Company Portrait

History

Westfalia Separator was founded in 1893 in Oelde, Germany. The first product manufactured was a hand-cranked separator used to separate cream from milk on the farm. From this humble beginning a worldwide company has grown to offer a wide range of products based on the principals of mechanical separation, serving thousands of diverse applications.

In 1994 Westfalia Separator became a member of the GEA Group AG, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, and was renamed GEA Westfalia Separator. The GEA Group is a large international manufacturing company that focuses on process technology and components. The company, through its wide ranging subsidiary organizations, is committed to marshalling its extensive resources and impressive R&D capabilities to meet the challenges facing our world today and in the future to:

Feed a growing world population
Improve medical care
Generate and use energy more efficiently
Use raw materials in a more sustainable way
Protect the environment.

The Mechanical Equipment segment of the GEA Group consists of three interrelated companies, each of which offers a separate line of products:

GEA Westfalia Separator – mechanical separation equipment

GEA Tuchenhagen – flow controls

GEA Niro Soavi – homogenizers

Products and Technologies

GEA Westfalia Separator manufactures an extensive array of dynamic filtration and separation products as well as complete process lines. The product line ranges from the smallest of tabletop machines for use in laboratories, to the world’s largest separators with throughput capacities of up to 60,000 liters or 15,850 gallons per hour. Our separators, clarifiers, decanters and process lines are used for a variety of purposes including but not limited to:

Clarifying suspensions
Separating liquids with removal of solids
Separating liquid mixtures of differing densities or viscosities
Extracting of active substances
Classifying substances
Concentrating and dewatering of solids.

Research & Development

GEA Westfalia Separator has consistently invested in R&D, and as a result holds hundreds of patents for the development of unique processes and separation technologies no other company can offer. Our growth has evolved through partnerships with customers, universities, research institutes and industry to continuously work strive to solve problems and lead the way in new and emerging fields. Today the name GEA Westfalia Separator is synonymous with cutting-edge separation technology, innovative design and superior manufacturing techniques.

Quality Management

GEA Westfalia Separator is proud to be among only a handful of elite companies in the world whose total organization meets or exceeds the prestigious DIN EN ISO 9001 standards. Stringent quality control, coupled with extensive research and development, has produced a product line of the highest technological quality. We stand 100% behind our products, our service and the quality of our work.

Factory Reconditioned Equipment

GEA Westfalia Separator also offers reconditioned equipment to those customers looking for used machines rebuilt to factory quality standards. These reconditioned machines carry warranties as does new equipment, and will provide a long service life of high quality performance backed by the market leader.