What DAS Environmental Expert does

DAS Environmental Expert GmbH is a Dresden-headquartered, family-owned industrial engineering company founded in 1991 that designs, manufactures, and services point-of-use environmental treatment systems for high-technology and process industries. Its core offering spans two complementary product lines: waste gas abatement systems (TILIA, SALIX, ESCAPE, STYRAX, UPTIMUM, AQUABATE, LARCH, TSUGA, EDC, DALEA, RDC) targeted at semiconductor etching, CVD, MOCVD, EUV, and wet-bench processes; and industrial wastewater treatment systems (OTTELIA, SALVINIA MBBR reactors, E-PLATE heat exchangers) addressing COD/BOD removal, SiO2 particle separation, and heat recovery. The technical differentiators are rooted in proprietary reactor architectures — notably TILIA's dual-reactor plasma system achieving greater than 99.9% destruction and removal efficiency for CF4, and a chip-shaped MBBR carrier material designed to prevent clogging — supported by in-house development at the Dresden headquarters and innovation centers in Taiwan and the United States.

The company ranks among the top five players in the global gas abatement market, alongside Applied Materials, Edwards Vacuum (Atlas Copco), Ebara, and MKS Instruments, with the top five collectively holding 52-58% of 2025 market revenue. Revenue is generated through three streams: one-time equipment and systems sales, project-based plant engineering and construction services, and recurring service and maintenance contracts including 24/7 onsite support and spare parts. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting industrial manufacturers in semiconductor, LED, solar, MEMS, TFT, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, paper, and cosmetics segments, with heavy reliance on SEMICON regional events and the co-organized Industrial Water Day with Endress+Hauser as primary demand-generation channels. Pricing is project-specific and quote-based, reflecting the customized-engineering nature of the business. DAS holds TÜV NORD certification as a specialist company under the German Water Resources Act (WHG) and §62 AwSV, and operates as a privately held company with no disclosed funding rounds, parent entity, or institutional investors.

Name

DAS Environmental Expert

Legal name

DAS Environmental Expert GmbH

Website

https://das-ee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

DAS Environmental Expert GmbH is a Dresden-based, family-owned industrial engineering firm that designs and manufactures point-of-use waste gas abatement and industrial wastewater treatment systems, primarily serving semiconductor fabs and other process manufacturers in pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, and cosmetics sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Environmental Treatment Systems

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564)

akta.pro primary industry

Emission Control & Scrubbing Equipment (Scrubbers, Dust Collectors, Catalytic Systems) (IMAHAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB), Flue Gas Cleaning & Air Pollution Control for Biomass/WtE (FGD, SCR/SNCR, ESP/Baghouse, Dioxins/Mercury) (EUAAALAH)

Keywords

• Industrial wastewater treatment
• Waste gas abatement systems
• Point-of-use scrubbers
• Semiconductor gas treatment
• Biological water treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Dresden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Systems Sales: Sale of point-of-use waste gas and water treatment systems including TILIA, SALIX, ESCAPE, STYRAX, UPTIMUM, AQUABATE, LARCH, TSUGA, EDC, DALEA, OTTELIA, SALVINIA, and E-PLATE products.
2. Plant Engineering and Construction: Turnkey engineering services including process design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, 3D modeling, switch cabinet production, software development, installation, and commissioning.
3. Service and Maintenance: 24/7 worldwide service including start-up, technical support, spare parts management, connected services, and operator contracts for wastewater treatment plants.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DAS Environmental Expert designs, manufactures, and services point-of-use waste gas abatement systems (e.g., TILIA plasma, SALIX wet scrubber, STYRAX, ESCAPE, UPTIMUM, AQUABATE, LARCH, TSUGA, EDC, DALEA, RDC) and industrial wastewater treatment systems (OTTELIA SiO2 removal, SALVINIA MBBR biological reactors, E-PLATE heat exchangers). The company delivers customized turnkey treatment solutions from in-house process design and engineering through installation, commissioning, and 24/7 lifecycle service for semiconductor, high-tech, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, cosmetics, and paper manufacturers worldwide.

Product overview

DAS Environmental Expert offers an integrated portfolio of environmental technology solutions for industrial waste gas and wastewater treatment. The waste gas treatment portfolio includes point-of-use abatement systems (ESCAPE, STYRAX, TILIA, UPTIMUM, AQUABATE, SALIX, LARCH, TSUGA) and particle separation systems (EDC, DALEA, RDC) designed for semiconductor manufacturing processes including etching, CVD, MOCVD, EUV, and wet bench applications. The wastewater treatment portfolio features OTTELIA for point-of-use semiconductor wastewater treatment, SALVINIA MBBR reactors in four standardized sizes for biological treatment, and E-PLATE heat exchangers for energy recovery. The company also provides comprehensive services including wastewater analysis, plant engineering, design-and-construction, plant optimization, and 24/7 technical support. DAS serves industries including semiconductor, solar, LED, MEMS, nanotechnology, TFT, food and beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical, and paper manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OTTELIA: Point-of-use wastewater treatment system for removing silicon dioxide particles from semiconductor process wastewater
• SALVINIA
• E-PLATE
• ESCAPE
• STYRAX
• TILIA
• UPTIMUM
• AQUABATE
• LARCH
• TSUGA
• EDC
• DALEA
• RDC
• SALIX

