What Neuhaus Neotec does

Neuhaus Neotec Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH, headquartered in Ganderkesee near Bremen, Germany, with a secondary location in Reinbek near Hamburg, is a privately held manufacturer of process engineering plants specializing in coffee processing and the grinding of various substances for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Founded in 1931 as a grain-machinery producer and merged with NEOTEC to form the current entity, the company has been a subsidiary of KAHL Holding since 1991 and employs approximately 130–150 people. Its core offering covers the full coffee processing chain — green coffee intake, conveying, cleaning/separation (including colour sorters up to 14 t/h), weighing, roasting (RFB hot air roasters up to 4,500 kg/h and CTR II drum roasters up to 660 kg per batch), grinding (COMPACT, SPECTRUM up to 5,000 kg/h, NEOGRIND), quality control (COLORTEST III, LEAK TEST I), and plant-wide control systems with MES-level Industry 4.0 readiness plus NN-DATA quality management software.

The business model is B2B enterprise heavy-equipment sales, conducted via direct field-sales engineers who shepherd customers from consultation through engineering, installation, and commissioning. Revenue is generated from hardware sales of individual machines and complete turnkey plants, supplemented by professional services including spare parts, technical support, preventive maintenance, training, and contract manufacturing for small and medium production runs. Pricing is custom-quoted per project; NN-DATA software is sold as a one-time perpetual license without recurring fees. Customers are large industrial coffee roasters and processors — Nestlé, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Tchibo, Kraft Heinz Foods, Aldi, MZB Segafredo/Massimo Zanetti, Ahold/Delhaize, and J.J. Darboven — with turnkey instant-coffee factory delivery enabled in partnership with sister company DEVEX within KAHL Group. Sales channels are direct enterprise field sales, supported by trade fair presence (Gulfood Manufacturing), digital channels (LinkedIn, YouTube, XING), and a pilot plant and show roastery for customer demonstrations. Production is certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, with ATEX-compliant variants available for explosive-atmosphere applications.

Name

Neuhaus Neotec

Legal name

Neuhaus Neotec Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH

Website

https://neuhaus-neotec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1931

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Neuhaus Neotec is a German manufacturer of industrial coffee processing equipment and turnkey plants, serving global enterprise roasters such as Nestlé, JDE, and Tchibo with RFB hot air roasters, drum roasters, grinders, and MES-level plant control systems since 1931, operating as part of KAHL Holding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coffee Processing Equipment

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee Roasting & Grinding (AFAFADAB)

Keywords

• Coffee processing equipment
• Industrial coffee roasters
• Turnkey coffee plants
• Grinding machinery
• Food processing machinery

Headquarters

HQ city

Ganderkesee

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Coffee Processing Equipment Sales: Sale of individual machines (roasters, grinders, conveyors, cleaning equipment, weighing systems, quality control equipment) and complete turnkey coffee processing plants. Revenue generated from equipment manufacturing, engineering, installation, and commissioning services.
2. Complete Plant Solutions: Design, engineering, and construction of complete coffee roasting plants from green coffee intake to packaging. Includes turnkey delivery and project management services.
3. Technical Services: Ongoing revenue from spare parts supply, technical support, assembly services, training, and preventive maintenance contracts.
4. Contract Manufacturing: Contract manufacturing service for small and medium quantities of coffee products for customers entering the market or testing new varieties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NEUHAUS NEOTEC manufactures coffee processing equipment and turnkey plants for the food industry, covering all process steps from green coffee intake through roasting to grinding. The company produces industrial roasters (RFB hot air roasters and drum roasters), roller grinder series, conveying units, cleaning and separation machines, weighing systems, quality control devices, and plant-wide control systems with MES capabilities, alongside services including pilot plant facilities, engineering, training, assembly, spare parts, technical support, and contract manufacturing.

