Condamine Wellscreens

What Condamine Wellscreens does

Condamine Wellscreens Pty Ltd is a privately held Australian manufacturer founded in 1993 and headquartered in Toowoomba, Queensland. The company designs and produces stainless steel wedge wire screens used as intake filters, filtration media, and drainage grates, serving water well drillers, mining and mineral processing operators, construction and architectural projects, and municipal water intake applications. Its product portfolio spans water well (bore) screens, cylindrical screens, flat and curved screen panels, and architectural grates, manufactured to customer-specific aperture, diameter, length, and material (304 or 316 grade stainless steel) requirements with aperture tolerances of +/-0.05mm. The company serves customers across Australia and exports to Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, with no intermediary distribution.

The company's technical differentiation rests on the V-shaped self-cleaning wedge wire profile, in-house wire shaping through its wholly-owned subsidiary McDowall Engineering (which produces over 35 standard wedge wire profiles from 0.90mm to 8.50mm round feed wire), and a 60,000 psi water jet cutting operation with a 3000mm x 1800mm bed for precision fabrication. Sieve analysis to ADIA standards is offered as a value-added advisory service. The firm is 100% Australian owned and operated, displays the Australian Made logo, and is run by a small team of qualified technicians, mechanical engineers, and tradespeople, including founders with direct water well drilling experience.

Condamine Wellscreens operates a sales-led, direct-to-customer business model with no resellers or distributors. Revenue is generated from one-time custom sales of made-to-order screens, supplemented by standalone wire shaping (McDowall Engineering) and water jet cutting services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting the bespoke nature of each order. Marketing is limited to a website with enquiry forms, direct phone/email contact, and industry word-of-mouth, with no documented digital advertising or outbound sales motion. The firm has no external funding, no institutional investors, and no public listing.

Name

Condamine Wellscreens

Legal name

Condamine Wellscreens Pty Ltd

Website

https://condaminescreens.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Condamine Wellscreens is an Australian manufacturer of custom stainless steel wedge wire screens for water well drilling, mining, construction, and municipal water intake applications, with wholly-owned wire shaping subsidiary McDowall Engineering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toowoomba

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Wedge Wire Screen Sales: One-time sale of custom-engineered stainless steel wedge wire screens. Screens are designed to customer specifications including aperture, diameter, length, material grade, and flow configuration. Pricing is quote-based, reflecting the custom nature of each product. Additional services include water jet cutting and wire shaping as value-added offerings.
2. Wire Shaping Services: Independent wedge wire shaping service through McDowall Engineering, transforming round stainless wire into wedge profiles. Available as standalone service or integrated with screen manufacturing.
3. Water Jet Cutting Services: Precision cutting services for various materials using 60,000 psi water jet technology. Processes customer-supplied materials and drawings for custom fabrication needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Condamine Wellscreens designs and manufactures custom stainless steel wedge wire screens for water well drilling, mining, mineral processing, water treatment, and architectural/construction applications. The product range covers cylindrical, flat, curved, and bore screen formats with apertures from 0.25mm to 10.00mm and screen lengths up to 6000mm. The company also offers ancillary services including wedge wire shaping (via subsidiary McDowall Engineering) and water jet cutting.

Product overview

Condamine Wellscreens is a manufacturer of stainless steel wedge wire screens and related products, operating since 1993. The product portfolio centres on four core screen types: Water Well (Bore) Screens for water well drilling intake filtration; Cylindrical Wedge Wire Screens for filtration applications including intake screens, suction strainers, sand spears, and trommel screens; Flat & Curved Wedge Wire Screens for mining, quarrying, and industrial screening; and Architectural Wedge Wire Screens for drainage and construction applications. The company also operates McDowall Engineering for independent wedge wire shaping (producing custom wire profiles) and offers water jet cutting services for precision material processing. Products are available in 304 and 316 grade stainless steel with configurable apertures, diameters, and lengths to suit specific applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• McDowall Engineering: Independent wedge wire shaping business owned and operated by CWS. Specialises in transforming round stainless feed wire into wedge wire profiles with several wire lines.

Products and services

• Water Well (Bore) Screens Wedge wire screens engineered for water well drilling applications, acting as intake filters in unconsolidated aquifers. Designed to maximise collapse pressure, transmission capacity, and tensile strength with apertures from 0.25mm to 10.00mm and effective screen lengths from 500mm to 6000mm. Built for water well drilling companies requiring long-life underground installations.
• Cylindrical Wedge Wire Screens Cylindrical wedge wire screens for filtration applications including open water intake screens, suction strainers, sand spears, trommel screens, and media retention screens. Available in diameters from 52.4mm ID to 1324mm ID with apertures as low as 0.25mm and precision tolerance of +/-0.05mm. Used by mining, dewatering, and water intake operators.
• Flat & Curved Wedge Wire Screens Flat and curved screen panels for coal mining, gold processing, quarrying, wastewater treatment, and industrial dewatering and sizing applications. Includes custom-made screen media inserts for static and vibratory decks, dewatering screens with bespoke mounting framework, and sieve bend screens (DSM screens). Manufactured from 304 or 316 grade stainless steel.
• Architectural Wedge Wire Screens
• Wedge Wire Shaping Service
• Water Jet Cutting Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Precision aperture accuracy within +/-0.05mm (0.002 inches)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Haver & Boecker: German family-owned manufacturer of industrial screening machines and woven/wedge wire screen media. Comparable to CWS in flat/curved screen panels, vibrating deck screen media, and mining/quarrying customer overlap.
• W.S. Tyler: North American screening media and equipment brand (part of Haver & Boecker). Overlaps with CWS on industrial screening media and mining/aggregate customers; serves as a benchmark for the wedge wire / wire cloth segment.
• Derrick Corporation: US-based manufacturer of fine screening and dewatering equipment for mining, industrial, and drilling applications. Comparable to CWS on dewatering screens, sieve bend (DSM) screens, and mining customer segment.
• Aqseptence Group (Johnson Screens): Global manufacturer of wedge wire screens and water well/intake screens under the Johnson Screens brand. Most direct peer to CWS given overlapping wedge wire screen product lines, water well and intake filtration applications, and global water infrastructure customer base.
• Trislot: Belgian specialist manufacturer of wedge wire screens and filtration products for water treatment, food processing, and industrial applications. Directly comparable to CWS on product type (wedge wire), custom manufacturing, and multi-vertical customer base.
• Multotec: South African-headquartered supplier of mineral processing screening media, including wedge wire and polyurethane screens, with strong presence in Australian and New Zealand mining. Comparable to CWS in flat/curved screens, mining/mineral processing segment, and ANZ market overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Sandvik Rock Processing: Division of Sandvik supplying crushing and screening equipment to mining and aggregate. Broader incumbent serving CWS's mining and quarry customers with full equipment systems rather than specialized wedge wire screens.
• Clyde Process Solutions (FFE Minerals): FLSmidth-affiliated screening and vibrating equipment provider to mining and mineral processing. Broader incumbent comparable to CWS on vibrating deck and dewatering screen applications within the mining vertical.
• Andritz Separation: Global industrial machinery group with screening, filtration, and separation products for mining, water, and food processing. Overlaps with CWS at the industrial screening product level, though Andritz serves a much broader portfolio.

Regional players

• Progress Eco (Grindex): European wedge wire and filtration screen manufacturer serving municipal, industrial, and mining markets. Comparable product family (wedge wire screens) but primarily serves EMEA rather than competing directly in ANZ with CWS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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