Fillworth

What Fillworth does

Fillworth (UK) Ltd is a privately held British industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1974 and headquartered in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. The company designs, manufactures, and commissions bespoke industrial mixing machines and process engineering systems for processing-industry customers worldwide, operating from a single UK site with 11-50 employees.

The product portfolio is organised across three pillars. The mixing machines line includes proprietary platforms such as the Fillmastic triple-action system (viscosities up to 2 million Centipoise), the Batchmaster (fluid wedge mixing with dry-well zero-leakage), the Batchranger rotor-stator disperser (Fluid Wedge shear principle), the Batchstar, Batchchanger, and dedicated food/pharmaceutical, powder/pigment, and laboratory ranges. Process engineering covers pressure vessels, heat transfer systems, batch and plug flow reactors, material handling, and structural steel fabrication. Turnkey Process Plant solutions bundle these with feasibility, design consultancy, procurement, construction management, and IQ/OQ/PQ validation. Fillworth holds Lloyd's-certified welders and designs to EU PED, PD5500, BS EN13445, ASME VIII, TEMA, and related standards.

Commercially, Fillworth runs a pure B2B direct-sales motion: bespoke quotation per project, on-site and in-house trial facilities at Gateshead, computer simulation (CFD, FEA) for design validation, and global project delivery. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales, professional engineering services, and managed turnkey plant contracts. Customer segments span food and beverages, paints/inks/coatings, adhesives and mastics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and general process plant. The firm claims delivery across many regions globally and a position as one of the UK's most advanced industrial mixing equipment manufacturers.

Name

Fillworth

Legal name

Fillworth (UK) Limited

Website

https://fillworth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fillworth (UK) Ltd designs, manufactures, and commissions bespoke industrial mixing machines and process engineering systems for processing-industry customers in food and beverage, paints and coatings, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals, with turnkey plant capability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Felling

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Mixing Equipment Sales: Custom-designed and manufactured industrial mixing machines sold to processing industries. Products include batch mixers, dispersers, and specialized mixing systems. Revenue generated through direct sales of equipment tailored to customer specifications.
2. Process Engineering Services: Design, construction, installation, and commissioning of process engineering systems including pressure vessels, heat transfer systems, reactors, material handling systems, and structural steel fabrication. Includes consultation services and trial facilities.
3. Turnkey Process Plant Solutions: Complete process plant design and delivery including front-end feasibility studies, procurement services, design consultancy, construction management, and validation services (IQ, OQ, PQ).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fillworth (UK) Ltd designs, manufactures, and supplies custom-engineered industrial mixing machines (batch mixers, dispersers, rotor-stator and high-viscosity systems) and process engineering equipment (pressure vessels, heat transfer systems, reactors, material handling systems, structural steel), delivered individually or as turnkey process plant solutions for processing industries including food and beverages, paints and inks, adhesives and mastics, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. Each system is engineered to customer specifications with extensive consultation, in-house or on-site trial testing, and computer simulation (CFD/FEA) to validate performance before manufacture.

Product overview

Fillworth (UK) Ltd is a manufacturer of industrial mixing equipment and process engineering systems serving processing industries worldwide. The product portfolio consists of two core divisions: Industrial Mixing Machines (including Fillmastic, Batchmaster, Batchranger, Batchstar, Batchchanger, Food and Pharmaceutical Mixers, Powder and Pigment Blenders, Laboratory Equipment, High Speed Disperser Disc Blade, and FSRD Self Raising Disc Disperser) and Process Engineering Services (covering Process Modules and Skid Units, Heat Transfer Systems, Pressure Vessels and Store Tanks, Batch and Plug Flow Reactors, Material Handling Systems, and Structural Steel Fabrication). The company also provides Turnkey Process Plant solutions combining mixing systems with comprehensive processing equipment for pharmaceutical, food, chemical and coatings industries. Products range from lab scale (205 Litre) to production scale (10,000 Litre) and handle viscosities from low (25,000 cps) to ultra-high (2 million Centipoise).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fillmastic: Industrial mixer developed for mastics and high viscosity products up to 2 million Centipoise, featuring triple action mixing system.
• Batchmaster
• Batchranger
• Batchstar
• Batchchanger
• FSRD Self Raising Disc Disperser

