Kraftanlagen Gruppe

What Kraftanlagen Gruppe does

Kraftanlagen Gruppe (legal entity: Kraftanlagen Energies & Services SE) is a German industrial plant engineering, construction, and services company founded in 1953 and headquartered in Munich. It operates as an integrated solutions provider for the energy and process industry, serving as a general contractor (Generalunternehmer) for complex design-and-build projects in chemicals, petrochemicals, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and energy utilities. The company's technology stack is physical-asset centric and centers on decarbonization infrastructure: green hydrogen electrolysis plants, large-scale industrial heat pumps (Großwärmepumpen), power-to-heat systems, combined heat and power (Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung / CHP), district heating networks, hydropower, photovoltaics, and process-industry plant engineering. Notable project credentials include construction of two green hydrogen production plants (20 MW and 35 MW) at OMV Petrom's Petrobrazi refinery in Romania (part of a €750 million sustainable-fuels program) and an innovative CHP plant for N-ERGIE in Nuremberg.

The business operates across four core service areas — Energie, Industrie, Gebäudetechnik (building technology, DACH region), and a recently formalized Data Center line — and is organized through seven wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: Jakob Ebling GmbH (HVAC/building technology in Rhein-Main), ECM Ingenieur-Unternehmen GmbH (engineering consulting), Equans Process Solutions GmbH (turnkey process-industry EPC), H & R Industrierohrbau GmbH (industrial piping), IA Tech GmbH (energy consulting), IPIP S.A. (Romanian refinery engineering), and Kraftanlagen Romania S.R.L. (plant construction in Romania). The GTM motion is enterprise field sales — direct engagement with industrial clients, often through multi-year framework or one-time EPC contracts, with a recurring service tail from installed-base maintenance and revision contracts. Revenue is generated through a mix of one-time industrial plant construction projects, recurring plant-service contracts, professional services for building and industrial piping work, and project-based pricing determined by scope and complexity. The company is privately held as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equans Gruppe, which itself belongs to Bouygues, and is LkSG- and GDPR-compliant; it is not publicly traded.

Name

Kraftanlagen Gruppe

Legal name

Kraftanlagen Energies & Services SE

Website

https://kraftanlagen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Kraftanlagen Gruppe (Kraftanlagen Energies & Services SE) is a Munich-based, 1953-founded German industrial plant engineering and services firm serving chemicals, petrochemicals, oil & gas, pharma, energy utilities, and data centers. It operates as general contractor for decarbonization projects including green hydrogen, large-scale heat pumps, and district heating across DACH and Romania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Plant Engineering and Construction

NAICS

Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (23822), Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (3334), Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces (3433)

akta.pro primary industry

Biofuel Plant EPC, O&M & Process Technology Providers (EUAAAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

HVAC & Refrigeration Contracting (IMAFALAB), Refrigeration Systems Maintenance (Commercial/Industrial) (BPABACAI)

Keywords

• Industrial plant construction
• Energy transition solutions
• Building technology services
• Process engineering
• Decarbonization solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Plant Construction: General contractor services for design-and-build solutions in the process industry, including greenfield plant construction and brownfield retrofits for decarbonization.
2. Plant Service and Maintenance: Ongoing maintenance, revision, and service contracts for industrial plants across chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, and pharma sectors.
3. Building Technology Services: HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), fire protection, electrical and automation systems for commercial and industrial buildings.
4. Industrial Pipe Construction: Industrial services for maintenance and new construction of piping systems in production facilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kraftanlagen Gruppe is an integrated solutions provider for the energy and process industries, delivering engineering, construction, fabrication, and lifecycle service for industrial plants in chemicals, petrochemicals, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals. The group operates across four core service areas—Energy, Industry, Building Technology, and Data Center—acting as a general contractor for turnkey plant delivery, retrofits, and energy-transition infrastructure such as green hydrogen, large-scale heat pumps, and power-to-heat systems. It also provides HVAC, fire protection, electrical and automation services for commercial and industrial buildings in the DACH region.

