What Flowproen does

Flowproen SRL is an Argentine private limited-liability company (SRL), founded in 2015/2016 and headquartered in Rincón de Milberg (Tigre), Buenos Aires, with roughly 11–50 employees. The company sells industrial process equipment — heat exchangers (gasketed plate, welded plate, plate & shell, spiral, shell & tube, graphite, silicon carbide, air-cooled), filtration systems (coalescers, basket strainers, automatic backwash drum filters), centrifugal and diaphragm dosing pumps, jet ejectors (vacuum, thermocompressor, mixing, aeration, gas cleaning), and industrial agitators — alongside instrumentation and control integration (PLC/DCS/SCADA on Siemens, Rockwell, and Schneider platforms). The portfolio is sourced from a curated set of international OEMs (ARSOPI-Thermal, Nexson Group, Körting, CEPIC, GAB Neumann, Bronswerk, DDS-Filter, Injecta, HS-Cooler, Barriquand, GESMEX) and adapted/customized to client specifications.

The company's revenue is generated through two streams: (1) one-time industrial equipment sales, typically scoped as multi-year contracts on a project-specific quote basis, and (2) technical services including pre-sale advisory, on-site process audits (e.g., water/steam/effluents/air auxiliary services), technical proposal development with P&ID drawings, post-sale technical service, and customer training. Commercial engagement follows a four-step consultative flow (listen → validate → propose technical solution → deliver commercial/technical proposal) and culminates in turnkey project delivery covering design, installation, and commissioning.

Flowproen serves enterprise industrial customers across food and beverage (primary segment, including Coca-Cola FEMSA and FEMSA engagements), food and agriculture (Cargill), chemicals and process industries, power generation and energy, water and wastewater treatment, and industrial auxiliary services, with named blue-chip logos including Techint. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct, supplemented by participation in industry trade shows (Tecno Fidta, EVENPa, the Latin American Refining Congress) and active membership in the Argentine-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce; the bilingual (Spanish/English) website and stated ambition to broaden relationships across Latin America indicate an in-progress regional expansion. The firm is closely held under founder/president Andrés Gustavo Barco, with no disclosed external institutional investors or parent company.

Name

Flowproen

Legal name

Flowproen SRL

Website

https://flowproen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flowproen SRL is an Argentine industrial process solutions distributor and integrator that supplies specialized heat exchangers, filtration, pumps, ejectors, and agitators — sourced from international OEMs and customized with engineering, PLC/DCS integration, and audit-based services — primarily to enterprise food-and-beverage, chemical, energy, and water-treatment clients in Argentina and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Equipment and Engineering Solutions

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)

akta.pro primary industry

Heat Transfer Equipment (Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Condensers) (IMAHAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Filtration, Condition Monitoring & Fluid Management (Filters, Breathers, Oil Analysis, Cooling) (IMAHAGAL), Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets) (IMAHANAG)

Keywords

• Industrial heat exchangers
• Process filtration equipment
• Industrial pumps and ejectors
• Industrial agitation solutions
• Energy efficiency engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Tigre

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial process equipment including heat exchangers, filters, pumps, ejectors, and agitators to industrial clients. Products are sourced from international suppliers and customized to customer needs. The company also offers turnkey projects covering design, execution, and delivery.
2. Technical Services: Pre-sale technical advisory and post-sale technical service, including technical support, auditing, process evaluation, and implementation assistance. The company also provides training to clients on new technologies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Flowproen supplies industrial process equipment — heat exchangers, filters, pumps, ejectors, and agitators — sourced from international suppliers and customized for Latin American industrial clients in food & beverage, chemical, power, and water treatment sectors. The company complements equipment sales with pre-sale technical advisory, on-site audits, engineering design (including PLC/DCS/SCADA programming), installation and commissioning, and post-sale technical service and training, often delivered as turnkey projects. Core value is enabling industrial customers to reduce energy consumption, emissions, and operating costs in their process and auxiliary service systems.

