Hengko
Hengko is a Shenzhen-based manufacturer of sintered porous metal filters (0.2-120 micron pore sizes) and industrial temperature/humidity/dew point sensors, serving industrial OEMs in semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotech, food and beverage, water treatment, and HVAC applications across 65+ countries via direct factory-direct OEM sales.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2001
- HeadquartersShenzhen, China
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Hengko does
HENGKO Technology Co., Ltd. is a Shenzhen, China-based private manufacturer founded in 2001 that produces two product lines: sintered porous metal filters (discs, tubes, plates, cups, mesh, spargers, cartridges) made from stainless steel 316L powder and multilayer wire mesh with controlled pore sizes of 0.2-120 microns; and industrial temperature/humidity/dew point transmitters, probes, handheld meters, and sensor housings with RS485, 4-20mA, 0-5V, and 0-10V outputs. The company's underlying technology is powder metallurgy sintering combined with industrial humidity sensing, with materials including SS304, SS316L, 904L, Titanium, and Hastelloy, and operating ranges from -20°C up to 300°C. Recent 2025 launches include a 200°C-rated humidity sensor for flue gas and drying applications, a sintered in-line gas filter for semiconductor purification, and one-way valves for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction medical devices.
HENGKO operates an OEM-embedded go-to-market, selling direct to engineering and procurement teams at industrial OEMs, laboratories, and equipment manufacturers. Pricing is quote-based, factory-direct with no middleman, and revenue is generated through one-time customized hardware sales for industrial filtration, gas-liquid mass transfer, and process monitoring applications. The company serves seven primary vertical segments (biotech/pharmaceutical, semiconductor, industrial HVAC/building automation, food and beverage, water treatment, pneumatic equipment, and consumer/prosumer), and exports to 65+ countries, with a marquee customer base including Procter & Gamble, Honeywell, Emerson, Foxconn, CRRC, CASC, Solvay, and WuXi AppTec.
The company is privately held with no disclosed outside funding; the operating basis is a 101-250 employee Shenzhen headquarters with multilingual marketing infrastructure (40+ language site versions). Scale claims include 30,000+ projects served, 100,000+ customized products supplied, and CE/SGS certifications enabling global industrial distribution.
Hengko firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Hengko
- Legal name
- HENGKO Technology Co., Ltd.
- Website
- https://hengko.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2001
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Hengko is a Shenzhen-based manufacturer of sintered porous metal filters (0.2-120 micron pore sizes) and industrial temperature/humidity/dew point sensors, serving industrial OEMs in semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biotech, food and beverage, water treatment, and HVAC applications across 65+ countries via direct factory-direct OEM sales.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Hengko industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Sintered Metal Filtration and Environmental Sensors
- NAICS
- Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing (332117)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems) (IMAHAEAJ), Filtration (Rapid/Slow Sand, Media, Membrane Pretreatment) (EUANABAB)
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Where Hengko is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Shenzhen
- HQ country
- China
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices1 record
Markets served
Hengko business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Custom Sintered Metal Filters: One-time hardware sales of customized sintered metal filters including discs, tubes, plates, cups, and mesh filters. Pore sizes range from 0.2 to 120 microns. Revenue generated through OEM orders for industrial filtration applications.
- Industrial Temperature and Humidity Sensors: Sales of temperature and humidity transmitters, dew point sensors, handheld meters, and sensor probes. Products feature RS485, 4-20mA, 0-5V, and 0-10V output interfaces for industrial monitoring and IoT integration.
- Gas Spargers and Diffusers: Sales of sintered metal spargers, aeration stones, and diffusion stones for bioreactors, fermentation, water treatment, and beverage carbonation applications.
- OEM Manufacturing Services: Custom design and manufacturing services for specialized filtration and sensor applications based on client project requirements.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Standard Product Catalog |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels5 records
Hengko product offering
Product offeringCore offering
HENGKO manufactures sintered porous metal filters (discs, tubes, plates, cups, mesh) using stainless steel 316L powder and multilayer stainless steel wire mesh, with controlled pore sizes from 0.2 to 120 microns for high-temperature, high-pressure, and high-purity industrial filtration. The company also produces industrial-grade temperature, humidity, and dew point transmitters with RS485, 4-20mA, 0-5V, and 0-10V output interfaces, plus sintered metal sparger pipes and diffusion stones for gas-liquid mass transfer in bioreactors, fermentation, water treatment, and beverage carbonation. HENGKO offers full OEM customization of dimensions, materials, pore sizes, and connection types, exporting to more than 65 countries.
