Roediger Vacuum

What Roediger Vacuum does

Roediger Vacuum GmbH is a German specialty engineering company founded in 1842 and headquartered in Hanau, operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of ARE Beteiligungen Gruppe. The company designs, manufactures, and services vacuum-based wastewater conveyance and sanitation technology, using negative pressure (approximately -0.6 bar) to move wastewater through small-diameter pipes independent of gravity. Its product portfolio is organized around three solution areas: vacuum sewer systems for municipal and urban infrastructure (complete networks comprising vacuum stations, collection chambers, valves, and monitoring systems), vacuum sanitation technology for buildings (toilets, evacuation units, floor drains, controllers), and railway supply and disposal systems (suction guns, hose reels, and vacuum stations for train depots). Core proprietary technology includes the Silentium quiet-flush toilet (76.9 dB(A)), RSMS monitoring for up to 256 collection chambers per cable, ROEVAC collection chambers, and pneumatic membrane and hose valves, supported by more than 50 patents. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and references across 60+ countries, including Deutsche Bahn, Charité Berlin, German Navy K130 corvettes, and Palm Island Jumeirah Dubai.

The business generates revenue through hardware sales of turnkey vacuum infrastructure projects, recurring spare parts supply (10,000+ SKUs with a 15-year guarantee), and a professional services arm providing 24/7 maintenance, modernization, consulting, and training. The company serves approximately 250 service customers annually, maintaining 2,906 vacuum collection chambers and 317 vacuum pumps each year through a 40+ member service team and an 18-person technician force. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with direct project engagement from planning through commissioning, supplemented by a global network of 40+ certified representatives and partners. Distribution is direct and channel-based across more than 30 countries. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Customer segments span municipal infrastructure, railway operators (Deutsche Bahn), healthcare facilities, maritime and naval applications, industrial sites, and event or temporary installations. Florian Will was appointed CEO in 2025, succeeding prior leadership.

Name

Roediger Vacuum

Legal name

Roediger Vacuum GmbH

Website

https://roediger-vacuum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1842

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Roediger Vacuum GmbH, founded 1842 in Hanau, Germany, designs and services vacuum-based wastewater conveyance and sanitation technology for municipal infrastructure, railway depots, healthcare facilities, maritime vessels, and industrial customers across 60+ countries, holding 50+ patents and operating as a subsidiary of ARE Beteiligungen Gruppe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanau

HQ country

Germany

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. Vacuum Sewer Systems: Complete vacuum sewer infrastructure solutions including vacuum stations, collection chambers, valves, and monitoring systems. Sold as turnkey project implementations with custom engineering for municipal and development projects.
2. Vacuum Sanitation Technology: In-building vacuum toilet and sanitary systems including vacuum toilets, evacuation units, floor drains, and associated controls. Revenue from product supply and installation for commercial, residential, and institutional buildings.
3. Railway Supply and Disposal Systems: Vacuum-based water supply and wastewater disposal systems for train depots, enabling rapid servicing of trains. Includes extraction pistols, hose reel systems, and vacuum stations for Deutsche Bahn and international rail operators.
4. Service, Maintenance, and Modernization: Comprehensive service offerings including 24/7 support, annual maintenance, spare parts supply, consulting, training, and system modernization. Service team of 40+ maintains 2,906 vacuum collection chambers and 317 vacuum pumps annually for 250 customers.
5. Spare Parts: Over 10,000 spare parts items with average 15-year parts guarantee. Includes compatibility with all common systems including competitor installations. Unique loaner service for outdated electronic controllers during modernization.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Roediger Vacuum designs, manufactures, and services vacuum-based wastewater conveyance and sanitation systems, including central vacuum stations, vacuum collection chambers, pneumatic valves, vacuum toilets, monitoring platforms (RSMS/RVM), and railway depot supply/disposal systems. The offering is sold as engineered turnkey projects to municipalities, railway operators, healthcare facilities, naval and cruise operators, and industrial customers in over 60 countries. Recurring revenue is generated through 24/7 maintenance services, spare parts supply (10,000+ items, 15-year guarantee), and system modernization.

Product overview

Roediger Vacuum offers an integrated portfolio of vacuum-based wastewater management systems comprising core hardware products (vacuum stations, collection chambers, valves, and controllers), monitoring solutions (RSMS and RVM systems), and toilet/fixture products. The portfolio is organized into three main solution areas: Vacuum Sewer Systems for municipal infrastructure, Vacuum Sanitation Technology for buildings, and Railway Supply/Disposal Systems. Products are available as standardized units (Comp VS Types 30/70/360) and custom project-specific configurations. The systems connect through collection chambers (G-Schacht and Z-Schacht types) and are monitored via proprietary RSMS/RVM management platforms. Service offerings include consultation, spare parts, maintenance, modernization, and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Roevac®: Vacuum sewer system brand featuring collection chambers type Z 75 3" with cable-connected monitoring systems for various applications including residential and marina installations.

