Caperva
Caperva is a Barcelona-based industrial process equipment representative and engineering services provider, holding exclusive Iberian rights for ~20 international OEMs across filtration, mixing, drying, separation, and solid handling for process industries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2006
- HeadquartersBarcelona, Spain
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Caperva does
Caperva Química, S.L., operating as Caperva, is a Spanish industrial process equipment representative and engineering services provider founded in 2006 and headquartered in Rubí (Barcelona) with a regional sales office in Madrid. The company acts as the exclusive Iberian representative for approximately 20 international manufacturers of process equipment — including Filtration Group, EKATO, DEC Group, Sulzer Chemtech, Ventilex, BHS-Sonthofen, Nash, Gardner Denver, LMF, Borsig, ACG, Romaco Innojet, and Farleygreene — covering filtration, mixing and agitation, drying and cooling, solid handling and containment, heat exchange, vacuum and compression, screening, membrane separation, and pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. End customers are industrial process companies across Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic, Food and Biotechnology, Fine Chemical, and Mining/Energy/Environment sectors in Spain and, more recently, Portugal.
The company operates three internal brands that package portions of the represented portfolio: Caperva Filtration (a dedicated filtration division with its own microsite), Caperva Engineering (project management, commissioning, pilot plant testing, maintenance, and equipment rental services), and Caperva Hydrogen (a 2021-launched vertical bundling hydrogen compression, separation, and related technologies). The technical differentiator is breadth of OEM coverage combined with local pre-sales engineering, pilot testing, commissioning, and aftermarket support — a hybrid model that competes less on hardware innovation and more on application know-how and customer proximity.
Caperva makes money through one-time capital equipment sales on a quote-based project basis, professional engineering services tied to equipment implementations, and recurring spare parts and filtration consumables. Go-to-market is sales-led, with a heavy reliance on technical trade shows (Farmaforum, Exposolidos, Expofluidos, Expoquimia, ACHEMA, CPHI Worldwide, Anuga FoodTec), technical webinars, a content blog, and joint engineering events with represented OEMs. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 and EcoVadis certifications and was recognized as a Great Place to Work in 2022.
Caperva firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Caperva
- Legal name
- Caperva Química, S.L.
- Website
- https://caperva.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2006
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Caperva is a Barcelona-based industrial process equipment representative and engineering services provider, holding exclusive Iberian rights for ~20 international OEMs across filtration, mixing, drying, separation, and solid handling for process industries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Caperva industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Process Equipment Distribution
- NAICS
- Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324), Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)
- SIC
- Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)
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Where Caperva is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Barcelona
- HQ country
- Spain
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Caperva business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Industrial Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial process equipment including filtration systems, agitators, dryers, separators, and other process machinery from represented manufacturers
- Engineering Services: Custom engineering solutions, process optimization, plant design, commissioning, and technical consulting services
- Spare Parts and Consumables: Supply of replacement parts, filter cartridges, filtration media, and consumables for installed equipment
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Caperva product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Caperva supplies industrial process machinery and equipment to industrial customers in Spain and Portugal, acting as the exclusive local representative for more than 20 international manufacturers covering filtration, mixing and agitation, drying, separation, solid handling, vacuum and compression, screening, membrane, and pharmaceutical equipment. The company complements equipment supply with engineering services (process design, project management, commissioning, pilot plant testing, maintenance and spare parts) through its Caperva Engineering division, and runs a dedicated Caperva Filtration sub-brand focused on filtration solutions.
Product overview
Caperva is an industrial process equipment supplier and engineering company based in Spain that represents multiple international manufacturers of process equipment. The company operates as a multi-brand portfolio offering filtration systems (Filtration Group, BHS, Global Filter, MAHLE), agitation and mixing equipment (EKATO), solid handling and containment systems (DEC Group), heat transfer equipment (SULZER, API Schmidt-Breten), membrane technology (PCI Membranes), vacuum and compression systems (Nash, Gardner Denver, LMF), screening equipment (Farleygreene), drying systems (Ventilex, VetterTec, EKATO SYSTEMS, Simon Dryers), pharmaceutical equipment (ACG, Romaco), and isolation systems. The company also provides engineering services including project management, commissioning, pilot testing, and maintenance through Caperva Engineering, and operates a specialized filtration division called Caperva Filtration.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Caperva Filtration: Division specializing in filtration equipment and solutions for industrial processes, with dedicated website at filtration.caperva.com
- Caperva Engineering
- Caperva Hydrogen
Products and services
- Pressure Leaf Filters (AmaFilter / LFC Lochem) Vertical pressure vessel filters with stainless steel plates used for bleaching/decolorization of vegetable oils and other industrial filtration applications; supplied by Caperva as part of the Filtration Group portfolio (AmaFilter and LFC Lochem brands).
- Plate Filters Industrial plate filters for filtration applications, available in vertical and horizontal configurations, from the Filtration Group portfolio.
- Self-Cleaning Filters Automatic self-cleaning filters for continuous industrial filtration processes, from the Filtration Group portfolio.
