FILTRATEC Mobile Schlammentwässerung GmbH
FILTRATEC is the company to turn to for mobile and stationary sludge dewatering, oil/sludge separation and automated tank cleaning services. We offer bespoke, full-service solutions in all three fields. Thanks to both our equipment – which we can adjust to meet the needs of each individual assignment – and our specialists, we can guarantee that each and every project is completed safely and professionally.
We filter and clean for you – using our mobile & stationary solutions
Our team of ca. 140 employees are there to help you – no matter whether they are working in our technology, process engineering, technical laboratory, system operation, scheduling/order management, QHSE, administration, training, sales or logistics department!
FILTRATEC Mobile Schlammentwässerung: a few facts & figures
A quick overview of FILTRATEC’s key facts and figures (as in 2025)
Company founded in
1968
Workforce
140
Total turnover
21,5 Mio. €
Our executive management team
The executive management team at FILTRATEC Mobile Schlammentwässerung GmbH is responsible for the business and fully committed to the company’s goals, culture and principles.
Gerd Brückerhoff
Gerd Brückerhoff was appointed managing director of FILTRATEC on 01 April 2007. He has a degree in process engineering and is responsible for technology, process engineering and design at the company. Furthermore, he is also joint managing director of the subsidiary FILTRATEC B.V. in the Netherlands and is responsible for the foundry services offered by BUCHEN UmweltService GmbH.
Bernd van Elten
Bernd van Elten has worked at the company for over 30 years. He was in charge of the sales regions in Norway, Belgium and parts of Germany for many years before being appointed managing director of FILTRATEC on 01 December 2014. He is currently responsible for sales and marketing as well as several other head office divisions.
FILTRATEC Mobile Schlammentwässerung – company history
1968
Our predecessor company BLITZ Grubenentleerung commissions its first mobile chamber filter press
1984
The first mobile three-phase decanter (conventional) is commissioned
1985
Construction of the first mobile membrane filter press
1998
The company’s name is changed to FILTRATEC Mobile Schlamm-entwässerung GmbH; FILTRATEC becomes a fully owned subsidiary of BUCHEN UmweltService GmbH
1999
Opening of FILTRATEC Mobile Slibontwatering B.V. in Rotterdam (NL)
2000
Commissioning of the first large-scale stationary unit
2006
FILTRATEC puts Europe’s first mobile gas-tight three-phase decanter unit into operation
2008
FILTRATEC carries out the large-scale ‘Thalwil coal tar remediation’ project at Lake Zurich with a number of partners
2010
Commissioning of the first automated centrifuge unit
2013
Construction of an acid-resistant mobile membrane filter press
2021
FILTRATEC takes over all automated tank cleaning operations from its sister company BUCHEN-ICS GmbH
2025
The 5th mobile ATEX decanter goes into operation