Clear Edge Filtration

What Clear Edge Filtration does

Clear Edge Filtration is a global manufacturer of technical filtration media serving industrial solid-liquid and solid-gas separation applications. Founded in the 1800s and headquartered in Geldern, Germany, the company designs and produces filter cloths, filter belts, filter bags, ceramic filter elements, woven mesh, and related hardware for pressure filtration, vacuum filtration, dry filtration, and gravity filtration processes. Its core technology stack is rooted in materials science — proprietary weaving, surface chemistries (e.g., Lotus Range™ modified yarn, Azurtex™ 2.0 and Primapor™ high-retention coatings, anti-static treatments), and patented fabrication methods (Coreflo™ welded barrel neck, FrameTrak™ retention, Abra-Seal™ seam technology, Ultraflo™ polymer-supported disc sectors). It also supplies Cerafil® ceramic filter elements for hot gas filtration, including the TopKat™ catalytic line for simultaneous NOx, dioxin, CO, and VOC removal. The portfolio is anchored by heritage brands including Scandiafelt™ and Alutex™, and the company has recently consolidated under the Clear Edge master brand.

The company serves nine primary verticals: Mining and Minerals (alumina, lithium, iron ore, nickel, zinc/lead, coal, gold/silver, copper), Chemicals (phosphoric acid, titanium dioxide, fillers, pigments), Food and Beverage (sugar, brewing, edible oils, dairy, starch, wine), and secondarily Water/Wastewater, Building Products, Pulp and Paper, Power Generation, Healthcare, and Transportation. Its revenue model is hardware sales of customized, quote-based filter media and solutions sold via a direct enterprise field sales motion, with 120+ country reach and dedicated filtration specialists providing on-site process analysis, custom engineering, and lifecycle technical support. Distribution is supplemented by partners such as the Ceramic Filter Alliance (CFA) for Cerafil® ceramic elements in the US.

Clear Edge was acquired by Filtration Group Corporation on May 3, 2024 and now operates as part of its Liquid Process Division; Filtration Group, owned by Madison Capital Partners, comprises 10+ specialized filtration companies with combined revenues exceeding $700 million. In February 2025, Filtration Group established Scientific Centers of Excellence at Clear Edge and Filtran to accelerate product innovation. The company employs 501-1,000 people and is led by CEO Timothy McCarty.

Name

Clear Edge Filtration

Legal name

Clear Edge Filtration

Website

https://clear-edge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1800

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Clear Edge Filtration is a global manufacturer of technical filter cloths, filter belts, and ceramic filter elements serving industrial solid-liquid and solid-gas separation in mining, chemicals, food and beverage, and adjacent verticals across 120+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filtration Media and Equipment

NAICS

Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills (3133)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Filtration Media & Dust Collection Textiles (Air/Liquid Filtration) (IMAOADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Industrial filtration media
• Filter cloths and belts
• Pressure and vacuum filtration
• Mining and chemical filtration
• Ceramic and woven filter fabrics

Headquarters

HQ city

Geldern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Filtration Media Sales: Clear Edge manufactures and sells high-quality filter fabrics, filter cloths, and filter belts to industrial customers. Revenue is generated through product sales with emphasis on long-lasting customer relationships, on-time deliveries, and material planning support. The company operates globally with presence in 120+ countries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clear Edge designs and manufactures technical filter fabrics, filter cloths, filter belts, and specialized filtration hardware for solid-liquid and solid-gas separation in industrial process applications. The company serves mining and minerals, chemicals, food and beverage, water and wastewater, building products, pulp and paper, power generation, healthcare, and transportation markets with proprietary media technologies including Lotus Range™ modified yarn, Coreflo™ welded barrel neck, Azurtex™/Primapor™ high-retention coatings, and Cerafil® ceramic elements.

