Koss Industrial

What Koss Industrial does

Koss Industrial is a privately held, family-owned manufacturer of custom stainless steel processing equipment headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Founded in 1975 (with the firmographics record indicating 1978), the company has operated for nearly five decades serving cheese, dairy, food, beverage, and other sanitary processing industries. The company designs, engineers, fabricates, installs, and services equipment under its own brand — including branded process skids, valve manifolds, and membrane systems — while also reselling components from established OEMs such as Alfa Laval (centrifugal and rotary lobe pumps, sanitary valves, and the CM Condition Monitor). Koss positions itself as a one-stop full-service provider combining engineering design, custom fabrication, electrical engineering and automation, precision machining, waterjet cutting, installation, repair, inspection, and contract manufacturing under a single roof.

The product platform is organized across twelve categories: Cleaning & Sanitation (CIP systems, COP tanks, sanitary washers, tank cleaning devices, wash baskets); Fittings, Tubing & Pipe (sanitary and biopharm fittings, tubing); Heat Exchange & Transfer (shell & tube, spiral, plate, and scraped surface heat exchangers, heated water systems); Instrumentation & Automation (control devices, automation panels, SCADA, measurement devices, HMIs, machine-level control); Plant Outfitting (3-A leveling feet, floor drains, sight glasses, tables, stairs and platforms); Process Skids (Koss CIP, hot water set, ultrafiltration, precision mixing, HTST pasteurizer, RO, and grinder/conveyor skids); Processing Equipment (blenders, mixers, tumblers, cheese cookers, cutters, slicers, extruders, grinders, presses, curd handling, HTST pasteurizers, filler machines); Product Conveyance (sanitary conveyors, buggies, trolleys/hoists/jib cranes, column dumpers); Pumps, Motors & Related (Alfa Laval sanitary pumps); Separations & Filtration (filter elements, Koss membrane systems, strainers, wedge wire strainers); Tanks & Vessels (custom stainless tanks with various agitation options); and Valves & Related (Alfa Laval sanitary valves, Koss valve manifolds). The company maintains 3-A, ASME, ASME R-stamp, AWS, FDA, OSHA, UL508A, and USDA certifications.

Koss Industrial operates a direct sales model with inside sales representatives reachable via a dedicated 1-800 number (1-800-844-6261) and a website quote-request workflow. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with custom-engineered industrial equipment. The company primarily serves the U.S. Midwest and does not claim a global footprint. No public revenue, ownership structure, M&A history, funding rounds, or leadership transitions are disclosed in the available material; the company has no mobile applications, no public API, and no integrations documented.

Name

Koss Industrial

Legal name

Koss Industrial, Inc.

Website

https://kossindustrial.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Koss Industrial is a family-owned Green Bay, Wisconsin manufacturer of custom stainless steel processing equipment serving the cheese, dairy, food, beverage, and sanitary industries, offering engineering, fabrication, installation, and contract manufacturing through direct inside sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Green Bay

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Koss Industrial designs, engineers, and manufactures custom stainless steel processing equipment for the cheese, dairy, food, beverage, and other sanitary processing industries. The company supplies Clean-in-Place (CIP) systems, tanks and vessels, sanitary pumps and valves, heat exchangers, HTST pasteurizers, cheese processing equipment, and custom skidded systems, complemented by in-house engineering, custom fabrication, precision machining, waterjet cutting, electrical/automation, and installation and repair services.

