Apeks Supercritical

Apeks Supercritical builds subcritical and supercritical CO2 extraction systems and lists its shop at 31 Greenscape Court in Johnstown, Ohio. The company says it has designed, refined and manufactured botanical oil extractors since 2001. Its homepage names Andy Joseph as president and cites a 2016 Edison Award. Product pages speak of botanical and plant oils in general, while the homepage refers to its CO2 cannabis extraction machines and links to an explainer on how CBD oil is made. The site does not say who owns the company or whether it has a parent, and its pages carry no copyright date.

The line starts with the Bambino, an introductory 5 to 10 liter system, and moves through the Transformer, expandable to 40 liters, and the Force, expandable to 80 liters, to the Duplex, a 2,000 psi system the company rates at 180 pounds of dried botanical material per day. Apeks credits a patented Valveless Expansion Technology with preventing clogs, uses diaphragm compressors it says speed extractions by 20 to 50 percent, and offers a patent-pending Dual-Phase Pumping System on its 5,000 psi Production Series. It cites CO2 recovery of up to 95 percent, fractional extraction with cold separation, and unattended runs with internet alerts.

Buyers can book a demo day or a scheduled visit to the Johnstown facility, and operator training is offered on site or virtually. Its homepage pricing and ROI section lists no figures, but the Duplex product page lists a starting price of $455,775. Because the site is silent on ownership, buyers who plan on years of parts and service support should ask the company directly who owns it today and where service is based before committing to a system.