What MICRODYN-NADIR does

MICRODYN-NADIR is a manufacturer of polymeric membrane products and membrane-based water and fluid treatment solutions, operating as a product brand under MANN+HUMMEL Water & Membrane Solutions (legal entity: MANN+HUMMEL Water & Fluid Solutions GmbH, headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany). The company's product portfolio spans the full filtration spectrum — Reverse Osmosis (RO), Nanofiltration (NF), Ultrafiltration (UF), Microfiltration (MF), Membrane Bioreactors (MBR), and Ion Exchange — marketed under proprietary brand lines including MICRODYN, NADIR, TURBOCLEAN, OLTRAMARE, TRISEP, SPIRA-CEL, BIO-CEL, AQUADYN, MAXIDYN, ULTRADYN, PUREULTRA II, MIONEX, and SEPRODYN, augmented by intelligent monitoring (STREAMETRIC) and design software (AquaPro, FILTER Line CPQ).

The business targets seven primary vertical segments: industrial wastewater treatment, municipal water and wastewater, drinking water and desalination, industrial process and ultrapure water, life sciences and pharmaceuticals (including water-for-injection), process industries (dairy, food, beverage, chemical), and — more recently — green energy applications such as redox flow battery membranes and green hydrogen electrolysis. Customers are enterprise industrial, municipal, and commercial operators requiring engineered membrane systems for water purification, wastewater reuse, zero-liquid-discharge schemes, and resource recovery; documented reference applications include sugar/bioethanol boiler feed water in Brazil, dairy MBR and UF processing, mining ZLD, and textile wastewater reuse in China.

Go-to-market is an enterprise field-sales model executed through MANN+HUMMEL regional offices in Germany, Italy, China, India, Singapore, and the United States (covering Canada and Latin America), supplemented by water treatment system integrators and engineering partners. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific with multi-year contract cadence; revenue streams combine hardware sales of membrane modules and systems with professional services for technical consulting, system integration, and after-sales maintenance and monitoring. The brand traces its membrane heritage to the 2019 acquisition of the MICRODYN and NADIR businesses by the family-owned MANN+HUMMEL Group (founded 1941), bringing 80+ years of filtration expertise to the combined entity.

Name

MICRODYN-NADIR

Legal name

MANN+HUMMEL Water & Fluid Solutions GmbH

Website

https://microdyn-nadir.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MICRODYN-NADIR, a brand of MANN+HUMMEL Water & Membrane Solutions (Wiesbaden, Germany), manufactures polymeric RO, NF, UF, MF, and MBR membrane modules plus ion-exchange products. It serves industrial, municipal, and commercial customers globally through direct enterprise field sales across seven water and process verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Treatment Membranes

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems) (IMAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Membrane filtration systems
• Water treatment membranes
• Reverse osmosis modules
• Ultrafiltration products
• Industrial wastewater treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membrane Products and Modules: Sale of membrane products including RO, NF, UF, MF modules and MBR systems. Products are sold directly to industrial, municipal, and commercial customers as core components of water treatment systems.
2. Water Treatment Solutions and Systems: Complete water and wastewater treatment solutions including design, components, and integration services for specific applications across municipal, industrial, and process industries.
3. Technical Consulting and After-Sales Services: Technical consulting services and after-sales support for membrane systems including maintenance, monitoring, and optimization services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MICRODYN-NADIR manufactures and sells membrane filtration products including reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), ultrafiltration (UF), microfiltration (MF), membrane bioreactor (MBR) modules, and ion exchange products for water and wastewater treatment. The company also provides complete engineered water and wastewater treatment solutions, technical consulting, and after-sales services to industrial, municipal, and commercial customers worldwide.

Product overview

MICRODYN-NADIR is a sub-brand under MANN+HUMMEL Water & Membrane Solutions specializing in spiral membrane technology for water and fluid treatment. The product portfolio comprises multiple membrane technologies across the filtration spectrum: MICRODYN branded products (RO, NF, MF) for standard spiral membranes; NADIR branded products (UF, NF, MF) for ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and microfiltration; TurboClean self-cleaning variants for RO, UF, and NF applications; TRISEP and SPIRA-CEL branded membranes; and Oltremare branded RO and NF products. The portfolio also includes MBR systems (BIO-CEL M+, BIO-CEL L Series, BIO-CEL EASY), ion exchange (MIONEX), prefiltration (FILTER Line), intelligent monitoring (STREAMETRIC Lifestyle), and design software (AquaPro Design Software, FILTER Line CPQ). This comprehensive membrane portfolio addresses water treatment, wastewater treatment, process solutions, and life science applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MICRODYN RO

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) achievable for mining and industrial wastewater applications
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia supplies membrane-based water and wastewater treatment systems (including UF, RO, and MBR) to municipal and industrial customers worldwide, competing with MICRODYN-NADIR across both system integration and membrane element supply.
• Toray Industries (Membrane Division): Toray manufactures RO, NF, UF, and MF membrane elements under the Toray Membrane brand, serving municipal desalination and industrial water reuse — a direct portfolio and customer overlap with MICRODYN-NADIR's RO/UF/MF offerings.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: SUEZ provides RO, UF, and MBR membrane systems alongside broader water treatment services for industrial and municipal customers, overlapping MICRODYN-NADIR's core offering with the scale of a major global water platform.
• Pentair (Water Solutions): Pentair offers RO, UF, and MF membrane systems and components for residential, commercial, and industrial applications — overlapping with MICRODYN-NADIR's commercial and industrial water product portfolio.
• DuPont Water Solutions: DuPont (formerly Dow FilmTec) is one of the largest global suppliers of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes, serving municipal and industrial water treatment customers — directly overlapping MICRODYN-NADIR's core RO/NF product lines and target segments.

Direct peers

• Koch Membrane Systems: Koch Membrane Systems manufactures UF, MF, NF, and RO membranes plus MBR systems for industrial and municipal water/wastewater treatment — directly competing with MICRODYN-NADIR's BIO-CEL MBR and spiral-wound product lines.
• Hydranautics (Nitto Group): Hydranautics is a Nitto Group company specializing in RO, NF, and UF spiral-wound membranes for industrial, municipal, and desalination applications, making it a direct membrane portfolio and channel peer to MICRODYN-NADIR.
• Alfa Laval (Membrane Filtration): Alfa Laval provides membrane-based filtration equipment for industrial process, dairy, food, and water treatment applications — closely aligned with MICRODYN-NADIR's process industries and MBR wastewater offerings.
• GEA Group (Membrane Filtration): GEA supplies membrane filtration systems for dairy, food, beverage, and industrial process applications, directly competing with MICRODYN-NADIR's process solutions portfolio and vertical-specific dairy and food case studies.
• Pall Corporation (Danaher): Pall supplies MF, UF, and crossflow membrane filtration systems primarily for industrial process and life sciences applications, directly comparable to MICRODYN-NADIR's process industries and life science segment offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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