Process Plant Technology

What Process Plant Technology does

Process Plant Technology, operating as JordProxa Africa (Pty) Ltd since 1 October 2024, is a Johannesburg-headquartered engineering firm that designs and supplies custom-engineered process plants for industrial operators. The company specialises in heat and mass transfer unit operations — evaporators (falling film, forced circulation, Calandria), crystallisers (forced circulation, DTB, cooling), industrial dryers (flash, fluid bed, rotary, spray), distillation and absorption plants, scrubbers, and filtration/separation systems — together with Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plants, membrane-based advanced water treatment, and battery chemicals processing for the EV supply chain. The technology base, dating to 1974, is augmented by exclusive licensed partnerships with Shell Cansolv (CO2 and SO2 amine absorption), DMT GmbH (coke oven gas treatment), and PROXA (membrane processes and ZLD integration), supported by in-house laboratory and pilot testwork facilities.

The business serves large industrial enterprise customers across mining and minerals (Impala Platinum, MPACT, vanadium/nickel producers in Brazil, Zimbabwe and Chile), chemicals and petrochemicals (Sasol, catalyst producers), steel (ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark and Newcastle), pulp and paper (SAPPI), and emerging battery chemicals (lithium hydroxide monohydrate, lithium carbonate, nickel/cobalt/manganese sulphates). Projects are executed on a direct enterprise sales motion under Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) or Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) contracts, or open-book arrangements, with total plant responsibility from feed to product. The company is privately held, controlled by PROXA (Pty) Ltd since 2013, and operates from offices in Johannesburg, Sydney, Flemalle (Belgium), Sharjah (UAE) and Adelaide, with project references on five continents. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based per contract; revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Process Plant Technology

Legal name

JordProxa Africa (Pty) Ltd

Website

https://pptech.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

JordProxa Africa (formerly Process Plant Technology) is a Johannesburg-based engineering firm that designs and supplies custom heat and mass transfer process plants — evaporators, crystallisers, dryers, scrubbers, ZLD systems and battery chemical facilities — for large enterprise customers in mining, chemicals, steel, pulp and paper, and food and beverage sectors across five continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Engineering

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Chemicals & Allied Products (2800)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Power Generation Plant Construction (Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear) (IMAFADAC), Desalination Plant EPC, O&M & Performance Optimization (EUANAFAK)

Keywords

• Process plant engineering
• Heat mass transfer
• Industrial evaporation systems
• Zero liquid discharge
• Crystallisation plant design

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. EPC / LSTK Plant Supply and Construction: Engineer Procure Construct (EPC) and Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) contracts for the design, construction and commissioning of complete process plants. JordProxa Africa assumes total plant responsibility from feed through to product. Also undertaken on open-book arrangements depending on customer risk appetite.
2. Equipment Supply: Supply of engineered systems and individual unit operations (evaporators, crystallisers, dryers, scrubbers, filters, membrane systems) as standalone or integrated packages. References span chemical, pulp and paper, mining, minerals and food and beverage industries.
3. Process Design and Engineering Services: Multi-discipline engineering services encompassing process design, detailed design, costing and project management. Covers general chemical plant design incorporating overall site utilisation, infrastructure, roads, buildings and specialised process systems.
4. Modular Plant Construction: Off-site modularisation of plant construction to reduce site construction time and cost. Modular design enables relocation of plants to future locations if required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Process Plant Technology (now JordProxa Africa) designs, engineers and supplies custom process plants and unit operations — evaporators, crystallisers, dryers, scrubbers, distillation/absorption plants, filtration systems, ZLD plants, membrane systems, CO2 capture and coke oven gas treatment — for large industrial operators in mining, chemicals, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, food and beverage, and battery chemicals. Projects are executed under LSTK, EPC or open-book contracts with complete plant responsibility from feed to product.

