Industrial blenders are still built across the USA, mostly by family-owned and employee-owned shops that weld their own troughs and agitators. The makers here build ribbon, paddle and plow blenders, double cone and V-shape tumble blenders, rotary drum mixers and food cooker-blenders for food, spice, bakery, feed, chemical, plastics and pharmaceutical plants, in plants from New York and New Jersey to Iowa, Texas and California.
Most of a blender's value is its welded steel trough or drum and the ribbon, paddles or plows inside it. Its gear drive, motor and controls are usually bought from other makers, and few companies say where those come from. Each listing is rated for the company's most American-made blenders and names what is known to come from elsewhere.
Ranked by Made in USA level, highest first; ties are in alphabetical order. The level measures how much is made in the USA, not product quality. How the levels work
American Process Systems makes horizontal blenders for food, nutraceutical, chemical and plastics plants, including ribbon blenders, plow blenders, OptimaBlend fluidizing paddle blenders and dryer/reactors. It is the US-built product line of Eirich Machines, the American arm of Germany's Eirich Group, whose EIRICH intensive mixers are made in Germany.
Eirich Machines' US home page: "Craftsmanship Made in the USA. All our APS blenders are manufactured in our production facility in Gurnee, IL." Its directory profile says "Our equipment is manufactured in Germany and in Gurnee, IL," and its Gurnee shop is ASME certified to build pressure vessels.
Import records show Eirich Machines bringing in EIRICH intensive mixers and spare parts from Germany and Italy (2023–2025), not APS blenders. It doesn't say where the drives and controls on its APS blenders are made.
Production history: APS blenders have been built in Gurnee since at least 2000, when the plant was 70,000 sq ft with about 150 employees and built about 150 mixers a year; it exhibited its APS blenders at PACK EXPO 2025. Eirich Group has owned it throughout; no ownership change found.
Our rough estimate: drives, controls and seals of unknown origin are about 10–25% of a blender's value.
Level 4 for its APS ribbon, plow and fluidizing paddle blenders: Eirich Machines says all its APS blenders are made in the USA at its Gurnee, Illinois plant; it doesn't say where their drives come from, and its EIRICH mixers are made in Germany.
B&P Littleford makes industrial mixers, dryers and processors, including Littleford horizontal and continuous plow mixers, vacuum mixer-dryers, kneaders, compounders and Podbielniak centrifuges, for chemical, plastics, food and pharmaceutical plants. It formed in 2017 when Baker Perkins' successor in Saginaw, Michigan merged with Littleford Day of Kentucky, whose assets it bought in 2015.
B&P Littleford's contact page lists "Headquarters, Manufacturing, Technology Center" at 1000 Hess Avenue in Saginaw, and its About page says it is "the original manufacturers of Baker Perkins Machinery" and has been "at the same address in Saginaw, MI for over a century."
Its plow mixer brochure also names company sites in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky; Houston, Texas; Fushun, China and Jamnagar, India, without saying what each one makes. B&P Littleford doesn't say where its plow mixer troughs, drives and controls are made.
Production history: Littleford Day built plow mixers in Florence, Kentucky until B&P bought its assets in 2015; the two merged on January 1, 2017 with headquarters in Saginaw. B&P Littleford was hiring mechanical equipment assemblers in Saginaw in June 2026.
Our rough estimate: if its troughs are welded in Saginaw, drives and controls of unknown origin are about 15–30% of a mixer's value; if they came from its China or India sites, most of the value would be imported.
Level 4 for its Littleford plow mixers built in Saginaw, Michigan: B&P Littleford manufactures its mixers in Saginaw, Michigan, but it also lists sites in China and India and doesn't say where its plow mixer troughs are made.
Blentech makes food processing equipment, including cooker-blenders, batch cookers and jacketed kettles, industrial food mixers and agitators, bakery mixers, tumblers, vacuum cooling systems and their control systems, for makers of sauces, soups, fillings, meat and prepared foods. Darrell Horn founded the company in Sonoma County, California in 1986.
Blentech's home page reads "ASME CERTIFIED | MADE IN USA," and its contact page lists its Santa Rosa headquarters, a Santa Rosa innovation center and a "Panel Shop" in Columbus, Indiana. Its About page says it was founded in 1986 by mechanical engineer Darrell Horn.
