LÖDIGE Maschinenbau

Gebrüder Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, is a third-generation family-owned company that pioneered horizontal plowshare mixing technology with the invention of the Pflugschar®-Mischer (Ploughshare Mixer). With over 35,000 machines and systems delivered worldwide and a workforce exceeding 500 employees, Lödige has established itself as an international market leader in process equipment for mixing, granulation, coating, drying, and reaction applications across ten industrial sectors. The core product range includes the Pflugschar®-Mischer in batch and continuous configurations with Hygienic Design and Universal Design variants, the cost-optimized FKM Basic batch mixer, the CoriMix® ring-layer mixer for continuous high-throughput mixing, the DRUVATHERM® vacuum paddle dryer combining mixing, granulation, drying, and cooling in a single vessel, the DRUVATHERM® continuous granulation dryer with combined convection and contact drying, and the DRUVATHERM® reactor for multi-phase reaction and drying processes. Additional offerings include mixing granulators with GMP-compliant designs and ATEX explosion protection, wet mixers, fast mixers, and the Lödige Coater LC for coating applications with variable fill degrees. The company operates a 700 m² Technikum test center with over 30 machines for customer trials and holds DIN EN ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and ISO 14001 certifications. Pressure vessel ratings comply with AD-2000 and ASME standards for pressures below 50 bar. Lödige serves the environmental, chemical, food, pharmaceutical, battery, metallurgy, construction materials, plastics, cosmetics, and polysaccharide industries.