BHS-Sonthofen

What BHS-Sonthofen does

BHS-Sonthofen is a German owner-managed (family-owned) mechanical, thermal, and chemical process engineering group headquartered in Sonthofen, Germany, with approximately 600 employees, 4 production sites, and 9 international subsidiaries. The company designs and manufactures industrial capital equipment organized into three divisions: Process Technology (filters, dryers, mixers, and reaction equipment for chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries), Baustoffmaschinen / Construction Machinery (mixers and crushers for concrete, aggregates, road construction, and dry building materials), and Recycling Technology (rotor shredders, impact mills, biogrinders, and sorting/classifying equipment for e-waste, metal recovery, battery processing, and biomass pretreatment). Its product portfolio is anchored by proprietary machines such as the DKX twin-shaft batch mixer family (including the new DKX 3.0 Iso), the RSMX vertical shaft impact crusher, the Biogrinder mechanical defibrator (now in XL configuration), and a range of pressure filters and vertical/horizontal dryers.

The company monetizes through one-time capital-equipment sales plus recurring after-sales services, original spare parts, and engineering/consulting revenue, with pricing custom-quoted per specification. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales — direct sales force and worldwide sales contacts backed by regional offices — supplemented by international distribution partners (e.g., MPS in the UK and Ireland since May 2026) and customer-facing test centers for process validation. End markets are diversified across chemical and pharmaceutical processing, construction materials, recycling and waste processing, food and feed, pharmaceutical APIs, and biogas/biomass energy, with named reference customers including Immark AG (Swiss e-waste recycling), Wynn Al Marjan Island (MENA construction), Trisoplast/Tritech Solutions (Dutch mineral sealing, partnered since 2011), and an unnamed mid-sized pharmaceutical API manufacturer.

Name

BHS-Sonthofen

Legal name

BHS-Sonthofen

Website

https://bhs-sonthofen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

BHS-Sonthofen is a German owner-managed mechanical engineering group that designs and manufactures industrial equipment for filtration, drying, mixing, crushing, and recycling, serving enterprise customers in chemicals, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, food, biogas, and recycling industries across 9 global subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Industrial filtration systems
• Process engineering equipment
• Construction material mixers
• Recycling crushing machinery
• Industrial drying equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Sonthofen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Machinery Sales: Sale of process technology equipment including filters, dryers, mixers, crushers, and recycling machines
2. After Sales Services and Spare Parts: Service contracts, maintenance, and original spare parts supply for installed equipment
3. Plant Engineering and Consulting: Custom plant development, engineering consulting, and process optimization services

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BHS-Sonthofen manufactures and supplies industrial machinery for mechanical, thermal, and chemical process engineering, organized into three divisions: Process Technology (filtration, drying, mixing, and reaction equipment for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food/feed), Baustoffmaschinen / Construction Machinery (mixers and impact crushers for concrete, dry building materials, aggregates, asphalt, and minerals), and Recycling Technology (rotor shredders, rotor impact mills, biogrinders, and classification equipment for e-waste, shredder residues, batteries, slags, and biomass). The company also provides plant engineering, consulting, test center trials, and a global after-sales service network.