Product overview
Hengko is a manufacturer of sintered porous metal filters and industrial temperature/humidity sensor solutions. The product portfolio consists of two core product lines: (1) Sintered Metal Filters including porous metal filters, stainless steel mesh filters, bronze filters, and sparger devices for filtration and gas-liquid mixing across industries; and (2) Temperature & Humidity Sensors including transmitters, probes, handheld meters, dew point sensors, and IoT monitoring solutions. Products serve industrial applications in semiconductor, pharmaceutical, food/beverage, water treatment, fermentation/bioreactors, and environmental monitoring. The company offers OEM/custom manufacturing services alongside standard product lines.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Sintered Porous Metal Filters Porous metal filters manufactured through powder sintering of stainless steel 316L powder and multilayer stainless steel wire mesh, used for gas and liquid filtration in high-temperature, high-pressure, and high-purity industrial applications. Available in discs, tubes, cups, plates, and custom shapes with controlled pore sizes from 0.2 to 120 microns.
- Sintered Stainless Steel Mesh Filters Filters made from multilayer stainless steel wire mesh for industrial applications requiring durable, consistent filtration performance.
- Sintered Bronze Filters Sintered bronze filters made from porous brass/bronze powder for industrial filtration applications requiring corrosion resistance.
- Sintered Porous Spargers Porous metal devices that introduce gases into liquids through thousands of tiny pores to create uniform micro-bubbles for efficient gas-liquid mass transfer in bioreactors, fermentation, chemical processing, and beverage applications.
- Sparger Pipes Perforated porous metal tubes designed to introduce gas into liquids for aeration, agitation, and mass transfer in water treatment, chemical reactors, and fermentation systems. Available in SS304, SS316L, 904L, Titanium, and Hastelloy with 0.5–3.0mm hole diameters and -20°C to 300°C operating temperatures.
- HG808 Series High-Temperature Humidity Transmitters Industrial-grade temperature, humidity, and dew point transmitters for harsh environments with measurement capability up to 200°C and outputs including 4-20mA, RS485 Modbus, 0-5V, and 0-10V. Designed for power plant exhaust, flue gas monitoring, and industrial drying systems.
- HG602 Industrial Dew Point Transmitter Industrial dew point sensor transmitter for compressed air drying systems, providing accurate and reliable humidity measurement with optional OEM display, compact design, and durable stainless steel housing.
- HG970 Handheld Humidity and Temperature Meter Portable handheld meter for spot-checking and field calibration of temperature and humidity measurements in various industrial settings.
- HT-608c Short Narrow Relative Humidity Probe Compact humidity sensor probe for measuring temperature and humidity in confined spaces and between tiles, featuring 8mm diameter and 250mm length.
- HT803 Series RS485 Temperature Humidity Transmitter RS485 temperature and humidity transmitter with flange connection designed for HVAC, building automation, and industrial applications.
- Stainless Steel Sensor Housings Stainless steel housings for temperature and humidity sensors providing waterproof and dustproof protection in industrial environments.
- Seawater Filter Elements Porous sintered stainless steel 316L filter elements for seawater applications, leveraging the alloy's molybdenum content for corrosion resistance in marine and desalination environments.
- Sintered In-line Metal Gas Filters for Semiconductor Gas Purification Sintered metal gas filter for high-purity gas filtration in semiconductor manufacturing, designed to remove moisture, oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and metal carbonyls from process gas streams.
- Semiconductor Gas Filters (OEM) Porous metal OEM filters for high-purity gas filtration in semiconductor manufacturing, removing moisture, oxygen, and other impurities from process gas lines.
- KF25/NW25 Centering Ring with Sintered Metal Filter Stainless steel filter accessory for KF25/NW25 centering rings used in vacuum systems, featuring 0.2 micrometer pore size and Viton O-rings rated up to 200°C.
- Beer Carbonation Stones Aeration and carbonation stones providing micro-bubble diffusion for oxygenation and carbonation in beer brewing and other beverage applications.
- Oxygen Diffuser Stones Oxygen diffuser stones for introducing oxygen into liquids in aquaculture, water treatment, and industrial oxygenation processes.
- Food Grade Filters Food-grade sintered metal filters meeting sanitary standards for food and beverage processing applications.
- Medical Grade Metal Filters Medical-grade sintered metal filters designed for pharmaceutical and medical device applications meeting strict quality standards.
- Industrial IoT Temperature and Humidity Sensor Solution Industrial IoT temperature and humidity sensor solutions for monitoring and data logging in connected industrial environments.
- Stainless Steel Gas Sensor Housings (Explosion-Proof) Stainless steel housings for combustible catalytic and electrochemical gas leak detectors providing explosion-proof protection in gas detection equipment.
