Flow Force
Flow Force is an Indonesian industrial equipment distributor and integrator founded in 2004, supplying custom-engineered bulk material handling, mixing, filtration, conveying, and explosion protection systems to food, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, and manufacturing customers across Java.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2004
- HeadquartersCikarang, Indonesia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Flow Force does
Flow Force is an Indonesian privately-held industrial equipment company founded in 2004 that designs, distributes, and integrates bulk material handling and processing systems for manufacturing customers. The company is headquartered in Cikarang Bekasi with a regional office in Surabaya and operates a factory at its main site, serving customers across Java in food, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, and general manufacturing industries.
The product portfolio spans seven equipment categories: magnetic separation and metal detection, bulk material handling components (rotary valves, diverter valves), explosion protection systems (passive isolation valves for organic and metallic dusts), industrial mixing systems, fans and blowers, filtration and dust collection, and conveying equipment (mechanical screw/belt/drag chain and pneumatic conveying systems plus storage silos). Flow Force combines distribution of Western OEM brands (DMN-WESTINGHOUSE, Donaldson, Fortress Technology, PerMix, MIXSRL, ABB, Kopar, pdblowers and others) with custom engineering services covering concept design, project management, installation, commissioning, and aftermarket maintenance. In-house testing laboratory capabilities and international certifications (ATEX, NFPA 69, USDA Dairy, IECEx, CSA, EC 1935/2004, FDA 21 CFR Part 11) allow the company to specify equipment into regulated end-uses including dairy, pharmaceutical, and hazardous-location industrial environments.
The business model is direct enterprise field sales with quote-based pricing on custom-engineered solutions. Revenue is generated through two streams: equipment sales (hardware from proprietary designs and partner brands) and professional services (design, installation, commissioning, maintenance, repairs, and LEV assessments). Go-to-market relies on inbound inquiry through the company website (Get a Quote), direct sales engagement, and presence on LinkedIn, Instagram, and WhatsApp Business. The company appears to be founder-operated and independently owned, with no disclosed external investment, parent company, or M&A activity.
Flow Force firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Flow Force
- Legal name
- Flow Force
- Website
- https://flow-force.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2004
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Flow Force is an Indonesian industrial equipment distributor and integrator founded in 2004, supplying custom-engineered bulk material handling, mixing, filtration, conveying, and explosion protection systems to food, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, and manufacturing customers across Java.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Flow Force industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Bulk Material Handling Equipment
- NAICS
- Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing (333922), Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (332912), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)
- SIC
- Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Bulk Packaging Filling/Discharge Systems & Handling Aids (Spouts, Lifting, Dischargers) (IMALAGAI)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Filtration, Condition Monitoring & Fluid Management (Filters, Breathers, Oil Analysis, Cooling) (IMAHAGAL), Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets) (IMAHANAG)
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Where Flow Force is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Cikarang
- HQ country
- Indonesia
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices2 records
Markets served
Flow Force business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Equipment Sales: Manufacture and supply of bulk material handling equipment including magnetic separators, valves, mixers, conveyors, fans, blowers, filters, and explosion protection systems. Equipment is sold as custom-engineered solutions with various configurations and material options.
- Professional Services: Comprehensive services including design, project management, installation, and commissioning of systems. Additional services cover maintenance, repairs, overhauls, and LEV assessments for industrial air filtration and dust collection equipment.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Flow Force product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Flow Force manufactures and supplies custom-engineered bulk material handling and processing equipment including magnetic separators, metal detectors, rotary and diverter valves, explosion protection systems, industrial mixers, pneumatic and mechanical conveyors, bulk storage silos, and industrial filtration/dust collection systems. The company also provides professional services covering design, project management, installation, commissioning, maintenance, repairs, and LEV assessments. Its offerings integrate proprietary designs with technology from global brand partners such as DMN-WESTINGHOUSE, Donaldson, Fortress Technology, PerMix, ABB, and Kopar.
