WITT
TH. WITT is a family-owned German manufacturer, founded in 1896 and based in Aachen, specializing in industrial refrigeration components and unit systems for compression systems using natural refrigerants (ammonia and CO2). It sells refrigerant pumps, float regulators, separators, oil management systems, and complete unit systems to refrigeration OEMs and industrial end-users across approximately 70 countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1896
- HeadquartersAachen, Germany
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What WITT does
TH. WITT Kältemaschinenfabrik GmbH is a family-owned German manufacturer of industrial refrigeration components, founded in 1896 and headquartered in Aachen, Germany. The company specializes exclusively in compression refrigeration systems using natural refrigerants — specifically ammonia (NH3) and carbon dioxide (CO2) — and produces pumps (hermetic HRP, general-purpose GP, and new-generation NRP), highside float regulators (FX, HR, HS, HSF) for refrigerant expansion, HAD separation technology and surge drums/receivers, oil management systems (BDP oil recovery, HDB3 oil receiver, DWR heat exchanger), and pre-engineered unit systems including pumping stations, evaporator units, and CO2 cascade systems. Components are manufactured to PED with AD2000 certification and delivered with CE documentation, and the portfolio is designed to function as an integrated subsystem that OEMs can drop into larger industrial refrigeration installations.
WITT serves a primarily B2B customer base composed of industrial refrigeration system manufacturers (OEMs) as the primary segment and industrial end-users such as cold storage and food processing facilities as the secondary segment. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of standard and custom-engineered components and units, supplemented by an aftermarket stream comprising spare parts (sold via an online e-commerce catalog), technical after-sales service, and fee-based training delivered through the WITT Global Training Center. Pricing is quote-based rather than list-based, and standard delivery terms are documented in downloadable condition sheets.
The go-to-market model combines a direct technical sales force at the Aachen headquarters with a global network of approximately 35 independent sales representative companies covering around 70 countries, supported by digital tools including the WITTselect online component selection and sizing program. The company maintains active membership in five industry associations (eurammon, Forschungsrat Kältetechnik, DKV, IIAR, VDMA) and exhibits at major industry events such as CHILLVENTA and IIAR. WITT is led by Managing Directors Monika Witt (Special Projects) and Florian Weber (Commercial Affairs), operates with approximately 120 employees, and is privately held with no disclosed external investors, subsidiaries, or public financials.
WITT firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- WITT
- Legal name
- TH. WITT Kältemaschinenfabrik GmbH
- Website
- https://th-witt.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1896
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- TH. WITT is a family-owned German manufacturer, founded in 1896 and based in Aachen, specializing in industrial refrigeration components and unit systems for compression systems using natural refrigerants (ammonia and CO2). It sells refrigerant pumps, float regulators, separators, oil management systems, and complete unit systems to refrigeration OEMs and industrial end-users across approximately 70 countries.
- Ownership category
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WITT industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Refrigeration Components
- NAICS
- Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415), Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (33341)
- SIC
- Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Refrigeration Components & Controls (Compressors, Valves, Sensors) (IMAHAKAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Compressors, Refrigeration Components & Condensing Units (IMADANAG), Commercial & Industrial Refrigeration Systems (IMAHAKAA)
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Where WITT is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Aachen
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
WITT business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Refrigeration Components Sales: Sale of standard refrigeration components including refrigerant pumps (HRP, GP, NRP), highside float regulators (FX, HR, HS, HSF), separators, receivers, and oil management products. Also includes custom-designed pressure vessels and complete units (pumping stations, evaporator units, CO2 cascade systems).
