Today’s metallic surface preparation industry is experiencing a fast-paced and continuous evolution driven by new anti-corrosion standards for finish, coupled with greater demands for productivity, reliability, environmental protection and personal safety. In response, we have accelerated our development of new products and technology-driven solutions to help all our customers solve the problems they face and overcome their challenges.

Together with our customers, we help ensure a safer, more productive world.

Please Note: Clemco is now using the Clemco Grey Paint Color on our Blast Machines, Blast Cabinets, Blast Rooms and associated spares and accessories. Pages in the website may depict the previous Clemco Champaign color but it is being discontinued in 2025.

The Global Leader in Advanced Surface Preparation Blasting

Clemco is the world’s largest manufacturer of abrasive blasting, cleaning and shot peening equipment used to improve a wide variety of steel and metallic surfaces. For the past 80 years, we have manufactured a wide variety of contractor and industrial machines, along with safety equipment and blasting accessories, that consistently overcome our customers’ unique surface preparation challenges efficiently, safely and responsibly.

Our comprehensive line of blast machines, blast cabinets, blast rooms, recovery systems and personal protection equipment is designed to deliver the highest levels of productivity, performance, reliability, return on investment, versatility, safety and compliance with the latest environmental and safety regulations governing abrasive blasting activity. All of our equipment can be accessed in standard formats or be combined into custom-engineered solutions that address the ever-changing demands and requirements of today’s surface preparation industry.

From the small user new to surface preparation to the largest infrastructure contractors and industrial manufacturing users, we work directly with every customer to choose the right combinations of equipment needed to get the most out of their operations, production team and investment. We can also develop customized solutions for customers utilizing our end-to-end approach of discovery, collaboration, development, and implementation that we call the Ideation 2 Realization™ Process to overcome specific challenges and strengthen the overall performance and efficiency of their production operations.

Our products and solutions incorporate specialty blast technologies, vacuum and recovery systems, automated blast systems, portable blast machines, automated or robotic surface preparation systems, customer engineered blast systems and hand cabinets. Our equipment can be utilized with a variety of wet and dry blasting medias, although we urge our customers not to use sand for health reasons.

From our corporate headquarters and 150,000 square foot research and production center in Washington, Missouri, our world-class team of engineers, designers, customer support professionals and manufacturing experts design, assemble, integrate, and deliver a full range of blast machines, blast and peening cabinets, fully engineered blast rooms and blast accessories that incorporate advanced automation, controls, and robotics to safely prepare a wide variety of steel and metallic surfaces.

Our solutions incorporate specialty blast technologies, vacuum and recovery systems, automated blast systems, portable blast machines, automated surface preparation systems, customer engineered blast systems and hand cabinets. Through our international headquarters in Munich and distribution center in Singapore, we bring our products and solutions to our customers across the globe directly and efficiently.

We target fulfilling the unmet needs of our customers, particularly where the quality of surface preparation and finish is important. Our in-house design, manufacturing, project management, and customer and technical support capabilities ensure that each customer’s job gets done gets safely, productively and at the quality levels required. At the same time, our solutions lower the ownership cost and maximize the ease of use and maintenance of our equipment.

As the productivity, environmental and regulatory requirements of our customers constantly evolve, we continuously develop data-driven scenarios to better understand each customer’s specific needs and ensure a superior customer experience. This value-driven approach has enabled us to expand our business focus in recent years to include aerospace, energy, firearms, medical devices, heavy equipment, bridges, pipelines, shipyards, water towers and other industries.

To support this expanded customer focus, we are accelerating the development of new products and technology-driven solutions for customers with critical standards for finish, reliability and safety. In 2020, we introduced the new Pulsar Plus blast cabinet and in March 2022 we introduced the Big Clem Pro Series Bulk Blasters, Grit Wizard Pressure Hold Metering Valve, and Munkebo Portable Vacuum Systems. We will continue to invest in developing and delivering innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our expanding customer base globally.

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