What Rousselet Robatel does

Rousselet Robatel is a French industrial centrifuge manufacturer operating as ROUSSELET Centrifugation S.A.S from a single integrated facility in Annonay, France. Founded in 1865 (per firmographic data), the company claims over 250 years of combined experience in centrifugal separation technology and positions itself as a worldwide specialist in industrial centrifuges. The company designs, manufactures, and sells complete centrifugal systems for solid/liquid and liquid/liquid separation, organized across three scales — laboratory, pilot/small production, and full production — with machine types including batch manual, batch automatic, continuous, decanter, liquid/liquid extraction centrifuges, and fast centrifugal chromatographs.

The product portfolio serves five primary vertical segments: chemistry, pharmacy, cosmetics, and biotechnology (high-purity separation and regulatory compliance); food industry (hygienic processing); machine tooling, metalworking, hydrometallurgy, and plastics (coolant and fluid recovery); textile (hydro-extraction); and environment/recycling (waste processing and material recovery). The company also operates two sub-brands, Kromaton and ARRGOS, which extend the product line into adjacent separation equipment categories. Ancillary service revenue streams include trials and process support, equipment rental from Europe and North America, preventive maintenance, and consumable filter fabrics.

The business model is sales-led and project-based, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Revenue is generated primarily through direct hardware sales of capital equipment to enterprise industrial customers, supplemented by service and consumable revenue. Distribution is direct B2B with offices in Annonay, France (headquarters and manufacturing) and a US sales office. Marketing relies on a multi-language website (nine languages) and trade exhibition participation (Pollutec 2025, Powtech 2025). The company holds CE, ATEX, IECEx, UL, and SA certifications, supporting sales into regulated and explosion-risk environments across Europe and North America.

Name

Rousselet Robatel

Legal name

ROUSSELET Centrifugation S.A.S

Website

https://rousselet-robatel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1865

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Rousselet Robatel is a French manufacturer of industrial centrifuges serving pharmaceutical, chemical, food, metalworking, textile, and environmental industries with solid/liquid and liquid/liquid separation systems from laboratory to production scale.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Centrifuges & Separation Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Industrial centrifuges
• Solid-liquid separation
• Liquid-liquid extraction
• Decanter centrifuges
• Centrifugal chromatography

Headquarters

HQ city

Annonay

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Centrifuge Manufacturing and Sales: Designs, manufactures and sells complete centrifugal systems for solid/liquid and liquid/liquid separation. Revenue generated from equipment sales, with additional services including trials, process support, equipment rental, and maintenance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rousselet Robatel designs, manufactures, and sells complete centrifugal separation systems for solid/liquid and liquid/liquid applications, spanning laboratory, pilot, and industrial production scales. The product portfolio includes batch manual, batch automatic, continuous, decanter, and liquid/liquid extraction centrifuges, plus fast centrifugal chromatographs. The company also provides trials, process support, equipment rental, and preventive maintenance services from its integrated manufacturing facility in Annonay, France.

Product overview

Rousselet Robatel is a manufacturer of high-technology industrial centrifuges based in Annonay, France, with over 250 years of combined experience. The company designs, manufactures, and sells complete centrifugal systems for solid/liquid and liquid/liquid separation across laboratory, pilot, and production scales. The product portfolio includes Laboratory Centrifuges, Pilot/Small Production Centrifuges, Production Centrifuges, and Fast Centrifugal Chromatographs, organized by machine type. These encompass Batch Manual Centrifuges, Batch Automatic Centrifuges, Decanter Centrifuges, Continuous Centrifuges, and Liquid/Liquid Extraction systems. Products serve sectors including Chemistry, Pharmacy, Cosmetics, Biotechnology, Food Industry, Machine Tooling, Metalworking, Hydrometallurgy, Plastic, Textile, and Environment/Recycling. The company also offers sub-brands Kromaton and ARRGOS, along with equipment rental, trials/process support, preventive maintenance, and filter fabric services. The company operates as a 100% integrated manufacturer with headquarters, manufacturing, sales, and service at a single facility in France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kromaton: Separate brand operated by the company group
• ARRGOS

Products and services

• Laboratory Centrifuges Small-scale centrifuges for laboratory testing and research, including batch manual and liquid/liquid extraction models used for process development and analysis by industrial R&D teams.
• Pilot / Small Production Centrifuges Intermediate-scale centrifuges bridging laboratory testing and full production, including batch manual, decanter, and liquid/liquid extraction models for process validation and small-batch manufacturing.
• Production Centrifuges Industrial-scale centrifuges for continuous manufacturing operations, including batch automatic, decanter, continuous, and liquid/liquid extraction models for high-volume processing.
• Fast Centrifugal Chromatographs High-speed centrifugal chromatographs for rapid separation and purification processes used in pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications.
• Solid/Liquid Separation Systems Complete centrifugal systems for separating solids from liquids across laboratory, pilot, and production scales for chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and environmental applications.
• Equipment Rental Services Rental equipment services for process testing and trials available from Europe and North America locations, enabling customers to evaluate centrifuges before purchase.
• Trials and Process Support Technical support services for testing processes and validating centrifuge performance before purchase, including feasibility studies.
• Preventive Maintenance and Maintenance Services Maintenance and support services for installed equipment to ensure optimal performance and longevity across the installed base.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• KromatonminorOthersRelated brand within the Rousselet Robatel group of companies, operating as a separate brand entity.
• ARRGOSminorOthersRelated brand within the Rousselet Robatel group of companies, operating as a separate brand entity.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• GEA Group: Major manufacturer of industrial centrifuges (including the Westfalia Separator line) used in dairy, food, pharma and chemical processing. Overlaps directly with Rousselet Robatel across most served verticals.
• Siebtechnik: Specializes in solid-liquid separation equipment including centrifuges for chemical, mineral and pharmaceutical processing. Direct competitor in industrial separation technology.
• Andritz: Supplies decanter and screen-bowl centrifuges for food, chemical, mining and environmental applications. Comparable product mix in decanter and continuous centrifuge segments.
• Flottweg: German specialist in decanter, peeler and disk-stack centrifuges for chemical, pharma, food and environmental markets. Closely comparable scale and specialization to Rousselet Robatel.
• Heinkel Filtering Systems: European manufacturer of centrifuges and filtration equipment primarily serving pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries. Comparable mid-sized industrial centrifuge competitor.
• Tomoe Engineering: Japanese manufacturer of industrial centrifuges including decanter and screen-bowl types. Comparable specialization in chemical and pharma separation applications.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in centrifugal separation and fluid handling, offering industrial centrifuges across pharma, food, chemical and wastewater. Direct head-to-head competitor for Rousselet Robatel with much larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Metso: Major process equipment manufacturer serving mining, aggregates and recycling with separation solutions. Adjacent competitor in environment and hydrometallurgy centrifuge applications.
• FLSmidth: Large mineral processing and cement equipment supplier with centrifuge product lines. Overlaps with Rousselet Robatel's hydrometallurgy and environment/recycling verticals.

Emerging players

• ANDRITZ Separation (Krauss-Maffei): Specialized separation technology arm of Andritz focused on chemical and pharmaceutical solid/liquid separation. Comparable to Rousselet Robatel's specialty pharma/chemical positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rousselet-centrifugation-s.a.

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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