75 Years of Flottweg – The Course has been Set

At the beginning of May 2008, Flottweg AG, based in Vilsbiburg, Germany, will celebrate its 75th anniversary. Growing from a small, typically Bavarian company to an international one has been a varied and eventful journey. Immediately following World War II, manufacturing aircraft was no longer permitted in Germany; therefore, Flottweg produced vertical gutters for the printing industry instead. Later, in the mid-fifties, Flottweg began developing and fabricating decanter centrifuges (solid bowl scroll centrifuges).

Today, Flottweg has 500 employees worldwide and in 2007 posted a total revenue of 125 million Euros. Flottweg’s product palette includes not only decanters, Tricanters®, Sedicanters® and Sorticanters® but also belt presses and disk stack centrifuges (separators).

A quality management system was introduced in 1994, and Flottweg became certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 standards. Since that time, the requirements for a process-oriented system have been in place.

Flottweg is a down-to-earth company who does business on a global scale, which genuinely cares for its employees and interns, and which also recently opened a branch office in the USA. Flottweg delivers qualified and capable service from its branches in America through FW USA, in Europe and Africa through FW Vilsbiburg and in Asia through FW Shanghai.

Careful attention to customers’ needs, a sense for how international markets are developing along with the ability to devise creative solutions in separation technology are traits that have made Flottweg one of the most successful manufacturers of centrifuges in the world.

Anticipating future trends, Flottweg has secured its place in the world today through specialization, continuous innovation, round-the-clock customer service and consistently manufacturing to the highest quality standards.