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Unibloc® Hygienic Technologies Launches North American Flotronic® Pump Production

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Unique One-Nut® AODD Pump Now Manufactured on Two Continents to Shorten Delivery Times

KENNESAW, GA – May 15, 2023 – Unibloc® Hygienic Technologies (UHT, unibloctech.com), a global provider of hygienic positive displacement pumps, Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm (AODD) pumps, drum pumps, and other flow control products, today announced the expansion of its Flotronic® pump production from one facility to two, on two different continents. In addition to the original facility in Bolney, England, the Duluth, Georgia, UHT facility has now begun producing the unique One-Nut® AODD pump design.

The company decided upon this manufacturing expansion to accelerate delivery times to its North American customer base. The production expansion will drastically cut North American lead times from 6-8 weeks down to one week for standard pump configurations. The Flotronic AODD pumps will be assembled, serviced and tested in the Duluth facility, which already produces the Hygenitec and Standard Pump brand drum and AODD pumps. North America based sales, customer service and application engineering will be supported by the Engineering Center of Excellence based in Bolney, England.

“As the revolutionary design of the Flotronic One-Nut pump continues to earn the trust of operators across industry segments for its performance and time-saving maintenance capabilities, we knew we needed to scale up production to meet increased market demand,” said Chris Stevens, CEO of Unibloc Hygienic Technologies.

“The expansion fits within our customer service philosophy of striving to supply everything our customers need, everywhere around the globe, all the time. Every minute of our customers’ production time is precious and every week we can shave off new pump delivery is significant to our customers on either side of the ocean.”

The first shipment of Flotronic AODD pumps left the Duluth, Georgia, UHT facility on May 5, 2023, for dispatch to a hygienic, beverage processing line located in Pennsylvania. UHT’s hygienic pumps serve the food, beverage, bakery/confection, meat and poultry, brewery, pharmaceutical and transportation markets in countries across the globe.

“UHT is committed to providing high-quality pumps and solutions to the U.S. market, and this manufacturing transfer will allow the company to better serve its customers and provide jobs in the local community” added Stevens. “As production of the Flotronic pump line ramps up, it has the potential to create future opportunities.”

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About Unibloc Hygienic Technologies

An experienced participant in flow control technology and performance, Unibloc Hygienic Technologies offers precision-engineered positive displacement pumps, AODD pumps, drum pumps, and other highly engineered products for demanding hygienic flow control applications. UHT serves a variety of hygienic industries, including food, beverage, bakery/confection, meat and poultry, brewery, pharmaceutical, and transportation, under the Unibloc®, Flotronic®, Standard Pump and Hygenitec subsidiary brands. UHT’s highly efficient, easy-to-maintain products help customers fight downtime, achieve a lower cost of operation, and meet deadlines with confidence. Learn more at unibloctech.com.

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies Acquires Metaltech Precision Engineers, An Experienced Provider of CNC Machining Services

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Acquisition shortens product lead times and adds meaningful capacity to support global growth

KENNESAW, GA – March 6, 2023 – Unibloc Hygienic Technologies (UHT, www.unibloctech.com), a global provider of hygienic positive displacement pumps, Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm (AODD) pumps, drum pumps, and other flow control products, today announced the acquisition of Metaltech Precision Engineers Ltd. Metaltech, a UK-based CNC machining services provider, enjoys a nearly 50-year operating history as a critical supply chain partner to the hygienic flow control industry. The acquisition of Metaltech allows UHT to further vertically integrate its supply chain, shortening product lead times to Unibloc customers and adding meaningful capacity to support global growth.

Metaltech, founded in 1976, is a precision engineering and CNC machining services vendor with a specialization in the hygienic flow control sector. UHT is one of Metaltech’s largest customers, and the two businesses enjoy a 20+ year working relationship. Metaltech provides machining for a wide range of UHT’s hygienic pumps that serve the food, beverage, bakery/confection, meat and poultry, brewery, pharmaceutical and transportation markets globally.

“With the two companies’ long history of partnership, Metaltech and UHT leadership saw an opportunity to bring Metaltech’s team members, experience and equipment inside the UHT organization,” said Chris Stevens, CEO of Unibloc Hygienic Technologies. “The combination of the two businesses fits hand-in-glove with our internal manufacturing investments and continues our strategy of providing superior customer responsiveness combined with the assurance they will receive premium quality hygienic flow control equipment.”

