Since Dr. Earle Oakes patented continuous mixing equipment and incorporated E.T. Oakes in 1946, the family-owned, fourth-generation American manufacturer has built process equipment for mixing, depositing and foaming in food and chemical production. Its USA-made systems are backed by an in-house Long Island R&D lab, equipment rentals and the ability to recondition Oakes machines built decades ago. The company’s continuous mixers have been used in more than 500 applications worldwide and are supported with parts and upgrades throughout their service lives.
Readco Kurimoto, LLCSince Harry Read founded the company in 1906, Readco Kurimoto has engineered and built continuous mixing and processing equipment in the United States. The York, Pennsylvania manufacturer is especially known for its Continuous Processor, a design it has supplied across industries for more than 60 years, and it also develops reactors for demanding high-viscosity and specialty-material applications. Customers can test their own formulations in Readco’s York process-development laboratory before scaling equipment into production.YORK, PA
Fawcett Co., IncFounded in 1954 after chemical engineer Millard “Mel” Fawcett invented its signature rotary mixing impeller, Fawcett Co. designs and builds industrial mixing equipment in Richfield, Ohio. Its American-made MixedFLOW™ impellers remain a hallmark of the company, which serves applications from laboratory batches to processing vessels up to 1,000 gallons. Fawcett also custom-engineers mixers and repairs air-mixer powerheads, including equipment from other brands.RICHFIELD, OH
Lancaster ProductsLancaster Products designs and builds industrial mixing and material-processing equipment, with its distinctive K-Series counter-current mixers combining intensive mixing with granulation or pelletizing in one machine. The Lebanon, Pennsylvania manufacturer traces its mixing-equipment history to the Mixer Division of Lancaster Iron Works in 1930 and operates a 75,000-square-foot facility. Its application engineers support customers from proof-of-concept testing and mix-recipe development through process optimization, equipment upgrades, and factory-direct maintenance.LEBANON, PA
ProQuip, IncFounded in 1969, ProQuip is a Macedonia, Ohio manufacturer known for more than five decades of specialized industrial mixing work. Its engineers design and build custom tank agitators for process manufacturers, with particular experience in chemical production and ethanol plants, and provide support throughout the equipment’s service life.MACEDONIA, OH