Statiflo increases its international flow

Above: Statiflo Managing director Gareth Fry

Engineering company Statiflo, a world leader in the design and distribution of static mixers and chemical process equipment, has stepped up its international expansion with a raft of new business partners.

Macclesfield-headquartered Statiflo has added 16 partners to its network this year in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Slovenia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea. Ukraine.

Statiflo’s business partners distribute the company’s equipment – used in the production of a variety of products including beer, wine, ice-cream, yoghurt, cosmetics, medicines, detergents and nail varnish by the water and wastewater treatment industries, oil and gas, petrochemical, food, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper sectors.

With a staffing level of 24 Statiflo has annual revenues of over £5m – with about 60 per cent generated overseas.

International sales are soaring owing to an increasing focus on improving the quality of drinking water.

Managing director Gareth Fry, who in 2016 acquired a majority stake in Statiflo from founder and chairman John Baron, said: “We’ve adopted a proactive sales approach following the buyout, as we see overseas growth as a key part of our strategy.

“There are plenty of opportunities out there for our growing sales team to win more business, and recruiting more business partners is another demonstration of our overseas expansion programme.

“They are the best route to market as they have a tremendous amount of local industry knowledge, and having them on board reduces language or cultural barriers.

“They are able to work with quality products that they are proud to sell, as our static mixers are highly efficient, straightforward to use and require no spares or servicing, as they have no moving parts.”