FIS Water Acquires Puroflux

SIMI VALLEY, CA. – FIS Water (“FIS”), a portfolio company of Wincove Private Holdings, LP, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Puroflux Corporation (together “Puroflux”), a Simi Valley, CA based designer, fabricator, and manufacturer of high-efficiency sand media filters, hydrocyclone separators, and related products for the HVAC cooling tower industry. The acquisition of Puroflux is FIS’ fourth acquisition since its formation and expands the company’s product offering in filtration.

“We are excited to welcome Puroflux to FIS.” said Scott Thomas, President of FIS. “The addition of Puroflux expands FIS’ product offering with strong channel partners serving high-growth HVAC and process cooling markets. In addition to media filtration, Puroflux brings a leading controls brand to the portfolio along with strong technical and application expertise. We look forward to working with Dennis and the entire team.” 

Dennis Jamison, President of Puroflux, added “We had a great experience with the previous owners, but are excited for this new chapter with FIS. We feel FIS will offer the best opportunity for sustained future growth with additional financial and operational resources. The FIS team has been very professional and supportive in making this a seamless transition which was one of my main goals of the partnership.”

About FIS Water

FIS Water is a leading platform of filtration, separation, and flow control technologies in high growth water, infrastructure, process filtration and separation markets. FIS was formed in 2018 with the acquisition of LAKOS Corporation (“LAKOS”) from Lindsay Corporation. LAKOS, based in Fresno, CA, designs, manufactures and distributes branded water and liquid filtration products to the industrial, commercial, agricultural, irrigation and residential groundwater markets. In 2022, FIS acquired Superior Manufacturing Corporation (“Superior”), a manufacturer of magnetic water conditioners used in residential, commercial, and industrial settings. In 2024, FIS acquired VSI, an Alpharetta, GA based manufacturer of manual and automated valves used in the commercial, industrial, and municipal markets. For more information about FIS, visit www.fiswater.com.

About Wincove Private Holdings, LP

Wincove Private Holdings is an investment company that creates long-term capital appreciation for its shareholders by partnering with business owners, entrepreneurs, and management teams to build market-leading companies. Wincove has a base of permanent capital and has offices in Boston and New York. For more information about Wincove, visit their website www.wincove.com.