Voigt

What Voigt does

Voigt GmbH is a privately held German industrial manufacturer founded in 1907 by Bernhard Voigt in Esslingen near Stuttgart, now headquartered in Wernau. The company operates two product divisions from a single site: industrial filter technology (the majority of sales) and felt products. Its filter portfolio spans string-wound elements (where it claims Germany's largest and most experienced manufacturer position), SYNAMELT graded-depth cartridges, pleated PES membrane elements down to 0.03 µm absolute, bag filters, cartridge filter housings (plastic and stainless steel), and a wide gas/air filtration range covering G2 to F9 classes. Felt products include technical felt for industrial sealing, damping and lubrication, plus coloured felt, handicraft felt and the Voigtdesign consumer line. Production is vertically integrated on more than 10,000 m², encompassing cutting, die cutting, plotting, lasering, winding, impregnating, laminating, pleating, dosing, sewing, ultrasonic welding and shaping, supported by ISO 9001:2015 certification and FDA-tested materials for regulated end-markets.

The company sells primarily through a direct B2B sales motion, addressing at least 17 industrial verticals including water treatment, chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, paints & lacquers, power and nuclear plants, cooling lubricants, compressors, paper and print, automotive, machinery, furniture, electronics, adhesives/resins/waxes and air technology. Pricing is quote-based and customized to fineness, media, dimensions and certification requirements. Ancillary services — in-depth consultation, sampling, custom development via CAD, restoration of used filter elements (including third-party units), and logistics (storage, packaging, direct delivery) — complement the product business and create aftermarket touchpoints. Distribution combines direct field sales for industrial accounts with the voigt24shop.de e-commerce store for consumer felt products, plus visibility at trade fairs such as ACHEMA, POWTECH and the International Toy Fair. Voigt is led by Managing Director Michael Lang and shows no disclosed parent, external investors or institutional funding.

Name

Voigt

Legal name

Voigt GmbH

Website

https://voigt24.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1907

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Voigt GmbH is a German industrial manufacturer founded in 1907 that designs and produces customized filters and felt products, serving enterprise customers across water treatment, chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, power generation and other industrial verticals from its vertically integrated Wernau facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wernau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial filter products: Voigt generates revenue primarily through the sale of high-quality filters for liquid, dry, gaseous, neutral and aggressive media. Products include filter elements, bag filters, cartridge filter housings, gas-air filters, and custom filter solutions. Filters account for the majority of company sales.
2. Felt products: The company also manufactures and sells technical felt, coloured felt, handicraft felt, and Voigtdesign products for industrial customers and private users. Products are available both via the e-commerce shop and direct B2B sales.
3. Logistics services: Voigt offers logistics services including storage, packaging and delivery, which complement their product sales and provide additional value to B2B customers requiring flexible supply chain solutions.
4. Restoration services: The company offers professional restoration of used filters, including cleaning filter elements from third-party manufacturers and rewinding supporting structures, providing cost savings for customers and environmental benefits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Voigt develops and produces high-quality, often customized, filters for liquid, dry, gaseous, neutral, and aggressive media used by industrial customers across power, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, water treatment, automotive, and electronics industries. Alongside its filter technology core, the company manufactures technical, coloured, and handicraft felt products, including a consumer-facing Voigtdesign line, supported by in-house expertise, custom development, sampling, restoration, and logistics services.

Product overview

Voigt is a German manufacturing company founded in 1907, specializing in two core product areas: filter technology and felt products. The filter division (representing the majority of sales) offers comprehensive liquid and dry/gas filtration solutions including filter elements (string-wound, depth, SYNAMELT, activated charcoal, fabric, screen, stainless steel, membrane, and pleated filters), cartridge filter housings, bag filters, and various specialized wet and dry filtration products. The felt division provides technical felt for industrial applications (sealing, polishing, lubrication), coloured felt in multiple quality grades (Trend 500, Style 320, Style 528), felt cloth/handicraft felt (PJ, PA, PF qualities), and the Voigtdesign sub-brand for consumer products. Voigt also offers complementary services including expertise consultation, custom development, support (sampling and restoration), and logistics. The company operates production facilities spanning over 10,000 m² with vertical integration covering cutting, die cutting, plotting, lasering, winding, impregnating, laminating, pleating, dosing, sewing, and ultrasonic welding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Voigtdesign: Design line featuring felt products including mobile phone cases, key rings, wine bags and seasonal decorations made of high-quality wool felt.
• Voigt24
• Voigt*design

