What Huber Technology does

HUBER Technology, LLC is the North American operating subsidiary of HUBER SE, a privately held German multinational specializing in water, wastewater, and sludge treatment equipment. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Huntersville (with US operations centered in Denver, NC), the company manufactures a comprehensive portfolio of mechanical, electromechanical, and stainless-steel equipment covering the full wastewater treatment chain: coarse and fine screening (ROTAMAT®, STEP SCREEN®, Bar, Belt, Ultra Fine screens), micro-screens and filtration (RODISC, ROTA FILT, CONTIFLOW sand and active carbon filters), screenings treatment (wash presses, compactors), mechanical and thermal sludge treatment (solar, belt, disc, cold air dryers), grit traps and classifiers, dissolved air flotation, wastewater heat exchangers (ROWIN), conveyor systems, and containerized plants (MBR, drinking water, reverse osmosis). The company complements this hardware with HUBER Cloud Solutions for remote equipment monitoring and lifecycle service and maintenance contracts.

HUBER Technology serves municipal wastewater utilities as its primary segment, alongside industrial wastewater customers in food and beverage, pulp/paper/textile, and energy/utilities verticals, plus drinking water suppliers. The business model is predominantly hardware sales of equipment units and complete plant systems, augmented by professional services for lifecycle maintenance, with quote-based pricing that is not publicly disclosed. The company operates an enterprise field sales motion through regional offices, supplying operators, consulting engineers, and industrial buyers directly, and reports a cumulative installed base of more than 65,000 systems worldwide.

In April 2024, HUBER Technology inaugurated its expanded Denver, NC production facility, aligned with Build America, Buy America procurement rules, strengthening its position in US federally funded water infrastructure. The company is privately held with no public ticker, no disclosed funding rounds, and no current M&A or partnership announcements in the input data, operating instead as a strategic operating subsidiary under its European parent.

Name

Huber Technology

Legal name

Huber Technology, LLC

Website

https://huber-technology.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

HUBER Technology, LLC is the US subsidiary of HUBER SE, manufacturing water, wastewater, and sludge treatment equipment — including ROTAMAT® screens, STEP SCREEN®, CenterMax® Hybrid, sludge dryers, and containerized MBR and RO plants — for municipal utilities and industrial customers, with more than 65,000 installations worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water and Wastewater Treatment Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems) (IMAHAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Advanced/Nutrient Removal (BNR/ENR: N, P) (EUANADAC), Monitoring & Control (Dosing Systems, Remote Monitoring, Sensors) (BPABAJAK), Pipework, Calorifier & Heat Exchanger Descaling/Decontamination (BPABAJAI), Domestic Hot & Cold Water System Hygiene (Potable Water) (BPABAJAD)

Keywords

• Wastewater treatment equipment
• Water treatment systems
• Sludge treatment machinery
• Municipal water solutions
• Industrial wastewater treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntersville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Machinery Sales: Sale of water treatment equipment including screens, filters, sludge treatment machines, flotation plants, and associated mechanical systems. Products are sold as individual units or complete plant systems to municipal and industrial customers.
2. Complete Plant Systems: Turnkey wastewater treatment plants including containerized MBR plants, drinking water plants, and reverse osmosis units
3. Service and Maintenance: Lifecycle service, maintenance contracts, and technical support for installed equipment
4. Stainless Steel Equipment: Specialized access solutions including manhole covers, safety equipment, doors, windows, and other fabricated stainless steel products

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Huber Technology designs, manufactures, and sells mechanical equipment, complete plant systems, and lifecycle service for municipal and industrial water, wastewater, and sludge treatment. Its portfolio spans screening, filtration, grit removal, flotation, sludge thickening/dewatering/drying, wastewater heat recovery, containerized MBR and reverse osmosis plants, and stainless steel safe-access solutions, sold primarily to utilities, consulting engineers, and industrial operators.

