Dutch Filtration

What Dutch Filtration does

Dutch Filtration is a private, for-profit designer and manufacturer of industrial filtration equipment and filter consumables, headquartered in Wormerveer, Netherlands. The company was founded in 2016 and operates with a workforce of 11-50 employees, indicating a small-to-mid-sized specialty industrial manufacturer. Leadership is family-anchored: Dirk Wolthuis serves as Founder & CEO, and Ruud Wolthuis is a co-founder. The company's core activity is the design and production of filtration hardware (equipment) and the associated consumables that support ongoing operation of installed units, which is a typical two-revenue-stream model for industrial filtration suppliers.

The underlying technology is described at a high level as filtration equipment engineering and consumable production. Specific technical components — filter media types, separation mechanisms, flow rates, certifications, or platform architecture — are not disclosed in the available data. The business model centers on selling capital filtration equipment plus recurring aftermarket consumables, which generally supports a mix of one-time project revenue and repeat consumable revenue; however, pricing model details, distribution channels, and customer segment breakdowns are not publicly disclosed.

Operational and financial transparency is limited. No funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, customer logos, pricing data, geographic expansion signals, or revenue figures are disclosed in available sources, and the company's web presence was behind a verification screen at the time of data collection, further constraining visibility. The company should be evaluated as a small, privately held industrial manufacturer whose commercial scale, growth dynamics, and competitive positioning cannot be precisely triangulated from public information alone.

Name

Dutch Filtration

Website

https://dutchfiltration.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dutch Filtration is a Netherlands-based designer and manufacturer of industrial filtration equipment and filter consumables, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Wormerveer. The family-led firm serves industrial customers with proprietary filtration hardware and aftermarket consumables, operating with 11-50 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Filtration Equipment

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Filtration Media & Dust Collection Textiles (Air/Liquid Filtration) (IMAOADAC), Dust Collection & Air Filtration Equipment (Industrial) (IMAHALAF), Replacement Filter Cartridges & Consumables (CRAJAJAH)

Keywords

• Filtration equipment
• Filter consumables
• Industrial filtration
• Liquid filtration systems
• Filtration products

Headquarters

HQ city

Wormerveer

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Dutch Filtration designs and manufactures filtration equipment and filter consumables. The company provides industrial filtration solutions used to separate contaminants from liquids or gases in process applications. Its offering combines engineered equipment with replaceable filter media sold as consumables.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Filtration Equipment
• Filter Consumables

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• GVS Group: Italian-headquartered filtration manufacturer producing filter components and finished filtration systems across industrial and life-science applications. Comparable mid-sized European filtration specialist.
• MANN+HUMMEL: Germany-based global filtration specialist producing industrial and process filtration equipment plus a broad consumables range. Comparable product scope and EU manufacturing footprint to Dutch Filtration.
• Nederman: Specialist in industrial air filtration, dust and fume extraction equipment with a Nordic/European footprint. Comparable to Dutch Filtration's industrial air filtration and consumables focus.
• Donaldson Company: Global manufacturer of filtration systems and replacement parts across industrial, dust collection, and liquid applications. Direct overlap with Dutch Filtration's equipment-plus-consumables model in industrial filtration.
• Camfil: Swedish-headquartered air filtration and dust collection equipment maker serving industrial and clean-air applications across Europe. Direct competitor in air filtration equipment and replacement filters.
• Filtration Group: Industrial filtration manufacturer offering air, liquid, and process filtration systems with a strong consumables/aftermarket model. Directly comparable in category, customer type, and combined equipment-plus-cartridge offering.
• BWF Group: German manufacturer of industrial filter media and needle felts used in dust collection and process filtration. Highly comparable as a European specialist in filtration media/consumables that feed industrial dust collection systems.

Broad incumbents

• Parker Hannifin: Diversified motion and control giant with a substantial industrial filtration division serving process industries. Overlaps with Dutch Filtration in liquid/process filtration but competes as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Atlas Copco: Global industrial group with compressors and a vacuum/industrial air treatment segment including filtration. Adjacent competitor with broader portfolio and much larger scale than Dutch Filtration.

Regional players

• Hydro-Flow Filtration Systems: European industrial liquid filtration specialist serving process industries with housings, cartridges, and consumables. Comparable to Dutch Filtration in scale, geographic focus, and product-mix logic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dutchfiltration
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dutch-filtration

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

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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