BHS-Sonthofen Group

BHS-Sonthofen is an owner-operated group of companies specialized in machinery and plant engineering. The Group is headquartered in Sonthofen, Germany. In keeping with our mission “Transforming Materials into Value,” we offer innovative process solutions, technologies and consultancy services in the Process Technology, Building Material Machinery and Recycling Technology divisions.  Having our experts focus on filtration, drying, reacting, mixing, shredding and recycling in the area of mechanical, thermal and chemical process technology is the basis for our success. Our company has a global presence with 600 employees, four production facilities and nine subsidiaries. We realize innovative and efficient solutions for customers in a variety of industry sectors around the world.

PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

In the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, we are experts for filtration, drying, mixing and reacting – drawing on our in-depth know-how, we determine the most suitable process solution for you.

BUILDING MATERIALS MACHINERY

We have been pioneers of mixing and crushing technology for the production of building materials since over than a century. Our processes define industry standards.

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

We are the leading provider of technology for metal recovery and recycling specialist for processing industrial waste. We create long-term added value for our customers using our process expertise, innovative process solutions and broad technology portfolio.

News

Two rubber belt filters for fly ash processing in Singapore

March 20, 2023
Collectively known as Tuas Nexus, the facility is an innovative and sustainable solution to meet Singapore’s long-term solid waste management and used water treatment needs. Tuas Nexus is the integration of the National Water Agency (PUB)’s Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (Tuas WRP) and the National Environment Agency (NEA)’s Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF). The “FAW” procedure from system supplier AIK Technik AG is used to treat the fly ash of the waste gases produced in the waste incineration process. BHS-Sonthofen supplied two particularly large rubber belt filters for this purpose.

BHS announces partnership with Soitra

March 13, 2023
BHS-Sonthofen announced its partnership with Soitra, an Italian supplier of process and packaging equipment for the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries. The agreement enables customers to purchase high-value technologies for filtration and drying, and benefit from bundled process expertise and after-sales service from a single source.

BHS-Sonthofen at FILTECH 2023 in Cologne

February 2, 2023
Designing energy-efficient solid-liquid separation - at FILTECH 2023 from 14.-16. February in Cologne, the Process Technology division of BHS-Sonthofen will be presenting its current filtration solutions. With more than 440 exhibitors and a large international conference, FILTECH is the largest and most important filtration trade fair worldwide.

Daniel Zeiler – the new head of Recycling Technology

January 19, 2023
The new year begins with a change at BHS-Sonthofen: Daniel Zeiler will be taking over as the head of Recycling Technology division. He replaces Alfred Weber, who had successfully managed sales for the Recycling Technology division since 2007 and retired at the end of last year.

New sales partner for recycling machines Down Under

December 2, 2022
BHS-Sonthofen is working with a new sales partner in the field of recycling technology: With CEMAC technologies Pty Ltd, BHS has gained a strong partner for its customers in Australia and New Zealand. The company looks back on more than two decades of experience in the planning, construction, and equipment of recycling plants.

Über 1.000 Jahre Betriebszugehörigkeit von Mitarbeitern gefeiert

December 1, 2022
Grund zum Feiern gab es jetzt bei BHS-Sonthofen: 52 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der deutschen Standorte in Sonthofen, Herrsching am Ammersee und Babenhausen blicken 2022 auf insgesamt mehr als 1000 Betriebsjahre zurück – mehr als doppelt so viele, wie das Unternehmen mit seiner 400-jährigen Firmengeschichte zählen kann.

Perfect perlite grain size: BHS impact crusher achieves success in Turkey

November 15, 2022
Volcanic minerals don’t necessarily come to mind when one thinks of juice. And yet they play a role in beverage production: especially perlite serves the juice industry as a filter medium. Harborlite Aegean mines this high-performance mineral in Dikili, Turkey. Perfect granulation is ensured by an impact crusher of type PB 0806 from BHS-Sonthofen – a first for this particular material.

BHS-Sonthofen publishes whitepaper on recycling lithium-ion batteries

November 15, 2022
The whitepaper addresses various methods for safely processing lithium-ion batteries and the challenges associated with these new technologies. In it, BHS also presents its own new, innovative process that recovers valuable resources such as nickel, cobalt, lithium and copper from batteries and rechargeable batteries. The whitepaper is available to download free of charge on the BHS website.

Goodbye bauma 2022

November 11, 2022
It was a great and impressive week at bauma 2022: In total, around 3,200 exhibitors from 60 countries and more than 495,000 visitors from over 200 countries attended the world's leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment in Munich from October 24 - 30, 2022.

Candle filters from BHS-Sonthofen now offer modular clarification solutions

October 25, 2022
The production of plastic additives or the recovery of catalysts share a common need. They both require fully automated clarification filtration to enable high throughputs and versatile cake treatment. With a new, modularized product range for candle filters, BHS-Sonthofen Process Technology now offers further significant advantages including shorter engineering times and lower costs.

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