Filcon Filters was established in June 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa and now there is also a branch in Johannesburg. Filcon Filters are distributors or agents of filtration products for the following manufacturers: Hilliard Corp (Hilco filtration products), Hayward Filters (PVC strainers and cartridge housings), LAKOS (centrifugal separators), Argonide Corp (Nanoceram positively charged filters), Fairey Ceramics (Doulton & British Berkefeld), Sun Central (filter housings, bags and cartridges). Diefenbach (filter presses), Procedyne (purpose made strainers) and Jonell (over 40000 replacement cartridges for over 200 different brands) as well as MIOX Corp (chemical/disinfectant generators)

Filcon Filters also outsources the manufacture of its own range of centrifugal separators (Dirt Gobbla), filter bag housings (FCB range), purging strainers (type PS), in-line basket strainers (type GT) and back flushing strainers (BFS range). Any of these products can be made to customer specifications.