Flo-Mech Ltd

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Company Description

Flo-Mech Ltd provides a complete range of Systems (Equipment), Services (Project Management), and Solutions (Engineering) to the Food Processing Industry. They have a base of highly-skilled engineers in Projects, Design, Services, Spares, H+S, Controls, Energy+Sustainability Technical Innovation since 1974

Core supply services:

Process systems and equipment
Project management
Engineering and design

Supporting services:

Spares and shipping
Technical site services
Control and automation systems
Energy and sustainability
Health and safety
Technical innovation
Serving industries:
- Potato chips (continuous & batch)
- Vegetable chips (batch)
- Snacks (fried pellets)
- Snacks (baked extruded)
- Tortilla chips
- Nuts & seeds
- Potato mash/puree
- Potato specialties
- French fries
- Vegetable processing
- Soups & sauces
- Petfood
- Cereal
- Coffee
- Salads

The range of in house designed equipment for various processes:

Flo-Therm® pc/sx - oil heating system + pollution control
Flo-Cut® - potato halving system
Flo-Grade® - potato grading system
Flo-Starch® - starch and water recovery system
Flo-Wash® - potato destoning, dewooding, and wash system
Flo-Peel® - batch potato peeling system
Flo-Dry® - snacks, pet food, cereal drying system
Flo-Flavour® fa/cp/st - flavor mixing and slurry application system
Flo-Flavour® plus - seasoning/powder application system
Flo-Filter® - oil fines removal system
Flo-Filter® stack - vapor oil droplet removal system
Flo-Cool® - rapid oil cooling system Modular support steelwork and platforms.

Products Offered

Flo-Mech Flo-Flavour™ Plus The Flo-Flavour™ plus systems have been designed to apply powder and oil (if required) separately to products that do not need a slurry based flavour that soaks in. The systems are used for other snacks products like fried snacks.

Flo-Mech Flo-Peel® Batch Peeling Flo-Mech Flo-Peel™ has become the industry standard for batch abrasive peeling.

Flo-Mech Flo-Cut® Sizer-Halver is a Potato Grading System, with a Halving Section for Oversized Tubers

Flo-Mech Flo-Cut® Sizer-Halver Flo-Mech's Flo-Cut® Sizer-Halver is a Potato Grading System, with a Halving Section for Oversized Tubers

Flo-Mech Flo-Grade® Scroll Grader The Flo-Grade™ has been developed to be installed with our Flo-Cut™ sizer halver unit or on its own as a stand-alone potato or tuber grader. It has a tapered screw design for gentle grading and transfer of potatoes.

Product Types offered by this company

- Processing Equipment

Trade Show Participation

Snackex 2026 Jun 17, 2026 - Jun 18, 2026

News for this Company

Flo-Mech 50th Birthday party celebrations!

December 12, 2024

Equipment supplier Flo-Mech Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Grand Party

Flo-Mech Ltd, a leading supplier of equipment to the snack food and potato processing industry, proudly celebrated its 50th anniversary this November. The milestone event was marked by a grand party attended by both past and present staff members.

Francois Pierrel, the director of Flo-Mech

November 12, 2011

Flo-Mech: Energy and Sustainability Expansion

Flo-Mech is pleased to announce that, as from the 1st November 2011, Francois Pierrel will become a director of the Company. Francois will lead the expansion of the Energy and Sustainability Department

Chris Ellis, a Senior Systems Engineer at Flo-Mech

August 14, 2011

Flo-mech appoints Chris Ellis as senior systems engineer

Flo-Mech is pleased to announce that Chris Ellis has joined the Company as Senior Systems Engineer. Over the past 25 years, Chris has worked with a broad range of companies and industries on projects ranging from tens of thousands of pounds to multi-m...

March 28, 2011

Flo-Mech is expanding office space and adds dedicated R&D/demo lab

Flo-Mech just announced a major company expansion with the building of Flo-Mech House #2. Building work will commence in June and the purpose-built office will house their Energy Sustainability, Health, and Safety

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