VOMM

What VOMM does

VOMM Impianti e Processi S.p.A. is a privately held Italian industrial engineering and plant construction company headquartered in Rozzano (Milan), founded in 1969. The company designs and builds bespoke continuous industrial production plants based on its proprietary VOMM Turbo Technology—a thin-film processing platform that uses a rotating turbine inside a horizontal cylindrical stator to generate high-turbulence conditions for continuous heat treatment, mechanical, and chemical processes on solids, liquids, and sludges. Its product portfolio spans nine core platforms: Turbo Dryer, Turbo Concentrator, Turbo Desorber, Turbo Cooker, Turbo Stripper, Turbo Reactor, Turbo Kneading Machine, the GEOTHEIS integrated circular-economy system, and the HTS medical waste sterilization series (500/1000/1500/3000 kg/h). All plants are manufactured at VOMM's workshop in Rozzano under semi-automatic metalworking equipment.

VOMM serves three primary verticals: environmental (sewage sludge drying, thermal valorization of sludges and biomasses, polluted soil remediation, medical waste sterilization), chemical-pharmaceutical (crystallization, concentration of high-viscosity and heat-labile products, reactions), and food (heat treatment of flours, cooking, kneading, starch modification, pasta production). The company has installed more than 700 plants worldwide and holds over 100 international patents. Customers include municipal and industrial wastewater utilities, government infrastructure projects (Milan, Beijing, Sochi), chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and food processors in Italy, France, Russia, China, and Brazil.

VOMM's business model combines one-time capital equipment sales (turn-key plant design, construction, and commissioning) with recurring professional services revenue streams: feasibility studies, semi-industrial R&D pilot testing, installation supervision, personnel training, maintenance, and full operation-and-maintenance contracts. Pricing is custom and project-based, with international certifications (ISO 9001/14001/45001, SOA, EAC GOST, Chinese Pressure Vessel, ATEX) enabling participation in public-sector tenders and cross-border plant deliveries. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales with turn-key supply managing all on-site activities.

Name

VOMM

Legal name

VOMM Impianti e Processi S.p.A.

Website

https://vomm-en.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

VOMM is an Italian industrial engineering firm that designs and builds bespoke continuous-processing plants based on its proprietary Turbo Technology, serving environmental, chemical-pharmaceutical, and food processing sectors across Europe, Asia, and South America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Plant Engineering

NAICS

Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (33241), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Heat Transfer Equipment (Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Condensers) (IMAHAEAC)

Keywords

• Industrial plant construction
• Thin film processing
• Wastewater treatment plants
• Thermal valorization systems
• Pharmaceutical processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Rozzano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Plant Design and Construction: Design and construction of bespoke industrial plants based on VOMM Turbo Technology for environmental, chemical-pharmaceutical, and food industry applications. Process includes feasibility studies, pilot testing, and turn-key plant delivery.
2. Technical Services and Maintenance: Technical assistance and maintenance services to guarantee maximum productivity and uninterrupted operation of installed plants. Services include supervision, personnel training, operation, maintenance, and full-service formula (operation and maintenance contracts).
3. Custom Solutions and Process Development: Tailor-made testing services using semi-industrial R&D plants, process engineering from feasibility study to construction design, quality control throughout design process.
4. Plant Construction and Manufacturing: Builds plants at company workshop in Rozzano (Milan) for full production process control. Offers supply, supply and subsequent operation and maintenance, or supply and funding of projects (total or partial).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VOMM designs, engineers, and builds bespoke industrial plants based on its proprietary VOMM Turbo Technology, a thin-film high-turbulence processing platform using a rotating turbine inside a horizontal cylindrical stator. The company delivers turn-key plants for sludge drying, thermal valorisation, soil decontamination, medical waste sterilisation, pharmaceutical processing, and food production, supported by pilot testing at semi-industrial R&D facilities and ongoing technical and maintenance services.

