IPMA Industry

What IPMA Industry does

IPMA Industry Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian industrial equipment manufacturer headquartered in Jitra, Kedah, specializing in rice processing and grain handling machinery. The company sells a comprehensive portfolio of equipment organized into cleaning, drying, processing, grading, conveying, weighing and palletizing, dust collection, storage, and accessories categories, with over 80 distinct product models covering the full rice mill workflow from paddy intake to palletized finished goods. Adjacent offerings include CNC machining, robotic welding, and computerised balancing services, and the company serves specialty segments such as pepper processing and rice vermicelli (bihun) production.

The company's underlying technology stack includes CNC machining centers, robotic welding cells, and a proprietary Smart Factory Control System branded as Industry 4.0 ready, which provides real-time data acquisition, rice blending recipe selection, and automated machine start/stop. Products are largely custom-quoted based on client specifications, and the company maintains an in-house design team using Mastercam, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD.

The business model is project-based B2B equipment sales with no publicly disclosed pricing. Revenue is generated through direct sales to rice mill operators, seed processors, and agricultural processors, supplemented by participation in industry exhibitions (including MAEPS SERDANG) and digital marketing across Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. The company holds ISO 9001:2000 certification and its proprietary boiler designs are exempt from DOSH and DOE approval requirements. IPMA operates as a privately-held company with no disclosed institutional investors, parent entity, or stock exchange listing.

Name

IPMA Industry

Legal name

IPMA Industry Sdn Bhd

Website

https://ipmaindustry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IPMA Industry Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian industrial equipment manufacturer that designs, builds, and sells rice processing and grain handling machinery for rice mill operators, seed processors, and specialty agricultural processors across Southeast Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Rice Processing Equipment

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241), Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Rice & Grain Processing (milling, polishing, parboiling, blending) (AFAKABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grain Bin & Silo Systems (On-Farm) (AFAOABAA), On-Farm Grain Drying Systems (Batch/In-Bin) (AFAOABAC), Dryer Control Panels & Automation (PLC/SCADA) (AFAOAHAI), Dust Collection, Explosion Protection & Fire Safety (NFPA/ATEX) (AFAOAHAK)

Keywords

• Rice processing equipment
• Grain handling machinery
• Seed processing equipment
• Industrial automation systems
• Boiler manufacturing systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Jitra

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Manufacturing: Design, manufacture, and sale of rice processing machinery, seed processing equipment, boiler systems, and automation solutions. Revenue generated through custom equipment fabrication and standard product sales with project-based pricing.
2. CNC Manufacturing Services: Precision CNC machining services including CNC punching, plasma cutting, milling, and lathe operations for custom fabrication components.
3. Equipment Services: Computerised balancing services, robotic welding services, and other manufacturing services for industrial equipment maintenance and repair.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IPMA Industry Sdn Bhd designs, manufactures, and sells industrial rice processing and grain handling equipment for rice mills, seed processing plants, and agricultural processors in Southeast Asia. Its product range spans cleaning, drying, processing, grading, conveying, weighing, palletizing, dust collection, storage, and automation control equipment, produced at its Jitra, Kedah factory and complemented by CNC machining services and equipment maintenance services.

