Principals

Preferred Process Solutions represents some of the world’s finest process equipment companies. Whether it’s milling, screening, classifying, sorting or drying, the engineers at Preferred have the knowledge and experience to deliver a solution that combines performance, reliability and value.

Preferred Process Solutions is the exclusive representative for SWECO in North Carolina and South Carolina. SWECO, a business unit of M-I LLC, is the world leader in particle separation and size reduction solutions. SWECO has 12 manufacturing facilities and over 100 field service offices around the world. Best known for its iconic and industry defining round VibroEnergy Separators, SWECO also produces high capacity GyraMax and BigMax sifters, vibrating rectangular separators, centrifuges, hydrocyclones, grinding mills, finishing mills and aseptic pharmaceutical separators.


Preferred Process Solutions represents ECUTEC in the United States and Canada. ECUTEC specializes in classifying, coating and grinding of fine and ultra-fine industrial minerals from 300 microns down to 1 micron. ECUTEC provides completely integrated turnkey solutions as well as precision, stand-alone air classifiers and mills. ECUTEC offers unparalleled performance in capacity, fineness, durability and value.


Preferred Process Solutions is the exclusive representative for TOMRA Sorting in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia focusing on industrial minerals and related applications. TOMRA Sorting is the global leader in sensor based sorting equipment. Applicable to a wide range of minerals from coal to diamonds, TOMRA sorters recognize the target material based on characteristics such as color, atomic density, transparency or conductivity and then separate that target material using high speed precision air ejectors. TOMRA sorters are operating successfully in hundreds of plants around the world.


Preferred Process Solutions is the US distributor for Xoptix Ltd., the leading producer of in-process particle size monitoring equipment.  In-process particle sizing not only eliminates the need to manually collect samples, carry them to the lab, analyze them in a benchtop analyzer and report the results, but also eliminates the variability inherent in each of those steps.  Why wait minutes, or even hours, for inconsistent lab results when you can have an Xoptix system that reliably delivers a new PSD as often once per second!


Preferred Process Solutions is the exclusive representative for DMN-WESTINGHOUSE in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.  DMN is the world's largest independent manufacturer of rotary valves, diverter valves and other related components for the dry bulk solids handling industry. DMN's sole activity is the development, manufacture and sale of these components. DMN offers tailor-made solutions to the global chemical, food, dairy, plastics, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, mineral, power and biomass industries. 


NETZSCH Premier Technologies, LLC is one of the world’s market leaders in wet and dry processing technology offering an extensive range of products from laboratory to production sized machines and complete plants. A large number of wet and dry grinding systems are available for different grinding tasks even down to the nanometer range as well as mixers, kneaders or dispersers for low or high-viscosity products for a multitude of applications. 


ANDRITZ is a leading supplier of solid/liquid separation processing plants, equipment, automation solutions and services for a multitude of industries including the chemical, food, dairy, plastics, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, mineral, power and biomass industries.  Mechanical separation solutions include filter presses, disc & drum filters, centrifuges and screens.  Thermal separation equipment includes contact dryers and paddle dryers as well as belt, drum and fluid bed dryers.


Macawber Engineering, Inc. designs and manufactures pneumatic conveying systems for bulk handling processes. Their expertise is in low velocity conveying for difficult, abrasive, and fragile applications. Macawber systems handle powders, slurries, lumps, and more from peanuts, sand, and EAF dust to sugar, ash, cement, and many others.  True to their core business for over 45 years with thousands of installations, Macawber offers long term, reliable and efficient solutions to process industries worldwide


Xolertic is an international group of companies that provide end-of-line automation solutions.  Preferred Process Solutions is proud to represent two Xolertic companies: Sinterpack and Prodec.  They both manufacture automated packaging equipment including cartoners, case packers, and robotic applications as well as conventional and collaborative palletizing systems.  Sinterpack and Prodec have been in business for more than 50 years and have successfully installed more than 2,400 machines around the world for companies such as Nestle, Kraft, Heinz, Mondelez, P&G, Domtar and Georgia Pacific.