In early December 2022, UHT announced that the company had made significant investments in new CNC equipment capacity at its Bolney, UK facility. Additional investments in two new lathes, one delivered in January 2023, and one expected to be delivered in June 2023, will further enable additional precision machining capacity and support a 24-hour operation.

This is the third acquisition in 18 months for Unibloc Hygienic Technologies, a May River Capital portfolio company. In January, UHT acquired Standard Pump, a Duluth, GA-based manufacturer of hygienic and industrial process pumps, including drum pumps and other fluid handling equipment. In August 2021, the company acquired Flotronic Pumps, a UK-based manufacturer of specialized hygienic, AODD pumps and related accessories.

“The vertical integration of Metaltech into the UHT portfolio allows Unibloc to have meaningful additional control over its supply chain,” said Dan Barlow, founding partner, May River Capital. “The acquisition supports UHT’s growth strategy and further enhances the company’s operating efficiency. We are pleased to welcome the Metaltech team to the UHT platform,” he said.

About Unibloc Hygienic Technologies
An experienced participant in flow control technology and performance, Unibloc Hygienic Technologies offers precision-engineered positive displacement pumps, AODD pumps, drum pumps, and other highly engineered products for demanding hygienic flow control applications. UHT serves a variety of hygienic industries, including food, beverage, bakery/confection, meat and poultry, brewery, pharmaceutical, and transportation, under the Unibloc, Flotronic, Standard Pump and Hygenitec subsidiary brands. UHT’s highly efficient, easy-to-maintain products help customers fight downtime, achieve a lower cost of operation, and meet deadlines with confidence. Learn more at www.unibloctech.com.

About Metaltech
Metaltech was founded in 1976 and has historically operated as a specialized precision CNC machining vendor with a focus in the hygienic flow control sector. Metaltech employs a comprehensive range of CNC machining equipment at its facility in Hailsham, UK, enabling its team of engineers to machine tight-tolerance precision components with accuracy, efficiency, and quality. Learn more at www.metaltech.uk.com.

About May River Capital
May River Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on investing in lower middle-market, industrial growth companies. May River Capital invests in high-quality industrial growth businesses, including precision manufacturing, engineered products and instrumentation, specialized industrial services, and value-added industrial distribution services. For more information, please visit www.mayrivercapital.com.

Unibloc Pump Rebrands to Unibloc Hygienic Technologies

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Kennesaw GA – April 25, 2022 – Unibloc Pump, a leader in positive displacement pumps and other highly engineered products for demanding hygienic flow control applications, has rebranded to Unibloc Hygienic Technologies (UHT). The rebranding follows the company’s expansion of its family of hygienic flow control brands, most recently through its acquisitions of Flotronic Pumps and Standard Pump.

  • Flotronic Pumps:  UK-based manufacturer of specialized, Air-Operated Double-Diaphragm (AODD) pumps and associated accessories primarily for hygienic flow control applications (acquired by Unibloc Pump in August 2021) 
  • Standard Pump:  Georgia-based manufacturer of hygienic and industrial process pumps, including drum pumps and other fluid handling equipment (acquired by Unibloc Pump in December 2021) 

“All three companies – Unibloc, Flotronic, and Standard Pump – have each built a leading reputation for quality manufacturing, innovative design and excellent customer service,” said Chris Stevens, CEO of Unibloc Hygienic Technologies. “Our new market identity communicates to customers that today we offer a much more expansive line of hygienic product solutions for a wider variety of applications. No other company can match the process and application experience the UHT team brings to our customers.”

Each company’s products are represented now as subsidiary brands under the Unibloc Hygienic Technologies umbrella, with identities that tie them together. Additionally, a new brand, Hygenitec, has been created to represent a range of additional hygienic flow control products, such as valves, strainers, sight glasses, drum pumps and bubble traps.

“Customers are more time-pressed than ever before, and more focused on building best-in-class systems in their facilities,” said Mark Boyd, vice president of sales at Unibloc Hygienic Technologies. “As a result, we have designed our approach to the market to make it simpler and faster for customers to get the information they need on a wider variety of product solutions, all from a single company and a single point of contact.”

