Aquaduna GmbH & Co. KG

What Aquaduna GmbH & Co. KG does

Aquaduna GmbH & Co. KG is a German specialty manufacturer of industrial tank and container cleaning technology, founded in 1997 by Frank Zeitler and headquartered in Sternenfels. The company's core offering is the DUNOS product family — a modular line of rotating jet cleaning devices with multiple configurations (S, R, R-F, RN, RB, O, O-S, WD, and MOVING UNIT) engineered to clean the interiors of process vessels across diverse hygiene and residue profiles. Target end markets are process-industry operators in beverage, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, biotech, and cosmetics manufacturing, where hygienic and ATEX-compliant cleaning of tanks and containers is required. The firm holds ISO 9001:2015 quality certification and ATEX certification for explosion-hazard environments.

Aquaduna operates as a privately held GmbH & Co. KG with more than 40 qualified employees. Since 2008 the company has been part of the FLUID PROCESS GROUP consortium led by KIESELMANN, which positions Aquaduna within a multi-brand process-industry supplier network. Go-to-market combines direct sales in Germany with structured channel partnerships abroad: Sauter AG serves the Swiss market and ContratEch serves the Netherlands, providing DACH and Benelux coverage without the overhead of wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries. Current Managing Director Sebastian Vogel oversees the operating company following the founder-led era.

The business model is project-based industrial equipment sales: engineered cleaning heads are specified, configured, and sold into customer process lines, with revenue tied to capex cycles of beverage, food, pharma, chemical, biotech, and cosmetics producers. Certification-led regulatory compliance (ISO 9001:2015, ATEX) is a precondition for participation in pharma and chemical tenders, and the modular DUNOS architecture supports customization across residue types and vessel geometries without fundamental redesign.

Name

Aquaduna GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

AquaDuna GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://aquaduna.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aquaduna GmbH & Co. KG is a German specialty manufacturer of industrial tank and container cleaning technology, offering the modular DUNOS product family for process-industry operators in beverage, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, biotech, and cosmetics manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sternenfels

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Cleaning Equipment Sales: Sale of tank and container cleaning machines including rotating cleaners, target jet cleaners, surge cleaners, and static spray heads. Products sold directly and through channel partners internationally.
2. Maintenance and Service: Maintenance and repair services for cleaning technology equipment. Qualified service center creates detailed service protocol for each maintenance and product, providing full transparency about maintenance scope and valuable process information.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AquaDuna GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of industrial cleaning technology for tanks, containers, process vessels, and apparatus, producing stainless steel cleaning equipment under the DUNOS product series. The portfolio spans static spray heads, fluid-driven and gear-controlled rotating/surge cleaners, targeted jet cleaners, and accessories including rotation monitoring and retractable moving units, complemented by maintenance and service. Products are certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ATEX standards and sold to the beverage, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and cosmetics industries.