Products and services

• Fillmastic Triple action mixing system for high viscosity products up to 2 million Centipoise, combining a high shear granulating Masticator, helical Anchor Stirrer and integrated Discharge Extruder; designed for mastics, sealants, pastes, putties, hot melt adhesives and heavy adhesives in industrial mixing.
• Batchmaster Mixing System Bottom-driven industrial mixer using the unique fluid wedge mixing principle to rapidly reduce granular or chipped materials into solutions, with a dry well design guaranteeing zero leakage; designed for adhesives, sealants, inks, colloids, mill base paints, ceramic tile adhesive, plastisols and resins.
• Batchranger Rotor Stator Disperser Rotor stator disperser utilizing Fillworth's Fluid Wedge shear principle, combining an enclosed shear grid/stator and high pressure impeller to reduce product mill passes by up to 75%; available as a stand-alone hoist-mounted disperser or integrated into a batch production machine.
• Batchstar Combination Mixer Fixed vessel combination mixer incorporating a High Speed Disperser and Helical Anchor stirrer; upgradable to triple action mixing with an additional high speed disperser or incorporator; available as fixed vessel models FMD and HSD for paints, coatings, food, cosmetics, healthcare, PVA's, varnishes and plastisols.
• Batchchanger Batch flexibility mixer designed to process multiple batch vessels or change pans on one machine, offered in three basic models: HSD for low viscosity dispersions, FMD for medium viscosity compounds, and EMD with full planetary mixing action for high viscosity pastes; configurable with multiple mixing tools.
• Food and Pharmaceutical Mixers Mixing machines engineered for pharmaceutical and food processing from low viscosity medicines, aqueous solutions and consumable sauces to high viscosity gels, pastes and dough; available as single batch machines, flexible change pan systems or in-line dynamic processing, with full CIP integration, 316L stainless steel construction and full IQ-OQ-PQ validation and certification.
• Powder and Pigment Blenders Mixers for processing granular materials ranging from light particle aerosols to heavy pigments and cementatious products, including Intensifier Mixer/Dispersers for fluidised fine particle mixing, Plough Mixers for diffusive solids mixing, and Ribbon Blenders for convective solids mixing; available 205-5,000 litres, heated/cooled, vacuum or pressurised, ATEX rated.
• Laboratory Equipment Laboratory-scale through development pilot plant to production units covering the full Fillworth equipment range; ATEX versions available and fully serviced modular construction for R&D and scale-up in process industries.
• High Speed Disperser Disc Blade Bolt-on technology upgrade for high speed dispersers that replaces traditional sawtooth blades, delivering improved flow and shear characteristics, a 25% to 50% reduction in dispersion time and improved product quality; free trial facility available.
• FSRD Self Raising Disc Disperser Innovative powder dispersion technology using forward and backward shaft rotation with helical guides to create vertical disc motion without external hydraulic systems; suits dispersing powders into liquids up to 25,000 cps viscosity, with standard unit sizes 3 kW to 150 kW for batch sizes 60-10,000 litres, vacuum built as standard, lower capital cost and reduced power input.
• Process Modules and Skid Units Off-site constructed process modules for vessels, reactors, heat equipment, pumps, valves and instrumentation; skid modules are designed for transport and integration into chemical processes with pipework, electrics and control system integration, supported by detailed engineering interrogations including process performance analysis, FEA structural analysis, process simulation, CFD flow simulation and pipe stress analysis.
• Heat Transfer Systems Industrial heat transfer equipment including shell and tube heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers, condensers, reboilers and waste gas economisers, designed to internationally recognised standards PD5500, TEMA and ASME VIII Division 1, supported by heat transfer analysis, HT and code rating software and CFD analysis.
• Pressure Vessels and Store Tanks Pressure tank design and construction in exotic alloys, stainless steel and carbon steels, complying with EU Pressure Equipment Directive, PD5500:2006, BS EN13445, ASME VIII Division 1, AD-Merkblatter and Stoomwezen; all welders are trained, tested and certified by Lloyd's EMEA to BS EN 287 and ASME IX, with 3D mathematical modelling, FEA simulation and CFD analysis used in design.
• Batch and Plug Flow Reactors Chemical reactor design, construction, installation and commissioning ranging from simple stirred batch machines to complex plug flow operations, supported by extensive consultation throughout design and manufacturing and a trial service available at the Gateshead base or on-site.
• Material Handling Systems Material conveying systems using mechanical and pneumatic methods, covering silos, screw conveyors, rotary valves, blowing seals, weigh feeders and blowing systems; services include detailed engineering design, front-end feasibility studies, bulk storage methods, pneumatic transfer systems (dense and lean phase) and liquid pumping systems.
• Structural Steel Fabrication Design and manufacture of steel structures including large portal frames, trusses, tubular skeletal structures, process plant steel structures, offshore rig assemblies and lifting derricks; single component manufacture up to 10 tonnes and projects upwards of 500 tonnes, with rolling, bending, shearing, cutting, stainless and alloy steel welding across hastelloy, incalloy, titanium and super stainless steel.
• Turnkey Process Plant Complete process plant solutions providing design, planning, construction and cost management, including front end feasibility studies, design consultancy, process investigation, detailed engineering design, procurement services, construction management, IQ/OQ/PQ validation, hazard analysis and project management and control; serves pharmaceutical, food, chemical and coatings industries.
• Food and Beverages Processing Systems Process systems for foodstuffs from low viscosity drinks, aqueous solutions and sauces to high viscosity gels, pastes and dough, available as single batch mixing machines, flexible change pan systems or in-line processing; vessels and kettles are designed for heating, cooling and vacuum applications with full CIP integration, 316L stainless steel construction and automated PLC-based control systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 75% reduction in product mill passes with Batchranger Rotor Stator Disperser
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SPX FLOW (Lightnin): Large global industrial machinery conglomerate with Lightnin and other mixing equipment brands. Competes broadly across industrial mixing but as part of a much larger portfolio than Fillworth's specialist focus.
• Sulzer (Mixing Technology): Swiss industrial group with a dedicated mixing technology division serving water, wastewater, and process industries. Overlaps in industrial mixers and agitators as part of a much broader industrial portfolio.