Product overview

HUBER Technology is a manufacturer of high-quality industrial equipment for water, wastewater, and sludge treatment. The product portfolio operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture centered around mechanical treatment processes. Core product lines include Safe Access Solutions (stainless steel manhole and access equipment), Screens and Fine Screens (ROTAMAT® Screens, Bar Screens, Belt Screens, STEP SCREEN®, Ultra Fine Screens), Micro Screens and Filters (Disc Filter RODISC, Pile Cloth Media Filter ROTAFILT, Sandfilter CONTIFLOW, Active Carbon Filter CONTIFLOW GAK), and Machines for Screenings Treatment (Wash Presses, Screenings Compactor RO7). The portfolio extends to mechanical and thermal sludge treatment equipment (Sludge Screening, Thickening, Dewatering; Solar Dryer SOLSTICE, Cold Air Dryer HPS, Belt Dryer BT, Disc Dryer ROTADRY), Grit Traps and Classifiers (Longitudinal Grit Trap RO6, Lamella Grit Trap GRITWOLF, Grit Classifier ROSF3), Conveyor Systems (Closed Tube Conveyor RO8, Lidded Trough Conveyors RO8-T, Tipping Trough KT), Flotation Plants (Dissolved Air Flotation), Heat Exchangers (Wastewater Heat Exchanger ROWIN), and Containerized Plants (MBR Plants, Drinking Water Plants, Reverse Osmosis Units). With more than 65,000 installations worldwide, the company serves municipal wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater treatment, potable water treatment, and sludge treatment applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Safe Access Solutions Stainless steel equipment for safe access to manholes, tanks, and industrial facilities, including manhole covers, safety climbing systems, entrance aids, ventilation stacks, finished manholes, technical doors, and windows, sold to wastewater and industrial infrastructure operators.
• ROTAMAT® Screens ROTAMAT® screening equipment for efficient solids removal in wastewater treatment, serving municipal and industrial customers.
• Bar Screens Coarse screening equipment for removal of large debris and solids from wastewater streams, sold to wastewater treatment plant operators.
• Belt Screens Fine screening equipment using a belt mechanism for continuous solids removal from wastewater, sold to municipal and industrial treatment plants.
• STEP SCREEN® Step-type screening technology for fine screening and efficient solids separation in wastewater treatment plants.
• Ultra Fine Screens High-efficiency screening equipment for removal of micro-particles and fine solids from wastewater streams.
• Disc Filter (RODISC) Rotating disc filter system for tertiary filtration and water reuse applications in wastewater treatment, sold to municipal and industrial operators.
• Pile Cloth Media Filter (ROTAFILT) Cloth media filtration system using pile cloth technology for high-efficiency water polishing in treatment plants.
• Sandfilter (CONTIFLOW) Continuous flow sand filtration system for water treatment and polishing applications.
• Active Carbon Filter (CONTIFLOW GAK) Activated carbon filtration system for removal of trace substances, odors, and contaminants from water.
• Wash Presses Screenings treatment equipment that washes and compacts screened materials to reduce volume and improve handling.
• Screenings Compactor (RO7) Compaction equipment for reducing the volume of screenings and improving disposal economics at wastewater plants.
• Sludge Turner (SOLSTICE) Mechanical sludge turner for solar drying applications in sludge treatment plants.
• Cold Air Dryer (HPS) Low-temperature sludge drying system using ambient air for energy-efficient moisture reduction at treatment facilities.
• Belt Dryer (BT) Conveyor-based thermal drying system for continuous sludge drying in treatment facilities.
• Disc Dryer (ROTADRY) Rotating disc thermal dryer for efficient sludge drying through indirect heat transfer.
• Longitudinal Grit Trap (ROTAMAT RO6) Horizontal flow grit removal system for separation of sand and grit from wastewater.
• Lamella Grit Trap (GRITWOLF) Inclined plate lamella separator for efficient grit removal from wastewater streams.
• Grit Classifier (ROSF3) Coanda-type grit classifier for washing and classifying grit from wastewater treatment processes.
• Closed Tube Conveyor (RO8) Enclosed screw conveyor system for hygienic transport of screenings, sludge, and other materials in treatment plants.
• Dissolved Air Flotation Plants Flotation systems for separation of suspended solids, oils, and grease from water and wastewater, sold to municipal and industrial customers.
• Chemicals Dosing (DIGIT-DOSE) Digital dosing system for precise chemical metering in water and wastewater treatment processes.
• Wastewater Heat Exchanger (ROWIN) Heat recovery system that extracts thermal energy from wastewater for building heating and cooling applications, sold to utilities and industrial operators.
• MBR Plants Containerized membrane bioreactor plants for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment with integrated filtration, sold as turnkey systems.
• Drinking Water Plants Containerized drinking water treatment systems for portable water production and supply, sold as turnkey systems to utilities and project developers.
• Reverse Osmosis Units Containerized reverse osmosis systems for water desalination and high-purity water production, sold to utilities and industrial users.
• CenterMax® Hybrid Center-flow perforated band screen with hybrid design offering high throughput capacity, maximum separation efficiency, and plastic separation capability, sold to municipal and industrial wastewater treatment customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 65,000 installations worldwide

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Pentair plc: Diversified water treatment company serving residential, commercial, and industrial segments with filtration, pumps, and treatment systems. Overlaps with HUBER in industrial and municipal water treatment equipment.
• Andritz AG: Austrian-headquartered global supplier of plant, equipment, and services for hydropower, pulp/paper, metalworking, and solid/liquid separation including sludge dewatering. Comparable in heavy industrial process machinery for water/sludge-intensive industries.
• GEA Group: German-headquartered global manufacturer of process engineering equipment including separation, filtration, and drying technologies. Comparable in industrial-scale mechanical separation, sludge drying, and process equipment for water-intensive industries.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Subsidiary of Veolia Environnement, supplying water and wastewater treatment systems, process equipment, and turnkey plants to municipal and industrial customers worldwide. Competes head-to-head on large plant tenders and offers a broader services portfolio.

Direct peers

• Parkson Corporation: North American provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment including screening, filtration, and biological treatment systems. Comparable in serving municipal and industrial customers with engineered equipment solutions.
• Xylem Inc. Global water technology company providing pumps, treatment equipment, and smart metering for municipal and industrial water/wastewater. Highly comparable in serving municipal utilities with screening, filtration, and advanced treatment equipment across overlapping geographies.
• Evoqua Water Technologies: Provider of water and wastewater treatment products, services, and solutions across municipal and industrial markets. Now part of Xylem but historically a direct competitor in screens, filters, and treatment systems for similar end customers.
• WesTech Engineering: Utah-based process equipment manufacturer for water and wastewater treatment, including screening, clarification, filtration, and sludge handling. Directly comparable product portfolio and municipal/industrial customer base.
• Smith & Loveless Inc. US-headquartered privately held manufacturer of wastewater treatment equipment including screening, grit removal, and lift stations. Closely comparable size and product overlap with HUBER Technology in the North American municipal market.

Emerging players

• Fluence Corporation: Provider of decentralized water and wastewater treatment solutions including containerized MBR and packaged plants. Comparable in the containerized/rapid-deployment segment where HUBER also offers MBR Plants and Safedrink systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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