Product overview

Neuhaus Neotec offers a comprehensive portfolio of coffee processing equipment and turnkey plant solutions. The core product lines include: RFB hot air roasters (RFB Series, GOURMET, NEOROAST) providing flexible profile control with no moving parts in the roasting chamber; drum roasters (CTR II, MAESTRO) for traditional roasting with sophisticated heat management; and roller grinder series (COMPACT, SPECTRUM, NEOGRIND, Laboratory LWM) covering capacities from small to 5,000 kg/h for all coffee types from instant to espresso. Supporting equipment includes weighing systems (receiving, dosing, roasting loss control scales), cleaning and separation machines (bag emptying, screening, metal separation, colour sorting, destoning), and quality control devices (COLORTEST III colour meter, LEAK TEST I). Control and software products comprise plant-wide control systems up to MES level and NN-DATA quality management software. Services include pilot plant facilities, engineering, training, assembly, spare parts, technical support, and contract manufacturing. The company also delivers complete turnkey plants from green coffee intake through roasting to grinding, including instant coffee factories with sister company DEVEX.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RFB Roaster Series

Quantifiable outcome

• RFB roaster efficiency is still unsurpassed after 35 years of development
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• KAHL HoldingcoreOthers · 1 January 1991NEUHAUS NEOTEC has belonged to KAHL Holding since 1991. KAHL Holding employs around 1000 people worldwide and comprises multiple companies including Amandus Kahl, Devex, Heinen, Neo Montec, Pruess, Reinartz, and Schule. NEUHAUS NEOTEC is part of this industrial group providing process technology solutions.
• DEVEXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company within KAHL Group specializing in extraction and freeze-drying equipment. Together with DEVEX, NEUHAUS NEOTEC builds complete instant coffee factories worldwide from a single source, including extraction and freeze-drying systems. This partnership enables turnkey delivery of complete soluble coffee production facilities.
• NEO MONTECcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMontagefirma (assembly company) that provides assembly personnel familiar with coffee plant construction requirements. Works hand-in-hand with NEUHAUS NEOTEC project planners for on-site installation of complete coffee processing plants.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• J.M. Lehmann: German specialist in coffee roasting machinery, offering drum and hot-air roasters as well as processing solutions. Directly competes with Neuhaus Neotec in industrial and specialty roaster segments with a comparable European engineering footprint.
• Toper: Turkish coffee roasting equipment manufacturer producing drum and hot-air roasters across small to industrial capacities. Competes with Neuhaus Neotec's SHOPROASTER, NEOROAST and CTR II lines, particularly in emerging coffee-producing markets.
• Petroncini: Italian designer and manufacturer of coffee roasting plants, grinders and after-sales services. Comparable to Neuhaus Neotec in delivering turnkey coffee factories and serving global industrial roasters, especially in espresso and roasted/ground segments.
• Probat: German-headquartered manufacturer of industrial coffee roasting and processing equipment, including complete turnkey plants. Closest direct competitor to Neuhaus Neotec across roasters, grinders and full-plant delivery, serving many of the same global roaster accounts.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Pak: Swiss-Swedish food processing and packaging giant with end-to-end beverage plant capabilities. Relevant comparison for Neuhaus Neotec's turnkey plant model and KAHL-Group/DevEx soluble coffee bundle, despite Tetra Pak's primary strength in packaging.
• GEA Group: German large-cap supplier of process technology and components for the food, beverage and dairy industries. Overlaps with Neuhaus Neotec on separation, conveying and plant-engineering capabilities for coffee and adjacent beverage customers.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish process-equipment specialist with broad separation, heat transfer and fluid-handling portfolios used in food and beverage plants. Comparable to Neuhaus Neotec at the plant-engineering component level, though not specialized in roasting.
• Bühler Group: Swiss global industrial machinery group with a large food-processing portfolio that overlaps with coffee handling, roasting and grinding. Competes with Neuhaus Neotec primarily in green-coffee intake, conveying and large-scale plant projects as part of a much broader process-technology offering.

Emerging players

• Loring Smart Roast: US-based roaster manufacturer focused on energy-efficient, low-emission smart roasters for specialty and mid-volume coffee customers. Represents an emerging alternative to Neuhaus Neotec's NEOROAST/SHOPROASTER in the specialty and small-industrial segment.

Regional players

• Roaster equipment suppliers — IMF (Industria Macchine Filtri): Italian manufacturer of coffee roasting and processing machinery serving espresso-focused roasters primarily in southern Europe and selected export markets. Comparable to Neuhaus Neotec in roaster design and turnkey plant delivery, with a regional rather than global commercial focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjtVeQK1NSZ2HNWeOF8AR3g
• LinkedInde.linkedin.com/company/neuhaus-neotec

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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