Flottweg SE

What Flottweg SE does

Flottweg SE is a German, family-owned manufacturer of mechanical separation technology headquartered in Vilsbiburg, Bavaria. The company designs, builds, and services industrial centrifuges and separation systems, including decanter centrifuges, separators, nozzle separators, belt presses, and engineered systems such as mobile dewatering plants. Its proprietary product portfolio includes patented technologies such as the Tricanter® (simultaneous three-phase separation), Sedicanter®, Sorticanter®, the Impellizer adjustable impeller, the Recuvane® energy recovery system, and the Motice condition monitoring system. Flottweg operates a single manufacturing hub in Vilsbiburg with all equipment custom-engineered to customer specifications and supported by a Process Center for pilot-scale testing.

The company serves enterprise customers across seven primary industrial verticals: food processing (starch, plant proteins, vegetable milk alternatives), beverages (beer, wine, juices), fats/oils and biofuels (edible oils, biodiesel, rendering), pharmaceuticals and biotechnology (microbial cultures, bioplastics), chemicals, industrial minerals and oil (mining tailings, oil sludge, lithium extraction), and municipal water/wastewater. Flottweg monetizes through capital equipment sales, spare parts (over 60,000 original parts stocked), on-site and remote service contracts, and a rental machine program, with quote-based, multi-year enterprise contracts. Distribution is handled through 12 wholly-owned subsidiaries and approximately 50 sales offices spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, supported by a direct enterprise field sales motion and integration with partners such as Siemens (measurement electronics) and Talk2M/eWON (remote maintenance cloud).

The company is led by CEO Dr. Kersten Christoph Link and COO/CTO Jörg Lengenfelder, and is a privately held, self-funded family business with no disclosed external shareholders or parent company. Recent capital deployment includes a new logistics facility at the Vilsbiburg headquarters (topping-out June 2026) and a new Process Center at Plant 2 (opened June 2026), signaling reinvestment in capacity and customer development infrastructure.

Name

Flottweg SE

Legal name

Flottweg SE

Website

https://flottweg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Flottweg SE is a German, family-owned manufacturer of industrial centrifuges and mechanical separation systems, serving enterprise customers in food, beverage, pharma, chemicals, biofuels, mining, and water treatment through custom-engineered decanters, separators, and belt presses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Separation Equipment

NAICS

Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Systems & Treatment (Pumps/Boilers/Water Heaters/Filtration) (IMAIABAK), Plastic Recycling Equipment & Technology Providers (Sorting, Washing, Extrusion) (EUAIAKAM)

Keywords

• Decanter centrifuges
• Solid-liquid separation
• Mechanical separation technology
• Industrial separation equipment
• Process engineering solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Independence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Capital Equipment Sales: Sale of decanter centrifuges, separators, nozzle separators, belt presses, and engineered systems. Products are available as individual components or complete systems.
2. Spare Parts: Fast spare parts delivery with over 60,000 original parts in stock for maintenance and repairs of Flottweg equipment.
3. Service and Maintenance: On-site service, factory overhaul, process engineering consulting, product analyses, and remote maintenance support.
4. Rental Machines: Rental machines and long-term trials for customers wanting to test equipment before purchase or for temporary processing needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Flottweg SE designs, manufactures, and services industrial centrifuges and mechanical separation equipment — including decanter centrifuges, separators, nozzle separators, Tricanter, Sedicanter, Sorticanter, and belt presses — used for solid-liquid separation, liquid clarification, three-phase separation, and solids dewatering. The company provides custom-engineered systems, spare parts, rental machines, pilot-scale process testing, training, and remote maintenance for industrial customers.

Product overview

Flottweg SE is a German industrial mechanical separation technology company offering a comprehensive portfolio of centrifuges and separation equipment. The core product lineup includes Decanter Centrifuges (available in FW400 HTS, C-Series, X-Series, Z-Series, OSE, and HTS variants), Separator centrifuges (2-phase and 3-phase), Nozzle Separators, and Belt Presses. The company holds several patented technologies including the Tricanter® for 3-phase separation, Sedicanter® for combined solid-liquid separation, and Sorticanter® for sorting applications. Beyond core equipment, Flottweg provides add-on automation modules (Motice condition monitoring, InGo visualization interface, Impellizer adjustable impeller), process equipment (Dough Mixer, Curved Screen), engineered systems with mobile dewatering plants, and rental machines. Services include a Process Center for pilot testing, Training Center, and Remote Maintenance support via Talk2M. All products serve industrial solid-liquid separation applications across food, beverage, pharma, chemicals, biofuels, mining, wastewater treatment, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Decanter Centrifuge
• Separator
• Nozzle Separator
• Tricanter
• Sedicanter
• Sorticanter
• Belt Press
• Engineered Systems
• Rental Machines
• Process Center Testing Services
• Training Center Programs
• Remote Maintenance Service
• Spare Parts Supply

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 90% oil recovery rate from waste oil using Tricanter technology
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SiemenscoreTechnology or IntegrationSiemens provides measurement electronics for Flottweg's Motice condition monitoring system, enabling vibration-based bearing monitoring in decanter centrifuges.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Alfa Laval: Global leader in separation and heat transfer, with a large decanter and separator centrifuge portfolio serving food, beverage, pharma, and industrial customers. Closest direct competitor to Flottweg across the bulk of its application verticals.
• GEA Group: Major German process engineering group with a strong separation technology business (historically Westfalia Separators) targeting food, dairy, beverage, and pharma — directly comparable to Flottweg's core verticals.
• Andritz: Austrian industrial group with separation and solid-liquid separation technology for food, chemical, mining, and environmental applications, including decanter centrifuges that overlap directly with Flottweg's product range.
• Sulzer: Swiss industrial manufacturer with separation and mixing technologies, including decanter and disk-stack centrifuges, serving similar industrial separation applications as Flottweg.
• Pieralisi Group: Italian family-owned specialist in centrifugal separation, particularly strong in olive oil, edible oils, and food processing — a direct head-to-head competitor in several of Flottweg's most important verticals.
• Haus Centrifuge Technologies: Turkish manufacturer of decanter centrifuges and separators serving food, environmental, and industrial applications — a direct competitor to Flottweg in the decanter centrifuge category, often at a different price point.
• Tomoe Engineering: Japanese specialist in decanter centrifuges for industrial and environmental applications, with growing international presence. A direct product-line competitor in the mechanical separation equipment category.
• SPX Flow: Global provider of process equipment including separation technologies for food, beverage, and industrial customers. Overlaps with Flottweg in separation equipment and engineered systems.

Emerging players

• Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha: Japanese separation equipment manufacturer with focus on decanters and separators for industrial and environmental applications. A comparable technology player with partial geographic and product overlap with Flottweg.

Others

• Russell Finex: Industrial separation and filtration equipment provider for food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Adjacent rather than directly competing with Flottweg's centrifuge-centric portfolio, but serves many of the same customers and applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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