Products and services

• Roediger Vacuum Toilets Vacuum toilets with water-saving technology using only ~10% of conventional flush water, available in porcelain (Laufen design partnership), stainless steel (marine), and other configurations. Features patented Silentium quiet-flush technology achieving 76.9 dB(A) with an integrated vacuum buffer for dynamic vacuum performance under high load. Sold for buildings, hospitals, stadiums, ships, hotels, and institutional facilities.
• Roediger Vacuum Stations (Comp VS Types 30, 70, 360) Central vacuum stations comprising wastewater collection tanks, wastewater pumps, and vacuum pumps at approximately -0.6 bar negative pressure. Available as standardized compact units (Comp VS Type 30, 70, 360) and customized large-scale configurations for networks serving thousands of connection units. Sold to municipal and developer customers building complete vacuum sewer networks.
• Roediger Collection Chambers (G-Schacht, Z-Schacht) Vacuum connection chambers (Hausanschlussschächte) forming the interface between conventional building plumbing and the vacuum sewer network. G-Schacht features a flexible valve chamber beside the collection chamber; Z-Schacht features a cylindrical design with valve chamber above the collection chamber. Both types offer adjustable installation depth, no-power operation, absolute leak-tightness, and guaranteed self-cleaning performance.
• Roediger Evacuation Units and Suction Equipment Automatic vacuum drainage and suction equipment including AE 25 sinks/kitchen units with shortest reaction time, BP 3 marina suction stations for bilge/wastewater extraction from boats, and Type UP / Type 5 vacuum-controlled suction guns for railway depots enabling simultaneous emptying of multiple wastewater tanks by a single operator. Sold for building, marina, and railway maintenance depot applications.
• Vacuum Sewer Systems (Turnkey Project Solutions) Complete engineered vacuum sewer systems combining vacuum stations, collection chambers, valves, and monitoring into turnkey infrastructure projects for municipal and private developers. Features shallow-pipe installation (minimal excavation), 100% leak-tight conveyance, and suitability for flat terrain, high groundwater, flood zones, coastal areas, and ecologically sensitive sites where conventional gravity sewers are impractical.
• Vacuum Sanitation Technology (In-Building Solutions) In-building vacuum sanitation systems combining vacuum toilets, evacuation units, and floor drains with collection chamber interfaces to enable flexible floor-by-floor planning, installation depth as low as 10cm, and retrofit suitability for historic and architecturally sensitive buildings. Sold to architects, building developers, healthcare facilities, stadiums, congress centers, and cruise/hotel operators.
• Railway Supply and Disposal Systems Vacuum-based water supply and wastewater disposal systems engineered for train maintenance depots, including extraction pistols, hose reel systems, and vacuum stations enabling rapid servicing of trains to minimize dwell times. Sold to railway operators and transit authorities including Deutsche Bahn and international rail operators.
• Service, Maintenance, and Modernization Comprehensive lifecycle service offerings including 24/7 global support, annual maintenance contracts, spare parts supply (including compatibility with competitor installations), consulting, training programs, and system modernization with loaner controllers during upgrades. Service team of 40+ serves 250 customers, maintaining 2,906 vacuum collection chambers and 317 vacuum pumps annually. Sold to existing installed-base customers across all verticals.
• Spare Parts Supply Spare parts program offering more than 10,000 items with an average 15-year parts availability guarantee, covering Roediger installations and offering compatibility with common competing systems. Includes a unique loaner service supplying outdated electronic controllers to customers during modernization projects to avoid downtime. Sold to installed-base customers and operators of competitor systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% water savings: Vacuum toilets use only 10% of the water consumed by conventional systems (Hamburg-Jenfeld case)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Laufen (a member of the LAUFEN Bathrooms AG)coreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership for development of vacuum toilet products. Co-developed the Laufen vacuum toilet line featuring Swiss design with Roediger's vacuum technology. The partnership combines Laufen design expertise with Roediger vacuum engineering to create high-quality vacuum toilets for various applications including hotels, stadiums, and ships.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Airvac: US-based provider of vacuum sewer systems for municipal and residential applications; the most direct head-to-head competitor to Roediger in the North American vacuum sewer market, originally founded by former Roediger engineers.
• EVAC Oy: Finland-headquartered provider of vacuum sanitation and wastewater systems for ships, buildings, and trains; directly comparable to Roediger across Roediger's maritime, railway, and building sanitation verticals.
• Flovac: Australia/Europe-based operator of vacuum sewer networks for municipal and coastal applications; competes with Roediger in environmentally sensitive and island/coastal deployments where vacuum conveyance outperforms gravity.
• Iseki Vacuum Engineering: Japanese specialist in vacuum sewer technology, active across Asia-Pacific municipal and industrial projects; competes with Roediger for the same core vacuum conveyance contracts in geographies such as Australia, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia where Roediger also operates.

Broad incumbents

• Geberit: Swiss-listed leader in sanitary technology for buildings (installation systems, piping, bathroom ceramics); overlaps with Roediger's in-building vacuum sanitation and Laufen-partnered toilet portfolio, but serves a much broader non-vacuum sanitary market.
• Xylem: Global water and wastewater equipment and services company including pumps, smart metering, and treatment; competes with Roediger at the utility level by bundling conventional pumping and monitoring into broader municipal water contracts.
• Sulzer: Swiss industrial pump and rotating equipment manufacturer; comparable to Roediger on the vacuum-pump and wastewater-pumping core of its product, but serves a much broader industrial customer base beyond vacuum sanitation.
• KSB SE & Co. KGaA: German manufacturer of pumps, valves, and related service for water, wastewater, and industrial applications; competes with Roediger's pump and valve components and offers alternative wastewater conveyance solutions to municipal customers.
• TOTO: Japanese global leader in bathroom ceramics and water-saving toilets; competes with Roediger-Laufen premium toilet offerings in hospitality and high-end residential projects where water-saving specifications matter.

Others

• Laufen Bathrooms: Swiss premium bathroom ceramics brand and Roediger's strategic co-development partner on the Silentium vacuum toilet line; relevant as both a partner and a competing premium sanitary fixture supplier in hospitality and architectural projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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