Our Companies
Over the last 5 years’ Flowmax revenue has grown by 50% by staying focussed on one thing: partnering with exceptional fluid handling businesses and helping them scale with continuity and opportunity. Our group currently stands at 16 companies operating across various industrial sectors, but all with a product range that sits nicely in the fluid technology space that Flowmax has the expertise in sourcing, stocking, marketing and distributing.
Experts in fluid handling
As an operating partner, Flowmax only invest where we can add meaningful long-term value. Our dedicated focus on fluid technology gives us deep sector expertise in dispensing, transfer, storage, measuring and control solutions across a variety of industries.
Pumps & control panels
Meters & gauges
Hose, valves & pipework
Filtration & testing
We are focussed on building a cluster of companies supplying products to the UK water sector.
The fuel industry is where Flowmax started. Our focus is now towards green and sustainable energy.
We are looking to add complementary businesses to our growing pharmaceutical portfolio that offers hose, tubing, pumps and pipework.
Flowmax has a growing offering to the food and drink manufacturing sector including pumps, valves and hoses.
The Flowmax businesses
Action Sealtite
Action Sealtite are specialists in dry disconnect solutions for disconnecting hose containing high value or hazardous fluids, gases or powders, where no spillage can be accepted due to financial and or environmental constraints. As well as providing solutions or solving problems, they also sell a wide range of hose and fitting components worldwide both to trade and end user.
Alpeco
Alpeco is a long-established specialist in tanker metering, fluid transfer, loading and unloading equipment, trusted by operators across the downstream petroleum and wider liquid handling industries. For over 40 years, we have supported customers with robust, reliable solutions designed to perform safely and efficiently in demanding operational environments.
B&D Plastics
B&D Plastics are a specialist stockist and distributor of market leading thermoplastic pressure
pipework and stainless press systems. They have been supplying installers, contractors, engineers, OEMs and FM clients in the water, chemical, HVAC, power generation, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries for over 25 years.
Centre Tank Services
Centre Tank Services is a UK market leader in the fuel dispensing, storage tank, Adblue® and lubrication equipment market. Established for over 35 years, the company has built up a strong customer network generating regular repeat business from OEMs and installers. CTS also benefits from the exclusive UK supply arrangement of the Piusi brand of products.
Essco
Essco design and supply energy efficient HVAC systems for building services and industrial applications, such as communal and district heating systems and prefab plant rooms. They collaborate with M&E consultants, contractors, developers and housing providers and support building managers to reduce their carbon footprint.
Hytek
Starting out as a manufacturer of a single commercial fuel pump, Hytek now manufacture and distribute a wide range of fluid handling equipment. The company provides a wide range of equipment from stock and with fast deliver to satisfy the demanding requirements of service and installation engineers.
IFC Inflow
IFC was founded in 1987 as industrial flow control to sell tanker loading and process metering equipment. Over the years, the initial emphasis on flow meters and loading arms, has evolved into the provision of total project solutions, which include design, fabrication and installation services, in addition to products from stock.
Rob Pond
Rob Pond is an independent distributor of niche and innovative products to the plumbing industry of over 20 years, from brassware to heating controls to tools and consumables to radiator accessories. They strongly believe in the merchant route to market and only supply to merchants and distributors with bricks-and-mortar stores.
Anglo Nordic
Anglo Nordic has been supplying innovative heating components and solutions to OEMs, stockists & distributors in the heating oil and gas sectors since 1958. These include products from world class equipment manufacturers including Suntec, HP Technik, Fluidics, Monarch, Toby and Inpro.
BioPharma Dynamics
BioPharma Dynamics supply certified process solutions into the healthcare markets encompassing life sciences, vaccine manufacturers, biopharma, animal health, diagnostics, pharmaceutical API’s and OTC treatments. Their core product range are transfer sets comprising hose and tubing, bags, bottles and fittings.
Buckley Industrial
Buckley Industrial specialises in the manufacture, inspection and testing of flexible hose assemblies across most industries and fluids throughout the UK, Europe, the Far and Middle East. The company has proprietary technically advanced equipment for use in hose inspection and testing, a market in which it has become a leading service provider.
Castle Pumps
With 15 years’ experience as a specialist distributor of marine and industrial pumps, Castle Pumps have built up the knowledge, expertise and contacts needed to specify solutions that meet even the most specific of client or industry requirements. From seawater to fuel oil to chemicals to food, Castle Pumps have an offering to deliver any process.
Petroy
Petroy was started by its owner in 2011 and grew to a successful business with a world-wide network of distributors of its fuel and oil products. One of its largest customers in the UK was Hytek. When its owner decided to prepare a path to retirement that would ensure the continuity of his business, it was not a big step to approach Hytek to agree a plan to buy out him and his partners.
Whisper Pumps
Whisper Pumps Ltd is one of the UK’s leading independent water pump suppliers and has been supplying pumps to the agricultural, industrial, commercial and domestic markets since 1994. The company’s range of pumps is drawn from major international pump manufacturers and also includes pump controls, pipe fittings and water treatment products.
Could you see your business amongst these?
If you'd like to join a network of like minded business owners in a group of companies whose offerings complement one another, contact us today.