water and energy consumption.
• Separsand Sand separator used at the outlet of pulpers or dump chests to extract heavy contaminants and protect downstream equipment in paper mills.
• Separsand SS-DS Duplex sand separator variant engineered for higher capacity and stricter separation performance in demanding stock-preparation lines.
• Separsand SS100 Compact 100-litre-class sand separator for smaller pulping systems and laboratory/pilot paper mill lines.
• Ecovis Visual / optical inspection and sorting system for recovered fibre streams, helping paper mills remove contaminants from pulper rejects.
• Ecovis 600 T-EF Higher-throughput 600 T-EF model of the Ecovis optical sorter, targeted at large tissue and packaging paper mills.
• Ecoroll Roller system used to feed, mix or dewater rejects upstream of compaction equipment in the reject handling line.
• Ecoreject-V Patented vertical screw compactor for pulper rejects that achieves approximately 85% dryness, dramatically reducing the volume and weight of waste sent to landfill.
• Ecoreject ER-500 ER-500 series reject compactor variant with extended capacity and rotor geometry tuned for high-tonnage tissue mills.
• Ecojunk Junk removal / coarse cleaning device for separating heavy and oversized contaminants from pulper rejects before further processing.
• Ecofilter Filtration unit for clarified water / filtrate recovery from reject-handling lines, enabling water recirculation and reduced effluent load.
• Dual Cut Two-stage cutting/shredding device designed to size-reduce bulky rejects and prepare them for downstream compaction or baling.
• Ecocompact Screw compaction equipment for paper mill rejects delivering high dry-content output and reduced disposal cost.
• Pulper HD Heavy-duty pulper used for high-consistency slushing of recycled fibre and reject streams in stock preparation systems.
• Yankee Spray Stainless-steel spray header and nozzle assembly for tissue Yankee dryer hoods, including chemical-additive dosing and oscillation packages.
• Presse da Imballo Baling presses that compress dried paper mill rejects into compact bales for easier transport, handling and disposal.
• Nastro Trasportatore Custom-engineered conveyor belts that move rejects and stock between pulpers, separators, compactors and baling equipment.
• Ecosewer Stainless-steel fabricated equipment and skids for paper-mill waste handling lines, including custom tanks, piping and structural assemblies.
• Technical Assistance and Spare Parts After-sales technical service, maintenance, revamping, on-site installation and supply of original spare parts for installed equipment.
• Plant Revamping Engineering, mechanical and process revamps of existing pulper, reject-handling and stock-preparation lines to upgrade capacity or efficiency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 85% dryness achieved with ECOREJECT ER-500 compaction
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Foreign Sales Agents NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of qualified foreign agents for international market expansion, particularly in Latin America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico) and Eastern European countries. Agents are described as essential figures for company growth.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Andritz: Large international supplier of pulp and paper machinery, including stock-preparation, recycling, and water-treatment systems. Overlaps with INOX BF's pulper waste and fiber-recovery focus but serves customers with complete mill solutions.
• Valmet: Global full-line supplier of pulp, paper, and energy technologies offering equipment across the entire mill process, including waste-handling and water treatment. Competes with INOX BF on stock-preparation and process equipment but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• GEA Group: Large supplier of separation, filtration, and process technology with applications in pulp and paper wastewater and process water treatment. Competes with INOX BF's Ecofilter and broader filtration offerings at the water-treatment level.
• Voith Paper: Division of Voith Group offering full-line paper machinery and process equipment for pulp mills, including fiber preparation, cleaning, and water circuits. Adjacent to INOX BF's niche through broader mill offerings.
• Sulzer: Industrial engineering company providing pumps, mixers, and process equipment used in pulp and paper manufacturing, including wastewater and stock-preparation applications. Adjacent competitor for fluid-handling and process equipment in mills.
• Metso: Global provider of sustainable technologies and process equipment for the aggregates, mining, and pulp & paper industries, including fiber processing and recycling systems. Overlaps with INOX BF's waste-handling and recycling equipment offerings.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling, supplying filtration and separation equipment to pulp and paper processors. Competes indirectly through separation technology applicable to contaminant removal and water treatment in paper mills.

Direct peers

• Kadant Inc. US-listed provider of stock-preparation and fiber-processing equipment for paper mills, including waste-handling, cleaning, and recycling systems. Directly overlaps with INOX BF's pulper waste and fiber-recovery product lines, and is both a customer (Kadant Black Clawson) and competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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