- Aftermarket Services: Sales of spare parts through online spare parts catalog, after-sales service support, and technical training through WITT Global Training Center.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom quotation for industrial refrigeration components |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels5 records
WITT product offering
Product offeringCore offering
TH. WITT Kältemaschinenfabrik GmbH manufactures and sells custom-fit industrial refrigeration components for compression refrigeration systems using natural refrigerants (ammonia NH3 and CO2). Its portfolio spans refrigerant pumps (HRP, GP, NRP), highside float regulators (FX, HR, HS, HSF), separators and receivers, ECO economisers, complete unit systems (pumping stations, evaporator units, CO2 cascade systems), and oil management products (BDP, HDB3, DWR), supported by an online selection tool (WITTselect), an e-commerce spare parts catalog, and the WITT Global Training Center.
Product overview
TH. WITT is a German industrial refrigeration component manufacturer founded in 1896, offering a comprehensive portfolio of refrigeration components and engineered unit systems for compression refrigeration using natural refrigerants (ammonia and CO2). The product portfolio consists of five core product categories: (1) Refrigerant Pumps including the hermetic HRP, general-purpose GP, and new NRP models for pumping liquid and partially gaseous refrigerants; (2) Expansion Technology comprising FX, HR & HS, and HSF high-pressure float regulators plus ECO economisers for refrigerant expansion and flash gas recovery; (3) Separation Technology and Receivers including surge drums, receivers, and HAD separation technology for effective liquid-gas separation; (4) Complete Unit Systems encompassing pumping stations, evaporator units, and CO2 cascade systems with integrated WITT components; and (5) Oil Management solutions including BDP oil recovery units, HDB3 stainless steel oil receivers, and DWR heat exchangers for automatic oil return from separators to compressors. WITT's components are designed to work together as an integrated system, with units combining pumps, separators, heat exchangers, and oil management in pre-engineered packages. Supporting services include the WITTselect online selection programme for component sizing and an e-commerce spare parts catalogue. The company emphasizes natural refrigerant solutions with over 125 years of industry expertise serving industrial refrigeration customers globally.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- HRP - Hermetic Refrigerant Pump
Quantifiable outcome
- Oil management systems can save approximately 7,200 EUR/year in electricity costs alone for a 500 kW refrigeration system (based on example calculation showing COP improvement from 3.01 to 3.20)
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use WITT
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
WITT technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
WITT partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
40 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- eurammoncoreIndustry initiative promoting natural refrigerants; WITT is an active member supporting environmentally responsible refrigeration solutions using ammonia.
- Forschungsrat Kältetechnik (FKT)coreGerman research council for refrigeration technology; WITT participates as an active member contributing to industry research and development.
- DKV - Deutscher Kälte- und Klimatechnischer VereincoreGerman refrigeration and air conditioning association; WITT maintains active membership for industry collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- IIAR - International Institute of Ammonia RefrigerationcoreInternational organization dedicated to ammonia refrigeration; WITT participates in IIAR events and initiatives. Exhibiting at IIAR 2026.
- VDMA - Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und AnlagenbauerminorGerman Mechanical Engineering Industry Association; WITT maintains membership for industry representation.
