Prairie States expands product offering through new agreement with Omnitech. Kansas City, MO - September 24, 2026 - Prairie States Industrial Supply is pleased to announce that, through a new working agreement with Omnitech, Prairie States Ind is expanding the products and process solutions available to its customers with the addition of Carrier Process Equipment Group (CPEG). The agreement allows Prairie States and Omnitech to work together to bring a broader range of equipment and capabilities to customers throughout the region, while each company continues to operate independently. Carrier Process Equipment Group. Carrier Process Equipment Group significantly expands the range of processing and material handling solutions Prairie States Ind can bring to its customers. The CPEG family includes: * Carrier Vibrating Equipment - Vibratory conveying, feeding, drying, cooling, screening and processing equipment * S. Howes - Mixing, conveying, screening, size reduction and filtration equipment * Heyl Patterson Thermal Processing - Drying, cooling, calcining and other thermal processing systems * Sly - Industrial dust collection, wet scrubbers and air pollution control equipment * Kinergy Corporation - Vibratory conveying, feeding, screening and bulk solids handling equipment * Hebeler-Howard Marten - Engineered process systems, including lubrication, hydraulic, seal oil and cooling systems * Buflovak - Thermal drying, evaporation, distillation, separation and solidification equipment * Patterson Kelley (PK Blenders) - Mixing, blending, vacuum drying and solids processing equipment Together, these companies provide an extensive range of equipment for drying, cooling, heating, conveying, feeding, screening, mixing, blending, size reduction, dust collection, thermal processing and complete process systems. "Our agreement with Omnitech is really about bringing more capabilities and solutions to our customers," said Doug Sublett, President of Prairie States Industrial Supply. "The Carrier Process Equipment Group is a great example. The breadth of products and technologies within CPEG complements many of the manufacturers we already represent and allows us to support an even greater portion of our customers' process and material handling needs." For Prairie States customers, nothing changes in how you work with Prairie States Ind. Its team will continue to be your local point of contact, helping identify equipment solutions, coordinate with its manufacturing partners, develop budgets and quotations, and support projects from initial concept through completion. The addition of Carrier Process Equipment Group is another step in Prairie States' continued effort to provide customers throughout Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska with access to a more complete range of material handling and process equipment solutions. More products. More capabilities. One local resource. Drop Prairie States Ind a line!