Zaim

What Zaim does

Zaim A.Ş. (operating as ZAIM) is a privately held Turkish industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in rendering and processing equipment for the animal by-products industry. The company designs and builds custom engineered systems — including storage bins, crushers, batch cookers, disc and round dryers, waste separators, feather presses, cooling bins, conveyors, lamella pumps, evaporators, deodorizers, air-cooled condensers, blood coagulators, and full turnkey plant platforms — used by poultry, red meat and fish rendering plants, as well as environmental waste management facilities processing sludge, biomass and biofuels. Its stated technical differentiators are low energy consumption, user-friendly controls, and process-specific features such as pressure cooking at 133°C, redox-based odour control, and direct steam injection for blood coagulation.

The business operates from a 7,000 m2 facility in Bursa, Turkey (4,600 m2 enclosed) and runs an enterprise field sales motion targeting global rendering plants with custom quote-based pricing. ZAIM delivers turnkey project services that span engineering, installation, commissioning, training, and ongoing spare parts and service support, including servicing third-party equipment at installed sites. The company maintains a multilingual website in Turkish, English, Spanish, and Russian, and operates a London sales and customer support office at Tower 42 alongside the Turkish manufacturing base.

Founded in 2010 by professionals drawn from what the company describes as the three largest rendering companies in the world, ZAIM formally launched production on 1 January 2018. The company is privately held with no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, patents, or certifications in the available source data.

Name

Zaim

Legal name

ZAIM A.Ş.

Website

https://zaim.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Zaim A.Ş. is a privately held Turkish industrial machinery manufacturer that designs and builds custom rendering and processing equipment — including cookers, dryers, separators, and turnkey plant platforms — for poultry, meat, fish rendering plants and environmental waste facilities globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Rendering Equipment

NAICS

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324), Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing (311613), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (31161)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Poultry Slaughtering And Processing (2015)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAKALAG

Rendering & By-Product Processing (Tallow, Meat & Bone Meal)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Processing & Manufacturing/Meat Processing (Beef, Pork, Poultry)

SECONDARYAFANAGAL

By-Product Quality, Safety & Compliance Services (Traceability, Spec Testing, Regulatory)

Agriculture & Food Production/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Processing/Rendering & By-Product Processing (Tallow, Meat & Bone Meal, Pet Food Inputs)

SECONDARYAFANAJAG

Giblets & Poultry Specialty Parts Processing (Gizzards, Livers, Necks, Frames)

Agriculture & Food Production/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Processing/Co-Product & Specialty Processing (Offal, Organ Meats, Specialty Cuts)

Keywords

• Rendering equipment manufacturing
• Industrial machinery design
• Animal by-product processing
• Turnkey engineering projects
• Meat processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bursa

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Rendering Equipment Manufacturing: ZAIM designs and manufactures custom high-tech, low-cost rendering equipment solutions including dryers, cookers, separators, and turnkey projects for poultry, fish, meat rendering and environmental waste management industries
2. Project Services: Project management, engineering, installation, commissioning, training, and process optimization services
3. Spare Parts and Service: Spare parts supply and replacement services for both ZAIM products and equipment from other vendors

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ZAIM A.Ş. designs and manufactures custom industrial rendering and processing equipment for the animal by-products industry. Its portfolio spans storage, sizing, drying, cooking, separation, pressing, cooling, transport, evaporation, and odour-control machinery, plus full turnkey plant projects for poultry, meat, and fish rendering facilities and environmental waste management operations. The company complements equipment sales with engineering, installation, commissioning, training, spare parts, and process optimization services.

