Who we are
ALMAWATECH develops, builds and operates treatment plants for industrial process and waste water.
We do this on the basis of decades of experience of our senior experts combined with the inventiveness of our German and international team of engineers.
Our goal is to build durable, efficient and sustainable water purification and wastewater treatment technology.
Efficient and sustainable process and wastewater treatment
Many years of experience and expertise
Valued employees and social commitment
Family-run company with trust and continuity
A German family business
Our locations
Head office Babenhausen
Located near Frankfurt am Main, our technicians, engineers and scientists research new processes for water and wastewater treatment, develop hardware and software for the control system and provide support for the maintenance and operation of the plants and systems.
Location Leonberg
The center of our BHU product group offers system solutions for large volumes of process water and wastewater in industries worldwide and has excellent references and systems for biogas production from highly contaminated wastewater from the sugar industry.
Location Austria
In March 2024, Almawatech establishes a new subsidiary in Linz, Austria. The foundation enables us to offer our entire product range directly on site and to offer the Austrian market and our customers an even better service.
Location Brazil
Our subsidiary Eco Alma Tratamento De Efluentes Ltda builds and operates disposal centers for industrial wastewater in Londrina Parana and Maringa. The respective wastewater is delivered by various industrial customers and treated in the disposal centers developed in-house.
Location Essen
At the Essen site, our chemists develop and produce the right operating fluids for water-bearing processes. Our experts produce chemical products for process and waste water treatment, cooling and boiler water circuits, heating networks and membrane technology.
Management & authorized signatories
Carolina Hupfer (right, inside) joined the management team at ALMAWATECH in February 2025 and now runs the company together with her father Gottlieb Hupfer (right, outside), who has been in this role since the company was founded. With this step, ALMAWATECH remains an owner-managed family business that is passionately and innovatively committed to sustainable solutions in water and wastewater technology.
The management is supported by our authorized signatories, who make a significant contribution to the strategic and operational development of the company. As Sales Manager, Dominik Hoffmann (left, outside) is responsible for expanding our customer relationships and further developing our product portfolio. Dominik Kieser (left, inside), as Technical Manager for Plant Construction, is responsible for the planning and implementation of our water and wastewater treatment plants.
Social commitment
Centro de Promoção Humana de Santa Fé
We respect all applicable laws and behave responsibly and ethically towards all people. We take our responsibility seriously and offer our employees a secure job and promote their professional development. We are committed to helping young people who are affected by disadvantage.
The Brazilian social project "Centro de Promoção Humana de Santa Fé" from Santa Fé (state of Paraná) is supported both financially and in word and deed.
Employees
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Completed projects
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Treated wastewater
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Focus industries
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Customer satisfaction, responsibility and quality
Our values
As experts in water purification and wastewater treatment technology, we work to conserve our scarce water resources. Our systems are designed in such a way that they can be regularly modernized and modified over a period of up to 50 years in order to meet changed or increased requirements. In the event of dismantling, the components should be able to be recycled or disposed of without any problems.
It goes without saying that we are a certified specialist company in accordance with the German Water Resources Act (WHG) and have DIN EN ISO 9001 certification.
Memberships
A brief history of ALMAWATECH
ALMAWATECH was founded in 1999 by Gottlieb Hupfer and Gerhard Häring as Aquaplant GmbH in Stuttgart with the aim of designing water technology systems for industry and offering services for the construction of industrial water technology systems. The focus was on electrical engineering. After changing its name to AP System Engineering GmbH and relocating to Griesheim in 2011, the company established itself in the Darmstadt region and focused on working for a major supplier of industrial water technology.
In 2018, the company underwent a strategic change to become a full-service provider of plant technology and water chemistry products for end customers. The location was moved to Babenhausen and the name changed to ALMAWATECH GmbH. From now on, only direct services to end customers were offered and an extensive range of plant engineering solutions was developed together with research partners.
In 2019, the product range was greatly expanded with the acquisition of BHU Umwelttechnik GmbH in Leonberg. Since then, industries with large wastewater flows of up to 3,000 m³/h can also be supplied with proven system solutions.
In 2020, a competence center for water chemistry was founded in Essen/NRW.
Shortly after the company was founded in 1999, the founders began activities in Brazil, where the majority holding EcoALMA is now active in Londrina, Paraná. Agencies in Eastern Europe and Asia enable reliable support for international customers.
In 2024, the company now has around 50 of its own employees, in addition to a number of external employees and permanent partner companies who are deployed in the assembly and service area.
Sustainability at ALMAWATECH - responsibility for the future
Sustainability is a central component of our corporate philosophy. Our products and systems help our customers to use valuable resources such as water efficiently and protect the environment.
ALMAWATECH technologies enable our customers to:
saving water in the production process through the use of innovative water recycling technologies,
avoiding the discharge of pollutants and waste heat,
the recovery of energy from waste heat and waste water.
Our processes and products are consistently aligned with the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Protecting the environment and promoting sustainable processes are firmly anchored in our corporate goals.
Together with our customers, we are shaping an environmentally friendly and resource-conserving future.
Our sustainability expert: Theresia Hoffman
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