Product overview

IPMA Industry Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian industrial equipment manufacturer specializing in rice processing and grain handling solutions. The product portfolio consists of integrated equipment categories: Cleaning Equipment (Destoner, Paddy Precleaner, Fine Cleaner, Rice Precleaner, Vibrating Sifter, Husk Sifter, Precleaner with straw scraper systems), Drying Equipment (Vertical Batch Dryer, Box Type Batch Dryer, Inclined Batch Dryer, Vertical Circulating Dryer, Biomass Hot Water Heater, Hot Water Generator), Processing Equipment (Paddy Separator, Husk Separator, Auto Huller, Rice Whitener, Rice Polisher, Microwave Pest Killer), Grading Equipment (Rotary Sifter, Indented Cylinder Grader, Gravity Separator, Volumetric Proportioner), Conveying Equipment (Bucket Elevator, Belt Conveyors, Screw Conveyor, Chain Conveyors, Elecon systems, Pallet Conveyors), Weighing and Palletizer Equipment (Robotic Arm Palletizer, High Speed Rotary Packer, Semi/Full Auto Packers, Multi Head Weigher, Vacuum Packers, Turntable Wrapper), Dust Collecting Equipment (High Volume Blower, Aspirator, Suction Blower, Cyclone, Dust Filter, Rotary Valve), Storage (Silo/Bin series), and accessories including Control Panels, Moisture Meter, and Colour Sorter. The company also offers Small Scale Machine Series for laboratory/small operations and specialty equipment for wood processing and rice vermicelli production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rice Mill Automation Panel - Smart Factory Control System Industry 4.0 ready automation control panel for rice mill operators that acquires real-time data, manages rice blending recipes, and automates machine start/stop and capacity selection to eliminate human mixing errors.
• Robotic Arm Palletizer Fully integrated robotic arm palletizer with multiple gripper configurations for 5-50kg bags and cartons, touch screen interface, and proven robust operation, designed to reduce labor dependency in rice mill and agricultural processing end-of-line operations.
• High Volume Blower (Dust Collection) Industrial blower family (HVLP-30 to HVLP-250K) for dust collection systems in grain processing plants, with 6000-45000 m3/hr airflow and 5.5-25HP power options.
• Aspirator (Air Separation) Air separation aspirator (AS-12, AS-20, AS-200) for rice processing lines, providing 12-20 tons of separation capacity.
• Suction Blower Industrial suction blower (MPB-11 to MPB-150) for dust collection systems, providing 1600-9000 m3/h air volume.
• Cyclone (Dust Separation) Dust separation cyclone family (CY-700 to CY-1700) with 3000-30000 m3/h airflow for grain and dust handling applications.
• Rotary Valve Material feeding rotary valve (RV-20, EV-40-25, RV-40-35, RV-40-45) used in dust collection systems to control material discharge.
• Dust Filter Industrial dust filtration family (DF-300/9-1 to DF-610) for grain processing dust control applications.
• Automatic Cleaning Dust Filter Self-cleaning industrial dust filter (ACF-220/16 and ACF-220/28) with 150°C temperature resistance for grain processing dust control.
• Destoner Stone and impurity separation equipment (DS-25, DS-50, DS-75) for rice cleaning lines, with capacities from 2.0 to 8.0 T/H.
• Paddy Precleaner Paddy pre-cleaning equipment family (PC-50, PC-60, PC-70) with 4-layer screens and capacities up to 20 t/h.
• Vertical Batch Dryer Vertical batch grain dryer (VBD-150 with 3 drying sections, and VBD-200 with 20 tons capacity) for rice mill drying operations.
• Vertical Circulating Dryer Continuous vertical circulating grain dryer (VCD-10 10-ton and VCD-15 15-ton) for rice processing plants, with multiple drying sections for continuous operation.
• Box Type Batch Dryer Box-type batch grain dryer (BBD-2020 with 2-ton load and BBD-2424 with 450kg load) for smaller-scale rice drying operations.
• Biomass Hot Water Heater Eco-friendly biomass-fueled hot water heater using rice husk as fuel for grain drying applications in rice processing plants.
• Paddy Separator Paddy separator (PS-484 to PS-1086) for rice mills separating unpounded paddy from brown rice, capacities from 1.7 to 4.4 t/h.
• Auto Huller Automatic rice huller (AH-V-250) for rice mills, outputting 1.6-2.0 t/h of hulled rice.
• Rotary Sifter 6-layer rotary sifter (RS-200) for rice grading in rice processing plants, with 2.5-3.5 t/h capacity.
• Indented Cylinder Grader Cylinder-based grain grader (CG-600 at 0.8-1.0 t/h and CG-1200 at 3.2-4.0 t/h) for rice grading by grain length.
• Gravity Separator Density-based gravity separator (GS-4, GS-5, GS-10, GS-40) for grain processing, with capacities from 3 t/h to 10 t/h.
• Bucket Elevator Vertical material handling bucket elevator family (E-6 through E-10-Twin) for rice, with capacities from 6 t/h to 28-30 t/h.
• High Pressure Blower High-pressure blower family (HPB-55, HPB-150, HPB-200) for pneumatic conveying in grain processing, with pressures up to 1700 mm WG.
• High Speed Rotary Packer High-speed rotary packing machine (RTP-1000W) for 5-10 kg packages, packing at 950-1100 bags/hour for rice and grain operations.
• Fully Automatic Weighing & Packing Machine Fully automatic weighing and packing machine (RPM-100) for rice and grain operations, packing 400-480 bags per hour.
• Semi Auto Packer (Bagging Machine) Semi-automatic bagging equipment family (SAP-50-2-CT, SAP-20-CT, SAP-50-CT) with twin and clamp type variants for grain and rice packaging operations.
• Multi Head Weigher Multi-head combination weighing system for rice and grain packing operations, handling 1-10 kg packages at 21-25 bags per minute.
• 1 Ton Jumbo Bag Weighing System 1-ton jumbo bag weighing system (1TW-1000) with pneumatic shutters and PLC control for industrial rice and grain bulk packing.
• Turntable Pallet Wrapper Turntable stretch wrapping equipment for finished pallets (TPW-M-1500-PLR, TPW-1500-PLR, TPW-1500-PLC) in rice mill and grain processing end-of-line operations.
• Check Weigher & Pneumatic Reject Mechanism In-line check weighing and pneumatic rejection system (CWG-400, CWG-600) for quality assurance on packed rice and grain products.
• Husk Silo / Silo / Packing Bin Storage silo and packing bin family (BB-1200 through BB-4800-Z) for grain and processing by-products in rice mills and seed plants.
• Colour Sorter CCD-sensor optical colour sorter family (IC-240, IC-300, IC-420, IC-600) for optical rice and grain sorting based on colour defects.
• Chemical Seed Treater Chemical seed treatment equipment (CT-380) for seed processing plants, applying chemicals at 2-3 mt/hr capacity.
• Moisture Meter Portable grain moisture measurement device (MM-5) covering a 10-40% moisture range for various grains.
• Intake Hopper Material intake hopper family (IH-32, IH-42, IH-510-P) for receiving grain at rice and seed processing plants.
• Rice Vermicelli Plant (Bihun Processing Plant) Complete rice vermicelli (bihun) processing plant equipment, designed for specialty agricultural processors producing rice vermicelli products.
• Small Scale Paddy Huller Compact small-scale paddy huller (SPH-200) at 15-20 kg/hr capacity for laboratory or small-scale rice processing operations.
• Wood Chopper Wood chopping equipment (WC-1200) weighing 1900kg with 1867x1340x2202mm dimensions for biomass and wood processing operations.
• CNC Punching Services CNC punching services using Germany-manufactured machines with high accuracy, suitable for mild steel, stainless steel, and galvanized iron plates.
• CNC Plasma Cut Services Custom CNC plasma cutting services for mild steel, stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminium, and wear-resistant plate for industrial fabricators and rice mill operators.
• Computerised Balancing Services Computerised balancing services for blowers, impellers, shafts, and rollers used in industrial rice mill equipment maintenance and repair.
• Robotic Welding Services Robotic, CNC, and free-hand welding services for mild steel, galvanized iron, stainless steel, aluminium, titanium, and other exotic metals, serving custom fabrication and industrial maintenance customers.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mill Master Machinery: Indian manufacturer of rice milling equipment including cleaners, paddy separators, polishers, and graders. Comparable as a regional mid-sized manufacturer serving rice mill operators with similar equipment categories to IPMA.
• Shandong Hualian: Chinese industrial equipment manufacturer with grain processing and rice milling product lines. Comparable as an Asia-based regional manufacturer serving rice mills with end-to-end processing equipment, though at a different cost/scale positioning than IPMA.
• Fowler Westrup: Indian supplier of seed processing and grain handling equipment including cleaning, grading, and seed treatment machinery. Comparable to IPMA's seed processing segment with overlapping offerings in cleaners, graders, and conditioning equipment.
• Pingle Group: Chinese manufacturer of complete rice milling plants and grain processing equipment including pre-cleaners, destoners, paddy separators, rice whitener, polishers, and color sorters. Highly comparable product portfolio to IPMA's full rice processing line.
• AGREX: Italian manufacturer of rice milling and grain processing machinery including cleaners, dryers, paddy separators, and milling equipment. Highly comparable to IPMA in product category and customer base, with both serving rice mill operators globally from a similar mid-sized scale.