About Unibloc Hygienic Technologies

An industry leader in flow control technology and performance, Unibloc Hygienic Technologies offers precision-engineered positive displacement pumps, AODD pumps, drum pumps, and other highly engineered products for demanding hygienic flow control applications. UHT serves a variety of hygienic industries, including food, beverage, bakery/confection, meat and poultry, brewery, pharmaceutical, and transportation, under the Unibloc, Flotronic, Standard Pump, and Hygenitec subsidiary brands. UHT’s highly efficient, easy-to-maintain products help customers fight downtime, achieve a lower cost of operation, and meet deadlines with confidence.

Umfirmierung von Unibloc Pump in Unibloc Hygienic Technologies (German)

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Kennesaw GA – 25. April 2022 – Unibloc Pump, ein führender Hersteller von Verdrängerpumpen und anderen hochentwickelten Produkten für anspruchsvolle Durchflussregelungsanwendungen im Hygienebereich, wurde in Unibloc Hygienic Technologies (UHT) umfirmiert. Die Umfirmierung folgt auf die Erweiterung der Familie von Marken für die Durchflussregelung im Hygienebereich, die das Unternehmen vorgenommen hat, zuletzt durch die Übernahme von Flotronic Pumps und Standard Pump.

  • Flotronic Pumps:  in Großbritannien ansässiger Hersteller von spezialisierten, druckluftbetriebenen Doppelmembranpumpen (AODD-Pumpen) und entsprechendem Zubehör hauptsächlich für Durchflussregelungsanwendungen im Hygienebereich (Übernahme durch Unibloc Pump im August 2021)
  • Standard Pump:  im US-Bundesstaat Georgia ansässiger Hersteller von Prozesspumpen für den Hygienebereich und die Industrie, darunter Fasspumpen und andere Geräte zur Förderung von Flüssigkeiten (Übernahme durch Unibloc Pump im Dezember 2021)

„Alle drei Unternehmen – Unibloc, Flotronic und Standard Pump – haben sich einen ausgezeichneten Ruf in Bezug auf hochwertige Verarbeitung, innovatives Design und exzellenten Kundenservice erworben“, so Chris Stevens, CEO von Unibloc Hygienic Technologies. „Unsere neue Marktidentität vermittelt den Kunden, dass wir heute eine viel umfangreichere Palette an Produktlösungen für den Hygienebereich anbieten – für eine größere Anwendungsvielfalt. Kein anderes Unternehmen kann mit der Erfahrung in Bezug auf Prozesse und Anwendungen mithalten, die das UHT-Team unseren Kunden bietet.“

Die Produkte der einzelnen Unternehmen werden nun als Tochtermarken unter dem Dach von Unibloc Hygienic Technologies präsentiert, mit Identitäten, die sie miteinander verbinden. Darüber hinaus wurde die neue Marke Hygenitec geschaffen, um eine Reihe zusätzlicher Produkte für die Durchflussregelung im Hygienebereich – wie Ventile, Siebe, Schaugläser, Fasspumpen und Blasenfallen – zu vertreten.

„Die Kunden stehen heute stärker unter Zeitdruck als je zuvor und konzentrieren sich mehr denn je darauf, in ihren Anlagen marktführende Systeme zu bauen“, sagt Mark Boyd, Vice President of Sales bei Unibloc Hygienic Technologies. „Deshalb haben wir unseren Marktauftritt so gestaltet, dass die Kunden einfacher und schneller die Informationen erhalten, die sie für eine größere Vielfalt an Produktlösungen benötigen, und das alles von einem einzigen Unternehmen und einem einzigen Ansprechpartner.“

Über Unibloc Hygienic Technologies

Unibloc Hygienic Technologies ist branchenführend in Sachen Technologie und Leistung im Bereich der Durchflussregelung und bietet präzisionsgefertigte Verdrängerpumpen, AODD-Pumpen, Fasspumpen und andere hochentwickelte Produkte für anspruchsvolle Durchflussregelungsanwendungen im Hygienebereich. UHT beliefert unter den Tochtermarken Unibloc, Flotronic, Standard Pump und Hygenitec eine Vielzahl von Hygieneindustrien, darunter die Branchen Lebensmittel, Getränke, Bäckerei/Konditorei, Fleisch und Geflügel, Brauerei, Pharmazie und Transport. Die hocheffizienten, wartungsfreundlichen Produkte von UHT helfen den Kunden, Ausfallzeiten zu minimieren, Betriebskosten zu senken und Termine zuverlässig einzuhalten.

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