Ekato Group

Founded in 1933 in Freiburg, Germany, EKATO GROUP is a world leader in mixing and agitation technology, with custom-engineered solutions for the chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. Three OEMs sit under the EKATO umbrella: RMT (agitators and reactors for liquids), FLUID (standardised industrial agitators), and SYSTEMS (turnkey vacuum processing units including UNIMIX and SOLIDMIX). Together they design and manufacture agitators, reactors, mechanical seals, and modular hydrogenation plants. Customer processes include hydrogenation, polymerisation, crystallisation, and fermentation, with advanced technologies such as PARAVIC, ISOPAS, and S-JET supporting 3D mixing and high-viscosity applications. More than 900 employees work across subsidiaries in 13 countries, with the group providing 24/7 service worldwide, rental machines (3-50L batch sizes), and R&D support for process scale-up. ISO 9001 certification accompanies a sustainability focus visible in partnerships such as the Cyrene bio-based solvent hydrogenation plant with Circa Group.