Flootech

What Flootech does

Flootech is a Finland-headquartered water and wastewater treatment technology company that designs, supplies, and services proprietary process solutions for industrial and municipal customers. Founded approximately 50+ years ago and headquartered in Turku with a Swedish office in Järfälla, Flootech serves primary verticals of pulp & paper, power, food & beverage, mining, petrochemical, and municipal water/wastewater, with 1000+ installed references across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (including Metsä Group, Stora Enso, SCA, Phoenix Pulp & Paper, Kuwait National Petroleum, Terrafame, and Eura WWTP).

The company's core technology stack spans the full water cycle, anchored by the patented FlooBed MBBR biofilm carrier (800+ m²/m³ surface area, requiring 10–40% of conventional activated sludge footprint and over 25% lower aeration energy) and FlooDaf microflotation (700+ installations, over 50% lower energy than typical DAF). Around these, Flootech has built a registered-trademark portfolio including FlooRO reverse osmosis, FlooUF ultrafiltration, FlooIX and FlooMB ion exchange, FlooUV disinfection, FlooEDI electrodeionization, FlooSand multimedia filtration, FlooScreen mechanical screening (drum, travelling basket, bar), FlooClari clarifiers, and FlooCarb AC activated carbon, combined with NSI Econvert anaerobic technologies (UASB, EGSB, IR, Dsulph) for energy recovery. The architecture is modular and configurable into end-to-end solutions: raw water intake, primary clarification, biological treatment, membrane/ion-exchange polishing, sludge handling, chemical dosing, and process water recycling.

Flootech operates as a privately held subsidiary of Nijhuis Saur Industries (part of French Saur Group, operating in 140 countries), following the 2022 acquisition and the concurrent 2022 acquisition of the Kopar Group water business. Revenue is generated through project-based custom quotes covering equipment sales, turnkey process solutions, parts and consumables (membranes, resins, filters), expert services (commissioning, training, optimization, automation), and NSI Mobile Water Solutions for temporary/rental needs. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via regional Sales Managers covering Finland & Baltics and Sweden & Norway, supplemented by international project sales and active trade-show participation (PulPaper, Pulp & Beyond); in 2024, Flootech deepened its pulp & paper channel through a strategic partnership with Valmet.

Name

Flootech

Legal name

Flootech Oy

Website

https://flootech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flootech is a Finnish water and wastewater treatment technology provider, serving pulp & paper, power, food & beverage, mining, petrochemical, and municipal customers with proprietary MBBR, DAF, membrane, and ion exchange systems, operating as a Global Technology Center within Nijhuis Saur Industries (Saur Group).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Water Treatment

NAICS

Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAHAEAJ

Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Machinery & Heavy Equipment/Process & Industrial Plant Equipment

Keywords

• Water treatment technologies
• Wastewater treatment systems
• Industrial water solutions
• Process water recycling
• Municipal water treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Turku

HQ country

Finland

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

Revenue model

1. Water Treatment Equipment Sales: Sale of proprietary water and wastewater treatment equipment including FlooBed MBBR, FlooDaf microflotation, FlooRO reverse osmosis, FlooScreen screening, and related technologies as complete process solutions.
2. Process Solutions and Engineering: Turnkey delivery of complete water treatment processes including engineering, major equipment, piping and instrumentation for industrial and municipal facilities.
3. Parts and Consumables: Supply of replacement parts, consumables including membranes (UF, RO, NF), filters, resins, aerators, chemicals, and related water treatment components.
4. Expert Services and Maintenance: Process optimization, plant commissioning, training, troubleshooting, maintenance services, automation systems, and service agreements.
5. Mobile Water Solutions: Temporary water treatment solutions via NSI Mobile Water Solutions partnership - providing rental assets for emergency, planned maintenance, and multi-year requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Flootech designs, supplies, and commissions proprietary water and wastewater treatment equipment and full turnkey process solutions for industrial and municipal customers. Its portfolio covers the entire water cycle, including screening (FlooScreen™), flotation (FlooDaf®), sand filtration (FlooSand™), biological treatment (FlooBed® MBBR), membrane desalination (FlooRO™, FlooUF™), ion exchange (FlooIX™, FlooMB™, FlooEDI™), UV disinfection (FlooUV™), and ancillary solutions for raw water, demineralized water, process water recycling, sludge handling, and chemical dosing. The offering is complemented by engineering, commissioning, spare parts, maintenance, and rental water services.