Product overview

Flowproen is an industrial process solutions provider offering a portfolio of five core product categories: heat exchangers (including gasketed plate, welded plate, plate & shell, spiral, shell & tube, graphite/SiC, and air-cooled types), filters (for gases and liquids including coalescers, basket strainers, and mist eliminators), pumps (diaphragm dosing and centrifugal pumps for corrosive applications), ejectors (vacuum, thermocompressors, mixing, aeration, and gas cleaning systems), and agitators (multiple series for diverse industrial mixing applications). The company also provides instrumentation and control services including PLC/DCS programming and SCADA systems. Products are sourced from international suppliers and complemented by technical pre-sale and post-sale services, engineering, and turnkey project capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Heat Exchangers Plate, shell-and-tube, spiral, graphite, silicon carbide, and air-cooled heat exchangers for industrial heating, cooling, pasteurization, sterilization, and heat recovery. Sourced from international suppliers including ARSOPI-Thermal, Nexson, GAB Neumann, HS-Cooler, Barriquand, and GESMEX, and customized for food & beverage, chemical, petrochemical, and power generation customers.
• Industrial Filters Industrial filtration systems for gases and liquids including automatic backwash drum filters, coalescing plate separators, basket strainers (single, duplex, bag, multi-bag), and mist eliminators. Removes oil droplets to 10-20 micrometers with outlet concentration as low as 10 mg/l; flow rates from 80 to 4,000 m3/h at 1.5 to 63 bar.
• Industrial Pumps Diaphragm dosing pumps (electromembrane and electromechanical series) and centrifugal pumps for corrosive liquids, including magnetic drive models. CEPIC centrifugal pumps handle 1-700 m3/h at 2-130 m discharge heads in corrosion-resistant materials (graphite, PP, HDPE, PVDF, PTFE); Injecta dosing pump series include Athena, GEA, Hydra, Olimpia, TAURUS, Libra, and Power Series.
• Industrial Ejectors Jet ejector systems supplied by Körting for vacuum, thermocompression, mixing, aeration, and gas cleaning applications, including jet scrubbers that use motive fluid as scrubbing medium and full-cone spray nozzles for high gas-liquid interfacial area. Used for wastewater aeration, vacuum generation, dedusting, gas absorption, and conveying.
• Industrial Agitators Industrial agitators across DIN, Standard, Coaxial Shaft, Side Entry, Life Science, Compact, and Mag Drive series for pulp & paper, wastewater treatment, hydrometallurgy, and green energy applications. Includes specialized agitators configured for generator cooling circuits and hydrometallurgical mixing.
• Turnkey Industrial Process Engineering and Project Execution End-to-end project delivery covering process specification, design, engineering, supply, installation, and commissioning of industrial process equipment and auxiliary systems. Customers receive P&ID drawings, detailed technical reports, and equipment setup verified operational on site.
• Pre-Sale Technical Advisory and On-Site Audits Pre-sale technical consultation including process audits that survey water, steam, effluents, air, and other auxiliary services at customer plants to identify operational cost reduction and emissions improvement opportunities. Delivered with P&ID drawings and detailed technical reports.
• Post-Sale Technical Service, Instrumentation, and Training Post-sale technical service for the full equipment portfolio, including PLC, DCS, HMI, and SCADA programming on Siemens, Rockwell Automation, and Schneider platforms, plus operator training on new technologies. Supports HVAC and thermal fluid handling system commissioning.
• Process Therm Heat Recovery Unit Dust-tolerant exhaust air heat recovery unit designed for industrial processes with particulates in the airstream. Supports in-process CIP cleaning, operates without maintenance on dusty air circuits, and recovers heat that would otherwise be lost in exhaust. Sized from 3,000 to 300,000 kg/h of air at 50 kW to 10 MW of heat capacity.

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy savings with immediate results guaranteed

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ARSOPI-Thermal, Equipamentos Térmicos, S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 January 2019ARSOPI-Thermal from Portugal is Flowproen's strategic partner, producing gasket plate heat exchangers. This partnership has yielded very important results and Flowproen is strongly committed to increasing bilateral commercial relationships between Argentina and Portugal. The partnership was highlighted during the launch of the Argentine-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce.
• Nexson GroupcoreTechnology or Integration · 25 January 2019Nexson Group is described as the most important spiral heat exchanger supplier worldwide. Flowproen began working with Nexson Group to provide solutions to industry with the best quality and to expand their range of options oriented toward energy efficiency. Nexson Group designs, develops, and manufactures spiral plate heat exchangers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SPX Flow: Designs and manufactures pumps, valves, mixers, heat exchangers, and filtration equipment for F&B, energy, and industrial markets. Highly comparable product portfolio to Flowproen's line card and overlaps heavily in the same end markets.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in heat exchangers, separation equipment, and fluid handling — the same core product categories Flowproen distributes and integrates. Competes for the same Latin American industrial customers across F&B, chemicals, and energy, but at vastly larger scale and with a direct sales/service footprint.
• GEA Group: Major process equipment manufacturer offering heat exchangers, separators, homogenizers, and valves into food, dairy, chemical, and pharma. Comparable to Flowproen in target verticals and product breadth, but as a global incumbent with proprietary manufacturing and direct regional sales.
• Voith: Industrial process and heat transfer equipment supplier for power, oil & gas, and chemicals. Comparable to Flowproen's heat-exchanger-led value proposition, especially via Bronswerk-style air-cooled heat exchangers in refining and energy.
• Mueller Industries: Manufacturer of copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products serving plumbing, HVAC, and industrial markets. Loosely comparable to Flowproen in industrial fluid handling and heat transfer, though more focused on components than process equipment.
• Xylem: Global water technology company focused on pumps, filtration, and treatment, with strong municipal and industrial water-channel overlap. Comparable to Flowproen in water/wastewater aeration, dosing, and filtration use cases.
• Watts Water Technologies: Global manufacturer of water and heating products (boilers, heat exchangers, valves, filtration). Overlaps with Flowproen in industrial heating and water treatment, particularly for HVAC and process heating applications.
• Sulzer: Global pumps and mixing solutions provider serving water, oil & gas, power, and chemical end markets. Overlaps with Flowproen's pumps, agitators, and process equipment categories, particularly in Argentina energy and chemical customers.
• Andritz: International technology group supplying process equipment, including heat exchangers, pumps, and agitation, to pulp & paper, hydrometallurgy, and chemical sectors — all verticals Flowproen explicitly targets.

Direct peers

• Körting Hannover: Specialist manufacturer of jet ejectors, jet scrubbers, and vacuum/thermocompressor systems — a direct overlap with Flowproen's ejectors product line. Although Flowproen is a Körting channel partner, Körting also sells directly in some markets, making it a direct competitor for many of the same end customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/flowproen
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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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