What Sepor does

Sepor, Inc. is a privately held, US-based manufacturer and distributor of laboratory and pilot scale equipment for the mining, mineral processing, and natural resource industries. Founded in 1953 by geologist Oreste "Ernie" Alessio around the Sepor Microsplitter (a Jones-type riffle splitter still in the catalog today), the company is headquartered at 1124 S Powerline Rd, Deerfield Beach, Florida, and operates as a corporation under Florida law. Its product portfolio spans sample preparation (jaw and roll crushers, rotary and riffle splitters, Vezin samplers), comminution and grinding mills, filtration and dewatering systems (pressure, vacuum, plate-and-frame), fluid handling (the Mega Slurry Pump rated to 160 GPM and a broader pump line), blenders and agitators, magnetic and electrostatic separators, gravity concentration equipment (spiral concentrators, flotation cells, centrifugal concentrators), and complete skid-mounted pilot plants — including comminution, gravity concentration, dense media separation, and modular Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation plants configurable from 50 gpm to 65 TPH.

The business generates revenue primarily through one-time hardware sales of catalog equipment (with published pricing on consumables and small lab items ranging from roughly $20 to $400) and quote-based custom project sales for pilot plants and large equipment. A wholly-owned subsidiary, Sepor Services LLC, layers in professional services revenue from engineering consultation, compliance reporting, and Qualified Person (QP) sign-off work for mining and mineral processing clients. Go-to-market combines direct e-commerce for small items, enterprise field sales for large projects and custom builds (serving customers such as Tesla, Newmont, Barrick Gold, Teck Resources, Hudbay Minerals, Capstone Mining, and Southern Peru Copper), industry event presence (e.g., PDAC in Toronto), and regional channel partners such as Sepro Ghana for West Africa. The company claims 5,000+ clients and 400+ projects globally, with operational reach across North America, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.

Name

Sepor

Legal name

Sepor, Inc.

Website

https://sepor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sepor, founded in 1953 and headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida, manufactures laboratory and pilot scale equipment for the mining, mineral processing, and natural resource industries. The company sells catalog hardware, custom-built pilot plants, and engineering consulting services to mining operators, universities, and research labs globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining & Laboratory Equipment

NAICS

Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

Crushing, Screening & Mineral Sizing Equipment (IMAKANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB), Washing, Scrubbing & Classification Equipment (IMAHAMAI)

Keywords

• Mining laboratory equipment
• Pilot plant systems
• Mineral processing equipment
• Sample preparation equipment
• Metallurgical testing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: One-time sales of mining and laboratory equipment including crushers, mills, samplers, pumps, filters, blenders, and pilot plants. Products range from small laboratory items ($20-$100) to large equipment like 65 TPH Merrill Crowe plants.
2. Custom/Project Sales: Large-scale custom equipment and pilot plant projects including modular Merrill-Crowe plants, wet fume scrubbers, and complete laboratory installations for mining operations globally.
3. Professional Services: Sepor Services LLC offers engineering consultation, process consultation, compliance reports, and QP (Qualified Person) sign-off services for the mining industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sepor manufactures and distributes laboratory and pilot-scale equipment for the mining, mineral processing, and natural resource industries. Its portfolio spans sample preparation (jaw and roll crushers, rotary and riffle splitters, mills), material handling (slurry pumps, blenders, agitators), separation (magnetic, electrostatic, gravity concentration including Merrill-Crowe plants), filtration and dewatering equipment, and complete skid-mounted pilot plant systems for metallurgical testing and process development.

Product overview

Sepor is a manufacturer of mining and laboratory equipment, offering a comprehensive portfolio of mineral processing and sample preparation solutions. The product line spans core processing equipment (laboratory crushers, grinding mills, pilot plants), supporting equipment (filtration systems, fluid handling pumps, sampling equipment), and specialty equipment (magnetic/electrostatic separators, gravity concentration units). Key product families include jaw and roll crushers for sample reduction, cone blenders and agitation tanks for mixing applications, pressure and vacuum filters for dewatering, Vezin and riffle samplers for representative sampling, and complete pilot-scale processing plants for testing operations. The company also supplies consumable products like filter paper, filter cloth, and laboratory accessories. Sepor's offerings range from individual benchtop units to modular, skid-mounted pilot plant systems capable of processing up to 160 GPM.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Laboratory Crushers

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sepro GhanaregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2015Representation agreement signed in January 2015 for West Africa operations. Sepro Ghana serves as the representative partner to support Sepor equipment sales and service in the West African region.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Derrick Corporation: Designs and manufactures screening, separation, and dewatering equipment used in mineral processing and lab applications. Overlaps with Sepor's screening machines, filtration, and fine-particle separation offerings.
• FLSmidth: Global supplier of mining and mineral processing equipment, including comminution, separation, and pilot-scale systems. Directly overlaps with Sepor's pilot-plant, crushing, grinding, and gravity-separation product lines, with broader scale and global service infrastructure.
• Metso: Major mining and aggregates equipment manufacturer offering crushers, mills, screening, and processing plants. Competes head-on with Sepor's lab and pilot-scale offerings, particularly around comminution and mineral processing flowsheets.
• McLanahan Corporation: Family-owned US manufacturer of crushing, screening, sampling, washing, and dewatering equipment for mineral processing. Comparable product portfolio to Sepor with similar customer base in North American mining and aggregates.
• Mineral Technologies: Specializes in mineral separation and concentration equipment including spiral concentrators, magnetic separators, and pilot-plant systems. Closely comparable to Sepor's gravity concentration, magnetic separation, and modular pilot plant lines.
• Eriez: Manufacturer of magnetic, vibratory, and flotation separation equipment widely used in mining and mineral processing labs and pilot plants. Direct overlap with Sepor's magnetic/electrostatic separation and laboratory flotation product categories.
• SIEBTECHNIK TEMA: German specialist in screening, centrifuges, and sample preparation equipment for mining and industrial labs. Comparable niche to Sepor in laboratory and pilot-scale processing, particularly for screening and centrifugal separation.
• Gilson Company: US-based supplier of laboratory testing equipment including crushers, sieves, splitters, and sample preparation tools. Closely matches Sepor's lab-scale product positioning and serves overlapping academic, government, and mining customers.

Broad incumbents

• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Global life-sciences and laboratory equipment incumbent with broad sample-preparation, materials characterization, and analytical product lines. Adjacent competitor in lab environments where mining and materials customers also procure equipment.

Emerging players

• Holman-Wilfley: Niche manufacturer of shaking and wet gravity concentration tables used in mineral processing labs and small-scale operations. Directly comparable to Sepor's wet gravity tables and centrifugal concentrators in the artisanal-to-mid-tier mining segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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