- Candle Filters (Cricket) Candle-style filters for industrial filtration applications, part of the Filtration Group portfolio represented by Caperva.
- Cartridge and Bag Filters Standard and custom cartridge, bag, basket, and duplex filters with consumables, for industrial filtration customers.
- Membrane Filtration Systems (PCI Membranes) Cross-flow membrane filtration systems using tubular polymeric membranes for applications including juice concentration, lactose concentration, whey protein clarification, and bacteria elimination.
- Industrial Agitators and Mixers (EKATO) Industrial agitators and mixers for storage tanks, reactors, crystallization, fermentation, hydrogenation, and high-viscosity mixing applications in chemical, pharmaceutical, and process industries.
- Solid Handling Systems (DEC Group) Complete systems for loading, unloading, transport and dosing of solids in closed systems with containment, including PTS Powder Transfer System, isolators, DCS Drum Containment System, Batchmixer, and Big Bag stations.
- Plate Heat Exchangers (SULZER) Plate heat exchangers for thermal processes in chemical, food, pharmaceutical and related industries, supplied under the Sulzer portfolio.
- Static Mixers (SULZER) Static mixers for continuous gas mixing and process intensification applications, from the Sulzer portfolio.
- Vacuum Pumps and Compressors (Nash / Gardner Denver) Liquid ring vacuum pumps and compressors including Mag Drive series, dry pumps, and multi-stage centrifugal blowers for industrial applications.
- Screening and Sieving Equipment (Farleygreene) Vibratory screens, classifying sieves, centrifugal sifters, linear screens, vacuum sieves, ultrasonic sieves, and bag discharge stations for solid-solid separation applications.
- Drying Systems (Ventilex, VetterTec, EKATO SYSTEMS) Fluidized bed drying and cooling, pasteurization/sterilization systems, belt dryers, spray dryers, vacuum dryers, and tubular bundle dryers for ethanol, starch, brewing, vegetable oils, chemical, and related industries.
- Hydrogenation Plants (EKATO) Complete modular hydrogenation plants for pharmaceutical API production, from laboratory through to commercial scale, supplied under the EKATO portfolio.
- Isolation Systems (DEC) Flexible and rigid isolators for toxic and sterile products, including vial filling lines under aseptic conditions for pharmaceutical customers.
- Membrane Emission Control (Borsig) Membrane-based units for vapor recovery and environmental emission control, including DSU Dock Safety Unit for ship loading/unloading applications.
- Compressors (LMF, Gardner Denver) High-pressure piston compressors and centrifugal multi-stage blowers for industrial and marine applications including hydrogen compression and seismic exploration.
- Fluid Bed Systems (Romaco Innojet) Fluidized bed systems for drying, granulation, and encapsulation of powdery solids in pharmaceutical and chemical processing.
- Centrifugal Decanters (HILLER) Decanter centrifuges for solid-liquid separation processes in industrial applications.
- Pharmaceutical Equipment (ACG) Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment including tablet presses (ProTab 300), capsule filling, inspection systems, encapsulation, track and trace systems, and PAM packaging lines.
- Filter Presses (SigmaDAF) Filter presses for industrial processes offered in Spain and Portugal through the SigmaDAF and Caperva Filtration alliance.
- Caperva Filtration Specialized filtration division of Caperva offering filtration solutions and equipment, with dedicated website at filtration.caperva.com, covering pressure leaf, plate, candle, cartridge, bag, self-cleaning and membrane filtration products.
- Caperva Engineering Engineering services including project management, commissioning, startup, maintenance, spare parts, technical support, pilot plant testing and equipment rental for industrial process customers.
Companies that use Caperva
Customer profileNamed customers2 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Caperva technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Caperva partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- SigmaDAFcorePartnership with SigmaDAF to offer filter presses for industrial processes in Spain and Portugal, announced March 2026.
- Filtration GroupcoreRepresented manufacturer of industrial filtration equipment including pressure leaf filters, plate filters, automatic filters, cartridge filters, bag filters, and filtration consumables. Brands include Amafilter and LFC Lochem.
- EKATOcoreRepresented manufacturer of industrial agitators, mixing systems, and reactors for chemical, pharmaceutical, and process industries.
- DEC GroupcoreRepresented manufacturer of systems for loading, unloading, transport and dosing of solids in closed systems with containment, including PTS powder transfer systems, isolators, and drum containment systems.
- Sulzer ChemtechcoreExclusive representative in Spain for Sulzer Process Technology division, offering solutions for separation operations including distillation, absorption, evaporation, crystallization, and membrane separation.
- VentilexcoreRepresented manufacturer of drying and cooling technology using fluidized bed systems, pasteurization/sterilization equipment, and dehumidification systems.
- VetterTeccoreRepresented manufacturer specializing in dehydration and drying solutions for ethanol, starch, brewing, vegetable oils, environmental, and chemical industries.