Product overview
Flow Force is a bulk material handling and processing equipment company established in 2004, specializing in custom solutions for manufacturing and supplying industrial equipment. The product portfolio encompasses seven main categories: Magnetic Separation (Drum Magnetic Separator, Magnetic Bar/Tube, Magnetic Liquid Trap, Magnetic Grate, Rotary Grate Magnet), Metal Detection (Stealth Gravity Metal Detector, Phantom Metal Detector, Vector Conveyor Systems), Rotary Valves (AL/AXL, BLOWING SEAL, MALD, MLD, MZC-II, DL, GL, USAL, AML, SAL, SAS-II), Explosion Protection (VENTEX®, REDEX® Flap, REDEX® Slide, RSV valves), Mixing Systems (Plough Share Mixers, Ribbon Mixers, Double Cone Mixers, Extrashaft Mixers, Laboratory Mixer, Reactor/Dryer), Filtration (Silo Filters, Atmospheric/Vacuum Filters, Compact Filters, Modular Filters, Bag Filters, Cyclone Separators, Oil Mist Collectors, Fume Extraction Units), and Conveying Systems (Screw Conveyors, Tubular Disc, Belt Conveyors, Drag Chain Conveyors, Vacuum/Lean Phase/Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying, Storage Silos). The company serves food, pharmaceutical, chemical, mining, and manufacturing industries with both standard and custom-engineered equipment.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Drum Magnetic Separator Half Magnetic Drum with rotating stainless steel cover and 180-degree stationary magnetic field, designed for automated self-cleaning separation of ferrous contaminants from dry bulk materials in production lines. Uses 316L or 304 stainless steel construction.
- Magnetic Bar / Tube Magnetic bars and tubes for magnetic grate separators that remove ferrous contamination from materials. Standard 25mm diameter up to 2500mm length, magnetic strength up to 13,000GS at 25mm diameter, working temperature up to 80°C standard and 350°C maximum.
- Magnetic Liquid Trap Magnetic liquid filters designed to remove ferrous contamination from liquid and semi-liquid materials with various viscosities, protecting equipment and maintaining material purity.
- Magnetic Grate – Square / Round Shape Magnetic grate separators available in square and round configurations for removing ferrous metals from dry powder, grain, and strip materials.
- Easy-Cleaning Magnetic Grate (Square Type) Magnetic drawers designed for easy cleaning, removing ferrous metals from dry powder, graininess, and strip materials in chemical, food, pharmacy, and mining applications.
- Rotary Grate – Magnetic Separator Rotary grate magnet separators for eliminating ferrous scraps from graininess materials, particularly suitable for high viscosity and poor fluidity materials prone to caking or bridging.
- Stealth Gravity Metal Detector Metal detector using Digital Signal Processing technology for high sensitivity detection of ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless-steel contaminants in gravity-fed applications.
- Phantom Metal Detector Metal detector with precision Digital Signal Processing Technology for detecting ferrous, non-ferrous, and stainless-steel contaminants, featuring ultra-sensitive detection and multi-level password protection.
- AL/AXL Rotary Valve Rotary valves designed for metering and pneumatic conveying of powder and granular materials, featuring high filling efficiency and modular design with multiple configurations available.
- BLOWING SEAL BL/BXL/BXXL Rotary Valve Blow-through rotary valves designed for metering and pneumatic conveying with minimum air leakage, featuring modular design for various configurations.
- AL/AXL DAIRY Rotary Valve (USDA Dairy Accepted) USDA Dairy Accepted rotary valves for food, pet food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries with smooth product contact surfaces in food grade material.
- MZC-II Rotary Valve Hygienic rotary valve designed for intuitive cleaning with unprecedented easy access, opening on both ends for deep cleaning in dairy, pharma, food, cosmetics, and paint industries.
- Explosion Isolation Valve VENTEX® Passive explosion isolation valve providing proven protection without external energy, suitable for organic and metallic dusts, hybrid mixtures, and gases.
- Explosion Isolation Flap Valve REDEX® Flap Passive protection system for protecting systems against explosion propagation, featuring mechanical locking and low pressure loss.
- Plough Share Mixers Industrial mixers suitable for mixing powders, granules, flakes, fibers, and pastes with batch sizes from 65 to 28,000 liters, mixing ratio up to 1/100,000, and coefficient of variation ≤3%. ATEX certified options available.
- Ribbon Mixers U-shaped mixing chamber mixers with four ribbon mixing tools for high mixing quality and gentle mixing of bulk materials.