Broad incumbents

• Petkus Technologie: European manufacturer of seed processing and grain handling equipment including cleaners, graders, and treatment equipment. Comparable to IPMA's seed processing segment, though broader in geographic reach and product range.
• Bühler Group: Swiss global manufacturer of grain processing and rice milling equipment and complete plant solutions. Comparable as a turnkey supplier to rice mill operators, with overlapping capabilities in cleaning, drying, milling, and automation — though broader in scope and global in reach.
• Satake Corporation: Japanese global leader in rice milling and grain processing equipment. Comparable because it sells rice cleaning, milling, grading, and optical sorting equipment to rice mill operators worldwide — the same customer base as IPMA — but at much larger scale and with global service network.

Emerging players

• MMC Grain Processing: Specialized manufacturer of optical color sorters and grain processing equipment. Comparable to IPMA's color sorter product line as a focused equipment vendor serving rice and grain processors, with narrower scope than IPMA's full-line offering.

Regional players

• Yenar Steel: Turkish manufacturer of rice processing and grain handling equipment. Comparable in product category (rice milling machinery) but operates primarily in different geographies (Europe, MENA, Central Asia) from IPMA's Southeast Asian focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ipmaindustrysdn.bhd.971
• Facebookfacebook.com/Ipmaindustry
• TikToktiktok.com/@ipmaindustry?lang=zh-Hans
• Xx.com/ipmaindustry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ipma-industry-sdn-bhd-

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Funding overview

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Investors

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