Products and services

• Filter Elements (Filterelemente) Comprehensive range of liquid filtration filter elements including string-wound, depth, SYNAMELT, activated charcoal, fabric, screen, stainless steel, membrane, and pleated filters with fineness grades from 0.03 µm to 1000 µm, serving industrial customers across power, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, and water treatment industries.
• Cartridge Filter Housing (Kerzenfiltergehäuse) Standard housings for filter elements available in plastic (VAM, VPP, VK series) and stainless steel (V1, V series) variants, plus membrane filter housings (VM series) and laboratory filter housings (F10, F20 series) for various flow rates and operating conditions in industrial liquid filtration.
• Bag Filters (Beutelfilter) Filter bags and sacks for batchwise liquid filtration with high dirt holding capacity, anode bags for electroplating baths, and compatible bag filter housings in stainless steel (BFG series) and plastic (VB series) materials.
• Other Wet Filtration Products Additional wet filtration solutions including filter press cloths, filter discs for electroplating baths, plate filter devices, filter fleece rolls, round-needled filter cartridges, self-cleaning edge filters, fully-automatic backflushing filters (FMA series), and filter aids (CELITE, HARBORLITE, JELUCEL).
• Gas and Air Filtration Products Complete dry filtration portfolio including gas-air filters (GLF, MLF series), air filter cartridges (ALF series), canal air filters (KLF series), pocket filters, frame filters, compact filters, suspended matter filters, round air filters (RLF series), form/flat/circular filters, filter tubes and bags, air filter elements, and air filter mats for filter classes G2 to F9.
• Technical Felt (Technische Filze) Custom-manufactured technical felt products including felt strips, felt rings, felt washers, and custom shapes for industrial applications such as sealing, polishing, oiling, lubricating, damping, cushioning, and shimming, with optional self-adhesive backing and material combinations.
• Coloured Felt (Farbfilz) Coloured felt products in three quality grades - Trend 500 (100% polyester, 500 g/m²), Style 320 (70% wool/30% viscose, ~600 g/m²), and Style 528 (70% wool/30% viscose, ~1,400 g/m²) - for creative hobbies, handicraft, fashion accessories, and decorative applications.
• Felt Cloth / Handicraft Felt (Filztuch / Bastelfilz) Felt cloth and handicraft felt in PJ (40% wool, 250 g/linear metre), PA (40% wool, 350 g/linear metre), and PF (100% wool, 430 g/linear metre) quality grades, available in 35 standard colours with optional self-adhesive backing in 24 colours, offered in cuts, rolls, and by the metre.
• Voigtdesign Design line of stylish felt products including mobile phone cases, key rings, wine bags, and seasonal decorations made from high-quality wool felt, sold through the online shop and Instagram page for consumer/fashion audiences.
• Expertise Services In-depth consultation services with extensive materials and technology expertise for filtration and felt applications, including on-site and on-premises advisory services for industrial customers.
• Development Services Product development services including custom design, prototyping using CAD software, and quality control for customised filter and felt products based on specific customer requirements.
• Support Services Customer support including sampling services for cost-effective initial sample versions and restoration services for string-wound filter elements, including cleaning third-party filters and rewinding of supporting structures.
• Logistics Services Logistics services including storage of customer-specific quotas, professional packaging, and flexible delivery, including direct-to-customer delivery on behalf of customers, providing supply chain flexibility for B2B clients.

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mahle Industry (Filtration): Industrial filtration division of the Mahle Group offering hydraulic, lube, and process filtration. Comparable for B2B industrial filter elements and housings, though Mahle is materially larger and broader in scope.
• Pall Corporation (Danaher): Large industrial filtration company specializing in membrane and depth filtration for pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical processing. Comparable for high-precision pharmaceutical-grade filtration, though materially larger and broader.
• Eaton Filtration: Diversified industrial manufacturer with a significant filtration division producing liquid filtration housings, bags, and cartridges. Comparable for liquid filtration product portfolio sold into similar B2B industrial channels.

Direct peers

• MANN+HUMMEL: Germany-headquartered global filtration specialist with deep industrial and automotive filtration portfolios. Comparable as a European industrial filter manufacturer with both liquid and air filtration capabilities and a long heritage.
• Donaldson Company: Global filtration company producing air, liquid, and gas filtration systems for industrial applications. Comparable across product categories (filter elements, housings, cartridges) and end-market exposure in power, chemicals, and manufacturing.
• Sefar Group: Swiss-headquartered manufacturer of precision woven fabrics and filtration media for industrial process filtration. Comparable for specialty filter fabrics and elements sold into chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries.
• Freudenberg Filtration Technologies: German manufacturer of industrial and automotive filter media, elements, and systems. Comparable for felt-based and pleated filter elements sold into similar end-markets including chemicals, pharma, and water treatment.
• Hollingsworth & Vose: US-based manufacturer of filtration media and nonwovens for industrial liquid and air filtration. Comparable as a specialty filter media producer with similar felt and microfiber technology.
• GKD – Gebr. Kufferath: German manufacturer of technical woven mesh and filter media for industrial solid-liquid and gas filtration. Comparable as a German family-owned industrial filter media specialist with similar heritage and B2B positioning.
• BWF Group: German family-owned manufacturer of needle-felt filter media and technical felt products. Closely comparable to Voigt in heritage (founded 1962), German ownership, and dual focus on industrial filtration felt and technical textiles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/voigtdesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/voigt-gmbh-wernau

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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