Kuttner

What Kuttner does

Küttner (Hatch Küttner GmbH) is a German industrial plant engineering and EPC contracting firm headquartered in Essen, founded in 1949, serving materials- and energy-intensive industries worldwide. The company operates across four primary verticals: Iron & Steel (blast furnaces, sinter plants, BOF converters, PCI systems), Non-Ferrous Metallurgy (copper, lead, zinc, precious metals), Energy & Environment (heat recovery, water treatment, sewage sludge), and Electrics & Automation. Its proprietary technology stack includes the patented OXYCUP zero-waste recycling process, ECOSTAT heat-pipe systems, ECOFLOW heat recovery units (100–50,000 kW duties), Dense-Flow PCI / Reactive OxyCoal injection technology (36 years of continuous development), MetInject metallurgical injection systems, TBM bottom stirring, and the ECOTOP bell-less charger with ECO-Radar 3D burden-surface mapping. The firm supplements hardware with Level 2 process software (MetPC, Casting Computer, iIM-Sim) and Digital Operations / Industry 4.0 offerings that include self-learning automation, virtual commissioning, and predictive analytics.

Küttner generates revenue through four channels: EPC turnkey contracts for complete plants, engineering and consulting services along the process chain, supply of proprietary process equipment and large valves, and licensing/automation systems based on ABB, Siemens, and Rockwell platforms. Pricing is project-based and quote-driven, with multi-year contract cadence and no public pricing. Sales are conducted exclusively through direct enterprise field sales via worldwide subsidiaries — no resellers or intermediaries are used — supported by an extensive reference portfolio and a corporate brochure plus LinkedIn presence for top-of-funnel visibility.

Following its May 2023 acquisition by the Hatch Group, Küttner now operates as Hatch Küttner GmbH, combining Hatch's global engineering and consulting resources with Küttner's metallurgical and environmental technology IP to address sustainable industrial processes, green technologies, and battery solutions. The firm previously withdrew from its coking plant division in October 2020 as part of a strategic refocus toward higher-growth segments. Certifications include ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, and a DIN EN 16247-1 energy audit (2022). The company maintains no disclosed venture or private-equity ownership.

Name

Kuttner

Legal name

Hatch Küttner GmbH

Website

https://kuettner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Küttner (Hatch Küttner GmbH) is a German EPC contractor and industrial plant engineering firm serving iron & steel, non-ferrous metals, and energy & environment clients with proprietary metallurgical, heat recovery, and digital automation technologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Plant Engineering

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Power Plant I&C / SCADA / DCS EPC (EUAEAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Combined Cycle & Cogeneration (CHP) EPC (EUAEAAAB), Power Plant Electrical Systems EPC (Switchyard, Transformers, Protection & Controls) (EUAEAAAM)

Keywords

• Industrial plant engineering
• Metallurgical process technology
• EPC contracting services
• Heat recovery systems
• Iron and steel equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Essen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EPC Contracting: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction contracting for complete industrial plants. Provides holistic approach to innovative technology with turnkey project delivery for metallurgical and environmental facilities.
2. Engineering Services: Engineering services along the process chain including consulting, process automation, electrical planning, and project management. Services range from individual component design to complete plant engineering.
3. Process Technology Equipment: Supply of proprietary process equipment including metallurgical injection systems, large valves for blast furnaces, heat recovery systems, and water treatment plants.
4. Automation Systems: Industrial automation and control systems including SIMATIC PCS 7, ABB systems, and proprietary solutions like MetPC and Level 2 Systems. Covers electrical construction, switchgear, and process automation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Küttner is an industrial plant engineering company that delivers EPC-contracting (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction), proprietary process technologies, and engineering services for metallurgical, non-ferrous metals, and energy-intensive industries. The company designs and supplies complete plants and individual equipment — including OXYCUP recycling systems, ECOSTAT heat pipes, ECOFLOW heat recovery, pulverized coal injection (PCI) systems, and metallurgical injection systems — to steel, non-ferrous metal, and energy/environmental producers worldwide. Küttner also provides industrial automation, digital operations/Industry 4.0 solutions, simulation software (iIM-Sim, MetPC), and consulting services along the full process chain.