- Double Cone Mixers (PerMix PDC series) PerMix PDC series double cone mixers for rapid and uniform mixing of free-flowing dry powders, granules, and crystals with gentle mixing process, for pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, and chemical industries.
- Screw Conveyors Tubular screw conveyors using Archimedes screw principle for sustainable transport of bulk materials in various industrial sectors.
- Drag Chain Conveyors Chain conveyors for transporting powdery, dusty, or granular materials in power plants, smelters, pulp and paper mills, and chemical industries, capable of handling materials up to 700°C, capacity up to 300 t/h, length up to 60 m, inclination up to 70 degrees.
- Belt Conveyors Continuous belt conveyors for transporting all forms of material including excavated and crushed rock, available for open-pit and underground mining applications with ABB gearless drive technology.
- Dense Phase Pneumatic Conveying Systems Dense phase transport systems achieving distances exceeding 500 metres and capacities exceeding 100 t/h, with high product-to-air ratio of approximately 30L gas per 1kg product, suitable for fragile, abrasive, and gritty materials.
- Silo Filter SKY Series Silo-top filters with filter areas from 2 m² to 60 m², available in DN540 and DN790 diameters with optional lateral fan.
- Modular Filters Jet-pulse cleaning filters with bag or cartridge filter elements, filter areas from 27 m² to 435 m², available with or without fan.
- Aluminium, Stainless Steel, Circular Steel, and Textile Bulk Storage Silos Custom-designed silos assembled and welded on-site with capacities up to 7,000 m³ for aluminium version, stainless steel for hygienic applications, circular steel for durability, and textile Sil oSac silos (1-50 tons) for modular storage with anti-static Trevira fabric.
- Multi-Stage Oil Mist Collectors and Fume Extraction Systems Oil mist collectors with capacities from 800 m³/h to over 140,000 m³/h and filter media service life of 4,500 hours or more, plus ZWR fume extraction fans and jointed extraction arms for source capture of airborne contaminants.
- Professional Services – Design, Installation, Commissioning, Maintenance, and LEV Assessment End-to-end professional services covering concept-to-completion of bulk material handling systems including design, project management, installation, commissioning, maintenance, repairs, overhauls, and COSHH/HS(G)258-compliant LEV assessments for industrial air filtration and dust collection equipment.
Quantifiable outcome
- Mixing ratio of 1/100,000 with coefficient of variation (CV) ≤ 3%
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Flow Force
Customer profileSegments2 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Flow Force technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Flow Force partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- DMN-WESTINGHOUSEcoreDMN-WESTINGHOUSE is a key technology partner supplying rotary valve products including AL/AXL, BL/BXL/BXXL, MZC-II, SAL, GL, MLD, MALD, DL, and SAS-II series valves. These products are distributed and integrated into Flow Force's bulk material handling solutions. DMN-WESTINGHOUSE specializes in rotary valves for metering and pneumatic conveying of powder and granular materials.
- DonaldsoncoreDonaldson is a brand partner providing filtration products. Flow Force offers filtration systems branded with or incorporating Donaldson technology for industrial air filtration applications.
- Fortress TechnologycoreFortress Technology supplies metal detection equipment including the Phantom Metal Detector and Stealth Gravity Metal Detector, and Vector Conveyor Systems. These products are integrated into Flow Force's metal separation and material handling offerings.
- PerMixcorePerMix supplies mixing equipment including Double Cone Mixers (PDC series) and other mixing systems integrated into Flow Force's industrial mixing product line for pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, and chemical industries.
- MIXSRLcoreMIXSRL is a technology partner supplying mixing equipment including Plough Share Mixers, Ribbon Mixers, Extrashaft Mixers, Laboratory mixers, and Reactor/Dryers, with extensive technical documentation including mixing tool designs and ATEX certifications.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves1 record
Expansion highlights5 records
Flow Force competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- PerMix (profiled through partnership): PerMix is a mixing equipment manufacturer whose PDC-series Double Cone Mixers are integrated into Flow Force's offering for pharma, food, cosmetics, and chemical customers. While narrower in scope than Flow Force, its direct product overlap in industrial mixers makes it a partial competitive peer in Indonesia.
- Piab Group: Piab provides vacuum conveying and gripper/handling automation for powder and bulk material handling in food, pharma, and chemical industries. Its vacuum conveyors directly overlap with Flow Force's vacuum conveying product line but at a narrower, more automation-focused scope.
