About Us - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution
About Us
Our Story - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Our Story

Steelhead was founded in 1971 as a family business with a single purpose – to design and manufacture water bottling equipment for the bottled water industry. At the outset, the company focused on returnable bottles, and Steelhead built a first-class line of water bottling equipment including the industry’s first single operator 5-gallon water bottling machine. Since then Steelhead has expanded its abilities to provide world class water treatment solutions. With equipment, including water bottling equipment, placed in over 90 countries and an extensive customer base that is growing by the day, Steelhead is a reliable partner for leading producers in the beverage and agriculture industry.

Experience - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Experience

Fifty years, over 90 countries, and hundreds of customers later, Steelhead’s experience in the industry is a key strength in providing top-quality systems.

Steelhead is the longest-operating water bottling machine manufacturer producing Home Office Delivery (HOD) and related equipment. Over the last 50 years, we have been an undisputed innovator in the water bottling equipment industry, bringing solutions from the first mineral injection system and the first one-operator bottling system, to the most effective ozone sterilization system available.

Experience - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Steelhead takes pride in its long-term water bottling machine client relationships and ability to provide the support necessary for the success of our partners. Whether you have a technical question or need to schedule field support, Steelhead service experts are just a phone call away.

Innovations - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Innovations

Steelhead uses cutting-edge water bottling equipment machinery, and innovative solutions to provide high-quality, pure water to its customers. Whether through advanced filtration systems, automation, or data-driven decision-making, Steelhead continuously improves every aspect of its water bottling equipment process.

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FSMA - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

FSMA

Steelhead water bottling equipment systems are produced in accordance with the standard regulations for human consumption and provides documented results to present auditors as new FSMA regulatory requirements are implemented.

Steelhead is currently working with the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and other major bottlers in developing test methods and bottling equipment supporting studies of Ozone contact time (CT) values as it relates to product water treatment.

FSMA - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Our sanitize section which utilizes ozone has been tested to ANSI STD 169 with a documented 6-log reduction (99.9999%) of bacteria including E. coli. This type documentation is provided to our customers in support of their plant audits.

Green Solutions - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Green Solutions

Every Drop Counts. This is our philosophy when it comes to building efficient systems. We are always striving to reduce both energy and water usage in our design and production of water bottling machines, bottling equipment, and water treatment systems.

This effort can be found in our bottle washer systems, which employ water recapture methods and reduced wash water flow principles that allow bottles to be sanitized with minimal waste water without jeopardizing performance. It can also be found in our water treatment solutions such as our reverse osmosis systems, which are designed to significantly minimize rejected water (wastewater).

In addition to water usage, we are always striving to improve utility efficiency as it relates to both energy and air usage. This includes the use of energy-efficient components and design practices as it relates to all our equipment and solutions. We’re always striving to improve our washer performance as it relates to energy usage in heating of wash solution by working with both detergent suppliers, and regulatory, and construction techniques in lowering both temperature requirements and energy loss and usage.

Green Solutions - Steelhead Inc. - Custom Bottling Solution

Steelhead is also leading the industry with the development of mobile water treatment and waste water recycle solutions, which are being implemented in the oil and other industries.

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