Aquamarijn Micro Filtration

Name

Aquamarijn Micro Filtration

Legal name

MicroSieve Technologies GmbH

Website

https://aquamarijn.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Microfiltration Membranes

NAICS

Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing (326112)

SIC

Unsupported Plastics Film & Sheet (3081)

akta.pro primary industry

Membrane Treatment Chemicals (RO/NF/UF) (IMAEAJAF)

Keywords

• Microfiltration membranes
• Microsieve membranes
• Silicon micromachining
• Contract manufacturing
• Precision filtration

Headquarters

HQ city

Zutphen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Microsieve Membrane Products: Sale of high-porosity and low-porosity microsieve membranes, emulsification modules, and filter holders/accessories through their e-commerce shop.
2. Contract Manufacturing Services: Contract manufacturing of microsieve-based components for companies worldwide, offering production capabilities for customers.
3. Design & Engineering Services: Design, prototyping, and product development services for transforming concepts into functional designs ready for manufacturing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Aquamarijn designs, develops, and manufactures high-precision microsieve membranes using silicon micromachining technology adapted from semiconductor manufacturing processes. The company sells standard high-porosity and low-porosity microsieves, emulsification modules, and filter holder accessories, and provides design, prototyping, and contract manufacturing services for microsieve-based components used by industrial customers worldwide.

Product overview

Aquamarijn offers a portfolio of microsieve membrane products based on precision silicon micromachining technology. The core product line includes high-porosity and low-porosity microsieves, which are high-precision perforated membranes with perfectly defined pore sizes and spacing. These are complemented by an emulsification module for droplet generation applications and supporting filter holders and accessories. The company also provides contract services including design & prototyping, product development, and manufacturing of microsieve-based components for customers worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High-porosity microsieves High-porosity microsieve membrane products designed for high-flux precision microfiltration applications, manufactured using silicon micromachining for perfectly defined pore sizes and spacing. Sold to industrial and laboratory customers for filtration applications.
• Low-porosity microsieves Low-porosity microsieve membrane products offering precise filtration with controlled pore density for specialized applications requiring finer filtration than high-porosity variants. Sold to industrial and laboratory customers.
• Emulsification module Specialized module for microsieve membrane emulsification that enables precise control of droplet sizes in emulsification processes. Used in cosmetic, pharmaceutical, food, and chemical formulation applications.
• Filter holders and accessories Supporting equipment and accessories for microsieve membrane systems, including filter holders designed for use with Aquamarijn's microsieve products across various applications.
• Design and prototyping service Design and prototyping engineering service that transforms customer concepts into functional designs ready for microsieve-based manufacturing. Provided to industrial and research customers.
• Contract manufacturing service Contract manufacturing of microsieve-based components for companies worldwide, providing production capabilities leveraging Aquamarijn's semiconductor-derived micromachining process for third-party designs.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Entegris: Entegris is a global specialty chemicals and materials supplier that includes precision filtration membranes for semiconductor and life sciences customers. It is comparable to Aquamarijn because it serves semiconductor-grade filtration and life sciences applications with high-purity membrane products, albeit at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Sartorius AG: Sartorius is a major bioprocessing and lab filtration supplier offering membrane-based products for cell separation, clarification, and sterile filtration. It is comparable to Aquamarijn because it serves the same cell isolation and life sciences microfiltration use cases, though from a much broader portfolio and at significantly larger scale.
• Cytiva (Danaher): Cytiva is a major bioprocessing supplier offering filtration and cell separation technologies for pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers. It is a broad incumbent peer because it serves the same cell isolation and bioprocessing filtration customers that Aquamarijn targets, but as part of a much larger global portfolio.
• Asahi Kasei (Microza / Membrane Division): Asahi Kasei manufactures Microza hollow-fiber and precision membranes for industrial, biotech, and water filtration applications. It is a broad incumbent peer because it produces high-precision membrane products serving similar food/beverage, pharma, and biotech filtration markets, but at substantially greater scale and breadth.
• 3M (Separation and Purification Sciences): 3M's Separation and Purification division produces membrane filtration products for food/beverage, industrial, and life sciences markets. It is a broad incumbent peer because it operates in the same membrane filtration space across overlapping end-uses, but as part of a much larger diversified conglomerate.

Direct peers

• GVS Group: GVS is a global manufacturer of filtration solutions including microfiltration membranes and membranes for life sciences, pharmaceutical, and food/beverage applications. It is a direct peer because it produces precision membrane products targeting the same end-use applications—biotech, pharma, and beverage filtration—that Aquamarijn serves.
• Porvair Filtration Group: Porvair manufactures specialty porous materials and membranes for industrial, life sciences, and aerospace applications. It is a direct peer because it produces precision porous/filters products for overlapping niche use cases including biotech and process filtration, with a comparable specialty-manufacturer positioning.

Emerging players

• It4ip (Luxembourg) / iX-filters: it4ip is a European developer and manufacturer of track-etched membranes and porous polymer films used in life sciences, lab-on-chip, and filtration applications. It is an emerging peer because it competes with Aquamarijn in precision porous membranes for biotech and lab-on-chip use cases, using complementary (track-etched) rather than semiconductor-based production.
• Smart Membrane (AES Holding): Smart Membrane develops functionalized microfiltration membranes for life sciences and industrial applications. It is an emerging peer because it focuses on specialty microfiltration membranes—a directly overlapping product category with Aquamarijn—although it emphasizes functionalization rather than semiconductor-derived precision pore geometry.

Regional players

• Starlab Scientific: Starlab manufactures lab consumables and filtration products for European life-science research markets. It is a regional peer because it supplies precision filtration into European research and biotech customers—a segment that overlaps with Aquamarijn's life sciences use case—though from a broader consumables portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AquamarijnMF

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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