Product overview

BHS-Sonthofen is a German mechanical engineering company offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial machinery organized into three main business divisions: Process Technology (filtration, drying, mixing, and reaction equipment), Baustoffmaschinen (construction machinery including mixers and crushers), and Recyclingtechnik (recycling equipment for metal recovery and industrial waste processing). The product portfolio includes double shaft batch mixers (DKX series including the new DKX 3.0 Iso), planetary mixers (BPX), impact crushers (RSMX, RPM, PB/PM series), and vertical/horizontal dryers under Process Technology; various mixer types (DKX, BPX, DMX, LFK, MFKG, AVA HTC/HTK) and crushers (RSMX, RPM, PB/PM) for construction materials; and specialized recycling equipment including rotor shredders (RS, RS 2018), rotor impact mills (RPMV, RPMX), rotor shears (VR), universal shredders (NGU), biogrinders (RBG, including new XL model), classifying equipment (CSM, EXMEN, ZZS), and plant control systems. The company provides testing facilities and comprehensive after-sales services alongside its equipment offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Doppelwellen-Chargenmischer (DKX) twin-shaft batch mixer Twin-shaft batch mixer for mixing construction materials, minerals, and industrial applications including concrete, dry building materials, and mineral sealing compounds such as Trisoplast. Available in multiple sizes including DKX 1.67 S and the newer DKX 3.0 Iso model.
• Planetenmischer (BPX) planetary mixer Planetary mixer for high-quality concrete and building material production with intensive mixing action.
• Doppelwellen-Durchlaufmischer (LFK) double shaft continuous mixer Double shaft continuous mixer for continuous mixing of construction materials.
• Rotorschleuderbrecher (RSMX) vertical shaft impact crusher Vertical shaft impact crusher for processing construction materials, minerals, and recycling applications; available in multiple models for varying throughput requirements.
• Druckdrehfilter pressure rotary filter Pressure rotary filter for filtration applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries, enabling continuous solids-liquid separation under pressure.
• Vertikaltrockner vertical dryer Vertical dryer for drying applications including vacuum drying of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for pharmaceutical contract drying.
• Horizontaltrockner horizontal dryer Horizontal dryer for drying applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries.
• Kontimischer continuous process mixer Continuous mixer for process technology applications requiring continuous material processing.
• Rotorshredder (RS) rotor shredder Rotor shredder for coarse shredding in recycling applications including light metal scrap, automotive shredder residues (ASR), electronic waste (WEEE), batteries, and municipal solid waste incineration ash.
• Rotorprallmühle (RPMV & RPMX) rotor impact mill Rotor impact mill for fine processing in recycling applications, with the RPMV model for metal recovery and RPMX for fine crushing.
• Biogrinder (RBG) biomass defibrillation system Biogrinder for biomass crushing and preprocessing in biogas plants. Mechanical defibrillation of feed materials increases surface area for faster and higher biogas production. The XL model offers enhanced efficiency for modern large-scale biogas facilities.
• Universal-Shredder (NGU) Universal shredder for versatile crushing applications in recycling.
• Test Center & Beratung (testing and consulting services) In-house testing facilities and consulting services across process technology, construction machinery, and recycling technology applications; allows customers to test materials and processes with BHS equipment before purchase.
• After Sales Services Comprehensive after-sales services including original spare parts supply, worldwide service contacts, and support for all BHS equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significantly higher throughput and cleaner material fractions for e-waste recycling
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MPS – Material Processing SolutionscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 May 2026BHS-Sonthofen expanded its international distribution network by partnering with MPS (Material Processing Solutions) from Sudbury, UK as a new distribution partner for Great Britain and Ireland, strengthening the company's presence in the UK and Irish recycling market.
• Trisoplast Mineral Liners (Tritech Solutions)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Long-standing partnership since 2011 for Trisoplast mineral sealing production. The collaboration has marked a new technological milestone in 2026 with the commissioning of the new BHS twin-shaft batch mixer DKX 3.0 Iso, upgrading from the previous DKX 1.67 S model that was successfully used worldwide for over a decade.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Andritz: Andritz is an Austrian publicly listed industrial group supplying separation, drying, and process equipment for chemical, environmental, food, and mining industries. Overlaps with BHS-Sonthofen's filtration, drying, and recycling technology portfolios but at substantially larger scale and broader scope.
• GEA Group: GEA Group is a large German publicly listed industrial group supplying process technology and components for food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. Overlaps with BHS-Sonthofen in filtration, separation, and drying but operates at much larger scale across broader verticals.
• Alfa Laval: Alfa Laval is a Swedish publicly listed industrial group supplying heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling equipment for chemical, pharma, food, and energy industries. Overlaps with BHS-Sonthofen's filtration and process technology products but operates globally across many more segments at significantly larger scale.
• Bühler Group: Bühler Group is a large Swiss privately held industrial group supplying process equipment and complete production lines for food, feed, and advanced materials. Overlaps with BHS-Sonthofen's Food & Feed and recycling/biomass processing segments but operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Amandus Kahl: Amandus Kahl is a German privately held manufacturer of machines and complete plants for feed, biomass, and recycling applications including hammer mills, pelleting presses, and shredders. Closely comparable to BHS-Sonthofen's Recycling and Construction Materials segments with similar family-owned ownership and scale.
• Lödige Process Technology: Lödige is a German privately held manufacturer of mixers, dryers, granulators, and coaters serving pharmaceutical, chemical, food, and plastics industries. Directly comparable to BHS-Sonthofen's Process Technology segment with overlapping product categories and customer verticals, similar size, and similar family-owned profile.
• Eirich: Eirich is a German-based privately held manufacturer of industrial mixers, reactors, and dryers serving chemical, ceramic, building materials, and recycling industries. Closely comparable to BHS-Sonthofen in product portfolio (mixing, drying, processing), customer base, and family-owned ownership profile and scale.
• Hosokawa Micron: Hosokawa Micron is a Japanese-German industrial machinery group making mixers, mills, dryers, classifiers, and filtration equipment for chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and mineral processing. Comparable to BHS-Sonthofen across multiple process technology categories with overlapping customer base and similar mid-market positioning.
• Glatt: Glatt is a German privately held process technology company specializing in fluidized bed technology, granulation, coating, and drying for pharmaceutical and food applications. Comparable to BHS-Sonthofen's pharmaceutical drying and chemical processing capabilities with overlapping customer verticals.
• IKA-Werke: IKA is a German manufacturer of mixing, stirring, dispersing, and process equipment for chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Direct overlap with BHS-Sonthofen's Process Technology mixing and reaction equipment portfolio, serving similar industrial customers from a similar European base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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