Product overview

Küttner (now Hatch Küttner) is an industrial plant engineering and technology company offering a comprehensive portfolio of metallurgical, automation, and environmental solutions. The product portfolio includes simulation systems (iIM-Sim), metallurgy control software (MetPC, MetInject), process automation platforms, and digital operations solutions. For iron & steel production, they provide PCI technology (Dense-Flow, OxyCoal), blast furnace equipment (ECOTOP charger, ECO-Radar), metallurgy systems (TBM bottom stirring), and OXYCUP recycling technology. Energy & environment offerings include heat recovery systems (ECOSTAT, ECOFLOW), PFA solutions, recooling systems, fluidized bed technology, and industrial wastewater treatment. Non-ferrous solutions cover roasting, melting, and refining furnaces (TSL, KTRC, KRPS, SBF), exhaust gas management, and waste heat recovery. The company operates as a manufacturer-independent control supplier serving materials- and energy-intensive industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OXYCUP: Zero-waste recycling process for transforming fine-grained iron-containing substances into self-reducing agglomerates for pig iron production.
• ECOSTAT Heat Pipe System
• ECOFLOW
• MetPC / MetInject

Products and services

• EPC-Contracting Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) turnkey delivery for complete industrial plants, providing holistic approach to innovative technology for metallurgical and environmental facilities.
• Engineering Services Engineering services along the process chain including consulting, process automation, electrical planning, and project management. Services range from individual component design to complete plant engineering for materials- and energy-intensive industries.
• OXYCUP Recycling Technology Patented shaft furnace technology for recycling fine-grained iron-containing substances (dusts, sludges, mill scale, sponge iron, ore fines) into high-temperature-resistant self-reducing agglomerates (C-bricks) melted to pig iron in blast furnace quality using zero-waste principle.
• PCI Dense-Flow Technology Pulverized coal injection technology based on 36 years of experience. Enables jerk-free and pulsation-free conveyance over long distances at low conveyor speeds (~5 m/s) minimizing wear, with higher injection rates and lower coke rates for blast furnace optimization.
• OxyCoal / Reactive PCI Technology Patented injection system bringing high-percentage oxygen and injection coal together for earlier ignition and optimized gasification in blast furnaces. Reactive variant uses hydrogen, converter gas, or coke oven gas to significantly increase gasification rate and coal dust gasification amount, reducing coal injection costs and coke rates.
• ECOSTAT Heat Pipe System Heat exchange technology between two gas streams combining thermal conductivity and phase transition principles. PFA coated versions available for corrosive environments. Used for preheating combustion air and fuel gas using waste heat.
• ECOFLOW Heat Recovery System Versatile heat recovery systems with heat duties from 100 to 50,000 kW for extraction of waste heat from various industrial processes including sinter coolers, blast furnaces, and gas turbines. Supports water, thermal oil, and steam systems.
• MetInject Metallurgical Injection System Ladle treatment through injection of solid reagents for Desiliconization, Dephosphorization, Desulphurization (Triple D), Recarburization, and Chemical Heating. Supports mono-, co-, or multi-injection using deep injection technology. Over 100 treatment stands installed in brownfield and greenfield projects.
• TBM Bottom Stirring System BOF converter technology with 8-12 tuyeres for inert gas injection. Enables cost-optimized production of steel grades with carbon contents of 0.035% or less and achieves minimum gas contents (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen) in steel.
• ECO-TOP Bell-Less Charging System Rotating charging system with upper and lower chutes rotating at constant tilting angles. Enables any common charging pattern (ring, spiral, segment, spot) with perfectly guided material flow. Compact and maintenance-friendly design for blast furnace replacement projects.
• ECO-Radar Scanner Electronically steered radar scanner for real-time 3D mapping of burden surface inside blast furnace. Delivers three-dimensional map every second with very high resolution for immediate detection of burden irregularities.
• MetPC Metallurgy PC Software Software solution for mono-, co- or multi-injection of desulphurising agents. Automatically calculates desulphurisation recipes based on mathematical model with online calculation. Determines and documents final sulfur content for ladle metallurgy operations.
• iIM-Sim Dynamic Process Simulation Proprietary simulation system from Küttner Automation for dynamic process simulations enabling error detection before commissioning. Developed in server/client architecture configurable with MS Office programs, enabling display and operation of multilingual simulation images.
• Ceramic Flat Membrane Industrial Wastewater Treatment Ultrafiltration technology for industrial wastewater treatment with retention of particles larger than 200 nm. Yield rates up to 98%. Ceramic membranes offer high stability against mechanical, chemical, and thermal loads with lower operating costs and longer service life.
• TSL Top Submerged Lance Furnaces Bath melting furnace technology for non-ferrous metallurgy applications including precious metals processing. Used for melting operations in copper, lead, zinc and other non-ferrous metallurgical processes.
• KTRC Küttner Tiltable Rotary Converter Tilting rotary converter for flexible melting operations in metallurgical processes for non-ferrous metal producers.
• Fluidized Bed Technology for Sewage Sludge Fluidized bed technology for thermal recovery of sewage sludge with over 80% fuel heat utilization. Applications include sewage sludge heating, district heating, power generation, and process heat.
• Large Valves for Blast Furnaces High-quality, innovative and durable large valves for blast furnaces and ancillary facilities up to 5,000 mm nominal width and temperatures up to 1,600°C.
• Exhaust Gas Management Systems Systems for holistic exhaust gas management from collection to clean gas, including static emission capture systems, mobile crane suction, afterburning chambers, water quench systems, and scrubbers for non-ferrous metallurgical applications.
• Vision Systems for Foundries