- FarleygreenecoreRepresented manufacturer of vibratory screens, classifying sieves, centrifugal sifters, linear screens, vacuum sieves, ultrasonic sieves, and bag discharge stations.
- Romaco InnojetcoreRepresented manufacturer of fluidized beds for drying, granulating, and encapsulating powdered solids.
- BHS-SonthofencoreRepresented manufacturer of filtration equipment including vacuum belt filters as alternative for API production with high washing requirements.
- NashcoreRepresented manufacturer of liquid ring vacuum pumps, compressors, and dry vacuum pumps for industrial applications.
- PCI MembranescoreRepresented manufacturer of membrane technology including tubular polymeric membranes for cross-flow filtration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis applications.
- Global FiltercoreRepresented manufacturer of filtration products including pleated cartridges for gelatinous and deformable particle filtration.
- LMFcoreRepresented manufacturer of high-pressure piston compressors for industrial gas applications including hydrogen compression.
- Gardner DenvercoreRepresented manufacturer of compressors and vacuum pumps including dry vacuum pump technology.
- BorsigcoreRepresented manufacturer of hydrogen separation technology and membrane units for emission control.
- ACG GroupcoreRepresented manufacturer of pharmaceutical equipment including tablet presses, capsule filling, inspection systems, and track and trace solutions.
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)minorAcademic collaboration for research and development in filtration and membrane technologies.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Caperva competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Andritz Group: International technology group supplying process equipment, separation, drying and pumping systems for chemical, food and environmental industries — overlapping significantly with Caperva's product and industry coverage but with global direct-sales and aftermarket operations.
- Glatt Group: Manufacturer of process technology for pharmaceutical, food, and fine-chemical industries — fluidized bed drying, granulation, coating — directly overlapping several Caperva represented technologies (Ventilex, Romaco Innojet) but with direct sales and global engineering footprint.
- GEA Group: One of the largest global process technology manufacturers serving food, beverage, pharma and chemical end-markets overlapping Caperva's served verticals, with its own global direct-sales and engineering infrastructure.
- SPX FLOW: Process equipment manufacturer supplying mixing, blending, drying, separation and filtration technologies to food, beverage and industrial markets — directly comparable to several represented brands Caperva distributes, though via a direct OEM sales model.
- Alfa Laval: Global industrial process equipment manufacturer in heat transfer, separation and fluid handling — overlapping with Caperva's filtration, separation and heat exchanger equipment portfolio, and competing for the same enterprise customers in oil & gas, food and pharma.
- Hosokawa Micron Group: Global manufacturer of powder/particle processing equipment (mixing, drying, agglomeration, containment) overlapping significantly with Caperva's represented product portfolio, but at a much larger scale and with direct sales force rather than local representation.
- NETZSCH Group: Global manufacturer of pumps and process equipment for solids/liquids processing, mixing/grinding and thermal processes — comparable to Caperva's pump and grinding-milling offerings via Nash/Gardner Denver/Netzsch representations, but at manufacturer scale with direct distribution.
Emerging players
- Mersen: France-based industrial equipment specialist in filtration, braking, and high-performance materials — comparable to Caperva's filtration-anchored portfolio at similar specialty-distributor scale but with broader European presence and partial in-house manufacturing.
Regional players
- Velatia Group: Spanish industrial group with subsidiaries in electrical equipment, industrial automation and energy infrastructure, providing a comparable Iberian industrial footprint though operating in adjacent rather than identical equipment niches.
Direct peers
- Winkler Group: German industrial process equipment representative and distributor operating a similar multi-brand representation model across filtration, mixing, drying and process engineering — the closest analog to Caperva's exclusive-representation business model in another European geography.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Caperva social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance2 records
Caperva financial estimates
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Caperva leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Caperva subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
Caperva funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Caperva M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Caperva
What does Caperva do?
Caperva supplies industrial process machinery and equipment to industrial customers in Spain and Portugal, acting as the exclusive local representative for more than 20 international manufacturers covering filtration, mixing and agitation, drying, separation, solid handling, vacuum and compression, screening, membrane, and pharmaceutical equipment. The company complements equipment supply with engineering services (process design, project management, commissioning, pilot plant testing, maintenance and spare parts) through its Caperva Engineering division, and runs a dedicated Caperva Filtration sub-brand focused on filtration solutions.
Is Caperva a public or private company?
Caperva is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Caperva founded?
Caperva was founded in 2006. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Caperva based?
Caperva is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, in the Europe region.
How does Caperva make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Industrial Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are engineering Services and spare Parts and Consumables.
Who are Caperva's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Andritz Group, Glatt Group, GEA Group, SPX FLOW, Alfa Laval, Hosokawa Micron Group and NETZSCH Group. Mersen is listed as an emerging player. Velatia Group is listed as a regional player. Winkler Group is listed as a direct peer.
Does Caperva have an API?
No public API is recorded for Caperva.
What industry is Caperva in?
Caperva's product category is Industrial Process Equipment Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAEAB, Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes). Its NAICS code is 33324 and its SIC code is 5084.