KMA environmental technology

What KMA environmental technology does

KMA Umwelttechnik GmbH is a German environmental technology company that designs and manufactures industrial exhaust air filtration and heat recovery systems, with its headquarters and primary production facility in Königswinter near Bonn. The company's core offering is built on electrostatic precipitator (ESP) technology, delivered through a modular "building block" architecture comprising the ULTRAVENT® plate-filter system, the AAIRMAXX® tube-filter system (targeted at food-processing smokehouses), and complementary modules including a CIP automatic cleaning system, heat exchangers, gas scrubbers, UV-light treatment, and the Ambitherm® heat pump. A patented profile ionizer design (solid stainless steel construction) differentiates the core technology, enabling up to 99.8% separation efficiency while consuming energy comparable to a 100 W light bulb per 5,000 m³/h of treated air. KMA sells turnkey, project-engineered systems that comply with German BImSchG and TA Luft emission standards.

The company targets four primary verticals: metal processing (die casting, forging, CNC machining), food processing (smoking, frying, spray drying, baking, roasting), textile finishing (stenter frames), and rubber and plastics processing (extrusion, film, injection molding, vulcanization). It serves enterprise customers directly via technical field sales in Germany and internationally, supplemented by a network of service and sales partners and a wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary established in Shanghai in 2012. KMA monetizes through hardware sales of complete systems and modular add-ons, plus professional services for system planning, installation, and maintenance; pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held under German law (GmbH), managed by three Geschäftsführer (Christian Kurtsiefer, Stefan Kurtsiefer, and Dr. Holger Wagner), with no disclosed external institutional investors, parent company, or funding rounds.

Name

KMA environmental technology

Legal name

KMA Umwelttechnik GmbH

Website

https://kma-filter.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

KMA Umwelttechnik GmbH is a German industrial environmental technology company that designs and manufactures modular electrostatic precipitator systems for exhaust air filtration and heat recovery, serving enterprise customers in metal processing, food processing, textile finishing, and rubber and plastics industries across more than 2,000 production plants worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Air Filtration Systems

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564)

akta.pro primary industry

Dust Collection & Air Filtration Equipment (Industrial) (IMAHALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Air Quality & Filtration Equipment (IAQ) (IMAHAKAI), Emission Control & Scrubbing Equipment (Scrubbers, Dust Collectors, Catalytic Systems) (IMAHAEAK), HVAC & Industrial Ventilation (Chillers, AHUs, Exhaust, Filtration) (EUAEAFAE)

Keywords

• Industrial exhaust air filtration
• Electrostatic precipitator systems
• Air pollution control equipment
• Industrial air filtration systems
• Exhaust air purification

Headquarters

HQ city

Königswinter

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Exhaust Air Filtration Systems: Sale of complete turnkey filtration systems including electrostatic precipitators, heat exchangers, gas scrubbers, and associated components. Systems are customized based on production requirements and air volume needs.
2. Modular Add-on Components: Additional filter modules, collection tanks, extraction hoods, and control systems sold separately to expand or upgrade existing installations.
3. Professional Services: System planning, installation, and maintenance services for KMA filtration systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

KMA Umwelttechnik GmbH designs, manufactures, and sells modular industrial exhaust air filtration systems based on electrostatic precipitator technology for energy-intensive industries. The product line combines the ULTRAVENT® plate filter and AAIRMAXX® tube filter cores with add-on modules for automatic CIP cleaning, heat recovery, gas scrubbing, and UV treatment, configured per customer air-volume and emission requirements. Services include system planning, installation, and maintenance for the installed base across metal processing, food processing, textile finishing, and rubber/plastics industries.

Product overview

KMA Umwelttechnik offers a modular industrial exhaust air purification system built on a building-block (baukasten) principle. The core product lines are the ULTRAVENT® electrostatic plate filter system — designed for the metal, plastic, food, and textile industries — and the AAIRMAXX® electrostatic tube filter system, optimized for the food processing sector, particularly smokehouses. These core filter modules are complemented by add-on components including the automatic Filter-Reinigungssystem (CIP) for self-cleaning, the Wärmetauscher (heat exchanger) for heat recovery, the Gaswäscher (gas scrubber) for odour and gas separation, and UV-Licht for additional air treatment. Together these modules form hybrid filtration systems that combine particulate separation, odour elimination, and thermal energy recovery in a single integrated solution tailored to each customer's exhaust air requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ULTRAVENT®: Modular exhaust air purification system featuring plate-type electrostatic precipitator cells for high-efficiency separation of smoke, dust, fine mists, and sticky or greasy aerosols; installed in over 2,000 production plants worldwide.
• AAIRMAXX®
• Ambitherm®

