Ecología Técnica

What Ecología Técnica does

Ecología Técnica S.A. (trading as ECOTEC) is a Spanish industrial equipment manufacturer specializing in environmental treatment technologies for gas and water applications. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Sallent (Barcelona), the company operates as a subsidiary of Grup Tefsa, a diversified industrial group, with an additional regional office in Peachtree City, Georgia, USA. ECOTEC holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications and maintains project references in more than 50 countries. The business is organized into two product divisions: Gas Treatment (bioscrubbers, biotrickling filters, chemical scrubbers, biofilters, industrial ventilation, absorption/neutralization, air stripping, dust collection, and chemical-to-biotrickling retrofits) and Water Treatment (tubSed® lamella modules, the patented tubJet® automatic cleaning system, DLC compact lamellar clarifiers, ECOMOD GRP covers, and FINNCHAIN scrapers). Technical differentiation rests on biological process engineering — the proprietary two-stage Bioscrubber dBiox® achieves greater than 99% H2S removal at concentrations above 10,000 ppmv, while the tubSed® V-channel lamella geometry reduces effective surface loss to 6% versus the industry-standard 18-20%.

The company generates revenue through one-time equipment sales supplemented by professional installation and commissioning services, with project-by-project quotation and no public pricing disclosed. Pricing is custom and contact-based, reflecting the engineered-to-order nature of the equipment. ECOTEC sells directly to B2B customers — municipalities, water and wastewater treatment utilities, biogas/anaerobic digestion operators, drinking water utilities, and industrial facilities in food processing, rendering, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors — with documented flagship customers including the EDAR Palma II wastewater treatment plant in Spain (135,000 m³/day capacity), the Bouira and Koudiet drinking water plants in Algeria, and DSM (chemical scrubbers and biofilters across multiple sites in Spain, France, and Portugal). Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales, major environmental industry trade shows (IFAT, Salon du Gaz Renouvelable), website contact-form lead capture, multilingual product catalogs for download, and a multi-language web presence in Spanish, English, and French.

Name

Ecología Técnica

Legal name

ECOLOGÍA TÉCNICA S.A.

Website

https://ecotec.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ecología Técnica (ECOTEC) is a Spanish manufacturer of gas and water treatment equipment — including bioscrubbers, biotrickling filters, lamella settlers, and patented automatic cleaning systems — selling B2B to municipal water utilities, biogas producers, and industrial facilities in 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Environmental Treatment Equipment

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

Emission Control & Scrubbing Equipment (Scrubbers, Dust Collectors, Catalytic Systems) (IMAHAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB), Biogas Upgrading to RNG & Injection/Fueling (Gas Cleanup, Compression) (EUAIAEAF), Odor, Corrosion & Air Emissions Control (H2S/VOC) (EUANADAK)

Keywords

• Gas treatment equipment
• Biogas desulfurization systems
• Lamellar water clarification
• Industrial odor control
• Biological gas scrubbing

Headquarters

HQ city

Sallent

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial environmental treatment equipment including gas scrubbers, biotrickling systems, bioscrubbers, lamellar settlers, and components. Equipment sales are one-time transactions with installation and commissioning as separate services.
2. Installation and Commissioning: Installation and setup of supplied equipment, including commissioning services. These are additional services offered alongside equipment sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ecología Técnica (ECOTEC) manufactures industrial environmental treatment equipment for gas and water applications, including biological and chemical gas treatment systems (bioscrubbers, biotrickling filters, chemical scrubbers, biofilters) for biogas desulfurization and odor control, as well as lamellar water clarification systems (TubSed® lamella modules, TubJet® automatic cleaning systems, DLC compact clarifiers). The company also supplies complementary equipment such as GRP modular covers, scrapers, industrial ventilation, absorption/neutralization, air stripping, and dust collection systems, alongside installation and commissioning services.

Product overview

Ecología Técnica (ECOTEC) is an environmental technology company specializing in gas and water treatment solutions. The product portfolio is organized into two main divisions: Gas Treatment (desulfurization, odor control, ventilation) and Water Treatment (lamellar clarification, cleaning systems, covers). Key products include the dBiox® bioscrubber and biotrickling systems for biogas desulfurization, chemical scrubbers and biofilters for odor elimination, tubSed® lamella modules with the patented tubJet® automatic cleaning system for water clarification, and complementary systems including GRP covers (ECOMOD), FINNCHAIN scrapers, industrial ventilation, absorption/neutralization, air stripping, and dust collection. The company also offers upgrade solutions for converting chemical scrubbers to biotrickling technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• dBiox®: Brand name for Bioscrubber and Biotrickling technologies for biogas desulphurization.
• tubSed®
• tubJet®
• ECOMOD
• FINNCHAIN

Products and services

• Bioscrubber dBiox®

Quantifiable outcome

• Bioscrubber achieves >99% H2S transfer efficiency and treats biogas with concentrations >10,000 ppmv at flow rates up to 6,000 m3/h
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grup TefsacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECOTEC belongs to Grup Tefsa, a corporate group. This is the parent company relationship, indicating ECOTEC is part of a larger industrial group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bionomic Industries: US-based manufacturer of wet scrubbers, biofilters, and odor-control systems for wastewater and industrial applications; directly competes with ECOTEC's chemical scrubber, biofilter, and biotrickling product range.
• Fluence Corporation: Provider of decentralized water, wastewater, and anaerobic digestion/reuse solutions with overlapping lamella clarification and biogas-related treatment scope relevant to ECOTEC's portfolio.
• Parkson Corporation: US-headquartered water and wastewater treatment equipment manufacturer with lamella plate settlers and physical/chemical separation products that compete head-to-head with ECOTEC's TubSed® and DLC clarifiers.
• DMT Environmental Technology: Dutch specialist in biogas desulfurization (e.g., SulfurTec, Carborex) and gas-cleaning equipment for anaerobic digestion, landfill gas, and WWTP applications; directly comparable to ECOTEC's dBiox® bioscrubber/biotrickling portfolio.
• Malmberg (Malmberg Water AB): Swedish provider of biogas upgrading and water-treatment systems including biological H2S removal and lamella-based clarification, addressing the same European WWTP and AD customer base as ECOTEC.
• GreenGas: Supplier of biogas desulfurization and upgrading systems for AD and landfill gas, with overlapping biological and chemical scrubbing product lines to ECOTEC's dBiox® and chemical scrubber offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Xylem: Global water-technology major with broad municipal and industrial water-treatment equipment portfolios (clarification, filtration, biological treatment), competing for the same municipal WWTP projects as ECOTEC.
• CECO Environmental: Diversified North American air-pollution control and industrial ventilation company whose CECO Filter, Fisher-Klosterman, and Aarding brands overlap with ECOTEC's scrubbers, biofilters, and industrial ventilation systems.
• Suez Water Technologies & Solutions: International water and wastewater treatment solutions provider with biological odor control, clarification, and biogas-related offerings that overlap with ECOTEC's gas and water treatment product lines.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Global environmental services and water-technology giant whose HYDREX and Sidem odor treatment / scrubbing systems compete with ECOTEC's gas-treatment division in municipal and industrial tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ecotec
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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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