Lodige Process Technology

What Lodige Process Technology does

Lodige Process Technology, Inc. is the North American subsidiary of Gebrüder Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH, a family-owned German process equipment manufacturer founded in 1938 in Paderborn, Germany. The U.S. entity is headquartered in Florence, Kentucky and serves manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico with industrial mixers, dryers, granulators, reactors, and tablet coating systems. Its commercial footprint is served by a small direct sales team with 125+ combined years of powder and granule handling experience, supplemented by three regional representatives covering Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern, and North American life sciences territories, plus certified test centers in Florence, KY and Paderborn, Germany.

The company's core technology is the proprietary Ploughshare® horizontal mixing system, invented by Lödige in 1949 and based on a mechanically generated fluid bed principle that delivers >99% mixing homogeneity and 30-50% faster batch cycle times than conventional mixers. Product families span Ploughshare® mixers (1.25L laboratory to 55,000L production scale, including hygienic, universal, continuous, and high-containment variants), DRUVATHERM® vacuum shovel dryers and reactors, the Lodige Coater LC tablet coating system, the Ringlayer Mixer CoriMix® for continuous granulation, and Integrated Processing Systems delivered as turnkey solutions. Equipment is certified to ISO 9001, ASME, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, cGMP, ATEX, NFPA, and EHEDG standards, with multi-decade operational life supporting regulated pharmaceutical, food, chemical, cosmetics, battery materials, mining, building materials, plastics, polysaccharides, and environmental applications.

Lodige Process Technology generates revenue through custom-quoted capital equipment sales (the dominant stream), aftermarket parts and service including legacy Littleford/Welex/Papenmeier system support, pilot testing services at its test centers, and turnkey system integration that bundles equipment, third-party components, automation, and lifecycle maintenance under single-source responsibility. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting process engineers, plant managers, and manufacturing executives, supported by technical content marketing, trade fairs, and application-engineering consultation — with revenue predictability tied to long industrial capital equipment cycles rather than recurring SaaS-style contracts.

Name

Lodige Process Technology

Legal name

Lodige Process Technology, Inc.

Website

https://lodige-pt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lodige Process Technology is the North American subsidiary of German family-owned Lödige Maschinenbau, selling proprietary Ploughshare® industrial mixers, DRUVATHERM® dryers/reactors, coaters, and granulators to pharmaceutical, food, chemical, battery materials, and other process manufacturers across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Equipment

NAICS

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324), Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Solids Handling & Processing Equipment (Conveying, Silo, Feeders) (IMAHAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Lab Equipment (Centrifuges, Incubators, Shakers, Ovens) (HLAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Industrial mixing equipment
• Process engineering machinery
• Powder mixing technology
• Vacuum drying equipment
• Pharmaceutical processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Florence

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Capital Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial mixing, drying, granulation, coating and reaction process equipment. Equipment ranges from laboratory-scale (1.25L) to production-scale (55,000L) systems. Custom-engineered solutions tailored to specific customer processes and industries.
2. Aftermarket Parts & Service: Replacement parts, upgrades, and technical support services for Lodige equipment and legacy systems (Littleford, Welex, Papenmeier). Includes preventive maintenance and emergency repair services.
3. Process Development & Testing: Pilot testing services at certified test centers in Florence, KY and Paderborn, Germany. Customers can trial processes with their own materials before capital commitment.
4. Turnkey System Integration: Complete integrated processing systems combining Lodige equipment with third-party components. Includes design, assembly, commissioning, and ongoing maintenance as single-source responsibility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lodige Process Technology manufactures and supplies industrial process equipment including horizontal mixers, vacuum shovel dryers, granulators, powder reactors and tablet coaters based on its proprietary Ploughshare® mixing technology. Equipment sizes range from 1.25L laboratory machines to 55,000L production-scale units and are sold as capital equipment to manufacturers across pharmaceutical, food, chemical, battery materials, mining, plastics, building materials, cosmetics, polysaccharides, and environmental industries. The company also delivers turnkey integrated processing systems and provides aftermarket parts, service, and pilot testing at certified test centers.

