AFCO 360

What AFCO 360 does

AFCO 360 is a privately held industrial water and wastewater treatment company, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Lake Charles, Louisiana, that designs and operates proprietary equipment and chemistry programs for industrial and municipal clients. The company's primary commercial brand, Spectrum Water, is organized into four integrated service divisions — Water Solutions (dredging, commissioning, mobile bypass, water recycling), Environmental Solutions (CWA/NPDES wastewater treatment, RCRA hazardous waste consolidation, beneficial reuse), Carbon Solutions (activated carbon sizing, plug-and-play vessels, rapid change-outs, rotary-kiln reactivation), and Equipment Solutions (rental, sale, and custom fabrication of DAFs, TurboPhase® dewatering boxes, carbon vessels, and dredging skids). Underlying the service offering is an in-house wastewater laboratory that profiles client waste streams and screens polymers to design customized treatment programs, paired with confined-space-certified field crews that resolve 98% of issues on first visit.

The company's proprietary technology stack centers on the registered TurboPhase® dewatering box and a rotary-kiln carbon reactivation service that delivers 40-50% disposal cost reductions and 40% media cost reductions respectively. AFCO 360 generates revenue through a mix of managed service contracts, equipment rentals and sales, and project-based engagements with industrial enterprise customers. Its target segments include petrochemical plants and refineries, pulp and paper mills, centralized waste treatment facilities, industrial washout facilities, municipal wastewater plants, and food and beverage processors. The company operates under a single-contract model across its four divisions, which it positions against the multi-vendor fragmentation typical of the sector.

The go-to-market motion is consultative enterprise field sales, leveraging a complimentary sludge testing kit as a top-of-funnel engagement tool that funnels prospects into the in-house lab for waste stream analysis, polymer screening, and dewatering option modeling before formal commercial engagement. AFCO 360 maintains a three-year streak of zero regulatory Notices of Violation across its permitted hubs, supports clients across North America, and claims global project reach. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the business is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, ownership structure, or executive team in the available data.

Name

AFCO 360

Legal name

Spectrum Water

Website

https://afco360.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AFCO 360 is a privately held Louisiana-based industrial water and wastewater treatment provider operating under the Spectrum Water brand, delivering integrated managed services, proprietary dewatering and carbon reactivation equipment, and permitted waste handling to petrochemical, pulp and paper, municipal, and food and beverage clients across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Water Treatment Services

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413), Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564)

akta.pro primary industry

Adsorption & Taste/Odor Control (GAC/PAC, Air Stripping) (EUANABAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Dewatering & Temporary Groundwater Control (IMAFAKAH)

Keywords

• Water treatment equipment
• Wastewater management services
• Dewatering solutions
• Activated carbon programs
• Industrial water filtration

Headquarters

HQ city

Lake Charles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Water Treatment Solutions: Integrated water treatment services combining engineering, field operations, and ongoing support for wastewater management, bypass systems, and water recycling. Revenue generated through project-based engagements and ongoing service contracts.
2. Equipment Rentals and Sales: Ready-to-deploy hardware including DAFs, TurboPhase dewatering boxes, carbon vessels, and dredging skids available for rent, purchase, or build-to-spec fabrication.
3. Environmental Waste Management: Industrial waste management and beneficial reuse services at permitted hubs treating CWA/NPDES wastewater, consolidating RCRA hazardous loads, and diverting materials into revenue-generating coproducts.
4. Activated Carbon Programs: End-to-end activated carbon programs for liquids and vapors including sizing, vessel deployment, rapid change-outs, and rotary-kiln reactivation services that cut media costs by 40%.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AFCO 360 designs and supplies equipment and technology for water treatment, filtration, dewatering, and waste treatment, delivering integrated solutions across four divisions (Water, Environmental, Carbon, and Equipment). The company offers patented dewatering boxes, DAF systems, activated carbon programs with rotary-kiln reactivation, and equipment rentals or build-to-spec fabrication, paired with engineering and field services for industrial and municipal clients across North America.

Product overview

Spectrum Water is a provider of customized water treatment and wastewater solutions organized into four divisions: Water Solutions, Environmental Solutions, Carbon Solutions, and Equipment Solutions. The company combines patented technologies (including TurboPhase dewatering boxes), in-house laboratory capabilities, and field crews to deliver chemistry, hardware, logistics, and data under a single contract. The portfolio includes specialized equipment (DAFs, carbon vessels, dredging skids) available for rent, purchase, or fabrication, along with complimentary sludge testing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TurboPhase®: Dewatering boxes used in equipment solutions for wastewater treatment and dewatering applications.

Products and services

• Water Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of issues resolved on first visit by confined-space-certified technicians
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia is a global water technology and services incumbent covering industrial process water, wastewater, and reuse — comparable to Spectrum's industrial water treatment portfolio but at a vastly broader geographic and segment scale.
• Ecolab: Ecolab's Water segment delivers chemistry, equipment, and digital monitoring to industrial customers globally, overlapping Spectrum's bundled water-and-waste service model across food & beverage, light and heavy manufacturing.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: SUEZ (now under Veolia) provides industrial water treatment systems, chemistry, and services to refining, chemical, and power customers — a broad incumbent peer across the same industrial verticals Spectrum serves.
• Kurita Water Industries: Kurita is a global industrial water and wastewater treatment specialist supplying chemistry, equipment, and operations to refining, chemicals, and electronics customers — directly comparable end markets and capability mix to Spectrum.
• Xylem: Xylem is a global water technology company with strong industrial and municipal wastewater treatment exposure (including via its Evoqua acquisition), making it a broad incumbent peer for Spectrum's wastewater and process-water offerings.

Direct peers

• Aquatech International: Aquatech delivers industrial water treatment and reuse solutions for refining, petrochemical, and power customers — comparable to Spectrum's refinery and heavy-industrial focus with overlapping equipment, chemistry, and service scope.
• Evoqua Water Technologies: Evoqua (now part of Xylem) provides industrial water and wastewater treatment systems, services, and consumables across chemicals, refining, and municipal customers — directly overlapping Spectrum's industrial wastewater and carbon adsorption offerings at much larger scale.
• US Water Services: US Water Services is a U.S. industrial water treatment specialist offering outsourced chemistry, equipment, and service programs to manufacturers and municipalities — directly comparable to Spectrum's single-contract, integrated water/carbon/equipment delivery model.

Emerging players

• ChemTreat: ChemTreat provides industrial water treatment chemistry and consulting to manufacturing and process industries, partially overlapping Spectrum's chemistry, equipment, and lab-led service approach in mid-market industrial accounts.
• Solenis: Solenis supplies water treatment and process chemistries to pulp & paper and heavy industrial customers, overlapping Spectrum's pulp & paper and chemical-treatment segments with a chemistry-led but increasingly equipment-enabled model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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