- Refparts Scandinavia ABcoreSales representative for WITT products in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden. Contact: Patrik Larsson (+46 722 066 334) or Jan-Ove Öien (+46 722 066 331)
- GEA Westfalia Separator Australia Pty LtdcoreSales representative for WITT products in Australia. Contact: Henry Sittrop (+61 3 8877 9962), [email protected]
- Master Frigo SalescoreSales representative for WITT products in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia. Contact: Zoran Lazarevic (+381 11 3325159)
- Metalex Cyrogenics Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Contact: Samir Shah (+91 93738 78700)
- US Refrigeration ControlscoreSales representative for WITT products in France. Contact: Laurent Cavaco (+33 1 43 03 75 05)
- TITAN Engineering Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in Ireland and United Kingdom. Contact: Ed Wright (+44 1844 342581)
- ADEAREST LLCcoreSales representative for WITT products in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE. Contact: Yousif Al Safi (+971 6 5347797)
- AIS RefcoreSales representative for WITT products in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Turkey. Contact: Sergius Stovba (+49 15254355179)
- Westermeyer Industries Inc.coreSales representative for WITT products in USA (Illinois). Contact: Adam Chapman (+1 217 249 9807)
- i-refcocoreSales representative for WITT products in USA (Washington). Contact: Claudia Simchick (+1 360 804-9855)
- Ingenieurs- en handelsburo Wijbenga B.V.coreSales representative for WITT products in Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands. Contact: Jeroen Schröer (+31 345 681549)
- Refricomp Ingenieria S.L.coreSales representative for WITT products in Portugal and Spain. Contact: Aitor Etxeberria (+34 91 3830023)
- AB Tehnic ProfesionalcoreSales representative for WITT products in Bulgaria and Romania. Contact: Adrian Balaoi (+4 021 332 08 48)
- POLIMAX Group s.r.o.coreSales representative for WITT products in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Contact: Vladimir Sirotin (+420 602 745 717)
- QplancoreSales representative for WITT products in Hungary. Contact: Sandor Murin (+36 1 3689562)
- Datcor s.r.l.coreSales representative for WITT products in Italy. Contact: Angelo Richelli (+39 02 26142097)
- Refrigeration Components (RCC) Canada Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in Canada (Ontario and British Columbia). Contact: Larry Morris (+1 519 751 0330)
- ANTILHUE COMERCIAL SPA / AMRISAcoreSales representative for WITT products in Chile.
- ALFRIO S.A.coreSales representative for WITT products in Colombia.
- REFRIGERATION QUALITY SERVICE S.A.coreSales representative for WITT products in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.
- Güntner do BrasilcoreSales representative for WITT products in Brazil. Contact: Thainã Garcia (+55 54 981226785)
- Hansol ENERGY AND ANALYSIScoreSales representative for WITT products in Korea. Contact: Jong Taek Kim (+82 31 689 3551)
- NRS Process Systems Sdn BhdcoreSales representative for WITT products in Malaysia. Contact: M W Wong (General Manager)
- ADEQUIA Aditivos y EquiposcoreSales representative for WITT products in Mexico. Contact: Paola Olguin Quevedo (+52 55 56520-500 or -6677)
- ASYM Industrial S.A.C.coreSales representative for WITT products in Peru. Contact: Eduardo Moreno R. (+51-1-348-4466)
- GEA Grasso Spólka z.o.o.coreSales representative for WITT products in Poland. Contact: (+48 58 6276390)
- GEA Africa (Pty) Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in South Africa. Contact: Ralph Ruiters (+27 21 555 9000)
- TRIA TRITA LTDcoreSales representative for WITT products in Greece. Contact: Sotiris Karamessinis (+30 22960 81875)
- WIRL Industrial Refrigeration Specialists Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in New Zealand. Contact: David Phillips (+64 9 426 4590)
- Ducor Industrial Engineering Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in Israel. Contact: Ofer Ben Ephraim (+972 9 8659861)
- Nasim & Garfay Sarma CompanycoreSales representative for WITT products in Iran. Contact: Hamid Reza Shoai (+98 9121132349)
- KELVIN CONTROLS L.L.CcoreSales representative for WITT products in Pakistan. Contact: Anwer (+971 58 895 1236)
- Marigold Co. Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in Thailand. Contact: Busaba Tonghnu (+66 2 130 739 394)
- A&E Commercial Service Engineering Co., Ltd.coreSales representative for WITT products in Vietnam. Contact: Tran Cong Thanh (+84 917 476 357)
- Teko Polska Sp. z o.o.coreSales representative for WITT products in Poland. Contact: Grzegorz Grzelka (+48 71 77 25 970)
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
WITT competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- Kelvion (heat exchangers): Manufacturer of industrial heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers and refrigeration-related components used in industrial refrigeration systems. Comparable as a complementary/adjacent components maker to WITT, often specified into the same projects (including WITT evaporator units).