Product overview

Lodige Process Technology offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial process equipment centered on its proprietary Ploughshare® mixing technology. The core product line includes Ploughshare® mixers in multiple variants (Batch Mixer FKM Basic, Universal Design, Hygienic Design, and Continuous Operation models) ranging from 1.25L laboratory machines to 30,000L+ production units, as well as Mixing Granulators, Wet Mixers, and High Speed Granulators. Complementary product families include the DRUVATHERM® vacuum drying systems (Vacuum Shovel Dryer, Granulation Dryer) and DRUVATHERM® reactors for reaction processes, the Lodige Coater LC tablet coating equipment, and the Ringlayer Mixer CoriMix® for continuous granulation. The company also provides turnkey Integrated Processing Systems combining multiple unit operations with controls and automation, supported by Test Centers for pilot-scale validation. Products serve diverse industries including pharmaceuticals, food, chemicals, cosmetics, mining, building materials, battery materials, and environmental processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ploughshare®: Proprietary horizontal mixing technology invented by Lodige in 1949, operating on a mechanically generated fluid bed principle for rapid, highly homogeneous mixing.

Products and services

• Ploughshare® Mixer

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-50% faster batch cycle times
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered regional.

• KahlcoregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional representative covering Mid-Atlantic States for chemical, mineral, plastics, environmental, building materials, and metallurgy applications. Contact: Mr. Jim Stetson, 3526 Silverside Rd, #38, Wilmington, DE 19810.
• Palmetto Industrial Products, LLCregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional representative covering Southeastern States for chemical, mineral, plastics, environmental, building materials, and metallurgy applications. Contact: Mr. Jimmy Von Wyl, 9 East Ave, Greenville, SC 29601.
• ModWave LLCregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional representative covering North America for pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industry applications. Contact: Mr. Par Almhem, 1020 Monterey Blvd, Suite 2, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• IKA Works: Supplier of mixing, agitation and processing equipment from laboratory to production scale — directly comparable range to LPT's Ploughshare 1.25L lab units through large production systems.
• Littleford Day: Long-standing direct competitor in horizontal ploughshare-style mixing, drying and granulation equipment for chemical, pharmaceutical and food processing. LPT's explicit support for legacy Littleford installed bases underscores the deep product overlap.
• EIRICH Group: Manufacturer of intensive mixers, processing equipment and complete systems for building materials, ceramics, chemicals and battery materials — a direct competitor in many of LPT's non-pharma verticals.
• Munson Machinery Company: Manufacturer of industrial mixing, blending and size-reduction equipment — including rotary batch mixers — serving chemical, food and mineral processing customers that overlap LPT's industrial mixing applications.
• Hosokawa Micron: Global manufacturer of powder and particle processing equipment — mixing, drying, granulation, agglomeration — competing head-to-head in pharma, chemical and food applications that overlap LPT's primary verticals.
• Zeppelin Systems: Process technology supplier for bulk solids handling, mixing and conveying across plastics, chemicals and food — directly comparable to LPT's industrial powder-handling equipment footprint.
• GMM Pfaudler: Suppliers of mixing, drying and reacting equipment — including agitated nutsche filters/dryers — for pharmaceutical and chemical process industries, overlapping with LPT's reactor and dryer portfolio.
• Glatt Ingenieurtechnik: Process technology company offering fluid bed and spouted bed processing, granulation, coating and drying — directly competing with LPT's Ploughshare, DRUVATHERM and CoriMix product families, particularly in pharma and chemicals.
• Charles Ross & Son Company: Industrial mixer and blender manufacturer offering batch and inline mixing, drying and high-viscosity processing equipment that competes with LPT's Ploughshare and DRUVATHERM lines across pharma, food and chemical applications.

Broad incumbents

• Alfa Laval: Large process-equipment incumbent supplying mixing, heat transfer, separation and fluid handling equipment globally — overlapping with LPT's mixing/reacting portfolio as part of a much broader catalog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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