Product overview

JordProxa Africa (formerly Process Plant Technology) is a South African technology company that designs and supplies engineered systems and plants for the chemical, pulp and paper, mining, minerals, and food and beverage industries. The company's product portfolio centers on process engineering with a focus on heat and mass transfer operations. Core products include evaporators (falling film, forced circulation, Calandria), crystallisers (forced circulation, DTB, cooling), dryers (flash, fluid bed, rotary, spray), distillation and absorption plants, scrubbers (venturi, spray tower, tray, baffle, candle filters), and filtration/separation systems. The offering extends to advanced water treatment via membrane processes (RO, UF, MF, Nanofiltration), Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plants, battery chemicals processing plants, and CO2/SO2 emission reduction systems. The company operates through technology partnerships with PROXA (membrane processes), DMT GmbH (coke oven gas), and Shell Cansolv (CO2 capture). Services include general plant design, project management, and laboratory/pilot test facilities. The majority of plants are designed and manufactured locally in South Africa.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Evaporation Plants Custom-designed evaporation systems including Long-Tube Vertical (LTV) rising-film, LTV falling-film, forced-circulation and Calandria/short-tube evaporators, used to concentrate non-volatile solutes and recover solvents in chemical, mining and effluent applications. Over 200 units delivered since 1974 in materials including rubber-lined steel, GRP, graphite, stainless steels, high Ni/Cr alloys, duplex stainless steels, nickel and titanium. For industrial operators in chemicals, mining, minerals, pulp and paper, food and beverage and battery chemicals.
• Crystallisation Plants Custom crystallisation systems for recovering pure compounds as discrete crystals, including forced circulation, DTB (Draft Tube Baffle), cooling and batch crystallisers. Handles products such as sodium chloride, sodium sulphate, sodium carbonate, citric acid, nickel sulphate, ammonium sulphate, potassium chloride, lithium hydroxide monohydrate, lithium carbonate and nickel/cobalt/manganese sulphates for battery chemicals. For mining, chemicals and ZLD applications.
• Industrial Dryers Full range of drying equipment — flash, fluid bed, rotary and spray dryers — for drying crystals and sludges from crystalliser plants prior to packaging and dispatch. Flash dryers for inorganic powdery solids (gypsum, sodium sulphate), fluid bed dryers for ammonium sulphate and nickel sulphate, rotary dryers for crystalline materials (cobalt sulphate, nickel sulphate), and spray dryers for concentrates such as coffee and yeast concentrates. For chemical, mineral and food and beverage processors.
• Distillation and Absorption Plants Distillation systems for solvent recovery (methanol, ethanol, turpentine, furfural) using computer modelling for optimal economic design, plus gas absorption and stripping systems using packed or tray towers. Includes ammonia recovery systems producing 10-20% aqueous ammonia and integration with particulate removal scrubbers. For chemical, petrochemical and effluent-treatment operators.
• Gas Scrubber Systems Wet scrubbers for particulate removal and gas absorption in demanding applications, including venturi, impingement tray, packed bed, filter element, spray tower, baffle type and candle type fibre filter scrubbers. Applications include kiln off-gas, coke oven gas, and H2S/NH3/HCN stripping. Reference includes a 136,000 Nm3/h kiln off-gas scrubbing plant in Western Australia. For mining, metallurgical, steel and chemical operators.
• Solids-Liquid Separation (Filtration) Systems Solids-liquid separation equipment including centrifuges (two-stage pushers, worm/scroll-screen, decanter, screen bowl decanter, basket type peeler units) and filter presses (pressure leaf, disc, drum, belt, membrane, screw and roll presses) for removing crystals or sludges from process concentrates in low moisture form. For chemical, mining and mineral processing operators.
• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Plants Zero liquid discharge systems that evaporate liquid effluents to produce solid products for sale or sealed landfill disposal, often incorporating selective salt crystallisation to recover value-adding by-products such as calcium nitrate (fertiliser grade), sodium sulphate (chemical/detergent industry), sodium chloride and sodium nitrate. Includes laboratory and pilot testwork for flowsheet development. Reference plants include Impala Platinum two-stage ZLD, MPACT sodium sulphate MVR, and a molybdenum ZLD plant in Chile. For mining, chemical and metallurgical operators.
• Mixed Brine and Effluent Treatment Systems Systems for handling mixed and effluent brines from multiple sources, recovering valuable intermediates and water to offset the operating cost of the plant. For mining, mineral processing and chemical operators facing mixed brine management challenges.
• CO2 Capture Plants CO2 capture facilities using Shell Cansolv amine-based absorption processes for post-combustion capture from boiler flue gas, producing CO2 at >99.8% purity. JordProxa Africa is the licensed partner for Southern Africa and has delivered the largest CO2 capture plant in the Southern Hemisphere on a Lump Sum Turnkey basis. For chemicals, petrochemical and power generation operators.
• SO2 Scrubbing Systems SO2 emission reduction systems using Shell Cansolv amine absorption, generating humid gas for recycle to acid plants, liquefaction for sale, or absorption into solution to produce by-products (liquid SO2, gas for acid plants, sodium sulphite). For chemical, metallurgical and power generation operators.
• Coke Oven Gas Treatment Plants Coke oven gas cleaning systems and by-product recovery plants offered through the DMT GmbH & Co. KG partnership, including H2S, HCN and ammonia stripping from coke oven gas liquor and comprehensive by-product plants. Reference installations include ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark and Newcastle Works. For integrated steel works with coke oven operations.
• Battery Chemicals Processing Plants Evaporation, crystallisation and drying plant solutions for battery chemicals production — lithium hydroxide monohydrate, lithium carbonate, nickel sulphate hexahydrate, cobalt sulphate heptahydrate and manganese sulphate monohydrate. Services span conceptual development through commissioning and operations support. For EV battery materials producers.
• Membrane Process Systems Advanced water treatment membrane technologies including Reverse Osmosis (RO), Ultrafiltration (UF), Microfiltration (MF), Nanofiltration (NF) and Gas Separation, offered through the PROXA partnership. Combined with physical precipitation, softening, sedimentation, ion exchange, absorption/desorption and gas/liquid exchange for complete ZLD solutions. For mining, chemical, industrial and resources operators.
• General Chemical Plant Engineering and Construction Multi-discipline engineering services for design and construction of general chemical plants, encompassing process design, detailed design, costing and project management on EPC or LSTK basis. Includes overall site utilisation, infrastructure, roads, buildings and specialised process systems. Modular construction off-site reduces site time and cost and enables plant relocation. For chemical, mining and industrial operators.
• Laboratory and Pilot Testwork Facilities Laboratory and pilot scale test facilities for evaporation, crystallisation, drying, filtration and membrane processes, used to establish design data and confirm optimum configurations for full-scale plants. Includes lithium bleed recovery, carbonation and rare earths evaporation test capabilities. For chemical, mining and battery chemicals project developers.

