1983 Environment and Process Division founded: Combining the knowledge of dewatering and drying, originally targeting mainly the pulp & paper industry for sludge applications. Belt presses, belt thickeners, drum thickeners and fluid bed dryers were widely accepted by customers, mainly for industrial applications.
1990 Aquisition of Sprout Bauer: Complementing the product range with screening and sieving equipment as well as adding extensive global market coverage, mainly for municipal customers.
1991 Aquisition of TCW: Adding drum dryers to the product range.
1993 Aquisition of 50% of Guinard Centrifugation: Complementing the dewatering product range with high-quality decanter centrifuges.
2002 Aquisition of 100% of Guinard Centrifugation
2002 Aquisition of 3SYS Trocknungssysteme AG / Switzerland: Complementing the drying process range with belt drying systems.
2003 Aquisition of Bird-Humboldt and Rittershaus & Blecher business: Complementing the dewatering product range with large decanters and filter presses.
2004 Aquisition of Netzsch Filtration Complementing the filter press product range
2004 Aquisition of WABAG Fließbetttechnik Complementing the range for product drying applications
2005 Aquisition of Lenser Filtration Lenser being a leading manufacturer of filter elements for solid/liquid separation in filter presses, the Business Area significantly strengthened its product range through this acquisition. Andritz is now able to offer tailor-made dewatering solutions, also for filter presses to meet customer requirements.
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