What Gough Engineering does

Gough Engineering (legal entity: Gough & Co. (Engineering) Ltd.) is a privately held UK industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1940 and headquartered in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire. The company designs, manufactures, and services industrial sieving, screening, and material handling equipment, with two principal product families: Sieves, Screens and Separators (including the Batch Sieve GBS, Vibraflo GVF, Vibrecon GVC, and Gough Linear Vibrating Screen GLVS) and Product Handling Equipment (including the patented Swinglink Bucket Elevator GBE, Big Bag Discharger GBB, Vibratory Feeders GLVF, Floveyor aero-mechanical conveyors, Tanker Loading Systems, hoppers, and lift & tippers). Underlying technology rests on vibratory motors, rotary sifting motion, a patented air bellow suspension system, and the proprietary Swinglink pendulum bucket design, with throughput capabilities ranging from grams per hour on lab units to 60 tonnes per hour on industrial systems.

The business serves industrial customers primarily in food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics and polymers, general manufacturing, and recycling. Its customer base includes multinational enterprises such as Wrigley, Mondelez International, Unilever, Heinz, Premier Foods, Tate & Lyle, Weetabix, McVities/Pladis, Lavazza, Kettle, Greencore, SABIC, Clariant, Tata Steel, and British Salt, alongside specialist UK producers. Sales are conducted on a consultative, project-based basis with site visits, product trials, lab testing at the in-house Gough Trials Facility, and custom engineering drawings preceding each quote; pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts typically run on multi-year terms. Revenue streams combine capital equipment sales, aftermarket parts and service, short- and medium-term equipment hire, and lab testing and consultancy services.

Distribution is direct-to-end-user with no disclosed intermediary resellers, and the company operates primarily in the UK and EMEA. Strategic positioning is anchored by 80-plus years of engineering heritage, two granted patents (Swinglink, Vibrecon air bellow), and a 2018 strategic partnership with Australian aero-mechanical conveyor specialist Floveyor. The company is led by Managing Director Stephen Harding and remains privately held with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or external funding rounds.

Name

Gough Engineering

Legal name

Gough & Co. (Engineering) Ltd.

Website

https://goughengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gough Engineering is a privately held UK industrial machinery manufacturer, founded in 1940, that designs and builds sieves, vibratory separators, bucket elevators, and bulk material handling equipment for enterprise customers in food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, and manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Newcastle Under Lyme

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: Design, manufacture, and sale of industrial sieving, screening, and material handling equipment including batch sieves, vibratory separators, bucket elevators, feeders, big bag dischargers, and bulk handling systems. Equipment is sold as capital equipment with custom engineering and integration services.
2. Parts and Service: After-sales support including parts supply, health checks by engineers, servicing, and future modifications. The company maintains extensive stock holding for parts supply and provides commissioning and maintenance services.
3. Equipment Hire: Short or medium-term equipment hire for companies to gain confidence within their own production environment. Includes screening equipment hire and trial periods.
4. Lab Testing and Consultancy: Testing lab to assess and test product material to understand its behaviour and provide advice on correct machines. Also includes consultancy services from concept design to fully integrated solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gough Engineering designs and manufactures industrial sieving, screening, and material handling equipment, including vibratory separators (Vibrecon, Vibraflo), bucket elevators (Swinglink), big bag dischargers, vibratory feeders, and bulk handling systems. The company provides custom-engineered solutions, in-house lab testing, installation, commissioning, and after-sales parts and service for manufacturing companies in food, pharmaceutical, chemical, plastics, and recycling industries.

Product overview

Gough Engineering is a UK-based manufacturer of industrial sieving, screening, and material handling equipment operating since 1940. The product portfolio centers on two main categories: Sieves, Screens and Separators (including Batch Sieve GBS, Vibraflo GVF, Vibrecon GVC, and Linear Vibrating Screens GLVS); and Product Handling Equipment (including Swinglink Bucket Elevator GBE, Big Bag Discharger GBB, Vibratory Feeders GLVF, Floveyor, and Tanker Loading Systems). These products are designed to work individually or as integrated schemes for quality control, material transfer, and bulk handling across industries including food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, and recycling. The company also offers comprehensive after-sales support, equipment hire, and lab testing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Swinglink: Patented bucket elevator system using continuous line of swinging pendulum buckets for gentle material handling
• Vibraflo
• Vibrecon
• Batch Sieve (GBS)

Products and services

• Batch Sieve (GBS)

Quantifiable outcome

• Throughput capabilities up to 60 tonnes per hour depending on product and machine configuration
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers31 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

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• FloveyorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership since 2018 with Floveyor, an Australian manufacturer and original concept designer of aeromechanical handling systems. This joint venture enables Gough to offer aeromechanical conveying solutions with the benefit of over 60 years of product handling expertise from the Australian partner. Gough supplies Floveyor-integrated systems including Floveyor and Batch Sieve combinations for customer solutions.
• LavazzamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGough Engineering has continued a partnership with Lavazza, a leader in the coffee industry, delivering cutting-edge bulk handling systems. Gough has supplied Lavazza with triple big bag discharging stations for coffee processing applications. This represents an ongoing relationship for bulk handling equipment in the coffee sector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SWECO: Global manufacturer of vibratory screening equipment, separators, and screener parts. Directly comparable product overlap with Gough's vibratory separator portfolio and similar applications in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical processing.
• Russell Finex: UK-headquartered manufacturer of industrial sieves, separators, and vibratory screening equipment serving food, pharmaceutical, and chemical manufacturers. Closest direct competitor to Gough's Vibrecon, Vibraflo, and Batch Sieve lines across the same core verticals.
• Kason Corporation: US-based manufacturer of screening and separation equipment, including circular vibratory separators parallel to Gough's Vibrecon. Targets overlapping sanitary and industrial screening applications.
• Rotex Global (Materion): US-based specialist in separation and screening equipment with multiple product lines. Direct competitor in industrial screening technology serving food, chemical, and mineral processing customers.

Broad incumbents

• Hosokawa Alpine: Manufacturer of processing and handling equipment for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food powders. Competitor in screening, sieving, and bulk material handling for similar enterprise customers.
• Schenck Process: Global provider of material handling and screening solutions for bulk solids across food, chemicals, and metals. Directly competes in vibratory conveying and screening but with much broader product breadth and geographic reach.
• GEA Group: Global supplier of process engineering equipment for food, dairy, chemical, and pharma. Competes with Gough on integrated screening-and-handling lines inside larger processing plants but offers a much wider equipment portfolio and global service network.
• Bühler Group: Large Swiss industrial group supplying processing equipment and bulk material handling systems to food and processing industries. Overlaps with Gough in conveying and screening within food and feed plants but serves customers as a much broader full-line process partner.
• AZO (Dorma + Kohler): German specialist in raw material handling, pneumatic conveying, screening, and big-bag systems. Highly comparable to Gough in big-bag discharging/filling and screening for food and chemical customers across Europe.

Emerging players

• Flexicon Corporation: Specialist in bulk material handling including flexible screw conveyors, big-bag unloaders, and integrated systems. Competitor to Gough's big-bag discharger and conveying product lines within the same customer base, with broader presence in North America.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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