Italplant S.r.l.

What Italplant S.r.l. does

Italplant S.r.l. is an Italian privately-held engineering company that designs, builds, and installs water purification and treatment plants for industrial clients. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Chiari (Brescia), Italy, the company specializes in closed-circuit zero-discharge systems that recover and recycle process water for industries including galvanic finishing, anodizing, electrolytic galvanization, painting and surface treatment, foundry, aerospace, groundwater remediation, and swimming-pool facilities.

The technical offering is built around proprietary evaporation technology — including heat-pump, multi-stage thermal cascade, scraped-surface, and DRY evaporators — combined with membrane filtration (reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration), ion-exchange resin lines for chelating applications, precious-metal recovery, and acid recovery, plus chemical-physical treatment, automatic filter-press sludge handling, and self-cleaning filtration. Plants are custom-engineered for each effluent chemistry, integrated with PLC and touchscreen controls, and supported by in-house chemistry, mechanical workshop, and electrical panel-building capabilities that allow vertical control of fabrication.

The business model is project-based industrial EPC: each plant is sold on a quote basis as a one-time license/turnkey contract, with an aftermarket stream for maintenance and service. Go-to-market is direct B2B sales to industrial operators, with a multilingual website (Italian, English, Spanish, French) indicating cross-border customer engagement. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and revenue figures, headcount, and customer identities are not reported in the available data.

Name

Italplant S.r.l.

Legal name

Italplant S.r.l.

Website

https://italplant.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Italplant S.r.l., founded in 1990 in Chiari, Italy, designs, builds, and installs custom industrial water-treatment and zero-discharge plants for galvanic, surface-treatment, foundry, aerospace, and remediation clients, using proprietary evaporators, membrane filtration, and ion-exchange systems sold on a project-EPC basis with aftermarket services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Water Treatment Equipment

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Water Reuse Utilities (ZLD/MLD & Process Water Recycling) (EUANAGAG), Membranes, Consumables & Chemicals (Elements, Antiscalants, Cleaning) (EUANAFAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial water treatment
• Wastewater purification plants
• Reverse osmosis systems
• Ion exchange resin lines
• Vacuum evaporation equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Chiari

HQ country

Italy

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Water Treatment Plant Design and Construction: Custom design, construction, and installation of water purification and treatment plants for industrial clients. Projects include closed-circuit plants, chemical-physical treatment systems, ion exchange resin installations, membrane filtration systems, and evaporation equipment.
2. Aftermarket Services and Maintenance: After-sales assistance, periodic maintenance services, technical consultation, and supply of spare parts and water treatment chemical products through the company's warehouse.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Italplant S.r.l. designs, manufactures, and installs custom industrial water treatment plants and machinery for purification and treatment of process and industrial wastewater. Its portfolio includes closed-circuit zero-discharge plants, chemical-physical treatment systems, ion exchange and special resin lines, evaporators/concentrators, reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membrane plants, filtration systems, and sludge treatment equipment. The company also provides installation, after-sales maintenance, technical consultation, and spare parts.

Product overview

Italplant S.r.l. is a water treatment company that designs, builds, and installs plants and machinery for industrial waste water purification and treatment since 1990. The product portfolio consists of core treatment technologies including Closed Circuit Purification Plants for zero-discharge operations, Chemical-Physical Treatment Plants, Ion Exchange Resin Lines for demineralization, and Evaporators/Concentrators for water recovery. These are complemented by Membrane Filtering Plants (reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration), Filtration Systems (quartz/active carbon and self-cleaning filters), and Sludge Treatment Plants (filter presses and filtering belts). Special Resin Lines add capabilities for selective heavy metal removal, precious metal recovery, and acid recovery. The products work together to enable industrial facilities to achieve water recycling and environmental compliance across sectors including galvanic, aerospace, automotive painting, and foundry applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Closed Circuit Purification Plants (Impianti di depurazione a circuito chiuso) Purification plants designed to treat and recover process and industrial waste water in closed-loop systems, enabling zero discharge with water recovery and reuse in production processes. Targeted at industrial operators seeking regulatory compliance and water cost reduction.
• Chemical-Physical Treatment Plants (Impianti di depurazione di tipo chimico-fisico) Treatment plants using chemical-physical processes for purification of industrial waste water, suitable for various flow rates and applications across industrial sectors.
• Ion Exchange Resin Lines (Linee di resina di scambio ionico) Systems for demineralization and deionization of water using cation and anion exchange resins in equicurrent, counter-current, or mixed bed configurations for industrial process water.
• Special Resin Lines (Linee a resine speciali) Specialized resin systems including selective resin lines for heavy metal removal (nickel, copper, zinc), precious metal recovery (gold, platinum, palladium up to 50 g/l), and acid recovery for anodic oxidation bath maintenance.
• Evaporators and Concentrators (Evaporatori e Concentratori) Vacuum evaporation machines for recovering distilled water from industrial waste solutions, including heat pump evaporators (250-10,000 l/day), hot water/vapor multi-stage evaporators, scraped surface evaporators for viscous waste, and DRY evaporators producing completely dry concentrate from high-salinity waste.
• Membrane Filtering Plants (Impianti di filtrazione a membrana) Reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membrane systems for water purification, desalination, and removal of bacterial and organic contamination from industrial process water, with 60-75% permeate recovery in RO and 99.999% retention in UF.
• Filtration Systems (Filtrazioni) Water filtration systems including quartz/active carbon filtration, bag and cartridge filtration, and self-cleaning stainless steel filters with automatic jet washing or blade cleaning mechanisms for tap, well, and industrial process water.
• Sludge Treatment Plants (Impianti di trattamento fanghi) Machines for compacting and reducing sludge volume, including manual, semi-automatic, and PLC-controlled automatic filter presses with touch screen interfaces, plus filtering belt systems for solid-liquid separation of industrial sludge.
• After-Sales Assistance and Maintenance Services Periodic maintenance, technical consultation, supply of spare parts, and supply of water treatment chemical products through the company's warehouse to support installed plants across the customer base.

