What OMVE Lab & Pilot Equipment does

OMVE Lab & Pilot Equipment, founded in 1993 and headquartered in De Meern, Netherlands, designs, engineers, manufactures, and supplies small-scale processing equipment for liquid food and beverage applications. The company offers more than 11 distinct technologies, including CF-series carbonators, HT-series heat treatment (HTST/UHT) systems, HP-series homogenizers, DEA-series deaerators, FS-series aseptic and hygienic filling and closing equipment, CRA crystallizers and aerators, CIP systems, MPV blending/mixing/fermenting/buffering tanks and batch cookers, and SD-series spray dryers, plus supporting utilities such as the proprietary SG18 steam generator. These units can be sold individually or combined into complete process plants with capacities from 3L batches to 1,000L/h, enabling R&D recipe development and scale-up to production scale.

The company's customer base spans food and beverage R&D teams across dairy, plant-based, carbonated beverages, alcoholic beverages, soups and sauces, fats and oils, nutraceuticals, packaging testing, and ice cream applications. Named enterprise customers include Coca-Cola, Friesland Campina, and Unilever, alongside innovation centers such as Adrianor and emerging brands like Skyr yogurt and a birch tree-sap water producer. OMVE monetizes through five revenue streams: one-time equipment sales, spare parts, recurring service and maintenance contracts, commissioning and training services, and demo center trials.

The go-to-market is direct enterprise sales supported by field service engineers, with Factory Acceptance Tests and Site Acceptance Tests offered before and after installation. Distribution combines wholly-owned regional entities (OMVE Americas Inc. in Milton, Ontario) with a global network of agents and local offices. The company maintains a multilingual website (six languages) and an active trade show presence at major food technology events such as IFT First, Fi Europe, and regional exhibitions across the Americas. With 11-50 employees and 800+ machines installed worldwide, OMVE operates as a profitable, privately held specialist in a niche industrial equipment segment.

Name

OMVE Lab & Pilot Equipment

Legal name

OMVE Nederland B.V.

Website

https://omve.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OMVE designs, manufactures, and supplies small-scale (lab and pilot) processing equipment for the global liquid food and beverage industry, offering 11+ technologies integrated into process plants for R&D and recipe scale-up.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Processing Equipment

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Chemical Processing Equipment (Reactors, Mixers, Agitators) (IMAHAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)

Keywords

• Pilot processing equipment
• Lab-scale food equipment
• Heat treatment systems
• Carbonation equipment
• Process plant integration

Headquarters

HQ city

De Meern

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Sale of lab and pilot-scale processing equipment including carbonators, heat treatment systems, homogenizers, fermenters, filling machines, buffer tanks, and complete process plants. Equipment is modularly built and can be customized to customer requirements.
2. Spare Parts: Broad range of spare parts sold to minimize equipment downtime. Proactive delivery with minimized time loss. Spare part kits available for overseas customers and frequent users.
3. Service and Maintenance Contracts: Periodical maintenance offered every two years, yearly, or every six months depending on equipment usage. Includes training of new operators, modifications/upgrades, and discounts on spare parts.
4. Commissioning and Training: Equipment commissioning and training services provided upon delivery. Additional training offered after three or four months when requested.
5. Demo Center Services: Facility available for testing equipment before purchase or for conducting trials. Experts available to assist during demonstrations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OMVE designs, engineers, manufactures, and supplies small-scale (lab and pilot) processing equipment for liquid food and beverage applications. The portfolio covers more than 11 proprietary technologies — carbonation, heat treatment, homogenization, deaeration, fermentation, aseptic filling and closing, crystallization and aeration, CIP, blending and mixing, buffering, batch cooking, and spray drying — sold as individual units or integrated into complete modular process plants. Equipment is built on proven scale-up principles, enabling customers to develop and validate recipes from 3L bench batches up to 1,000L/h continuous processing.

Product overview

OMVE Lab & Pilot Equipment is a manufacturer of small-scale processing equipment for the liquid food and beverage industry. The company offers more than 11 different technologies that can be used individually or fully integrated into complete process plants. Core product lines include: CF Series Carbonation Equipment (CF121-CF310 carbonators for premix/postmix drinks), HT Series Heat Treatment Systems (pasteurizers and UHT sterilizers ranging 10-1,000L/h), HP Series Homogenizers (high-pressure units for product uniformity), DEA Series Deaerators, FS Series Filling & Closing Equipment (hygienic/aseptic fillers), CRA Series Crystallization & Aeration Equipment, CIP Series Cleaning in Place Systems, MPV Blending & Mixing Vessels, MPV Fermenting Equipment, MPV Buffering Tanks, MPV Batch Cookers, SD Series Spray Dryers, and Utilities. These products are sold as individual units or configured into complete Process Plants (10L/h to 1,000L/h capacity) for specific applications including plant-based beverages, fermented products, carbonated drinks, baby food, still drinks, and margarine. Equipment is designed for scale-up from 3L batches and carries CE certification with a two-year warranty.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Carbo-Fill®: Carbonation product line including CF121, CF210, CF211/CF212, CF213/CF214, and CF310 models for lab and pilot-scale carbonation applications
• Asepto-Fill®
• Flexi-Fill
• DSI System
• SSHE System