Product overview

Clear Edge Filtration is a global manufacturer and supplier of technical filter fabrics, filter cloths, filter belts, and filtration solutions serving industrial markets in over 120 countries since the 1800s. The company's product portfolio centers on high-quality filter media with patented technologies including the Lotus Range™ (proprietary modified yarn technology), Coreflo™ (welded barrel neck), Azurtex™ 2.0 and Primapor™ (high retention coated media), Alutex™ (alumina-specific), and Cerafil® (ceramic elements). Core offerings span pressure filtration products (Filter Press Cloths, Vertical Tower Press Belts, Pressure Leaf Filters, Candle Filter Sleeves, Press Belts), vacuum filtration solutions (Horizontal Vacuum Filter Belts, Vacuum Disc Filters, Vacuum Drum Filters, Vacuum Pan/Table, Moore Leaf), Dry Filtration, Gravity Filtration, Monodur™ Woven Mesh, Anti-Static Filter Media, and Roll Goods. The company also provides hardware spares including Filter Press Plates and Ultraflo™ Disc Filter Sectors. Clear Edge operates as part of Filtration Group Corporation's Liquid Process Division and maintains vertically integrated manufacturing with global production facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lotus Range™: Filter media products manufactured using proprietary modified yarn technology designed to enhance washing, anti-blinding, flow rates and cake release properties.
• Coreflo™
• Monodur™
• Azurtex™ 2.0
• Primapor™
• Alutex™
• Scandiafelt™
• Dualtex™
• Abra-Seal™
• FrameTrak™
• Cerafil®
• Ultraflo™