Its current job postings for the Santa Rosa factory include stainless steel welder-fabricators, CNC machinists, press brake and laser operators and grinders, on site only. Blentech doesn't say where the gear reducers, motors and seals on its machines are made.
Production history: building food processing equipment in Santa Rosa since 1986, at its Dowd Drive plant since at least 2009; no sale or move found.
Our rough estimate: gear reducers, motors, seals and valves of unknown origin are about 15–30% of a cooker-blender's value.
Level 4 for its Blentherm and VersaTherm cooker-blenders and food mixers: Blentech labels its equipment made in USA and fabricates it at its Santa Rosa, California factory with control panels from its own Indiana shop; it doesn't say where the drives come from.
Charles Ross & Son makes industrial mixers and blenders, including ribbon and paddle blenders from lab size to 1,000 cubic feet, tumble and vertical blenders, high shear mixers, planetary and multi-shaft mixers and process vessels, for food, chemical, pharmaceutical, battery and plastics plants. Founded in 1842 and family-run, it has been employee-owned through an ESOP since 1999.
Ross's About page: "ROSS equipment are designed and manufactured in company-owned plants in the United States, China, and India," with five US manufacturing facilities: Hauppauge and Deer Park, New York; two in Savannah, Georgia; and Ross Mixing in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Its plants abroad are in Pune, India and Wuxi, China.
Ross said in 2008 that it manufactures and stocks its ribbon blenders at its Port St. Lucie plant, which was enlarged to about 45,000 sq ft in 2009–2011, and in 2012 it announced shipping its 87th 515-cubic-foot ribbon blender from that plant. Its Pune plant has made tumble and ribbon blenders since 2012, and import records show mixing machines shipped from Pune to Ross in the US in 2024–2025; which models isn't stated.
Production history: family-run since 1842 and employee-owned since 1999; no sale found. Ross launched new ribbon blender models in September 2025 and June 2026 without naming the plant that builds them. Ross doesn't say where the drives and controls on its blenders are made.
Our rough estimate: for a ribbon blender built in Florida, drives, controls, seals and valves of unknown origin are about 20–35% of its value.
Level 4 for its ribbon and paddle blenders built in Port St. Lucie, Florida: Ross builds its ribbon blenders at its own Florida plant, but it also builds mixers in China and India and doesn't say which plant makes each model sold in the US.
Continental Products makes Rollo-Mixer rotary drum batch mixers, blenders and coaters, six models from 3.5 to 1,400 cubic feet, for blending powders, pellets and feeds and coating them with liquids, used in plastics, animal health, feed, chemical and snack plants. D. Coyne Callaghan invented the first Rollo-Mixer in 1960, and the Callaghan family still owns and runs the company in Osseo, Wisconsin.
Continental's Rollo-Mixer page reads "Made in the USA" and "Continental Products currently designs and manufactures six, distinct rotary drum mixers." Its family page says the company was founded in 1960 and "is owned and operated by the Callaghan family in Osseo, Wisconsin."
Its product literature says "Each system is assembled at our plant prior to shipment." Continental doesn't say whether it welds its own drums or where its drive motors, reducers and controls are made.
Production history: making Rollo-Mixers since 1960; it shipped what it called the world's largest rotary drum batch mixer from Wisconsin in 2007, and it announced new models and applications in 2025 and 2026. It is a small company of about 19 people; no sale found.
Our rough estimate: drives and controls of unknown origin are about 15–30% of a mixer's value.
Level 4 for its Rollo-Mixer rotary drum batch mixers: Continental Products says its Rollo-Mixers are made in the USA and assembles them at its Osseo, Wisconsin plant; it doesn't say who fabricates the drums or where the drives come from.
GEMCO, the General Machine Company of New Jersey, makes tumble blenders and vacuum dryers, including double cone, slant cone and V-shape blenders, plus bulk loading and drum loading equipment, for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, chemical and powdered-metal makers. It began as a Newark machine shop in 1916, patented the double cone blender in the 1930s, and is family-owned in its fourth generation.
GEMCO's history page says it operates "from an 80,000-ft3 industrial machine factory, powder test and tolling center" in Middlesex, New Jersey, and its About page calls it "A 4th generation family-owned industrial manufacturer." Its owner told an interviewer in 2023 that "GEMCO industrial machines are made in the USA."