Quantifiable outcome

• Yield rates up to 98% in ceramic membrane water treatment systems
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hatch GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 May 2023Küttner has joined the Hatch group of companies. Together, Hatch Küttner provides sustainable industrial processes, novel green technologies, and battery solutions to solve the problems of today and answer the challenges of tomorrow. The integration combines Hatch's global resources with Küttner's metallurgical and environmental technology expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Andritz: Austrian engineering group with significant metals and EPC capabilities alongside its larger pulp & paper and hydropower businesses. Overlaps with Küttner in metallurgical plant and heat recovery equipment.
• Hatch: Canadian global engineering and consulting firm; parent of Küttner since May 2023. Overlaps with Küttner in metallurgical EPC, battery materials, and sustainable industrial process engineering at a much larger global scale.
• FLSmidth: Danish engineering company supplying equipment and full plants for cement, mining, and non-ferrous metals processing. Comparable in EPC delivery, process equipment, and aftermarket services for heavy industry.
• Metso: Finnish-listed engineering company serving mining, aggregates, and metals refining with process equipment, automation, and services. Comparable to Küttner in industrial process technology, instrumentation, and digital plant solutions.

Direct peers

• Primetals Technologies: Joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and voestalpine, supplying metallurgical plant equipment and EPC services for iron, steel, and non-ferrous. Directly comparable to Küttner's blast furnace, continuous casting, and rolling mill offerings.
• SMS group: German-based, family-owned plant engineering and EPC contractor for the metals industry. Direct competitor to Küttner across iron & steel, non-ferrous, and environmental plant projects, with significantly larger headcount and broader scope.
• Tenova (Techint Group): Italian-headquartered supplier of plants, technologies, and services for metals and mining. Direct competitor in blast furnace, steelmaking, and non-ferrous process technologies with comparable EPC and proprietary equipment offerings.
• Danieli: Italian plant maker supplying equipment, technologies, and turnkey plants for the metals industry. Competes head-to-head with Küttner in BOF, EAF, long products, and metallurgical plant EPC.

Others

• Wood Group: Global engineering and consulting company with process and industrial EPC capabilities across energy and heavy industry. Adjacent peer providing similar EPC and process engineering services to Küttner's end markets.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global professional services firm with critical mission solutions, advanced facilities, and process industrial EPC. Adjacent in process plant engineering and project delivery for industrial clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/k%C3%BCttner-gmbh-co-kg

Compliance3 records

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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