Products and services

• Lotus Range™ Filter Cloth High-performance filter media using proprietary modified yarn technology for anti-scale, anti-blinding, increased service life, optimum cake discharge, and efficient washing in modern mining and mineral processing applications.
• Filter Press Cloths Market-leading filter cloth products for horizontal chamber and membrane filter presses with Coreflo™ welded barrel neck and Dualtex™ double-layer weave options; designed for high flow rates, long service life, and dimensional stability in demanding applications including mine tailings dewatering.
• Vertical Tower Press Belts High-efficiency filtration belts crafted from durable polypropylene and polyester with sealed reinforced edges and robust clipper seams for mining, chemical processing, and food production vertical tower press applications.
• Pressure Leaf Filters High-performance pressure leaf filters using individual metal filter frames or leaves to support filter bags, available in vertical and horizontal configurations for food, beverages, chemicals, healthcare, and transportation industries.
• Candle Filter Sleeves Polishing filter sleeves with cylindrical appearance for slurry thickening, used in mining, minerals, chemical, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and pulp and paper markets, with resistance to high and low temperatures.
• Press Belts Multi-layer dewatering belts for press belt machines in municipal wastewater treatment, industrial treatment plants, pulp and paper, and beverage sector applications, with polypropylene and polyester construction.
• Horizontal Vacuum Filter Belts Industry-leading filter belts designed for exceptional liquid-solid separation across mining, chemicals, power generation, food and beverage, building products, and pulp and paper, incorporating Scandiafelt™ heritage and Abra-Seal™ seam technology.
• Vacuum Disc Filter Bags High-efficiency rotary vacuum disc filter bags providing advanced industrial vacuum filtration for alumina hydrate, coal, TiO2, and mineral beneficiation processes.
• Vacuum Drum Filter Cloth Custom filter fabric products for rotary vacuum drum filters with FrameTrak™ cloth retention, designed for continuous and efficient solid-liquid separation in process industries.
• Vacuum Pan/Table Fabrics Fabrics for rotary table and tilting pan filter equipment, laboratory-tailored filter media designed for chemicals, agro-chemicals, and food sectors with bespoke particle size and flow rate specifications.
• Vacuum (Moore) Leaf Filter Bags Filter bags heavily used in titanium dioxide production, combining Primapor™ coated media with advanced fabrication techniques for sustained performance in thermal, chemical, and mechanical conditions.
• Dry Filtration Media Filter cloths and non-woven media for dust collection compatible with all types of baghouse for valuable product collection, environmental protection, and workforce protection, with surface treatments for static dissipation and moisture repellence.
• Cerafil® Ceramic Filter Elements Ceramic filter elements engineered for hot gas filtration, removing particulate matter and hazardous gases from elevated-temperature gas streams, featuring 99.99% dust removal efficiency and operating up to 900°C with catalytic TopKat™ options for NOx, dioxin/furan, CO, and VOC removal.
• Gravity Filtration Belts and Linear Screens Gravity belts and linear screens for water treatment and mining applications where gravity force enables liquid mixture to pass through filter belt media, designed for sludge volume reduction and coarser particle separation.
• Monodur™ Woven Mesh Precision woven mesh screen fabrics with square mesh available in Polyamide (Nylon), Polyester, Polypropylene, PFA, PEEK, and FEP fibers for medical, electronic, chemical, food processing, and water treatment applications.
• Azurtex™ 2.0 and Primapor™ High-Retention Media High retention chemically treated textile products with proprietary impregnation (Azurtex™ 2.0) and chemical coating (Primapor™) techniques that confine particles to the surface, achieving close to 100% product retention and eliminating blinding in pressure and vacuum filtration equipment.
• Anti-Static Filter Media Filter media with anti-static technology woven directly into fabric structure to reduce electrostatic discharge risk in wet and dry filtration applications including palm oil production and power generation dust collectors.
• Roll Goods Precision woven quality-assured filter media roll goods delivering high performance across multiple filtration applications, available in polyester, polyamide, polypropylene, polyethylene, and other man-made fibers.
• Hardware Spares Complete filtration hardware solution including Filter Press Plates, Pressure Filter Leaves, Ultraflo™ Disc Filter Sectors, and associated parts manufactured to exacting standards using highest grade materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% reduction in silica impurities leading to full-scale adoption of Azurtex™ 2.0
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sefar Group: Swiss-headquartered global manufacturer of precision monofilament fabrics and woven filtration media for industrial process filtration, directly comparable to Clear Edge across filter cloth and filter belt product lines in mining and chemical end markets.
• Alkegen (formerly Lydall): Global specialty materials manufacturer producing filtration media for industrial air and liquid applications, directly comparable to Clear Edge's dry filtration and high-retention media offerings across emissions and process markets.
• Hollingsworth & Vose: US-based specialty filtration media producer serving industrial and engineered filtration applications with wetlaid and nonwoven technologies, directly comparable to Clear Edge in liquid process and emissions filtration.
• Testori S.p.A. Italian producer of technical filter cloths, filter belts, and needlefelts for solid-liquid separation in mining, chemical, and food processing, comparable to Clear Edge in pressure and vacuum filtration media.
• GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG: German manufacturer of technical woven mesh and spiral fabric solutions for industrial filtration and process separation, with comparable metallurgical and polymer mesh products to Clear Edge's Monodur™ woven mesh line.
• BWF Envirotec: German manufacturer of industrial needlefelt and woven filter media for dust collection and process filtration, serving cement, metals, and power generation customers closely overlapping with Clear Edge's dry-filtration and baghouse product set.

Broad incumbents

• Mann+Hummel: German-led global filtration specialist serving automotive, industrial, and life sciences markets; broader portfolio than Clear Edge but overlapping industrial process filtration media products and applications.
• Donaldson Company, Inc. Large US-listed manufacturer of industrial air filtration systems and replacement filter elements, broader portfolio and scale than Clear Edge with overlapping dust-collection and process filtration products.
• Parker Hannifin: Diversified industrial conglomerate with a substantial Filtration division producing filters and separation technologies across process and emissions applications; competitive as an integrated systems supplier versus Clear Edge's specialty media focus.

Emerging players

• AstenJohnson: Specialty industrial textiles manufacturer with wet filtration fabrics for pulp/paper and process industries; an adjacent specialty-textiles peer with narrower filtration depth than Clear Edge but overlapping base-weaving capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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