Beltran Associates designs, manufactures and markets a variety of air pollution control equipment, including wet and dry electrostatic precipitators, scrubbers and nitrogen oxide controls. The company also provides spray dryers and specialized fabric and coalescing filters. Founded in 1946, it specializes in the research on biofiltration mechanisms and electrostatic enhancement of fine particles for removal in axial inlet particle separators. Beltran Associates provides pollution control services for pollution generated from fossil-fueled boilers, cement kilns, chemical production processes, pharmaceutical productions and textile processes. The company also serves the food processing, steel and fertilizer industries. It offers poly-stage precipitator that removes submicron smoke by electronically charging the particles as they pass through the high-voltage ionizing screen.