Product overview

Aquaduna GmbH & Co. KG is a manufacturer of industrial cleaning technology for tanks, containers, process vessels, and apparatus. The product portfolio centers on the DUNOS series (introduced in the early 2000s), which includes static spray balls (DUNOS S), fluid-driven and gear-controlled surge/rotational cleaners (DUNOS R, DUNOS R-F, DUNOS RN, DUNOS RB), and targeted jet/rotating jet cleaners (DUNOS O, DUNOS O-S). The range is complemented by accessories — DUNOS WD rotation monitoring and the DUNOS MOVING UNIT retractable movement system — all manufactured from stainless steel for the beverage, food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. The company also provides maintenance services, operating and assembly manuals in multiple languages, and holds ISO 9001 and ATEX certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Cleaning diameter up to 23.5m (ASME) with DUNOS O-S series
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FLUID PROCESS GROUPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAquaDuna has been part of the FLUID PROCESS GROUP (FPG) since 2008. FPG is a network of companies in plant construction and component manufacturing serving beverage, food, biotech, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. FPG operates under KIESELMANN leadership as a collective of flexible solution providers for fluid technology processes.
• KIESELMANN GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company leading the FLUID PROCESS GROUP network. KIESELMANN GmbH is the flagship company of the FPG network that AquaDuna belongs to.
• SAUTER EDELSTAHL AG (Sauter AG)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExclusive contact partner for AquaDuna cleaning technology in Switzerland. Provides sales and support for Swiss customers. Contacts: Marius Langer and Arturo Hernando at Allmendstrasse 26, 8320 Fehraltorf, Switzerland.
• ContratEch Cleaning Solutions B.V.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContact partner for AquaDuna products in the Netherlands. Company specializes in cleaning technology, process and pump solutions. Contact: John M. Wijnveldt at A.H.G. Fokkerstraat 18B, 9403 AP Assen, The Netherlands.
• KIESELMANN Anlagenbau GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of FLUID PROCESS GROUP network, providing plant construction services. Listed as partner on AquaDuna website.
• KIESELMANN Pharmatec GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of FLUID PROCESS GROUP network, specializing in pharmaceutical technology. Listed as partner on AquaDuna website.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Pak: Tetra Pak is a global broad incumbent in food and beverage processing, with internal CIP and tank-cleaning technology bundled into its processing-line offerings. As a major specifier in dairy and liquid-food plants, it competes indirectly with AquaDuna for the cleaning-technology portion of turnkey projects.
• Krones AG: Krones is a leading German manufacturer of beverage and liquid-food process and packaging lines, with internal tank-cleaning technology for brewery and dairy applications. While not a specialist cleaner, Krones' in-house solutions compete with AquaDuna for specification slots in German-speaking brewery and beverage plants.
• GEA Group: GEA is a large incumbent in food, beverage, and pharma process technology, offering cleaning-in-place (CIP) systems and tank-cleaning nozzles as part of integrated processing lines. AquaDuna's specialized cleaners are often specified alongside or in lieu of GEA's cleaning modules in breweries, dairies, and pharmaceutical plants.
• KHS GmbH: KHS is a German broad incumbent in filling and packaging technology for beverages, with related cleaning technology for process tanks. KHS competes with AquaDuna for cleaning-equipment specifications in soft-drink, brewing, and dairy plants.
• Alfa Laval (incl. Gamajet/Toftejorg): Alfa Laval is a major process-equipment incumbent whose tank-cleaning brands (Toftejorg, Gamajet) overlap directly with AquaDuna's rotating-jet and fluid-driven cleaners, but Alfa Laval sells them as part of a much broader hygienic process-equipment portfolio spanning separators, heat exchangers, and fluid handling.

Direct peers

• Lechler GmbH: Lechler is a German specialist manufacturer of industrial spray nozzles and tank/container cleaning nozzles — a direct peer in fluid-driven and static cleaning technology. Lechler serves many of the same beverage, chemical, and food customers as AquaDuna with overlapping product types.
• BETE Spray Nozzles: BETE is a US-based direct peer manufacturing industrial spray nozzles and tank-cleaning equipment, including rotating and static cleaners for food, chemical, and pharmaceutical applications. Their product categories (HydroWhirl, WhirlJet) closely parallel AquaDuna's DUNOS range.
• Spraying Systems Co. Spraying Systems Co. is the global market leader in spray nozzle technology, including a dedicated TankJet tank-cleaning product line that competes head-on with AquaDuna's DUNOS static, rotational, and target-jet cleaners across beverage, food, and chemical industries.

Regional players

• Eurotank Service & Engineering: Eurotank is a regional engineering and service provider focused on tank and process-vessel cleaning primarily in the DACH region. While smaller and more service-led than AquaDuna, it competes for the same cleaning-technology budgets at breweries and chemical processors in the German-speaking market.

Emerging players

• NozzleTech / Spraytech Systems: Smaller specialist suppliers of tank-cleaning nozzles and CIP optimization equipment serve overlapping niche customers in food and pharma, often competing on price or lead time rather than full-line capability. They represent emerging alternatives to AquaDuna in specific sub-segments.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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