Filtec

What Filtec does

Filtec Srl is an Italian private limited company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Badia Polesine, Italy, that designs and manufactures custom industrial pelletizing and plastic recycling systems. Its product portfolio includes underwater pelletizers (UW), water ring granulators (GRO), screen changers (CA), horizontal and vertical centrifuges (CV/CO), water filtration and cooling systems (UFR), vented vibrating screens (VR), custom dies, and a compact laboratory-scale UW LAB pelletizer. All systems are engineered to customer specifications and produced entirely in-house, supporting polymer processing applications across nine verticals including plastic recycling, PVC, bioplastics and biopolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, wood-plastic composites, masterbatch, industrial and bioresins, compounding, and microgranules.

The company operates a B2B direct-sales model with quote-based, project-specific pricing. Revenue is generated from one-time equipment sales, tiered multi-year service and maintenance contracts (Basic 1, Basic 2, Plus, Plus Advance), spare parts, and on-site training. GTM motion is sales-led with a strong event-driven component: Filtec maintains a regular presence at major international industry exhibitions including K Fair (Düsseldorf), PLAST EURASIA (Istanbul), PRS Europe (Amsterdam), PRS Middle East & Africa, Warsaw Plast Expo, and GreenPlast, supported by a multilingual website and helpdesk in Italian, English, German, Spanish, and French.

Filtec has pursued R&D through EU- and region-funded consortia, notably the 2020 EcoDPI project (€2.0M Veneto Region grant, partners Veneto Green Cluster, Ribes, Venetian Smart Lighting) for PPE recycling and the 2017 PLASTOMAG project (€50K grant, partners A.T.I. S.p.a, TEKNEIDOS S.r.l., SIRMAX S.p.a) for thermoplastic magnets for electric motors. It is a member of Amaplast, the Italian plastics processing machinery trade association. The company remains privately held with no disclosed external institutional investment or M&A activity.

Name

Filtec

Legal name

Filtec Srl

Website

https://filtecsrl.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Filtec Srl is an Italian manufacturer founded in 1993 that designs and builds custom pelletizing, filtration, and recycling systems for the polymer processing industry, serving customers across nine plastics verticals including recycling, PVC, biopolymers, and compounding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Pelletizing and Plastic Recycling Machinery

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Plastic & Rubber Recycling, Reprocessing & Pelletizing (IMANAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Pelletizing systems
• Plastic recycling equipment
• Polymer processing machinery
• Underwater granulators
• Industrial filtration systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Badia Polesine

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

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. Custom Pelletizing and Recycling Equipment: Design, manufacturing, and sale of custom pelletizing systems including underwater pelletizers, water ring granulators, screen changers, centrifuges, and vibrating screens. Each system is customized to customer specifications with pricing based on complexity and requirements.
2. Technical Services and Maintenance: Technical assistance including commissioning support, preventive and corrective maintenance, remote monitoring, and scheduled maintenance. Provided through service packages (Basic 1, Basic 2, Plus, Plus Advance) with varying hour allocations and pricing structures.
3. Spare Parts: Aftermarket spare parts supply for pelletizing systems and other Filtec machines. Extensive inventory management system with thousands of items, supported by multilingual helpdesk service.
4. Training Services: On-site training programs for customer personnel covering machine operation, maintenance procedures, and troubleshooting. Practical and operational training methodology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Filtec designs, manufactures, and supplies custom pelletizing and filtration systems for plastic material processing. The portfolio includes underwater and water ring pelletizers, screen changers, centrifuges, water filtration and cooling systems, vibrating screens, dies, and a compact laboratory pelletizer — all built to customer-specific directives. The company complements equipment sales with technical services, spare parts, and on-site training for polymer processors worldwide.