Direct peers
- AZO Group: AZO is a specialist in automated bulk material handling systems for raw materials used in food, pharma, chemicals, and plastics. Like Flow Force, AZO supplies pneumatic conveying, screening, mixing, and container handling as integrated systems, targeting the same industrial customer base.
- Zeppelin Systems: Zeppelin Systems provides bulk material handling including silos, pneumatic conveying, mixing, and weighing technology for chemical, plastic, food, and rubber industries. Its silo and conveying product range maps directly onto Flow Force's aluminium/steel/textile silos and dense-phase conveying lines.
- Coperion: Coperion specializes in compounding and extrusion, feeding, conveying, and bulk material handling systems for plastics, chemicals, food, and pharma. Its rotary valves, pneumatic conveying systems, and mixers compete directly with Flow Force in the powder and bulk solids handling space.
- Schenck Process: Schenck Process is a global leader in bulk material handling technologies including conveying, weighing, feeding, screening, and air filtration. It competes head-to-head with Flow Force across nearly every product category (separation, conveying, filtration, weighing) and serves the same food, chemical, mining, and manufacturing end markets.
- DMN-WESTINGHOUSE: DMN-Westinghouse is the global specialist in rotary valves for metering and pneumatic conveying of powders and granules. Flow Force is its Indonesia distributor/integrator for AL/AXL, BL/BXL/BXXL, MZC-II, SAL, GL, MLD, MALD, DL, and SAS-II valve lines, making the two directly comparable on rotary valve product offering and target customers.
Broad incumbents
- GEA Group: GEA is a large industrial supplier of process technology for food, dairy, and pharma including separators, homogenizers, valves, and filtration. Its dairy and powder-handling equipment overlaps with Flow Force's mixers, valves, and filtration offerings in regulated industries.
- Bühler Group: Bühler is a global process technology supplier for food, feed, and advanced materials, offering mixing, conveying, separation, and grinding equipment. It overlaps directly with Flow Force's mixing/conveying/magnetic-separation portfolio in Southeast Asia but operates at far greater scale across a broader industrial portfolio.
- Donaldson Company: Donaldson is a global filtration manufacturer whose industrial filtration technology is integrated by Flow Force under a brand partnership. Donaldson competes with Flow Force's own filtration range (dust collectors, oil mist collectors, bag filters) at the end-customer level across industrial air filtration use cases.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Flow Force social profiles
Digital presenceFlow Force compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance13 records
Flow Force financial estimates
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Flow Force leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Flow Force funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Flow Force M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Flow Force
What does Flow Force do?
Flow Force manufactures and supplies custom-engineered bulk material handling and processing equipment including magnetic separators, metal detectors, rotary and diverter valves, explosion protection systems, industrial mixers, pneumatic and mechanical conveyors, bulk storage silos, and industrial filtration/dust collection systems. The company also provides professional services covering design, project management, installation, commissioning, maintenance, repairs, and LEV assessments. Its offerings integrate proprietary designs with technology from global brand partners such as DMN-WESTINGHOUSE, Donaldson, Fortress Technology, PerMix, ABB, and Kopar.
Is Flow Force a public or private company?
Flow Force is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Flow Force founded?
Flow Force was founded in 2004. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Flow Force based?
Flow Force is headquartered in Cikarang, Indonesia, in the Asia region.
How does Flow Force make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are professional Services.
Who are Flow Force's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are PerMix (profiled through partnership) and Piab Group. Direct peers are AZO Group, Zeppelin Systems, Coperion, Schenck Process and DMN-WESTINGHOUSE. Broad incumbents are GEA Group, Bühler Group and Donaldson Company.
Does Flow Force have an API?
No public API is recorded for Flow Force.
What industry is Flow Force in?
Flow Force's product category is Industrial Bulk Material Handling Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMALAGAI, Bulk Packaging Filling/Discharge Systems & Handling Aids (Spouts, Lifting, Dischargers), with a secondary code of IMAHAGAL, Filtration, Condition Monitoring & Fluid Management (Filters, Breathers, Oil Analysis, Cooling). Its NAICS code is 333922 and its SIC code is 3530.