Product overview

Flootech is a water and wastewater treatment technology company with over 50 years of experience and more than 1,000 installations worldwide, operating as a Global Technology Center within Nijhuis Saur Industries (Saur Group). The company offers a comprehensive, modular portfolio of proprietary technologies and turnkey solutions spanning the entire water cycle — from raw water intake and screening (FlooScreen™), through treatment technologies including dissolved air flotation (FlooDaf®), sand filtration (FlooSand™), biological treatment (FlooBed® MBBR), and membrane/ion exchange systems (FlooRO™, FlooUF™, FlooIX™, FlooMB™, FlooUV™, FlooEDI™), to sludge handling and chemical dosing. These core technologies are deployed across tailored solutions for industrial and municipal customers including Pulp & Paper, Power, Food & Beverage, Mining, Petrochemical, and Municipal sectors. The company supplements its technology portfolio with lifecycle services covering spare parts, process optimization, commissioning, operator training, and NSI Mobile Water Solutions for temporary/rental needs. Flootech's solutions are frequently combined with NSI Econvert anaerobic technologies (UASB®, EGSB®, IR®, Dsulph®) for energy recovery, and the broader NSI group offers additional complementary technologies across the water treatment value chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FlooMB™: Mixed bed ion exchange process for demineralized water preparation
• FlooIX™
• FlooRO™
• FlooBed® MBBR
• FlooDaf®
• FlooSand™
• FlooScreen™
• FlooUV™