- Güntner (heat exchangers): Global manufacturer of heat exchangers for refrigeration and air-conditioning, partially overlapping with WITT in refrigeration system components. Notably one of WITT's sales representatives in Brazil, illustrating the channel-overlap dynamics in industrial refrigeration.
Broad incumbents
- GEA Refrigeration Technologies: Global broad-line supplier of industrial refrigeration equipment, compressors (including Vilter ammonia compressors) and complete systems with much larger scale than WITT. Competes on overlapping ammonia/CO2 systems and uses some of the same sales-partner firms (e.g., GEA Westfalia, GEA Grasso) that represent WITT.
- Danfoss Climate Solutions: Major global refrigeration components manufacturer (valves, controls, compressors, sensors) supplying refrigeration system builders across commercial and industrial segments. Overlaps with WITT's components offering while operating at vastly broader scale.
- Carrier Refrigeration: Global broad-line HVAC and refrigeration equipment manufacturer serving industrial and commercial cold chain. Comparable as a potential acquirer / benchmark incumbent in the same end-markets WITT serves.
- Johnson Controls / YORK: Large multi-national HVAC and industrial refrigeration incumbent offering complete ammonia and CO2 systems plus components. Provides benchmark for incumbent scale and bundled service models against which WITT's niche specialization competes.
- Emerson Climate Technologies (Copeland): Major supplier of refrigeration compressors, controls and components (Copeland, Vilter) used by industrial refrigeration integrators. Comparable as a components incumbent whose portfolio overlaps with WITT's customer integrations.
Direct peers
- BITZER Kühlmaschinenbau: German manufacturer of refrigeration compressors and components for industrial and commercial refrigeration, including screw and reciprocating compressors used with ammonia and CO2. Competes directly with WITT in supplying core components to system integrators in the same European industrial refrigeration channel.
- Friga-Bohn (Frigo-System): European manufacturer of refrigeration components and units (evaporators, condensers, pumping stations) serving industrial refrigeration system builders. Comparable as a European components specialist serving overlapping system-manufacturer customers.
- Mayekawa (MYCOM): Japan-based specialist in industrial refrigeration using natural refrigerants (ammonia, CO2), supplying compressors, pumps and integrated systems to food/cold-storage customers worldwide. Closely comparable to WITT in natural-refrigerant focus and system-manufacturer customer base.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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WITT leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles11 records
WITT funding detail
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Frequently asked questions about WITT
What does WITT do?
TH. WITT Kältemaschinenfabrik GmbH manufactures and sells custom-fit industrial refrigeration components for compression refrigeration systems using natural refrigerants (ammonia NH3 and CO2). Its portfolio spans refrigerant pumps (HRP, GP, NRP), highside float regulators (FX, HR, HS, HSF), separators and receivers, ECO economisers, complete unit systems (pumping stations, evaporator units, CO2 cascade systems), and oil management products (BDP, HDB3, DWR), supported by an online selection tool (WITTselect), an e-commerce spare parts catalog, and the WITT Global Training Center.
Is WITT a public or private company?
WITT is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was WITT founded?
WITT was founded in 1896. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is WITT based?
WITT is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does WITT make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Refrigeration Components Sales are the primary driver. The others are aftermarket Services.
Who are WITT's main competitors?
Emerging players on record are Kelvion (heat exchangers) and Güntner (heat exchangers). Broad incumbents are GEA Refrigeration Technologies, Danfoss Climate Solutions, Carrier Refrigeration, Johnson Controls / YORK and Emerson Climate Technologies (Copeland). Direct peers are BITZER Kühlmaschinenbau, Friga-Bohn (Frigo-System) and Mayekawa (MYCOM).
Does WITT have an API?
No public API is recorded for WITT.
What industry is WITT in?
WITT's product category is Industrial Refrigeration Components. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAKAH, Refrigeration Components & Controls (Compressors, Valves, Sensors), with a secondary code of IMADANAG, Compressors, Refrigeration Components & Condensing Units. Its NAICS code is 333415 and its SIC code is 3585.