Wedge Wire Industries

What Wedge Wire Industries does

Wedge Wire Industries is a private South African manufacturer of custom wedge wire screens, established in 2004 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Malvern Engineering and headquartered in Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, approximately 30km north of Durban. The company operates a 1,300 square meter manufacturing facility staffed by 35 employees and produces specialized screening products — including centrifuge baskets (FC1200, HFC1300, VM1300, VM1400), vibrating and static screen panels, sieve bends, trommel screens, water well screens, and juice screens — using stainless steel profile wire (SS 430, 304, 316) imported from France and Italy. Its core technology centers on the unique V-shape wedge wire profile formed via extrusion, which creates a relief angle that limits blinding and pegging; surface and supporting profiles are fusion welded at each crossing to maintain structural integrity, with apertures held to a ±0.05mm tolerance over 80% of the screening surface and maximum sheet sizes of 3600x3900mm.

The company serves a horizontal set of industrial end markets including mining and mineral processing (primarily coal dewatering), food processing, water and wastewater treatment, distilleries and breweries, and the sugar industry. Wedge Wire Industries operates a sales-led, direct distribution model with quote-based pricing, custom manufacturing to customer specification, and shorter delivery times than larger corporate competitors as its primary value proposition. All sales are generated through product revenue with no licensing, subscription, or recurring revenue model disclosed. Marketing is conducted primarily through a website-based channel featuring product catalog pages, technical PDF resources, and a quote request contact form. Leadership comprises CEO Peter Wilson, General Manager Mark Wilson, and Sales Manager Luke Wilkens, with leadership emails and phone numbers linked to the parent Malvern Engineering domain, indicating close corporate integration.

Name

Wedge Wire Industries

Legal name

Wedge Wire Industries

Website

https://wedgewireindustries.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wedge Wire Industries is a South African custom manufacturer of wedge wire screens — including centrifuge baskets, panels, sieve bends, and trommel screens — serving the mining, food processing, water treatment, sugar, and distillery industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Screening Equipment

NAICS

Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (332618)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Screening & Sizing Equipment (IMAHAMAG)

Keywords

• Wedge wire screens
• Centrifuge baskets
• Vibrating screen panels
• Water well screens
• Sieve bends

Headquarters

HQ city

Durban

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Wedge Wire Screen Products: Manufactures custom wedge wire screens built to specification including centrifuge baskets, panels, sieve bends, and trommel screens. Products are sold directly to industrial customers across mining, food processing, water treatment, and sugar industries. Revenue is generated through product sales with quote-based pricing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wedge Wire Industries manufactures wedge wire screens and profile wire screening products used for separation, dewatering, sizing, and filtration in industrial processes. The company produces custom-engineered screens — including centrifuge baskets, vibrating screen panels, water well screens, and sieve bends — supplied in stainless steel and other alloys to customers in mining, water treatment, food processing, and sugar industries.

Product overview

Wedge Wire Industries is a specialist manufacturer of custom-built wedge wire screens serving industries ranging from mining to food production to water treatment. The product portfolio includes four distinct centrifuge basket models (FC1200, HFC1300, VM1300, VM1400) for fine and coarse coal dewatering applications; three panel types (Vibrating Screen Panels, Static Screens, Specialized Panels) for sizing and screening; sieve bends for dewatering and desludging; and trommel screens including Coarse Screens, Waterwell Screens, and Juice Screens for water purification and sugar processing. All products are manufactured using stainless steel profiles (SS 430, 304, and 316) imported from France and Italy, with precision tolerance of ±0.05mm on apertures, and are available in custom sizes up to 3600×3900mm with slot sizes from 0.15mm to 12mm.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wedge Wire Screens Profile wire / wedge wire screening products used for separation, dewatering, sizing, and filtration across mining, water treatment, food processing, and sugar industries.
• Centrifuge Baskets Wedge wire centrifuge baskets for solid-liquid separation in food, sugar, and mineral processing applications.
• Vibrating Screen Panels Flat wedge wire panels fitted to vibrating screening equipment for sizing and dewatering in mining, aggregate, and processing operations.
• Water Well Screens Cylindrical wedge wire screens used in water well and groundwater abstraction systems for sand control and media retention.
• Sieve Bends Curved wedge wire sieve bends used for fine screening, dewatering, and solids removal in process streams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Less blinding and pegging compared to other screening media
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions: Global major OEM of mining and rock processing equipment offering screens, crushers, and screening media. Competes broadly across the same mining customer base with a much wider product portfolio and global service network.
• Tega Industries: India-headquartered mineral processing equipment and mill liner manufacturer with a screening media product line. Operates globally across mining and aggregates with a much broader product portfolio but overlaps directly with wedge wire screens used in mineral dewatering and classification.
• Derrick Corporation: US-based manufacturer of fine screening equipment including hyperpool shale shakers and stack sizers, with significant overlap in dewatering and fine screening technology used in mining and industrial applications.

Others

• Malvern Engineering: South African parent company and Core financial partner of Wedge Wire Industries since 2004. Not a peer in the wedge wire product sense but tightly coupled operationally — leadership email domains, shared customer base, and strategic ownership make it the most relevant related entity.

Direct peers

• Trislot NV: Belgian manufacturer of welded wedge wire screens and filter elements serving water treatment, food processing, and industrial filtration. Closest like-for-like peer in wedge wire technology with a comparable niche, custom-built go-to-market model.
• Haver & Boecker: German family-owned wire weaving and screening media specialist with a NIAGARA-branded wedge wire and polyurethane screen portfolio. Directly competes with Wedge Wire Industries in industrial screening media for mining, aggregates, and water applications.
• Multotec: South Africa-based specialist manufacturer of mineral processing and screening equipment, including polyurethane screens, sieve bends, and cyclones. Direct competitor in the same mining and mineral processing wedge wire / screening media category across Africa.
• Progress Eco: Poland-based manufacturer of wedge wire screens, filter nozzles, and water well screens. Direct competitor in the wedge wire niche across water treatment and industrial filtration applications globally.
• Cermex: French designer of screening equipment including flip-flop and banana screens for fine and coarse mineral dewatering. Overlaps with Wedge Wire Industries' coal dewatering centrifuge baskets and vibrating screen panel product lines.

Emerging players

• Jäggi AG: Swiss niche manufacturer of wedge wire screens and filter elements for water treatment and industrial applications. Comparable in scale and specialization to Wedge Wire Industries, serving similar water and process industry customers in Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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