Product overview

Zaim is an industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in rendering and processing equipment. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of 19+ core products organized into process categories: Storage (Bin, Storage Tanks), Sizing (Hammer Mill, Crusher, Pre-Crusher), Drying (Round Dryer, Disc Dryer), Cooking (Batch Cooker), Separation (Waste Separator, Feather Press), Cooling (Cooling Bins), Transport (Lamella Pump, Conveyor), Evaporation (Evaporator), Odour Control (Deodorizer, Air Cooled Condenser), plus Platform systems and Turnkey Projects. These products serve four primary industries: Poultry Rendering, Fish Processing, Meat Rendering, and Environmental Waste Management. The product line forms an integrated processing solution where raw materials move through sizing, cooking, separation, drying and cooling stages, with transport and storage equipment connecting operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bin Storage and transport equipment for meat, poultry, or fish by-products, built to hygiene standards for robust, sealed process management in rendering facilities.
• Storage Tanks Tanks for storage of rendered oil, feed, and other end products, and for feeding raw blood into the rendering system.
• Hammer Mill Reduces particle size in cooled meals after oil separation to meet customer specifications for finished meal particle size.
• Crusher Crushes offal and bone from meat and poultry slaughterhouses into consistently sized particles for easier downstream processing.
• Pre-Crusher Initial-breakdown equipment for particles larger than 30 mm³ of input material, used before crushers in the sizing line.
• Round Dryer Drying equipment using high-temperature airflow; product fed by a shredder and dried through an air stream, preserving protein structure with low ash content.
• Disc Dryer Heat-transfer equipment for drying/cooking animal raw material in limited spaces using high-temperature steam through discs, with protein-preserving drying performance.
• Batch Cooker Unit for cooking, pressure cooking, hydrolysis, or drying of cattle and poultry by-products; operates at 133°C and above for sterilization, or 70-80°C with pressure cooking for low-temperature sterilization.
• Waste Separator Prepares slaughterhouse wastes before cooking/drying by removing excess water, improving product quality and reducing energy consumption.
• Feather Press Removes water from chicken, turkey, and goose feathers to achieve optimum moisture level for downstream poultry processing.
• Cooling Bins Cools product exiting the oil press to 25°C before milling, extending shelf life by preventing humidity increase from temperature evaporation.
• Deodorizer Odour control system that washes non-condensable gases with base and acid to eliminate ammonia, amines, hydrogen sulphide, aldehydes, and ketones for environmental impact minimization.
• Air Cooled Condenser Cools and condenses waste steam from cooking/drying processes, eliminating non-condensable gases and bad odours.
• Lamella Pump High-capacity enclosed pump for hygienic transfer of meat, fish, and poultry material with energy savings and limited odor problems.
• Conveyor Safe transport of inter-operational material up to 30 degrees inclination in continuous processes, supporting higher throughput and preventing bottleneck delays.
• Evaporator Concentrates product using incoming vapour or steam with high energy efficiency, easy cleaning, and extra high concentration capability for chemical and biochemical industries.
• Platform Provides easy and safe access to all machinery and equipment in the plant, with custom solutions for special projects.
• Turnkey Projects Designs and manufactures complete rendering projects that pay off in the short term with low investment and operating costs, customized per investor raw material quantity, characteristics, and quality requirements.
• Blood Coagulator Controls animal blood heating and coagulation via direct steam injection, preventing combustion and enabling effective clotting under controlled conditions.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: German global engineering group providing separation, homogenization and processing equipment to meat, dairy and rendering customers. Acts as a broad incumbent competitor rather than a niche specialist.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish industrial incumbent with broad separation, heat transfer and food processing equipment portfolio, including rendering-relevant decanters, heat exchangers and evaporators. Larger and broader, but competes on adjacent equipment categories.

Direct peers

• Vincent Corporation: US manufacturer of screw presses and rendering equipment used in meat, poultry and fish by-product processing, addressing the same separation and pressing applications as Zaim.
• Dupps: US family-owned supplier of rendering systems, including cookers, presses, conveyors and complete plants for meat and poultry by-product processors. Closely comparable in custom-engineered, project-based business model.
• Crown Iron Works: US-based designer of processing equipment for rendering, oilseed and protein extraction, with batch cookers, dryers and turnkey capabilities that overlap with Zaim's rendering equipment offering.
• Haarslev Industries: Danish global leader in rendering equipment (cookers, dryers, presses, separation) for meat, poultry and fish by-products. Direct competitor across Zaim's core product categories and turnkey rendering plants.
• Mavitec Group: Netherlands-based manufacturer of rendering and food waste processing equipment, including batch cookers, dryers and turnkey plants serving poultry, meat and fish processors worldwide.
• CPM (California Pellet Mill): Global manufacturer of process equipment including rendering and feed mill machinery (hammer mills, pelleting, separation). Overlaps with Zaim's sizing, drying and grinding product categories.
• Stord (Atlas Stord): Norwegian manufacturer of rendering and fish meal processing equipment such as disc dryers, cookers and evaporation systems. Strong direct overlap with Zaim's disc dryer and evaporator lines.

Emerging players

• Haarslev (alternative-listed as Haarslev | Dupps JV entities) - KSE Process Technology: Dutch engineering firm specializing in rendering plant design, installation and process optimization. Comparable to Zaim's turnkey project and engineering services, though more focused on brownfield upgrades.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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