Products and services

• ESCAPE / ESCAPE DUO Compact point-of-use waste gas abatement system for the semiconductor industry, designed for efficient cleaning of a wide variety of process gases from etching, CVD and related fab tools.
• STYRAX / STYRAX-INLINE Point-of-use waste gas treatment system for semiconductor ETCH and CVD processes, available in burn-wet or plasma-wet configurations.
• TILIA / TILIA DUO 4+4 Dual Reactor System with Internal Redundancy for waste gas abatement in semiconductor etching and chamber cleaning; plasma-based and achieves destruction and removal efficiencies above 99.9% for CF4, a high-global-warming-potential greenhouse gas.
• UPTIMUM Point-of-use waste gas treatment system optimized for up to six independent inlets from CVD processes across different industry areas, accommodating different fuel gases and scrubbing liquids.
• AQUABATE Point-of-use scrubber for semiconductor epitaxy and CVD process waste gases.
• SALIX / SALIX MICRO Wet Scrubber Portfolio Wet scrubber product family for reliable disposal of waste gas streams from single-wafer clean systems in semiconductor manufacturing; removes IPA, ammonia and hydrofluoric acid from waste gas in wet clean processes. Portfolio includes four product variants.
• LARCH / LARCH PLUS Point-of-use waste gas treatment product family developed specifically for MOCVD and EUV processes in semiconductor manufacturing.
• TSUGA Stand-alone solution for secondary waste gas treatment of NOx and particulate matter in the semiconductor industry.
• EDC / EDC PLUS Electrostatic particle collector for point-of-use treatment of up to 270 m3/h of particle- or aerosol-laden waste gases in semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing.
• DALEA Point-of-use fine dust abatement system with rotary fine dust collector, designed for waste gas flows of up to 390 m3/h.
• RDC Series Rotary dust collector solutions for production facilities where very high levels of fine dust are generated.
• OTTELIA Point-of-use wastewater treatment system for the semiconductor industry that removes silicon dioxide (SiO2) particles from process wastewater using sedimentation and filtration, enabling direct water reuse for waste gas purification.
• SALVINIA MBBR Reactors Scalable Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) systems for biological industrial wastewater treatment, available in four standard sizes (SALVINIA 70, 170, 470, 1060) for COD degradation and ammonium/nitrate removal.
• E-PLATE Heat Exchanger Self-cleaning plate heat exchanger for wastewater containing solids, enabling efficient cooling and heat recovery from industrial wastewater via a rotating brush system.
• Plant Engineering and Construction Services Turnkey engineering and construction services for wastewater and waste gas treatment plants, including process design, mechanical and electrical engineering, 3D modeling, switch cabinet production, software development, installation and commissioning.
• 24/7 Service and Maintenance 24/7 worldwide service and maintenance for installed treatment plants, including start-up, technical support, spare parts management, connected services, and operator contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• TILIA plasma abatement achieves >99.9% destruction and removal efficiency for CF4 greenhouse gas
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Endress+HausercoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Endress+Hauser co-organizes the Industrial Water Day event with DAS Environmental Experts in Dresden. This annual event brings together industry, research, and administration to discuss current challenges and innovative approaches to industrial wastewater treatment, demonstrating a strategic marketing partnership focused on thought leadership and customer engagement in the water treatment space.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Applied Materials: Global semiconductor equipment leader that, through its broader portfolio, also competes in gas abatement and adjacent fab equipment. Listed as one of the top-5 gas abatement players alongside DAS, but competes as part of a much broader equipment platform rather than a pure-play abatement specialist.
• Hitachi High-Tech: Broad semiconductor and industrial equipment provider with overlapping offerings in gas treatment, metrology, and adjacent fab systems. Competes with DAS as a larger, diversified incumbent serving similar fab customers.
• Evoqua Water Technologies (Xylem): Large industrial and semiconductor wastewater treatment provider, now part of Xylem. Overlaps with DAS's SALVINIA MBBR and broader industrial wastewater offerings for fabs and process manufacturers.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Global water treatment major serving semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and chemical customers with industrial wastewater and reuse solutions. Comparable to DAS's wastewater portfolio at larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Edwards Vacuum (Atlas Copco): Subsidiary of Atlas Copco and direct competitor in semiconductor vacuum and gas abatement systems. Competes head-to-head with DAS in point-of-use abatement for fabs and is named as a top-5 gas abatement market player.
• Ebara Corporation: Japanese industrial equipment maker competing directly with DAS in semiconductor gas abatement and related process equipment. Listed as a top-5 player in the global gas abatement market and a fab-facing competitor across Asia and globally.
• MKS Instruments: US-based supplier of instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions for semiconductor and industrial markets, including gas abatement and delivery. Named as a top-5 competitor in the gas abatement market alongside DAS.
• CS Clean Solutions: Germany-based pure-play gas abatement specialist for the semiconductor industry, directly competing with DAS in point-of-use scrubber and plasma abatement systems for fabs worldwide.
• Anguil Environmental Systems: Industrial air pollution control and oxidizer manufacturer offering thermal and catalytic oxidizers, scrubbers, and energy recovery systems. Comparable to DAS's gas treatment portfolio but focused on broader industrial applications rather than pure-play semiconductor abatement.
• Bionomic Industries: US-based industrial air pollution control and wet scrubbing specialist providing wet scrubbers, particulate collectors, and odor control systems. Comparable to DAS's SALIX scrubber and particle separation product lines for industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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