Quantifiable outcome

• 97-98% water recovery through evaporation processes
• +3 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Pentair: Pentair manufactures industrial and commercial water treatment and filtration equipment, including reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and pumps used in process water and wastewater applications. It is comparable to Italplant as a broad incumbent supplying membrane filtration and process water equipment to industrial customers across multiple verticals.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: SUEZ (now operating under Veolia's water technologies banner but historically a peer entity) supplies engineered water treatment systems, chemicals and services to industrial clients worldwide, including heavy-metal removal and zero-liquid-discharge solutions. It is directly comparable to Italplant as a broad incumbent offering integrated plant design, specialty chemicals and aftermarket services to industrial customers.
• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia Water Technologies is the global market leader in water and wastewater treatment solutions, offering design-build-operate services and a broad technology portfolio spanning desalination, reuse, ZLD and industrial process water. It is comparable to Italplant as a broad incumbent in the industrial water treatment EPC space, with significantly greater geographic reach and capital depth.
• Xylem (incl. Evoqua Water Technologies): Xylem, following its acquisition of Evoqua, is a leading global water technology company serving industrial, municipal and commercial customers with treatment, filtration and reuse solutions. It is comparable to Italplant as a broad incumbent offering industrial water treatment plants, membranes, and ZLD/reuse capabilities to a similar end-customer base.
• Ecolab (Nalco Water): Ecolab's Nalco Water division provides water treatment chemicals, equipment and digital monitoring solutions for industrial process water, cooling and wastewater applications. It overlaps with Italplant's industrial customer base (galvanic, metal finishing, food and beverage) and competes in the membrane/chemical treatment space, though it is more chemical- and service-centric than Italplant's equipment-centric approach.

Direct peers

• EnviroChemie (Herco): EnviroChemie, including its Herco evaporation technology division, builds industrial water recycling and zero-liquid-discharge plants, with proprietary evaporation and membrane solutions across Europe. It is a direct peer to Italplant, particularly competing in the same European industrial water reuse and evaporation niche.
• Lenntech: Lenntech is a Netherlands-based water treatment solutions provider specializing in industrial process water, wastewater treatment and reuse systems, including membrane, ion-exchange and filtration technologies. It is a direct peer to Italplant as a European mid-sized EPC-focused industrial water treatment specialist serving similar customer segments.
• Aquatech International: Aquatech designs and supplies industrial water and wastewater treatment systems with particular depth in zero-liquid-discharge, brine concentration and water reuse applications. It is a direct peer to Italplant, targeting similar industrial customers (metal finishing, heavy industry, oil and gas, power) with custom-engineered evaporation and membrane systems.
• H2O Innovation: H2O Innovation provides custom-engineered water treatment systems, specialty chemicals and aftermarket services for industrial, municipal and commercial clients, with a meaningful footprint in membrane filtration and reuse. It is a direct peer to Italplant in the industrial custom water treatment plant space, though with broader geographic reach across North America.

Regional players

• Veolia Eau Services (Industrial Solutions): Veolia's regional industrial water services arm competes with Italplant across southern European industrial heartlands (Italy, Spain, France) on custom-built treatment plants, O&M contracts and water reuse projects. While globally dominant as a parent, at the regional delivery level it is directly comparable as an industrial water EPC competitor to Italplant's core Mediterranean customer base.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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