Product overview

Filtec is a manufacturer of industrial pelletizing and plastic recycling machinery based in Italy. The product portfolio consists of multiple complementary systems for polymer processing: underwater pelletizers (UW series) for hot-cut granulation in water; water ring granulators (GRO) for strand cutting and cooling; screen changers (CA) for continuous filtration; water filtration and cooling systems (UFR) to maintain process water quality; centrifuges (CV/CO) for granule drying and separation; dies (Filiere) for water ring systems; vented vibrating screens (VR) for granulometric selection; and the compact UW LAB pelletizer for laboratory use. All systems are customized to customer specifications. Applications span plastic recycling, PVC, biopolymers, thermoplastic polyurethanes, WPC compounds, masterbatch, industrial resins, and compounding operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• UW - Underwater Pelletizers Underwater pelletizing systems for hot-cut granulation of polymers in water, featuring immersed water cutting technology for high-output production lines. Configurations are customized to specific production requirements.
• GRO - Water Ring Granulators Water ring granulators with a liquid ring cutting system that cut and cool polymer strands, offering high precision and quality in pellet production.
• CA - Screen Changers (Cambiafiltri) Screen changers for continuous filtration and separation in polymer processing, enabling filter replacement without stopping production.
• CV/CO - Centrifuges (Centrifughe) Horizontal (CV) and vertical (CO) centrifuges for separating and drying polymer granules in industrial processing applications.
• UFR - Water Filtration and Cooling Systems Industrial water filtration and cooling systems that maintain optimal water quality and processing temperatures for pelletizing operations.
• VR - Vented Vibrating Screens (Vibrovagli Insufflati) Vented vibrating screens for granulometric selection and separation of polymer granules.
• UW LAB - Compact Pelletizing System Compact underwater pelletizing system designed for laboratory and small-scale production applications.
• Filiere (Dies) Custom dies engineered for water ring liquid cutting technology, designed for precise granule shaping and sizing during polymer processing.
• Technical Services and Maintenance Technical assistance including commissioning support, preventive and corrective maintenance, remote monitoring, and scheduled maintenance, offered through annual service packages (Basic 1, Basic 2, Plus, Plus Advance).
• Spare Parts Aftermarket spare parts supply for Filtec pelletizing systems and related machinery, supported by an extensive inventory management system and multilingual helpdesk service.
• Training Services On-site training programs for customer personnel covering machine operation, maintenance procedures, and troubleshooting using practical and operational training methodology.

Quantifiable outcome

• Custom pelletizing systems designed to individual production requirements

Named customers1 record

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered moderate and core.

• AmaplastmoderateOthersOfficial member of Amaplast, the Italian Association of Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery and Moulds manufacturers. Association membership provides industry representation and networking within the Italian plastics processing machinery sector.
• A.T.I. S.p.acoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in PLASTOMAG project for developing thermoplastic magnets for high-performance electric motors with sustainability focus. Project funded by Veneto Region POR FESR 2014-2020.
• TEKNEADOS S.r.l.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in PLASTOMAG project for developing thermoplastic magnets for high-performance electric motors with sustainability focus. Project funded by Veneto Region POR FESR 2014-2020.
• SIRMAX S.p.acoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in PLASTOMAG project for developing thermoplastic magnets for high-performance electric motors with sustainability focus. Project funded by Veneto Region POR FESR 2014-2020.
• Veneto Green ClustermoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Innovation Network involved in EcoDPI project for eco-design and recycling of personal protective equipment in a circular industrial framework. Supported by POR FESR 2014-2020 funding.
• Ribes (Ecosystem for Health and Smart Food)moderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Innovation Network involved in EcoDPI project for eco-design and recycling of personal protective equipment. Contributed expertise in ecosystem health and food technology domains.
• Venetian Smart LightingmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional Innovation Network involved in EcoDPI project for eco-design and recycling of personal protective equipment. Contributed expertise in smart lighting and industrial technology domains.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coperion: Coperion is a global direct competitor in compounding and pelletizing systems for plastics, offering underwater pelletizers, screen changers, and water filtration equipment that overlap directly with Filtec's UW, CA, and UFR product lines for polymer processors.
• MAAG Group: MAAG Group (a Dover company) designs and supplies pelletizing systems — including underwater and water-ring pelletizers, screen changers, and centrifugal dryers — serving exactly the same polymer-processing customers and applications as Filtec.
• Gala Industries: Gala Industries manufactures underwater pelletizing systems, centrifugal dryers, and process water filtration equipment for plastics — directly comparable to Filtec's UW, CV/CO, and UFR product categories.
• Reduction Engineering Scheer: Reduction Engineering Scheer is a direct competitor in underwater pelletizing systems for plastics and rubber processing, offering custom-engineered pelletizers comparable to Filtec's UW and GRO series.
• Pelletron (K Tron): Pelletron supplies pneumatic conveying, dedusting, and downstream pellet-handling equipment adjacent to Filtec's vibrating screens and centrifuges for polymer granule processing.

Emerging players

• ECON (Nanjing) Tech Co. ECON is an emerging Chinese manufacturer of underwater and strand pelletizing systems with growing international presence, providing lower-cost alternatives to Filtec in plastic recycling and compounding applications.

Broad incumbents

• Davis-Standard: Davis-Standard is a broad incumbent in plastics and rubber processing equipment, offering extrusion systems and downstream pelletizing/filtration solutions that compete with Filtec across polymer-processing customers.
• Leistritz Advanced Technologies: Leistritz offers compounding and pelletizing extruders as part of a broader industrial machinery portfolio, serving the same polymer-processing customer base with more standardized systems than Filtec's build-to-order model.
• Bühler Group: Bühler is a large diversified process-equipment manufacturer whose Polymer Processing division supplies pelletizing and compounding systems serving overlapping polymer customers, but as part of a much broader food and advanced materials portfolio.

Regional players

• ICM (Industria Compounding Macchine): ICM is an Italian regional manufacturer of compounding and pelletizing machinery, competing with Filtec primarily in Italy and southern Europe for polymer-processing and masterbatch customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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