Products and services

• FlooBed® MBBR (Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor) Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor using freely moving biofilm carriers that tolerate variations in feed flow rate and quality. Delivers compact footprint (10–40% of conventional activated sludge) and high treatment efficiency for industrial and municipal wastewater.
• FlooDaf® Microflotation Rectangular dissolved air flotation (DAF) unit that creates microbubbles to separate suspended solids and colloidal materials from water and wastewater; handles flows from 2.5 to 3,000+ m³/h per unit with over 50% lower energy consumption versus typical DAF.
• FlooSand™ Multimedia Sand Filtration Multimedia sand filtration for removing suspended solids and impurities from water, available in G, C, and P variants, protecting downstream units such as RO membranes and ion exchange resins.
• FlooScreen™ Mechanical Screening Systems Mechanical screening units for raw water intake, including Drum Basket Filters (particles down to 20–40 μm, capacities up to 5,000 m³/h), Travelling Basket Filters (mesh 0.2–5 mm, capacities up to 50,000 m³/h), and Automatic Bar Screens for coarse debris removal.
• FlooIX™ Ion Exchange Mixed bed ion exchange process for demineralized water preparation, removing salts and impurities with continuous water quality monitoring via conductivity measurement after the anion vessel.
• FlooMB™ Mixed Bed Ion Exchanger Mixed bed ion exchanger that uses strong acid cation and strong base anion exchangers to remove all ionic constituents (NH4, Ca, Mg, K, Na, SO4, Cl, NO3, CO2, SiO2) to meet critical water quality parameters for high-pressure boiler feed and condensate polishing.
• FlooUV™ Ultraviolet Disinfection Ultraviolet disinfection system for reducing microorganisms (bacteria, protozoa, viruses, fungi, algae) in water and for TOC reduction in boiler feed water plants where UV dissociates total organic carbons for removal by polishing filters.
• FlooRO™ Reverse Osmosis Reverse osmosis membrane desalination for producing high-quality demineralized water for boiler feed and other demanding applications, using a cross-flow process that removes particles as small as ions, available in one-pass or double-pass configurations.
• FlooClari™ Clarifiers Clarifiers combining coagulation, flocculation, solids recirculation, and clarification in a single basin; also offered as FlooClari™ Clarithickener for sludge thickening applications.
• FlooUF™ Ultrafiltration Ultrafiltration membrane system providing a barrier to suspended solids and macromolecules, used for water treatment, reuse, and pretreatment for boiler waters.
• FlooEDI™ Electrodeionization Electrodeionization ion exchange unit for continuous production of high-purity water, part of Flootech's ion exchange equipment portfolio.
• FlooCarb™ AC Activated Carbon Filtration Activated carbon filtration for water treatment, process water recycling, and effluent polishing applications.
• Turnkey Process Solutions and Engineering Turnkey delivery of complete water treatment processes including feasibility studies, engineering, major equipment supply, piping and instrumentation, commissioning, and optimization for industrial and municipal facilities.
• Parts & Services Aftermarket services including spare parts, consumables (membranes, filters, resins, aerators, chemicals), service agreements, installation supervision, plant commissioning, operator training, maintenance, automation, and instrumentation control systems.
• Expert Services Technical consulting services covering process optimization (energy and chemical consumption reduction), plant commissioning, operator training, mathematical modeling, laboratory analysis, troubleshooting, and exchange/maintenance services for membranes, filters, aerators, and resins.
• NSI Mobile Water Solutions (Rental / Temporary Water Treatment) Temporary and rental water treatment solutions provided via NSI Mobile Water Solutions (part of Nijhuis Saur Industries) on trailers, skids, or containers, for emergency, planned maintenance, and multi-year temporary water supply needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• FlooBed MBBR requires only 10-40% of space compared to conventional activated sludge plants
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ValmetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2024Flootech and Valmet partnership deepens their long and successful collaboration in supplying resource-efficient water and wastewater treatment solutions for the board, paper and tissue industry. The partnership aims to advance water treatment solutions for pulp and paper mills.
• NSI Mobile Water Solutions (MWS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMWS, part of Nijhuis Saur Industries, provides temporary water and wastewater treatment solutions on trailers, skids, or containers. Flootech refers customers to MWS for emergency, planned maintenance, and multi-year temporary water supply needs.
• NSI EconvertcoreTechnology or IntegrationEconvert, within Nijhuis Saur Industries group, provides anaerobic solutions including Econvert-UASB, Econvert-EGSB, Econvert-IR, and Econvert-Dsulph. Flootech offers these as part of its biological treatment portfolio.
• TerrafameminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFlootech delivered advanced water treatment technologies to Terrafame's battery chemicals plant in Sotkamo, Finland. Supply included chemically purified water treatment system and demineralisation plant.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Andritz: Austrian process engineering company serving pulp & paper, hydrometallurgy, and water treatment with separation and process solutions; overlaps directly with Flootech in pulp/paper mill water systems and competes for the same Scandinavian customer base.
• Kurita Water Industries: Japanese industrial water and wastewater treatment specialist with strong focus on ultrapure water, boiler feed treatment, and chemicals for power, semiconductor, and pulp/paper customers; very closely comparable solution portfolio and target verticals to Flootech.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish multinational supplying separation, heat transfer, and fluid handling equipment including decanter centrifuges and membrane systems for industrial water and wastewater treatment; competes with Flootech on sludge handling, DAF, and process water equipment.
• Metso: Finnish process technology provider for aggregates, mining, and metals with a growing water and environmental solutions offering (filtration, dewatering, water treatment); competes with Flootech in mining and metals water treatment and shares the Nordic industrial customer base.
• Valmet: Finnish pulp, paper, and energy technology company and Flootech's strategic partner under the June 2024 alliance; Valmet's process water and wastewater offering for board, paper, and tissue mills competes with Flootech on the same EPC scope.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions: Global leader in water treatment technologies and services offering biological, membrane, and chemical solutions across industrial and municipal markets; directly comparable product breadth to Flootech but at vastly larger scale and broader geographic coverage.
• Ecolab (Nalco Water): Global leader in water, hygiene, and infection prevention with a large industrial water treatment business (Nalco Water) serving the same heavy-industry verticals as Flootech; competes on chemical programs and integrated service contracts rather than equipment alone.
• Xylem: U.S.-based global water technology company providing pumps, treatment systems, and smart metering for industrial, municipal, and commercial water applications; overlaps with Flootech on biological treatment, filtration, and demineralization equipment.
• Pentair: Global water treatment and flow control company offering filtration, separation, and membrane solutions for industrial and residential markets; overlaps with Flootech on RO, UF, and process water equipment but with much broader product scope.

Others

• Nijhuis Saur Industries (parent): Flootech's parent company within Saur Group, providing industrial and municipal water solutions including the Econvert anaerobic and Mobile Water Solutions brands; functions as a sister-brand platform rather than direct competitor, but its broader portfolio can substitute for Flootech in some bids.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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