We stand for better function of metal mesh and metal fibres for our customers. As filtertechnik.Europe and fteu® Group we achieve this through close cooperation within a network. Our strategy and our values are our guideline in current activities and developments. Our employees are the core of our culture and what we do as an organization.
About us
filtertechnik.Europe
We are partners for our customers from the initial contact until after-sales-services. At filtertechnik.Europe we have the entire process chain in-house at our disposal. As technical consultant, we discuss customer demands and develop concepts that empower increased efficiency in machines and processes of our customers. State-of-the-art technology is our tool box that allows us to create customer-specific solutions as individual engineers. From rapid prototyping to series production – we possess the required machinery and processes to manufacture functional elements in various batch sizes precisely and efficiently. As global supplier, we meet our customers’ demands for on-time and fast deliveries. Along the entire process chain – certified according to ISO 9001 – we exploit synergies within the fteu® Group to serve our customers locally and offer most attractive solutions.
1950s: stocking weaver
Our company is founded in Heinsberg (Germany) in the traditionally textile-focused Rhine region.
1980s: wire mesh weaving and stamping plant
The expertise of textile manufacturing is applied for weaving of wire mesh. We are focusing on wire mesh weaving as well as manufacturing of two-dimensional filters.
1990s: filter manufacturer for individual applications
The manufacturing of filter elements out of metal mesh is becoming the core of our business. We create more complex three-dimensional filter elements for the efficient filtration in our customers’ machines and processes.
2000s: filter partner with global value creation
Our company is named filtertechnik.Europe under the ownership of Dr. Christian Komorek. fteu® Group is established as global partner for filter technology of wire mesh with the foundation of Baoding Filter Equipment in China as well as filtertechnik.Europe CZ in the Czech Republic.
Today: specialist for Function in Permeable Metals
Today we are a specialist for Function in Permeable Metals. With our developments, we have established technologies for leading permeable metal (wire mesh, laminates, sintered structures, metal fibre felt) for filtration, dispersion, precision assemblies, heat absorption, and sound absorption. For our customers, we are a development partner for function and reliable supplier for quality products and spare parts for industrial processes worldwide.
fteu® Group & Partner
The fteu® Group consists of three companies in Germany (filtertechnik.Europe), P.R. China (BDFE) and the Czech Republic (fteuCZ). Together with our sales partners we offer function of metal mesh with our global network.
Baoding Filter Equipment Co., Ltd. (BDFE): BDFE was established in 2003 to ensure excellence in quality of the material we purchased in Asia. It has been developed to a manufacturing company that supplies predominantly Asian customers with metal mesh solutions. BDFE is located in Northern China in a region that has an industrial focus on wire mesh manufacturing. BDFE runs quality inspection processes with its own employees that qualify wire mesh as our quality basis on-site at our suppliers’ facilities. On the customer side BDFE has a focus on the automotive and the textile sector. BDFE is certified according to IATF 16949 and specializes in series production. For specific customer demands we integrate BDFE in our production processes and thereby offer attractive solutions for series production of functional metal mesh elements.
filtertechnik.Europe CZ (fteu CZ): fteu CZ is the sales organization in our group responsible for the Czech Republic and Eastern Europe. fteu CZ offers services and possess its own stock of metal mesh products for the availability of our customers.
We use long-term partnership to offer our solutions locally across different industries and continents. This enables us to understand and meet customer-specific demands worldwide.
Fitech Inc.: Fitech is our distributor for North America and runs operations in the USA as well as Mexico. Fitech specializes in solutions for plastic filtration and processing, specifically nonwovens.
web+mesh: our agent web+mesh is focused on nonwovens customers worldwide.
Koehl & Borkelmanns: Koehl & Borkelmans is a specialist for textile and plastics processes. Koehl & Borkelmans represents us in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Middle East.
Steinmann & Bertuletti: Steinmann & Bertuletti specializes in textile processes and represents us in Italy.
Fepla: Fepla is our Spanish agent for filtration solutions for the plastics, textile, and chemical industry.
Movimento: Movimento is focused on technical components and services for polymer fibre processing. Movimento is active and based in the growing economy Turkey.
Strategy & Values
For our customers, we are the best partner for functional solutions of metal mesh worldwide.
Driven by our demands and strengths we aspire to continuously develop for and with our customers. Our strategic goals illustrate the path towards our vision:
- We engage in partnerships with machine-OEMs for sustained development and innovation
- We offer the added value for quality-oriented machine users
- We employ dynamic processes and transparent communication for high speed
Our culture and our activities are based on our six values. Their interplay makes us filtertechnik.Europe and enables us to achieve quality excellence in our products, processes, and services.
Result
We structure our projects and activities from start to result. We invest consciously to meet defined targets. We focus on one activity at a time. We work self dependently with standards to minimize set-up times and achieve results efficiently. We evaluate our performance based on the result.
Precision
We know our strengths and know what we do not know. We communicate clearly and proactively. We understand cause and effect. We inspect, document, and optimize what we did, do and are going to do. We understand deviations as explicit indicator to improve our precision.
Technology
We create customer-specific solutions with modern technology. At the same time we are continuously looking for new technologies for our products and services. Innovative technology enables us to improve our products technically and economically. Our technology and our competences are our knowledge lead and competitive edge.
Partner
The value of our actions is defined by our customers. We use a network with customers and suppliers to bundle strengths, exploit synergies, and improve results.
Motion
Motion is part of our routine. We experiment with the New and learn from our experiences. We make decisions and changes to reach targets and improve sustainably.
Excitement
We have fun at doing what we do. We enjoy success, address problems, and use the latter to improve.
Employees
At filtertechnik.Europe we work as a team for better functional solutions of metal mesh. As global player, our employees represent a great diversity in background and education: sales representative, engineers, project managers, welders, machine operators, technicians, or logisticians. We stand for self-responsibility, target-orientation, and motivation to realize better function in metal mesh together.