Product overview

VOMM is an industrial engineering and plant construction company offering a portfolio of proprietary Turbo Technology-based products for environmental, chemical-pharmaceutical, and food processing industries. The core offering centers on VOMM Turbo Technology—a patented thin-film high-turbulence processing platform—which underpins multiple product lines including the VOMM Turbo Dryer, VOMM Turbo Concentrator, VOMM Turbo Desorber, VOMM Turbo Cooker, VOMM Turbo Stripper, VOMM Turbo Reactor, and VOMM Turbo Kneading Machine, plus the specialized VOMM HTS medical waste sterilisation series. The company also provides the GEOTHEIS integrated system family and complementary Custom Solutions, Plant Construction, and Technical Services. With over 700 plants installed worldwide, VOMM serves customers from feasibility testing through to turnkey plant delivery and ongoing maintenance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VOMM Turbo Dryer Industrial drying plant designed to dry sludges from wastewater plants and various wastes (municipal, industrial, refinery sludges, OFMSW, biomasses), producing stable, hygienically safe, and almost odourless end products.
• VOMM Turbo Concentrator Plant capable of concentrating water or solvent solutions such as soapstocks, oily sludges, drilling muds, and industrial wastewaters to produce high-viscosity liquids or semi-solids.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 700 plants installed worldwide in food, environmental, chemical and pharmaceutical industries
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gruppo CAPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership for PerFORM WATER 2030 research project. VOMM designed and built the first plant in Italy for thermal valorization of sewage sludge using flat moving grate technology at Gruppo CAP's San Giuliano (Milan) West wastewater treatment plant. Lab tests conducted with Politecnico di Milano and Gruppo CAP showed excellent performance during first tests in July 2020.
• Politecnico di MilanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLab tests with sampling of gaseous, liquid and solid effluts conducted by Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with Gruppo CAP for validation of VOMM's sewage sludge thermal valorization plant performance.
• LIFE+ Sustainable Cruise ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVOMM is a partner of the LIFE+ 'Sustainable Cruise' European project, which aims to reduce, recover and recycle the organic waste produced on cruise ships to reduce their environmental impact on the marine ecosystem to zero.
• European Community ProjectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVOMM has taken part in several European Community projects including Life, Brite and Eureka programmes.
• Aledd AssociationminorOthersVOMM enthusiastically supports the educational project run by the Aledd association for the children of Diagle, a village in Senegal. Guillaume and Sylvain founded the association.
• Italian Schools and UniversitiesminorOthersPermanent partnerships with high schools and universities as provider of work experience under Italian Law 107 of 2015. Partnership with Lombardy Region Authority 'Garanzia Giovani' scheme for youth work experience and career guidance.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: French environmental services major whose sludge and biosolids treatment solutions (e.g., BIOSTYR, thermal drying) compete with VOMM's environmental-sector offering — overlapping target customers but with full-service O&M rather than equipment OEM model.
• Alfa Laval AB: Swedish global leader in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling — relevant to VOMM because thin-film heat exchange is a core technology overlap, though Alfa Laval serves a much broader industrial customer base including power, marine, and oil & gas.
• Bühler Group: Swiss family-owned food processing equipment OEM with comparable offerings to VOMM's food-sector portfolio (drying, kneading, mixing, continuous cooking) and globally dominant positions in grain, pasta, and chocolate processing.
• GEA Group AG: German-listed food and pharmaceutical process equipment OEM with a broad portfolio including dryers, separators, and continuous reactors — comparable to VOMM's food and chemical-pharmaceutical applications but with much wider product breadth and global service network.
• SPX Technologies: US-listed process equipment group with heat-transfer, drying, and separation technologies across food, environmental, and industrial markets — overlaps VOMM's product range but as part of a much broader, multi-segment portfolio.

Direct peers

• Andritz AG: Austrian global supplier of process equipment for sludge drying, wastewater treatment, and biomass valorization — directly overlapping VOMM's environmental-sector and Turbo Energy offerings, but operating at significantly larger scale across metals, paper, and hydropower.
• Buss-SMS-Canzler: German manufacturer of thin-film evaporators and reactors — most direct technology analogue to VOMM's thin-film Turbo Technology in the chemical and pharmaceutical space, with comparable scale and niche specialization.
• Huber Technology: German specialist in sludge drying, dewatering, and wastewater treatment equipment — competes head-to-head with VOMM's Turbo Dryer and Turbo Energy in European municipal tenders, with comparable size and niche focus.
• Stord Process Technology: Norwegian supplier of thermal processing and sludge-drying plants with a long heritage in fish-meal rendering — closely comparable to VOMM in sludge drying and biomass valorization, including flat-grate and thin-film-style configurations.
• Hosokawa Micron Group: Japanese-Dutch specialty process equipment manufacturer offering drying, agglomeration, and continuous processing technology — directly comparable to VOMM's thin-film drying/concentration/crystallization product lines in food and chemicals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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