The Rhythm of (Chemical) Life is a Powerful Beat

We are a leading supplier of complete lines and unit operations to the chemical industry. Our scope covers an extensive portfolio of products and processes to

Achieve more with GEA’s experience and expertise

These centers of excellence give you access to a full range of test facilities and teams of experts, all of whom work closely with our customers to optimize processes and evaluate their products, enabling them to achieve their process and production goals in a cost-effective way.

We are not only focused on liquid/solid process solutions and technologies like centrifugal separation, cross flow filtration, solution crystallization, freeze concentration, evaporation, distillation, drying but also hosting emission control technologies and vacuum & ejectors test benches.

At our technology centers, you, the customer, can test both new and established products in a wide range of unit operations, from lab- to pilot-scale, or perform comparative process studies with our skilled operators by assessing complete process trains. 

In addition, you can rely on a permanent staff of experienced engineers, technicians and laboratory workers who can assist you with any production problems, new developments and the modification of GEA technology to meet your needs. Our personnel remain constantly up to date with the most recent developments in the industry to be able to provide you with the best assistance possible.

From new product and feasibility trials to scale-up studies, training programs and process support, we believe that our services greatly benefit anyone involved in industrial R&D, equipment selection, process optimization and product development.

Our Chemical test centers are:

• Separation - Oelde (Germany)
• Cross flow Filtration – Karlsruhe (Germany); Montigny (France); Hudson (USA)
• Homogenization – Parma (Italy)
• Evaporation– Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Distillation – Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Crystallization – Duisburg (Germany); Montigny (France)
• Freeze Concentration  – ‘sHertogenbosch (Netherland)
• Spray Drying – Copenhagen (Denmark); Columbia (USA); Sakura (Japan)
• Solids Feed Drying – Copenhagen (Denmark); Columbia (USA)
• Ejector Test Bench– Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Emission Control – Frankfurt (Germany)