GEMCO's Middlesex job postings (December 2025, January 2026) for fabricator-welders and metal polishers describe stainless sanitary welding and finishing of metal parts for its equipment. It doesn't say where its drive motors, reducers and controls are made.
Production history: founded in Newark in 1916 and in Middlesex since the early 1980s with union labor; it reported its highest new-machine sales year in its history after the pandemic and exhibited at RAPID 2026. No sale found.
Our rough estimate: drives, controls and valves of unknown origin are about 15–30% of a blender's value.
Level 4 for its double cone, slant cone and V-shape tumble blenders: GEMCO builds its tumble blenders at its own Middlesex, New Jersey factory and says its machines are made in the USA; it doesn't say where their drives come from.
Hayes & Stolz makes industrial mixing and material handling equipment, including single-shaft horizontal batch mixers with ribbon or paddle agitators, vertical batch mixers and continuous blenders, for feed mills, food and pharmaceutical plants and building-materials makers, and also offers laser and water jet cutting. Founded in Fort Worth, Texas in 1945, it moved to a new plant in Burleson, Texas in 2017.
Hayes & Stolz's About page: founded in 1945, it "grew to span two full city blocks" in Fort Worth, and "In 2017, Hayes & Stolz relocated 15 miles south to a new 144,000 square feet, state-of-the-art facility" in Burleson. Its site says it has been "designing and manufacturing" mixing equipment since 1945; it makes no explicit made-in claim.
Its October 2025 and November 2026 job postings for fitter helpers and welder/fabricators at Burleson describe tacking and final welding of sub-components from drawings. Hayes & Stolz doesn't say where its drives, motors and controls are made.
Production history: built mixers in Fort Worth from 1945 (its horizontal batch mixer from the early 1950s) until the 2017 move; no sale found.
Our rough estimate: drives, controls and seals of unknown origin are about 10–25% of a mixer's value.
Level 4 for its single-shaft horizontal batch mixers (ribbon and paddle): Hayes & Stolz fabricates its horizontal batch mixers at its own Burleson, Texas plant; it doesn't say where their drives come from.
Marion Process Solutions makes horizontal ribbon and paddle mixers, continuous and fluidized mixers, V-cone and double-cone blenders and thermal processing equipment for food, pet food, chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Founded in Marion, Iowa in 1938, it has been owned by private equity firm May River Capital since 2018 and is now a brand of Akona Process Solutions.
Marion's About page: "We make our product right here in Marion, Iowa. Our fabricators and machinists build their machines from scratch, and they own the result from start to finish. In fact, they even sign the machine before it leaves our dock." Its company profile reads "Made in the USA."
KCRG (2021) showed welder-fabricators and a machining department in Marion building each mixer. A used Marion mixer has a Baldor motor and Dodge gearbox; where Marion's current drives, controls and seals are made isn't stated. Its sister brands opened a 60,000 sq ft facility in Darwen, England in 2024; Marion doesn't say whether any of its machines are built there.
Production history: in Marion since 1938; May River Capital bought it at the end of 2018, and in January 2025 it was merged into Akona, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, keeping the Marion name and plant. Akona was hiring a design engineer at the Marion facility in November 2025.
Our rough estimate: drives, controls, seals and valves of unknown origin are about 20–35% of a mixer's value.
Level 4 for its horizontal ribbon and paddle mixers: Marion says it builds its mixers from scratch at its Marion, Iowa plant; it doesn't say where their drives and controls come from.
Mepaco makes stainless steel food processing equipment, including Mixer-Blender ribbon and paddle blenders, mixer-cookers, ThermaBlend cookers, mixer-grinders, dumpers and conveyors, for meat, poultry, prepared food and frozen food plants. It is the food equipment brand of Apache Stainless Equipment, founded in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1975 and 100% employee-owned.
Apache Stainless's About page: "Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Apache has grown from a regional fabricator into a global manufacturer," and "Mepaco designs and manufactures rugged stainless food processing equipment." Its Mepaco page says "we design and build rugged stainless-steel equipment" in Wisconsin; it makes no explicit made-in claim.