Products and services

• CF Series Carbonation Equipment Lab and pilot-scale carbonators (CF121, CF210, CF211/CF212, CF213/CF214, CF310) for dissolving CO2 into a range of beverages from low-viscosity drinks to pulp-based products, sold to food and beverage R&D teams and pilot plant operators.
• HT Series Heat Treatment Systems Small-scale HTST and UHT pasteurization and sterilization systems with capacity from 10L/h to 1,000L/h, using tubular, plate, scraped surface, and direct steam injection heat exchangers for in-container, inline, and batch heat treatment of liquid food products.
• HP Series Homogenizers High-pressure lab and pilot homogenizers (10L/h to 1,000L/h) for uniform product structure, usable standalone or connected upstream/downstream to pasteurizers and sterilizers in food and beverage R&D.
• DEA Series Deaerators Inline and batch deaerators for removing dissolved gases from liquid food products, with capacities from 10L/h to 1,000L/h, for use in pilot plants and R&D labs.
• FS Series Filling & Closing Equipment Hygienic and aseptic fillers for cans, PET, HDPE, glass bottles, and bags, including counter-pressure fillers for carbonated drinks and matching closing devices, sold to R&D and pilot plant operators.
• CRA Series Crystallization & Aeration Equipment Miniature crystallizers and aerators for structuring dairy products, margarine, and ice cream at pilot scale, with capacities from 10L/h to 50L/h.
• CIP Series Cleaning in Place Systems Automated CIP units for hygiene-critical cleaning using chemical surfactants and/or enzyme-based cleaning agents, available in automated and fully automated configurations for OMVE process plants.
• MPV Blending & Mixing Vessels Product preparation tanks for dissolving powders, suspending solids, blending components, and emulsifying liquid food products at 10L to 1,000L scale with heating and cooling options.
• MPV Fermenting Equipment Miniature fermentation tanks with autonomous sensor-based control for dairy, soy, fruit, and vegetable fermentation, 6L to 400L, with optional structuring add-on for yogurt and CIP/SIP readiness.
• MPV Buffering Tanks Aseptic and hygienic buffer tanks (20L to 1,000L) for isolating processing and filling stages, with insulation, double-jacket vessel, temperature and pressure regulation, mixing options for high/low viscosity products, and CIP/SIP readiness.
• MPV Batch Cookers Miniature pressurized batch cookers (30L or 50L) for dissolving sugars, extraction, osmotic drying, and starch gelatinization in liquid food R&D and pilot processing.
• SD Series Spray Dryers Lab and pilot-scale spray drying equipment for controlling and monitoring temperature and moisture content of liquid food products to minimize loss and accelerate product development.
• Utilities (Steam Generators, Water Softeners, Chillers) Supporting utilities for OMVE process plants, including the proprietary SG18 steam generator, water softeners to prevent calcium buildup, chillers for cooling to -5°C, and freezer options for crystallization systems.
• Process Plants Modular and customized complete process plants combining multiple OMVE technologies (10L/h to 1,000L/h), including plant-based beverage plants, fermentation lines, carbonated beverage plants, baby food plants, still drink plants, and margarine plants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced ingredient waste with smaller batches starting at 3L
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments8 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 indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Armfield: UK-based manufacturer of laboratory and pilot-scale process equipment for food, beverage, dairy, and chemical applications. Most direct comparable to OMVE in scale, target customer (R&D teams), and product mix (heat treatment, fermentation, separation).
• MicroThermics: US-based specialist in pilot-scale and small-scale UHT/HTST processing equipment for beverage, dairy, and food applications. Directly competes with OMVE's heat treatment product line among North American CPG R&D customers.
• GUNT Hamburg (G.U.N.T. Gerätebau): German manufacturer of laboratory and pilot-scale process engineering equipment, including heat exchangers, reactors, and fluid processing units used in food and chemical engineering education and R&D. Comparable in lab/pilot scale focus and European footprint.

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: Global leader in industrial food processing equipment and engineering. Overlaps with OMVE in heat treatment, homogenization, separation, and filling technologies, but operates at full industrial scale across hundreds of food categories.
• Alfa Laval: Global supplier of heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling equipment widely used in food, dairy, and beverage processing. Competes with OMVE in heat exchangers and homogenizers, but primarily serves full-scale production customers.
• SPX Flow: Global provider of process solutions for food, beverage, and industrial markets including homogenizers, mixers, and heat exchangers. Adjacent competitor to OMVE in homogenization and processing equipment, but at production scale.
• Tetra Pak: Global food processing and packaging solutions provider with deep presence in dairy and beverage. While primarily focused on full-scale production, its processing equipment portfolio overlaps with OMVE's heat treatment and aseptic filling lines.

Emerging players

• HRS Heat Exchangers: Specialist in heat exchanger and process systems for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Comparable in heat-treatment technology focus to OMVE, with overlapping customers in dairy and beverage processing.
• Feldmeier Equipment: US manufacturer of stainless steel process equipment for dairy, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical customers. Comparable in custom-engineered mixing, blending, and processing vessels that overlap with OMVE's MPV and buffer tank lines.

Regional players

• Coperion / Hosokawa Alpine: European-headquartered specialists in compounding, extrusion, and powder/particle processing for food and pharma. Adjacent overlap with OMVE's spray drying and powder processing capabilities in the R&D and small-scale production space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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