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Jord Engineering (Sydney)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018In 2018, Process Plant Technology (PPTech) partnered with Jord Engineering (based in Sydney, Australia) and Proxa Water (headquartered in Europe) to form JordProxa. This partnership introduced PPTech's technology to the international market, enabling operational presence across 5 continents and strengthening execution capabilities and global pricing access.
• PROXA (Pty) LtdcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2013PROXA acquired a controlling stake in JordProxa Africa on 1 October 2013. PROXA is an international company providing integrated water and effluent solutions into Chemical, Industrial, Mining and Resources industries. PROXA's technologies (membrane processes, physical precipitation, ion exchange, ZLD) complement JordProxa Africa's heat and mass transfer offerings, enabling complete ZLD solutions. PROXA is headquartered in Europe with operations in Australia and Middle East.
• Shell CansolvcoreTechnology or IntegrationShell Cansolv (wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Global Solutions International B.V. since November 2008) provides high-efficiency amine-based CO2 capture and SO2 scrubbing technology. JordProxa Africa is the licensed partner for Southern Africa, having commissioned the largest CO2 capture plant in the Southern Hemisphere using the CANSOLV SO2 Scrubbing System and novel amine absorption technology. Products include liquid SO2, gas for acid plants, or sodium sulphite by-products.
• DMT GmbH & Co. KGcoreTechnology or IntegrationJordProxa Africa represents the coke oven and by-products technologies of DMT GmbH & Co. KG in South Africa. DMT (founded 1990, roots dating to 1864) is an independent technology company with expertise in cokemaking, gas scrubbing, by-product extraction, environmental protection and air pollution control. DMT's cokemaking division includes 27 engineers, 11 technicians and 4 craftsmen. References include ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark and Newcastle Works.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GEA Group: Global manufacturer of process equipment including evaporators, crystallisers, dryers and separators serving chemical, food and mining industries. Direct competitor across the core product lines (Swenson evaporation/crystallisation technology now sits within GEA), with comparable project-based EPC and unit-supply business models.
• Alfa Laval: Global supplier of heat exchangers, separation and fluid handling equipment for chemical, food, mining and energy industries. Directly comparable product portfolio in heat transfer and separation equipment serving similar industrial customers.
• Sulzer: Swiss industrial engineering company supplying pumps, separation and process equipment for chemical, mining and water applications. Overlapping offering in crystallisation, separation and process plant equipment for industrial customers.
• Andritz: Austrian engineering group providing EPC and process plant solutions for pulp and paper, chemical, mining and minerals industries. Comparable in delivering LSTK/EPC plants with similar target customer base in mining, pulp and paper, and chemicals sectors.
• De Dietrich Process Solutions: Process equipment manufacturer specialising in reactors, evaporators and process plants for chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Direct competitor in custom-engineered evaporation and process plant supply for industrial customers.

Emerging players

• HRS Heat Exchangers: Specialist manufacturer of heat exchangers and evaporators for industrial process applications including food, chemical and waste heat recovery. Comparable niche product focus on industrial heat transfer equipment for process industries.
• Aker Carbon Capture: Norwegian pure-play carbon capture technology provider competing in post-combustion CO2 capture using amine-based processes. Direct competitor in the CO2 capture space where JordProxa Africa holds the largest Southern Hemisphere reference using Shell Cansolv technology.
• Aquatech International: Specialist in industrial water treatment, ZLD and desalination with focus on mining, oil & gas and power generation. Emerging player with strong ZLD portfolio that directly competes for mining and chemicals ZLD opportunities alongside JordProxa Africa.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Global water and wastewater treatment major offering EPC, ZLD, membrane and reuse solutions across chemical, mining and industrial sectors. Overlapping customer base and project delivery model but at much larger scale with broader portfolio beyond heat/mass transfer specialisation.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: International water treatment and process solutions provider competing in industrial water, ZLD and effluent treatment markets. Competes for similar industrial and mining customers with broader service portfolio but less deep specialisation in evaporation/crystallisation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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