Apache's 2025 job postings for welders and youth apprentice welders in Beaver Dam say "We fabricate custom and standard products using stainless steel." It doesn't say where the drives, motors and seals on its blenders are made.
Production history: in its Industrial Drive plant since 1983, expanded in 2013; the Dexter Company bought Apache in 2006 and it became employee-owned. It celebrated 50 years with about 200 employee-owners in 2025.
Our rough estimate: drives, motors, seals and bearings of unknown origin are about 15–30% of a blender's value.
Level 4 for its Mixer-Blender Series ribbon and paddle blenders: Mepaco's blenders are fabricated from stainless steel at Apache Stainless's Beaver Dam, Wisconsin plant; it doesn't say where their drives come from.
Munson Machinery makes industrial mixers and blenders, including rotary batch mixers, ribbon, paddle and plow blenders, Vee-cone blenders and continuous mixers, plus size reduction equipment, for food, chemical, plastics and mineral plants. Founded in Utica, New York in 1823 to make grain milling machinery, it is owned by the third generation of the Divine family.
Munson's About page: founded in 1823 by Alfred Munson, the company "has grown into a world-leading manufacturer of batch and continuous mixing, blending and size reduction equipment," and in 2014 "enlarged its headquarters location by 33% to boost fabrication and assembly capabilities." Its ribbon blender page describes "One-piece welded construction" and interior welds polished to sanitary finishes.
Munson's Utica job postings cover welding, grinding and polishing carbon and stainless steel, and machinists running lathes, VTLs and mills. Munson doesn't say where its gear reducers, motors and controls are made, or which mill makes its steel. No plant outside Utica was found.
Production history: at 210 Seward Avenue in Utica, family-owned with no sale found; it marked 200 years in 2023 and launched new blenders in January 2024 and July 2026.
Our rough estimate: drives, motors, controls and seals of unknown origin are about 20–35% of a blender's value.
Level 4 for its ribbon, paddle and plow blenders and rotary batch mixers: Munson fabricates and assembles its blenders and rotary mixers at its own Utica, New York plant; it doesn't say where their drives and controls come from.
Scott Equipment makes industrial batch mixers, including single-shaft ribbon and paddle mixers, twin-shaft and plow mixers and rotary drum mixers from 1 to 1,500 cubic feet, plus continuous blenders, dryers and size reduction equipment for food, feed, chemical and waste processing. Dick Lucas founded the company in Jordan, Minnesota in 1966, and it is still family-run.
Scott Equipment's home page reads "USA Manufactured in Minnesota" and "MADE IN THE USA," and says it builds custom equipment with "two U.S. manufacturing locations." Its batch mixer page says it "designs and manufactures heavy-duty industrial batch mixers" in mild or stainless steel.
Its welder/fabricator postings at New Prague and Arlington describe MIG and stick welding, shearing, rolling and plasma cutting of carbon and stainless steel. Scott doesn't say where its gear drives, motors and controls are made.
Production history: founded in Jordan, Minnesota in 1966 and later moved to New Prague; its April 2026 60th-anniversary release names two Minnesota manufacturing facilities, and a welder opening was posted for Arlington in early 2026. No sale found.
Our rough estimate: drives, controls, seals and gates of unknown origin are about 10–25% of a mixer's value.
Level 4 for its industrial batch mixers (ribbon, paddle and plow): Scott Equipment says its mixers are made in the USA and fabricates them at its two Minnesota plants; it doesn't say where their drives come from.
Look for in-house fabrication. Every maker listed here welds, machines and finishes its own vessels at a US plant, which is most of the work in a blender.
Drives are the usual unknown. Gear reducers, motors and control panels come from outside suppliers, so no maker here rates a 5 yet. Blentech builds its control panels at its own shop in Indiana.
Some US brands also build abroad. Ross builds mixers at its own plants in China and India, and B&P Littleford lists sites there too; each is rated for its US-built line. Some US sellers of blenders import them and aren't listed.
Each listing's research notes show what was checked and when, including our rough estimate of how much of the value is imported. Ratings are rechecked as companies answer.
Industrial blender makers by state
California: Blentech (Santa Rosa)
Florida: Charles Ross & Son (Port St. Lucie plant; Hauppauge, NY)
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