Products and services

• ULTRAVENT® Electrostatic Plate Filter Modular plate-type electrostatic precipitator cell system for high-grade separation of smoke, dust, fine mists, and sticky or greasy aerosols in industrial exhaust air. Achieves separation efficiency up to 99.8% with energy consumption equivalent to a 100 W light bulb per 5,000 m³/h airflow; installed in over 2,000 production plants worldwide across metal, textile, food, and rubber/plastics applications.
• AAIRMAXX® Electrostatic Tube Filter Tube-type electrostatic precipitator designed for food processing applications, particularly smokehouses and other high-emission-concentration processes. Effectively separates coarse and fine particles, solids, and liquid droplets, and can be combined with KMA gas scrubbers or activated carbon filters for odor-intensive industrial solutions.
• CIP Filter Cleaning System Fully automatic Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) filter cleaning system programmable via remote control or presets, sold as a standalone module to maintain constant filter performance without machine downtime, manual cleaning, or filter replacement.
• Heat Exchanger (Wärmetauscher) Heat recovery exchanger that captures process heat from exhaust air during filtration and makes it available for water heating or building heating. Can be combined with the KMA Ambitherm® heat pump for low exhaust air temperatures.
• Gas Scrubber (Gaswäscher) Gas scrubber module combined with electrostatic precipitators in hybrid systems to separate odors, gases, and vapors, complementing particulate filtration in demanding industrial applications such as smokehouses.
• UV Light Module UV light module used as part of the modular exhaust air purification system for additional treatment of exhaust air in industrial applications.
• System Planning, Installation, and Maintenance Services Professional services covering system planning, installation, and ongoing maintenance for KMA filtration installations, delivered through the German headquarters and a global network of service and sales partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% reduction in energy costs compared to conventional thermal oxidation systems
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• German Energy Solutions (Exportinitiative dient.export)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerKMA participates in the German Energy Solutions export initiative, a German government program promoting energy-efficient technologies abroad. This partnership helps position KMA as a German technology provider in international markets.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nederman: Swedish industrial air filtration and workplace air-quality specialist selling dust collectors, mist filters, and fume extraction to metalworking and process industries. Direct peer to KMA in industrial air-cleaning equipment for similar end customers.
• Mann+Hummel: German-headquartered global filtration specialist serving industrial air, automotive, and life-sciences markets. Highly comparable to KMA in industrial air purification and German Mittelstand DNA, with a substantially broader product portfolio and global manufacturing footprint.
• Freudenberg Filtration Technologies: Germany-based division of Freudenberg providing industrial air and liquid filtration solutions, including HEPA/ULPA, dust collection, and process filtration. Comparable to KMA in industrial air filtration serving European manufacturing customers.
• AAF Flanders (American Air Filter): Manufacturer of industrial air filtration and cleanroom solutions with a strong portfolio in dust collection and air purification systems for metalworking and process industries. Comparable to KMA in industrial exhaust air filtration.
• Donaldson Company: Global manufacturer of industrial filtration systems including dust collection and air purification for metalworking, food processing, and industrial manufacturing. Closely comparable to KMA in target verticals and core electrostatic / mechanical filtration offerings, but with much broader scale and product breadth.
• BWF Group: German manufacturer of industrial filter media and dust collection solutions, including needle felts and filtration textiles for industrial air filtration. Comparable to KMA in industrial exhaust-air filtration, especially for textile and process-industry customers.
• CECO Environmental: US-based provider of industrial air quality and filtration solutions including dust collection, fume exhaust, and thermal oxidizers. Comparable to KMA in serving energy-intensive industrial customers with engineered air-quality systems.

Broad incumbents

• Dürr AG: German engineering group with industrial air technology and environmental systems serving automotive and process industries. Comparable in industrial air filtration expertise, though broader in scope and serving different primary end-markets.
• Parker Hannifin: Large diversified industrial manufacturer with a significant filtration group serving industrial process and HVAC markets. Broad incumbent in industrial air filtration; overlaps with KMA on industrial air quality but serves many other adjacent industrial segments.

Others

• Zeeco: Global manufacturer of thermal oxidizers and combustion systems for industrial emissions. Adjacent competitor to KMA in industrial air-quality — Zeeco offers the thermal oxidation technology that KMA's ESP systems are designed to replace, making it both a competitor and complementary technology vendor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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