Direct peers

• Ekato Group: German-based specialist in industrial mixing technology for chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. Direct competitor particularly in high-viscosity mixing, agitators, and process engineering.
• ProQuip: US-based custom manufacturer of industrial mixing equipment including agitators, mixers, and reactors for chemical, polymer, and pharmaceutical industries. Closely comparable in custom-engineered mixing and reactor solutions.
• Admix: US-based manufacturer of high-shear mixers, static mixers, and dispersion equipment for food, pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetic industries. Directly comparable in batch and in-line mixing solutions.
• Charles Ross & Son: US-based custom manufacturer of industrial mixing, blending, drying, and dispersion equipment. Directly competes with Fillworth in custom-engineered mixers, high-viscosity processing, and turnkey process plants.
• Hayward Gordon: Canadian-based manufacturer of industrial mixers, agitators, and process equipment for chemical, mining, water treatment, and industrial applications. Direct competitor in custom industrial mixing equipment.
• INOXPA: Spanish-based specialist in sanitary and hygienic mixing equipment for food, dairy, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Comparable in stainless-steel hygienic mixer offerings and CIP integration.
• IKA Werke: German-based global manufacturer of laboratory and industrial mixing, dispersing, and stirring equipment. Direct competitor across batch mixers, dispersers, and process engineering with broader global reach.
• Silverson Machines: UK-based manufacturer of high-shear industrial mixers including rotor/stator and batch mixers, serving food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and chemical industries. Direct competitor with overlapping product categories and similar UK heritage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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