Unifortes

What Unifortes does

Unifortes B.V. is a Dutch industrial cleaning systems manufacturer founded in 1985 and headquartered in Strijen, Netherlands. The company designs, engineers, and produces in-house at a 5,000 sqm facility a portfolio of modular tunnel washers, water filtration systems, drying systems, and handling/automation equipment built on the Sinner's Circle cleaning principle (balancing residence time, water temperature, mechanical action, and chemicals). The product line spans entry-level Basic washers (e.g., UNI-BW150.60 from €16,250) up to industrial-scale turn-key installations capable of processing 40,000 crates per day (as deployed at Hessing Supervers), with specialized variants for eggs, pallets, trays, moulds, and dolly/trolley units. The company also sells a patented UNIQ Foam Dispenser for hand hygiene, marking a modest diversification beyond industrial cleaning hardware.

Unifortes serves enterprise customers across 13 industry verticals including poultry, egg processing, fruit and vegetables, horticulture, medicinal crops, insect farming, meat, fishery, bakery, dairy, confectionery, automotive, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Named reference customers include Hessing Supervers, Bens N.V., Beekenkamp Plants, Baas Pot and Bedding Plants, and Valley Park. The business operates across 63+ countries with a workforce of approximately 40 colleagues, combining direct enterprise field sales with regional sales managers and channel partnerships. The Triplelima exclusive partnership drives poultry-sector sales into 30 countries, while the Viscon Group partnership enables joint turn-key delivery of combined cleaning and material handling installations.

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time hardware sales of industrial washers, filtration, and automation systems, supplemented by service contracts, spare parts supply (supported by an expanded and ERP-integrated warehouse), and custom engineering. Pricing is largely quote-based given the bespoke configuration of each installation, with payback periods around 3.2 years documented at Bens N.V. The company is privately held, founder-controlled (René de Vos and Rien Kranendonk), and shows no evidence of external institutional investment.

Name

Unifortes

Legal name

Unifortes B.V.

Website

https://unifortes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Cleaning Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

Parts Washing & Degreasing Equipment (IMAHALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pressure Washing & Jetting Equipment (IMAHALAB), Restroom & Hygiene Dispensing Systems (Commercial/Industrial) (IMAHALAH)

Keywords

• Industrial washing systems
• Crate washing equipment
• Water filtration systems
• Material handling automation
• Industrial cleaning machinery

Headquarters

HQ city

Strijen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Cleaning Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial washers (crate, tray, pallet, egg, dolly/trolley, palletbox, mould, bucket, pot washers), drying systems, filtration systems, and handling/automation systems. Products range from basic stand-alone units to fully automated turn-key installations. Pricing starts at €16,250 for Basic Washer models.
2. Service Contracts and Maintenance: Comprehensive service offerings including spare parts supply, preventive maintenance, and full service contracts. Renewed and enlarged warehouse with automated stock and ERP integration enables fast parts delivery and reduced machine downtime for customers worldwide.
3. Custom Engineering and Integration: Custom-designed cleaning solutions engineering from stand-alone washers to complete turn-key automated washing and handling plants. Joint design approach with customers for specific sector requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Unifortes designs, engineers, and manufactures industrial washing systems, drying systems, water filtration systems, and material handling/automation systems for cleaning product carriers such as crates, trays, pallets, eggs, moulds, buckets, and pots. The product range spans entry-level Basic Tunnel Washers (from €16,250) up to fully engineered turn-key automated cleaning plants with capacities exceeding 2,000 pieces per hour. All equipment is built in-house at the company's Strijen, Netherlands headquarters and is sold to enterprise customers across food processing, agriculture, horticulture, automotive, and pharmaceutical industries in 63+ countries.

