Koolmill Systems Limited
- Type
- Technology Company
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Industries
- Food processing robotics & machinery, New food processing techniques, Food safety & quality, Supply chain monitoring & traceability, Waste efficiency, Food ingredients & products, Food ingredients
- Domains
- Rice, Plant based primary products, Ingredients
- Technologies
- Process automation, Decision support software, Sensor technology, Robotics & Automation, Smart & digital, Physical modification, Processing
About Koolmill Systems Limited
Koolmill Systems Ltd is a UK-based food-processing technology company focused primarily on rice milling. It develops patented, low-power milling systems and related digital tools designed to help small and commercial millers produce higher-quality rice with less waste, lower energy use, and improved traceability.
The company positions itself as a disruptor in an antiquated global rice industry, aiming to make modern milling accessible regardless of mill size, location, or gender. Its model combines machinery, data-driven performance analysis, and servitization-style access to equipment to support more profitable and more sustainable rice processing.
Core Values
- Profit with purpose: Koolmill presents itself as a for-profit business that aims to create shared value for millers, growers, and communities while addressing food loss and energy waste.
- Sustainability: The company emphasizes lower power use, reduced food loss, circular-economy thinking, and designs intended for remanufacture and reuse.
- Inclusion and accessibility: Koolmill repeatedly stresses that its technology should be available to millers regardless of size, gender, or location, helping smaller operators access higher-value markets.
- Innovation: The company highlights patented technology, digital performance analysis, and a modular approach that can evolve through chamber design upgrades and data-driven optimization.
Unique Aspects
- Patented rice-milling technology: Koolmill says its milling process is internationally patented and designed to deliver single-pass, gentle processing with very low broken-rice rates and reduced energy use.
- Machinery-as-a-Service model: Rather than relying only on upfront equipment sales, Koolmill offers access through pay-as-you-mill or machinery-as-a-service structures, lowering the barrier for smaller millers.
- Strong partner network: The company reports operating in 7 countries with more than 40 industrial, commercial, academic, and technology partners, including work with Sheffield Hallam University’s NCEFE and AB InBev.
- Circular by-product valorisation: Koolmill says it can permanently separate bran from milled rice at point of separation and supports downstream uses for bran, husk, and straw, including food ingredients and energy applications.
- Grant and project-backed development: Koolmill states that its project portfolio includes 10 projects worth £11.5 million and that it has received £626k in grant funding to date.