CERAFILTEC Germany GmbH

CERAFILTEC Germany GmbH, headquartered in Saarbrucken, is a ceramic ultrafiltration membrane technology company that has delivered over 156 projects across 40 countries with a combined installed capacity of 950 million liters per day. The company manufactures ceramic flat-sheet membrane modules with a pore size of 0.1 micrometers that serve as a physical barrier removing suspended solids, clay, silt, pollen, algae, precipitated metal oxides, and colloidal fractions while achieving typical log removal values above 5 for bacteria and protozoa. CERAFILTEC offers three module variants: MODULE 6.0 S BLUE 61, the standard filtration module for producing clear filtrate from surface and groundwater with exchangeable ceramic plates; MODULE 6.0 S BLUE 419, an advanced variant achieving log-6 removal of bacteria and protozoa including cryptosporidium for polishing effluent to drinking water standards; and MODULE 6.0 BLACK, a harsh-environment module tolerating high TSS, oils, and corrosives in sewage or process water with fully reusable plates producing zero waste. The membranes are made entirely from high-grade ceramic with no plastic fibers, and the company reports a service life exceeding 20 years, approximately three times longer than competing systems. Each module houses up to 34 interchangeable double-sided ceramic plates, and modules stack into filtration towers up to 16 modules high with multiple towers connected via a central header pipe for scalable capacity from 100 cubic meters per day to over 200,000 cubic meters per day. The patented FLEXX-CAP cleaning system delivers air evenly across every membrane plate for 100 percent cake removal without chemicals. CERAFILTEC operates a fully corrosion-free construction approach and partners with local system integrators and EPC contractors worldwide, with applications spanning river water treatment, groundwater, tertiary effluent polishing, RO pre-treatment, MBR systems, and industrial effluent treatment including oily wastewater.