CarboTech AC GmbH

CarboTech AC GmbH, based in Essen, Germany's Ruhr region, is one of the world's leading full-service providers of powdered, granulated, and extruded activated carbon, with roots potentially dating to 1956. The company combines decades of experience in activated carbon production, application engineering, and process technology, offering products and services across the entire activated carbon lifecycle. Their product range includes powdered activated carbon for dosing into water and wastewater treatment processes, granular activated carbon for fixed-bed adsorbers, extruded activated carbon pellets for gas-phase applications, activated coke, coconut coke, and charcoal. CarboTech also produces carbon molecular sieves for nitrogen generation via pressure swing adsorption. Their Plug and Clean mobile filter systems provide flexible adsorption treatment without permanent infrastructure investment. Service offerings include thermal reactivation of spent activated carbon, custom impregnation of carbons for specialized adsorption tasks, contract grinding to powder, laboratory testing and analysis, and complete logistics and disposal management. CarboTech serves the municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment, drinking water, landfill leachate, groundwater remediation, biogas purification, flue gas cleaning, and air treatment sectors. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certifications and partners with Heraeus Precious Metals on antimicrobial AgXX technology for activated carbon functionalization.