Product overview

Koss Industrial is a leading manufacturer of custom stainless steel processing equipment and a preferred provider of quality products and services to the cheese, dairy, food, beverage and other sanitary industries. The company's product portfolio is organized into a platform-plus-modules architecture spanning twelve product categories: Cleaning & Sanitation (CIP Systems, COP Tanks, Sanitary Washers, Tank Cleaning Equipment including PlusClean and BladeClean devices, Wash Baskets & Racks), Fittings, Tubing & Pipe, Heat Exchange & Transfer (Shell & Tube, Spiral, Plate, and Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers, Heated Water Systems), Instrumentation & Automation (Control Devices, Automation Panels, Data Collection/SCADA, Measurement Devices, Process Display), Plant Outfitting, Process Skids (Custom Skidded Systems including Koss CIP Skid, Hot Water Set Skid, Ultrafiltration System Skid, HTST Pasteurizer Skid, Precision Mixing Skid, RO System Skid), Processing Equipment (Blenders/Mixers/Tumblers, Cheese Cookers, Cutters & Slicers, Extruders & Molders, Grinders & Pre-Breakers, Presses & Hoops, HTST Pasteurizers, Curd Handling, Filler Machines), Product Conveyance (Sanitary Conveyors, Stainless Steel Buggies, Trolleys/Hoists/Jib Cranes, Column Dumpers), Pumps/Motors & Related (Sanitary Pumps including Alfa Laval centrifugal and rotary lobe pumps), Separations & Filtration (Filter Elements & Housings, Membrane Systems, Strainers & Steam Assemblies, Wedge Wire Strainers), Tanks & Vessels, and Valves & Related (Sanitary Valves including Alfa Laval mixproof, butterfly, and single seat valves). The company also offers comprehensive services including Engineering & Design, Custom Fabrication & Finishing, Electrical Engineering & Automation, Precision Machining & Waterjet Cutting, Installation/Service/Repair, Inspection & Quality Control, and Contract Manufacturing. The product line focuses on sanitary stainless steel equipment with nearly 50 years of industry experience serving the cheese, dairy, food, beverage and other sanitary industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIP Systems
• COP Tanks & Systems
• Sanitary Washers
• Tank Cleaning Equipment
• Wash Baskets & Racks
• Sanitary & Biopharm Fittings
• Tubing & Pipe
• Heat Exchangers
• Heated Water Systems
• Control Devices
• Automation Panels
• Data Collection / SCADA
• Measurement Devices
• Plant Outfitting
• Custom Skidded Systems
• Blenders, Mixers & Tumblers
• Cheese Cookers
• Cheese Cutters & Slicers
• Cheese Extruders & Molders
• Cheese Grinders & Pre-Breakers
• Cheese Presses & Hoops
• HTST Pasteurizers
• Sanitary Conveyors
• Stainless Steel Industrial Buggies
• Trolleys, Hoists & Jib Cranes
• Column Dumpers
• Sanitary Pumps
• Filter Elements & Housings
• Koss Membrane Systems
• Strainers & Steam Assemblies
• Wedge Wire Strainers & Stands
• Tanks & Vessels
• Sanitary Valves
• Koss Valve Manifolds
• Engineering & Design Services
• Custom Fabrication & Finishing
• Electrical Engineering & Automation
• Precision Machining & Waterjet Cutting
• Installation, Service & Repair
• Inspection & Quality Control
• Contract Manufacturing Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• JBT Corporation: Diversified food processing technology provider offering freezing, cooking, mixing, and filling systems for protein, dairy and prepared foods — competes in adjacent food processing equipment categories.
• Tetra Pak: Global food and beverage processing and packaging company; its processing equipment division supplies heat exchangers, separators, pumps and complete dairy lines that compete with Koss at the larger-plant level.
• Marel: Global provider of advanced food processing equipment, automation and software for meat, poultry, fish and dairy — competes in dairy/cheese processing equipment at the larger end of the market.
• Alfa Laval: Global supplier of heat exchangers, separators, pumps, valves and sanitary fluid handling — Koss resells Alfa Laval LKH pumps, mixproof valves and membranes, making Alfa Laval both a supplier and a competitive benchmark.
• GEA Group: Multinational engineering group supplying separators, homogenizers, valves, pumps and complete processing lines for dairy, food and beverage — overlaps with Koss across nearly every product category but at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Feldmeier Equipment: US fabricator of custom stainless steel tanks, processing equipment and skidded systems for the dairy, food and beverage industries — a closely analogous small/mid-cap sanitary equipment manufacturer.
• RELCO: Specialist in cheese and dairy process technology, including cheese-making systems, evaporation, drying and powder handling — directly competes with Koss in the cheese-processing equipment niche.
• SPX Flow: Global manufacturer of fluid handling, mixing, separation and thermal processing equipment for food, dairy and beverage — directly overlapping with Koss's sanitary pumps, heat exchangers, mixers and process skid portfolio.
• Doyle Equipment Manufacturing: Niche US fabricator focused on cheese making equipment such as cheese vats, tables and curd handling — directly comparable to Koss's cheese processing line.
• Seiberling: US manufacturer of specialty cheese processing equipment including cookers, curd handling and presses — overlaps directly with Koss's cheese processing equipment category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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