Product overview

Kraftanlagen Gruppe is an integral solution provider for the energy and process industries, organized under Kraftanlagen Energies & Services SE and part of the international Equans Gruppe (itself part of Bouygues). The company operates four core service areas — Energie, Industrie, Gebäudetechnik, and Data Center — and holds subsidiaries including Ebling (HVAC/building technology), ECM (engineering consulting), Equans Process Solutions (turnkey process plant construction), H & R Industrierohrbau (industrial piping), IA Tech (energy consulting), IPIP (Romanian refinery engineering), and Kraftanlagen Romania (plant construction). The portfolio spans green hydrogen production, district heating, power-to-heat, photovoltaics, hydropower, crematoria, and industrial plant engineering and maintenance. The offering is structured as a group of specialized subsidiaries operating under a unified brand, rather than a single software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Energie (Energy Solutions) Integrated energy solutions for decarbonization of electricity, heat, and substances, including overhead line construction, large-scale heat pumps, industrial consulting, combined heat and power (CHP), crematoria, photovoltaics, power-to-heat, hydrogen, and rotating phase shifters, delivered to utility and industrial customers.
• Industrie (Industry) Engineering, construction, fabrication, and maintenance services for chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical industries, offered as general contractor or in individual trades, covering feasibility, concept design, plant construction, plant revision, and plant service.
• Gebäudetechnik (Building Technology) Technical building services across the DACH region as a trade specialist or general contractor, covering heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, fire protection, electrical and automation engineering, and technical service for the full lifecycle of commercial and industrial buildings.
• Data Center Expert services for designing, planning, and building modern data center facilities, integrating existing and cutting-edge technologies to deliver facilities regardless of complexity or size.
• Green Hydrogen Production Plants Design and construction of green hydrogen production facilities using electrolysis to support sustainable fuels production and industrial decarbonization, serving chemical, petrochemical, and refining customers.
• Large-Scale Heat Pumps Industrial heat pump systems for district heating and industrial process heat applications, supporting decarbonization of thermal energy supply.
• Combined Heat and Power (Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung) Cogeneration systems producing electricity and useful heat simultaneously, exemplified by the innovative combined heat and power plant constructed for N-ERGIE in the Nuremberg southwest district for urban energy supply.
• Power to Heat Systems Conversion of electrical energy to thermal energy for heating networks and industrial processes, supporting integration of renewable electricity into district and industrial heating.
• District Heating Infrastructure District heating infrastructure solutions for industrial and urban energy supply, including heat networks and integrated heating power plants.
• Hydropower Engineering Hydroelectric power plant engineering and construction services within the industrial sector.
• Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Plumbing (HVAC/Sanitary) Technical building services covering heating, cooling, ventilation, and sanitary installations for commercial and industrial buildings.
• Fire Protection Systems Fire protection systems design and installation services for commercial and industrial buildings.
• Electrical and Automation Engineering Electrical engineering and building automation solutions for technical building infrastructure.
• Pharmaceutical Plant Engineering Engineering and construction services for pharmaceutical industry facilities, including clean room systems, process utilities, and production facilities, delivered through the Equans Process Solutions subsidiary.
• Overhead Line Construction Construction of overhead power lines for electrical transmission infrastructure.

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• N-ERGIEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2026Kraftanlagen is constructing an innovative combined heat and power plant in the Nuremberg southwest district for N-ERGIE, a regional energy utility. This project demonstrates the company's capabilities in sustainable district heating.
• OMV PetromcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 April 2026Kraftanlagen Romania was contracted by OMV Petrom as general contractor to construct two green hydrogen production plants (20 MW and 35 MW) at the Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. This project is part of OMV Petrom's €750 million sustainable fuels investment program.
• Equans Gruppe (Bouygues)coreOthersKraftanlagen Gruppe is part of the international Equans group, which belongs to Bouygues. This provides access to global resources, expertise, and cross-border collaboration opportunities within the Equans network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bilfinger: Germany-based industrial services and EPC firm with overlapping offerings in plant construction, maintenance, and energy-transition execution for chemicals, oil & gas, and process industries — the closest publicly traded comparable to Kraftanlagen's Industries service line.
• Thyssenkrupp Uhde: EPC contractor for chemical, refining, and green-hydrogen plants — directly comparable to Kraftanlagen's energy-transition EPC work including hydrogen, ammonia, and SAF/HVO facilities. Thyssenkrupp nucera also offers electrolyzer-based hydrogen technology.
• Linde Engineering: Engineering and EPC arm of Linde, building hydrogen production, air separation, and process-gas plants globally — a directly competing hydrogen-EPC peer that frequently executes projects similar to Kraftanlagen's Petrobrazi-scope work.
• Exyte: Formerly M+W Group, Exyte delivers high-tech and industrial EPC across semiconductors, pharma, and data centers — directly comparable to Kraftanlagen's pharma, data-center, and process-industries portfolio.
• Spie GmbH: German subsidiary of the French multi-technical services group Spie, delivering industrial electrical, mechanical, and automation services — overlaps directly with Kraftanlagen's building-technology and industrial-services streams in the DACH market.
• WISAG: Major German industrial and facility-services group with parallel offerings in technical building services, industrial plant maintenance, and energy services — competes with Kraftanlagen on the same DACH-region technical-services RFPs.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Energy: Much larger German energy-technology incumbent with overlapping capability in hydrogen electrolysis, grid-level power solutions, and CHP — competes for the same decarbonization-EPC tenders but with a significantly broader portfolio including turbines and grid technology.
• MAN Energy Solutions: Major German manufacturer of turbines, compressors, and increasingly hydrogen and heat-pump solutions; supplies equipment into similar industrial and power applications as Kraftanlagen's energy portfolio but at substantially greater scale and as an OEM rather than EPC contractor.
• ENGIE: Global energy-services and infrastructure group that owns Equans — and by extension Kraftanlagen — through its corporate structure. Engages in district heating, CHP, and industrial decarbonization EPC, providing a useful scale and capability benchmark for industrial decarbonization services.

Regional players

• Infraserv Höchst: Operator of the Höchst industrial park in Frankfurt, Germany, providing site services, plant maintenance, and energy supply to chemical and pharmaceutical tenants — comparable in capability set but operating within a single industrial-park footprint rather than across open-market projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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