Ekos

What Ekos does

Ekos S.r.l. is an Italian private limited company headquartered in Biella that designs, manufactures, and commissions turnkey industrial wastewater treatment plants. Its portfolio covers the full treatment train: feed water treatment (metals removal, coarse solids removal, rainwater treatment, softening/deironing), primary treatment (sand filters, settlers, rotary drum screens from 0.25 to 25mm), biological treatment (including MBR-based filtration and secondary sedimentation), and tertiary treatment (flotation units, chemical conditioning, active-carbon filtration, membrane filtration, sludge dehydration). Plants are custom-engineered across a capacity range of 100 to 300,000 liters per hour, with an internal laboratory providing research support, specific analyses, and predictive monitoring services to clients.

The company sells primarily to industrial customers that must comply with stringent legal discharge limits and seek permeate recovery and disposal-cost savings. Ekos's go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales: prospects download fillable questionnaires (in English or Spanish), submit certified analysis or representative samples, and receive a free quotation followed by pre-sale consultancy, custom design, implementation, and post-sale technical assistance. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts for plant construction, ongoing technical consulting and management services, and the sale of auxiliary chemical and biological consumables (organic coagulants, decolorizing agents, anti-foam agents, bacteria, enzymes). Marketing is conducted through a multi-language website (Italian, English, Spanish) with downloadable project examples, treatment proposals, and company presentations, rather than paid advertising or channel partners.

Ekos is an independent, founder-operated Italian S.r.l. with no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing, no subsidiaries, no patents or trademarks on record, no published awards, and no publicly available revenue figures. The firm has been operating for more than 15 years, currently employs between 11 and 50 people, and serves an Italian industrial client base with opportunistic international reach signaled by its multilingual sales collateral.

Name

Ekos

Legal name

Ekos S.r.l.

Website

https://ekostechne.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ekos S.r.l. is a Biella, Italy-based industrial engineering company that designs, manufactures, and services custom turnkey wastewater treatment plants (100–300,000 L/h) for industrial clients across feed water, primary, biological, and tertiary stages, with in-house laboratory monitoring and auxiliary chemical consumables.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Wastewater Treatment

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Industrial wastewater treatment
• Water treatment plants
• Wastewater engineering services
• Industrial water purification
• Membrane filtration systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Biella

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial WWT Plant Design and Manufacturing: Custom design and implementation of turnkey industrial wastewater treatment plants, ranging from 100 to 300,000 liters per hour. Revenue generated through project-based contracts for plant construction.
2. Consulting and Technical Assistance: Pre-sale consultancy services for solution identification and post-sale technical assistance and management consulting services.
3. Auxiliary Products: Sale of auxiliary products for wastewater treatment including organic coagulants, concentrated decolorizing agents, concentrated anti-foaming agents, and specific bacteria and enzymes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ekos Srl designs, manufactures, and implements custom industrial wastewater treatment plants with capacities ranging from 100 to 300,000 liters per hour. The company delivers turnkey solutions encompassing feed water treatment, primary treatment, biological treatment (including MBR filtration), and tertiary treatment systems, complemented by auxiliary chemical and biological products (coagulants, enzymes, bacteria). In addition, Ekos provides pre-sale consultancy, post-sale technical assistance, and in-house laboratory services for predictive monitoring and specific analyses.

Product overview

Ekos Srl is an industrial wastewater treatment company based in Biella, Italy, offering a comprehensive portfolio of treatment solutions. The core offering consists of custom-designed and manufactured industrial wastewater treatment plants with capacities ranging from 100 liters per hour to 300,000 liters per hour. The product portfolio is organized into integrated treatment stages: feed water treatment systems (metals removal, solids removal, rainwater treatment, softening), primary treatment systems (sand filters, settlers, rotary drum screens), biological treatment plants (including MBR-based filtering), and tertiary treatment systems (flotation, chemical conditioning, membrane filtration, active-carbon filtering, sludge dehydration). Auxiliary chemical and biological products (coagulants, decolorizing agents, antifoam agents, bacteria, enzymes) complement the hardware offerings. The company provides turnkey plant design and implementation along with ongoing technical consulting and laboratory support services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants Custom-designed and manufactured wastewater treatment plants for industrial applications, with capacity ranging from 100 to 300,000 liters per hour. The plants integrate feed water treatment, primary treatment, biological treatment (MBR filtration), and tertiary treatment stages.
• Auxiliary Treatment Products Auxiliary chemical and biological products for wastewater treatment, including organic coagulants, concentrated decolorizing agents, concentrated antifoam agents, and specific bacteria and enzymes. Sold as consumables to support wastewater treatment operations.
• Technical Consulting and Support Services Consultancy services for industrial clients including laboratory research support, specific analysis, predictive monitoring, and post-sale technical assistance and management consulting for wastewater treatment operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Full compliance with legal discharge parameters for treated wastewater
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Xylem: Global water technology company offering pumps, treatment systems, and integrated WWT solutions. Operates broadly across water and wastewater with overlapping industrial customer base and similar process technologies (MBR, membrane filtration).
• Pentair: Global water treatment and filtration solutions company serving industrial, commercial, and residential markets. Broader portfolio but overlapping industrial water treatment applications including filtration and process water.
• De Nora: Italian-headquartered global water treatment technology company with electrodes, disinfection, and broader water treatment portfolio. Comparable Italian base and overlapping industrial water treatment customer base, though broader in scope.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Global leader in water and wastewater treatment solutions including industrial plant EPC. Significantly larger and broader portfolio than Ekos, but competes for the same large industrial clients and projects.

Direct peers

• Fluence Corporation: Provider of decentralized and packaged water and wastewater treatment solutions for industrial and municipal clients. Comparable in offering modular, custom-engineered treatment plants to mid-market industrial customers.
• H2O Innovation: Canadian water and wastewater treatment solutions provider serving industrial and municipal markets with custom filtration and membrane systems. Comparable custom-engineered approach and similar treatment technology stack.
• MITA Water Technologies: Italian industrial wastewater treatment equipment manufacturer with comparable custom-engineered solutions for industrial clients. Operates in the same geography and serves similar SME industrial customers with similar turnkey plant offerings.
• Biwater: UK-based international water and wastewater treatment EPC contractor with custom plant design and implementation capabilities. Competes for industrial WWT projects with similar turnkey delivery model.
• WABAG: Austrian-headquartered global EPC contractor specializing in industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants. Competes directly for industrial WWT plant contracts with similar MBR, membrane, and biological treatment capabilities.
• Aquatech International: US/global industrial water and wastewater treatment solutions provider offering custom process design and plant implementation. Direct competitor in industrial WWT EPC with overlapping customer base in manufacturing and process industries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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