- OEM Custom Sintered Filter Manufacturing Service Custom design and OEM manufacturing service for specialized sintered metal filters and sensor products based on client project specifications, including custom dimensions, materials (SS304, SS316L, 904L, Titanium, Hastelloy), pore sizes, and connection types.
Quantifiable outcome
- Served over 30,000 projects and applications over 20+ years
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Hengko
Customer profileNamed customers13 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Hengko technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Hengko partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Wisconsin UniversityminorUniversity research partner using HENGKO filtration and sensor products for laboratory applications and research projects.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Hengko competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Porvair Filtration Group: Porvair manufactures sintered porous metal and mesh filtration products for pharmaceutical, semiconductor, aerospace and industrial customers. Its porous metal filter and sparger portfolio directly overlaps with Hengko's biotech/pharma, semiconductor and aerospace exposure.
- Entegris: Entegris supplies high-purity gas filtration and fluid handling solutions, including sintered metal gas filters, to semiconductor fabs worldwide. Hengko's newly launched sintered in-line gas filter for semiconductor gas purification competes in Entegris's core territory.
- Mott Corporation: Mott is a US-based specialist manufacturer of sintered porous metal filters and components used in industrial filtration, gas sparging and fluid control. It is the closest direct peer to Hengko's sintered metal filter and sparger product lines.
- Cobetter: Cobetter is a China-based filtration and separation specialist offering membrane cartridges, lenticular filters and porous metal components for biotech, pharma and industrial users. It overlaps with Hengko on biotech/pharma and industrial filter customers served out of China.
Broad incumbents
- Vaisala: Vaisala is the global leader in industrial humidity, dew point and CO2 measurement instruments. It is the closest broad incumbent to Hengko's industrial humidity transmitter and dew point sensor product line.
- Donaldson Company: Donaldson is a diversified industrial filtration company with broad portfolios in compressed air, gas turbine and process filtration. Its sintered and pleated metal filter lines overlap with Hengko's pneumatic, gas and process filtration SKUs.
- GKN Powder Metallurgy: GKN Powder Metallurgy (part of Hoover Capital/Dobbs) is a large global manufacturer of sintered metal components using powder metallurgy, overlapping directly with Hengko's sintering-based manufacturing process and porous filter/sparger output.
- Pall Corporation: Pall, part of Danaher, is a global incumbent in industrial and biopharmaceutical filtration including metal and membrane filters. Its breadth in pharma and semiconductor makes it a higher-tier incumbent against which Hengko competes on specialty sintered parts.
- 3M Purification: 3M supplies a broad range of industrial filtration products including gas, liquid and HVAC filtration media. It is a broad incumbent alternative to Hengko in food/beverable, water and HVAC filter applications.
- Eaton Filtration: Eaton's filtration division offers industrial hydraulic, process and compressed-air filtration products including metal filter elements. Its broad industrial filtration portfolio is an incumbent alternative for Hengko's pneumatic and process customers.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Hengko social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance2 records
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Frequently asked questions about Hengko
What does Hengko do?
HENGKO manufactures sintered porous metal filters (discs, tubes, plates, cups, mesh) using stainless steel 316L powder and multilayer stainless steel wire mesh, with controlled pore sizes from 0.2 to 120 microns for high-temperature, high-pressure, and high-purity industrial filtration. The company also produces industrial-grade temperature, humidity, and dew point transmitters with RS485, 4-20mA, 0-5V, and 0-10V output interfaces, plus sintered metal sparger pipes and diffusion stones for gas-liquid mass transfer in bioreactors, fermentation, water treatment, and beverage carbonation. HENGKO offers full OEM customization of dimensions, materials, pore sizes, and connection types, exporting to more than 65 countries.
Is Hengko a public or private company?
Hengko is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Hengko founded?
Hengko was founded in 2001. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Hengko based?
Hengko is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, in the Asia region.
How does Hengko make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Custom Sintered Metal Filters are the primary driver. The others are industrial Temperature and Humidity Sensors, gas Spargers and Diffusers and OEM Manufacturing Services.
Who are Hengko's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Porvair Filtration Group, Entegris, Mott Corporation and Cobetter. Broad incumbents are Vaisala, Donaldson Company, GKN Powder Metallurgy, Pall Corporation, 3M Purification and Eaton Filtration.
Does Hengko have an API?
No public API is recorded for Hengko.
What industry is Hengko in?
Hengko's product category is Industrial Sintered Metal Filtration and Environmental Sensors. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAEAB, Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes), with a secondary code of IMAHAEAJ, Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems). Its NAICS code is 332117.