Product overview

Unifortes offers industrial cleaning systems and logistics solutions primarily for food processing and agricultural industries. The product portfolio centers on tunnel washers available in two main series: the Basic series (UNI-BW150.60 to UNI-BW300.60) for smaller operations with capacities up to 350 pieces per hour, and the Industrial series (UNI-W350.70 to UNI-W1150.70) featuring modular tunnel washers with capacities from 600 to 1,800 pieces per hour. Specialized products include egg washers (UNI-EW350.6), pallet washers (UNI-W350.100), carousel washers (UNI-BTC400.300), and the UNIQ Foam Dispenser for hand hygiene. Add-on modules include drying systems using air recirculation blow-off techniques, water filtration systems achieving 10-micron filtration for water reuse, and handling/automation systems for integrating with production lines. All machines are designed and built in-house using the Sinner's Circle principle for optimal cleaning results.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UNI-BW150.60 Basic Tunnel Washer Entry-level next generation basic tunnel washer for crates, trays and boxes with up to 100 pieces per hour capacity. Plug-and-play design with adjustable top/side guides to process different product types in the same machine; targets smaller food processing and agricultural operations.
• UNI-BW200.60 Basic Tunnel Washer Basic tunnel washer for washing crates and trays at capacities up to 200 pieces per hour. Equipped with a 2m wash tunnel with main wash and rinsing sections, and can be equipped with various dryers.
• UNI-BW300.60 Basic Tunnel Washer
• UNI-W350.70 Industrial Tunnel Washer
• UNI-W550.70 Industrial Tunnel Washer
• UNI-W750.70 Industrial Tunnel Washer
• UNI-W950.70 Industrial Tunnel Washer
• UNI-W1150.70 Industrial Tunnel Washer
• UNI-W350.100 Pallet Washer
• UNI-EW350.6 Egg Washer
• UNI-BT400.150 Basic Tray Tunnel Washer
• UNI-BTC400.300 Basic Carousel Washer
• Economy Tray Washer Compact stand-alone tray washer designed for smaller operations with easy integration into existing lines, targeting horticulture and smaller agricultural enterprises.
• UNIQ Foam Dispenser Hand sanitizer foam dispenser with patented technology that saves up to 70% on sanitizer. UNIQ Oxy Foam formula from natural ingredients provides up to 5,000+ disinfection doses per unit without drying skin; stainless steel, power-free dispenser for industrial hygiene.
• Water Filtration Systems Comprehensive water filtration portfolio including internally/externally fed drum filters, screen bow filters, paper belt filters, and fine filters achieving filtration down to 10 microns. Enables water recirculation and reuse in industrial washing installations.
• Drying Systems
• Handling and Automation Systems
• Service Contracts and Maintenance

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.5x water savings achieved at Bens N.V. compared to previous installation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 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

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Viscon GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerViscon Group from Belgium works closely with Unifortes on turn-key projects combining cleaning equipment (Unifortes specialization) with material handling systems (Viscon specialization). The partnership enables delivery of complete automated cleaning plants. Joint projects include the Bens N.V. 33-meter automatic crate washer installation. Both companies operate as 'two identities, but more or less one and the same company' according to their joint statement.
• Triplelima bvcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive sales partnership with Triplelima bv, founded by Carlos de Magalhaes, for the poultry sector. Triplelima operates globally covering Europe, Asia, Middle East and worldwide markets. The partnership was established after Carlos met Unifortes co-founder René de Vos at Pix 2016 in Australia. First sale occurred at Eurotier 2016 (pallet washer for German company). Carlos has sold Unifortes machinery to 30 different countries in three years, developing a dedicated product range for the poultry sector.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Alfa Laval: Alfa Laval provides industrial heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling equipment used across food, dairy, and pharmaceutical processing. Its hygienic equipment portfolio, including cleaning-in-place and component washing, overlaps with Unifortes' industrial and filtration offerings to large food/pharma customers.
• Krones AG: Krones is a major German industrial machinery manufacturer serving beverage, food, and dairy customers with washers, fillers, and complete lines. Its crate-washer and tunnel-washer product families directly compete with Unifortes' Basic and Industrial tunnel washer series in food processing hygiene applications.
• Tetra Pak: Tetra Pak supplies processing and packaging equipment for dairy, beverage, and food, including crate washing and hygienic container handling. Its broad portfolio and global service network make it a frequent competitor to Unifortes in dairy, beverage, and prepared-food applications.
• JBT Corporation: JBT is a US-based supplier of food processing and air transport equipment, with notable presence in poultry, meat, and container sanitizing systems. JBT Marel's poultry processing division competes with Unifortes' crate and pallet washing lines in slaughterhouses and meat plants.
• Bühler Group: Bühler is a Swiss industrial solutions provider for food, feed, and advanced materials, with cleaning and handling equipment in grain, bakery, and confectionery lines. While more focused upstream, Bühler competes with Unifortes for hygiene and material-handling content within integrated processing plants.
• GEA Group: GEA supplies separation, homogenization, and processing equipment into dairy, food, and beverage, with hygienic washer and container-handling offerings. As a broad industrial processing incumbent, it overlaps with Unifortes in food hygiene and component-cleaning applications for large processors.
• Marel: Marel is an Icelandic global supplier of food processing equipment with a strong footprint in poultry, meat, and fish, including crate and container handling lines. It competes head-to-head with Unifortes across poultry and meat cleaning installations and brings substantially larger service and R&D scale.
• Stork (now part of Marel): Stork, now part of Marel, was a Dutch heritage supplier of poultry processing equipment with strong EMEA customer relationships. Its slaughterhouse and processing lines overlap with Unifortes' meat and poultry crate-washing footprint, particularly in Dutch and Northern European installations.

Regional players

• Kiremko: Kiremko is a Dutch manufacturer of food processing machinery for potatoes, vegetables, and fruits, headquartered in the Netherlands. As a fellow Dutch mid-sized equipment builder, it serves overlapping produce and food processing customers and is directly comparable in size and geography to Unifortes.

Direct peers

• Caljan: Caljan (Denmark) specializes in loading/unloading systems and is closely tied to material handling for crates, pallets, and parcels, with adjacent hygiene offerings. Its telescopic loader and cargo-handling equipment makes it a direct peer for material handling–adjacent cleaning automation like Unifortes' handling systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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