Filtration Services

What Filtration Services does

Filtration Services Limited is a UK-based consultant engineering company founded in November 1993 in Macclesfield by former employees of Stockdale Filtration. It designs and manufactures bespoke solid/liquid separation equipment, principally rotary drum vacuum filters (RDVFs), under the Rotavac brand in sizes from a 0.1m² lab-scale unit (Rotavac Lab) through a 1.3m² skid-mounted pilot station (Rotavac One) to production units up to 60m². The portfolio also includes Tipping Pan Filters (0.5-3m²) and Rotary Table Vacuum Filters, plus a proprietary add-on module called AKAS (Automatic Knife Advance System) that regulates precoat knife advance in 5-micron increments synchronised to drum rotation and can be retrofitted to competitor equipment.

The business generates revenue from four streams: one-time sales of custom-engineered filtration equipment, usage-based hire of lab and pilot units, recurring filter spares and consumables, and professional services covering filter media evaluation, process consultancy, operator training, refurbishment, and service/inspection contracts. All equipment is quoted on application and shipped Ex Works from Macclesfield; the firm claims global market reach. Its target customers are engineering and operations managers in pharmaceutical, chemical, food, mineral, wastewater, and biofuel process industries that require continuous solid/liquid separation and, in many cases, validation through lab and pilot trials before full-scale investment.

The firm operates with a 1-10 employee headcount from a single UK site and uses a sales-led, consultative go-to-market approach. Distribution is direct to industrial customers, supported by a content-rich website, downloadable technical documentation, and social channels (LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube). No external funding, parent company, acquisitions, or institutional investors are disclosed; ownership appears founder/management-aligned with the original Stockdale heritage.

Name

Filtration Services

Legal name

Filtration Services Limited

Website

https://filtrationservices.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Filtration Services Limited designs and manufactures bespoke rotary drum vacuum filters and ancillary solid/liquid separation equipment (Rotavac, Tipping Pan, Rotary Table, AKAS) for pharmaceutical, chemical, food, mineral, wastewater, and biofuel process industries globally, from a Macclesfield, UK facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filtration Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Vacuum filtration equipment
• Solid liquid separation
• Rotary drum filters
• Process filtration systems
• Industrial filtration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Macclesfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Filtration Equipment Sales: Design and manufacture of bespoke rotary drum vacuum filters and other solid/liquid separation equipment to customer specifications. Equipment ranges from lab scale (0.1m²) to full production scale (up to 60m²).
2. Equipment Hire: Rental of lab-scale (Rotavac Lab) and pilot-scale (Rotavac One) filtration equipment for testing and validation purposes.
3. Filter Spares & Consumables: Supply of replacement parts and consumable filter media for own-brand and other manufacturers' filtration equipment.
4. Service Contracts & Maintenance: Service and inspection contracts, filter refurbishment, process optimisation, and operator training services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Filtration Services designs and manufactures bespoke rotary drum vacuum filtration (RDVF) equipment for continuous solid/liquid separation in process industries. Its Rotavac™ product family spans lab scale (0.1m²) through pilot scale (1.3m²) to full production scale (up to 60m²), with complementary specialist filters, the proprietary AKAS precoat knife advance system, and lifecycle services including media evaluation, refurbishment, spares and operator training.

Product overview

Filtration Services Ltd is a consultant engineering company specializing in the design and manufacture of bespoke solid/liquid separation, filtration process equipment. The product portfolio centers on the ROTAVAC™ rotary drum vacuum filter family, ranging from lab scale (Rotavac Lab, 0.1m²) through pilot scale (Rotavac One, 1.3m²) to full production scale (0.8m² to 60m²). Additional products include the Tipping Pan Filter (0.5-3m²) for batch processing and Rotary Table Vacuum Filter for crystalline suspensions. The company also offers the proprietary AKAS (Automatic Knife Advance System) as a key add-on module for precoat discharge filters, plus comprehensive services including filter media evaluation, process consultancy, equipment hire, refurbishment, and spare parts supply. All equipment is custom-built to client specifications for industries including food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, water, and biofuels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rotavac: Filtration Services' rotary drum vacuum filter (RDVF) brand, available in various sizes from 0.8m² to 60m² filtration area
• AKAS

Products and services

• Rotavac™ Rotary Drum Vacuum Filter

Quantifiable outcome

• Precoat usage optimized through AKAS precision knife advance system
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sparkler Filters: Sparkler Filters manufactures industrial filtration equipment including horizontal plate filters and vessel filters, overlapping with Filtration Services' solid/liquid separation offerings for pharma, chemical and food customers.
• BHS Filtration: BHS Filtration manufactures rotary drum vacuum filters, candle filters and other solid/liquid separation equipment for chemical, pharmaceutical, food and mineral processing — directly overlapping Filtration Services' flagship RDVF/cake filter products.
• Dedert Corporation: Dedert designs rotary vacuum filters, pressure filters and evaporation equipment for chemical, food and pharmaceutical processing — a direct specialty competitor in bespoke continuous vacuum filtration.
• Komline-Sanderson: Komline-Sanderson designs and manufactures rotary drum vacuum filters and sludge dewatering equipment — a direct competitor in continuous vacuum filtration serving similar chemical, pharmaceutical and wastewater end markets.

Broad incumbents

• Andritz Separation: Andritz is a global large-cap industrial group whose Separation division supplies solid/liquid separation equipment including vacuum drum filters, serving chemical, food and wastewater customers with a much broader portfolio than Filtration Services.
• GEA Group: GEA's Separation & Flow Technologies offers centrifuges, separators and filtration systems for pharma, food, chemicals and wastewater — a broad incumbent competing for the same process-industry capex dollars as Filtration Services.
• Alfa Laval: Alfa Laval supplies industrial filtration and separation equipment, including decanters and filtration modules for pharma, food and chemicals — a global incumbent whose portfolio overlaps Filtration Services' process-industry customer base.
• FLSmidth: FLSmidth supplies filtration and thickening equipment (including vacuum filters) primarily to mining and minerals processing — an adjacent incumbent serving one of Filtration Services' targeted end markets (bulk minerals).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/filtration_serv
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCuxd7inks3OQmGimEBuOvzw
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61554481536974
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/filtration-services-ltd

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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