A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG
With over 350 specialized systems and decades of experience, we handle the processing of powders and bulk materials—from micronization, grinding, and mixing to screening, drying, compaction, and filling—for the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, defense, and other industries.
A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG
As your outsourcing partner, we rely on state-of-the-art processes such as contract micronizing, mixing, processing, contract sieving and contract compacting. In this way, we enable efficient material processing at the highest level. We are partners to leading industries – from chemicals, pharmaceuticals, dental and cosmetics to food, plastics, rubber, ceramics, animal feed and animal health.
Our solutions are as versatile as your requirements. With over 350 highly specialized systems – many of them developed in-house – we offer individual powder designs, contract filling and complete innovative supply chain projects through to the outsourcing of entire plants.
The Executive Board informs
Welcome to A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG – your experienced partner for the implementation of process engineering projects in the bulk solids sector. As a classic contract manufacturer, we offer a wide range of services: grinding (including cryogenic grinding), micronization, mixing, coating, drying, sieving, pastillation, granulation, compacting, filling and process development.
Thanks to a wide range of special systems, some of which have been developed in-house, and comprehensive machine technology, we realize individual powder designs and take on complete supply chain projects – right through to outsourcing entire plant sections. Contract grinding in particular is a core area of our portfolio that has been optimized over many years.
We focus on partnership-based cooperation, reliability and customized solutions. Feel free to contact us for smaller projects – they are often the starting point for major developments.
Certifications
As a leading provider in the field of contract processing and process services, A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG stands for quality, efficiency and technological progress. The company’s modern machinery is state of the art and enables highly flexible, resource-saving and customized production – from powder processing to thermal treatment.
Thanks to continuous investment in digitalization, automation and sustainability, Ebbecke AG not only meets the highest industry standards, but also sets new benchmarks in terms of safety, environmental responsibility and production speed. This innovative strength is reflected in numerous certifications and awards that confirm the high quality of the processes, the reliability of the services and the entrepreneurial focus on the future.
Whether in the food, chemical, cosmetics or pharmaceutical industry – customers benefit from tailor-made solutions, excellent quality management and the partnership-based approach of an owner-managed family business.
Services
Contract grinding and toll grinding solved individually
Bulk material processing with convincing results
Versatile CO packing according to your requirements
Professional screening according to your wishes
Granules with precisely defined properties
State-of-the-art drying systems for greenalte and powder
After production, we take care of the logistics.
We carry out extensive testing and analysis orders for you
Produce dust-free and easy-to-dose solid molds
Processing and Blending of Your Liquid Products
Test pilot plant in the field of bulk solids processing
Outsourcing your customer sample management
Production of modern materials using cryogenic processes
Increased efficiency through targeted partnerships and optimized processes
Highest powder purity for precise 3D prints
“For me, modern contract manufacturing means far more than simply processing bulk materials. Our mission is to give companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, plastics, and ceramics industries a technological advantage. With more than 350 specialized systems, in-house process engineering expertise, and decades of experience, we develop tailored solutions for contract grinding, micronization, bulk material processing, and complete supply chain concepts. Our ambition is to serve as a long-term technology and outsourcing partner—from the initial feasibility analysis through to series production.”
Axel Ebbecke
Management Board / CEO
Defense, Aviation, Space
Whether lightweight and structural components in aviation, turbine and functional coatings, high-temperature-resistant materials for space systems, special alloys and electronics-related applications in the defense sector or precision-critical 3D printed components: Ebbecke delivers the right material and process solution from a single source, tailored to your specification, qualified for your program and scalable for use in the field. Confidentiality, compliance and program fidelity are non-negotiable for us – so that you can rely on maximum safety, predictability and operational superiority in every phase from the technology demonstrator to the operational series.
Total Industrial Management
At the A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG plants in Bruchköbel, Schöneck and Hirzenhain, particular attention is paid to the quality assurance of services. As part of the TIM concept (Total Industrial Management), Ebbecke offers comprehensive logistics services in addition to the complete processing of bulk materials of all kinds. We look forward to discussing your technical requirements with you and developing individual solutions together with our team of experts.
We are characterized by trust, reliability and responsiveness to individual wishes. Please contact us even for seemingly small projects. Even small projects develop into large projects over time and we would be more than happy to accompany you in this development process.
Tested standards and certified processes for your contract processing and bulk material handling.
Latest news
With its first carbon footprint assessment for the Schöneck plant, Ebbecke is providing transparency regarding the site’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The results provide a reliable basis for the further development of energy and climate protection measures.
As part of the first state visit by a president of the United Arab Emirates to Germany, Axel Ebbecke, Chairman of the Board and CEO of A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG, took part in the business forum in Munich. The focus was on new opportunities for industry, technology, investment, and long-term partnerships between the two countries.
Where your strengths are utilized and your passions are respected? Then you’ve come to the right place. Feel free to apply for our vacancies. If you can’t find the right job for you in this specialist area, you are also welcome to look at our other companies for a suitable offer. We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Innovations from Ebbecke
A new type of hygiene concept has been implemented at our hygiene plant in Schöneck. For the first time, we have built a complete production hall within the hall. All supply media and ventilation systems are located in a special assembly tunnel outside the production area. Thanks to this and the ventilation system from the hospital sector, we are able to filter out both bacteria and viruses and provide an extremely clean production atmosphere. The entire facility has a 24-fold air exchange and its own specially developed social rooms with hygiene sluices and is available to you immediately for wage development.
Bulk material processing
As a specialized contract manufacturer for the bulk solids industry, we offer a wide range of technical processes – from grinding and drying to mixing, sieving, granulating and filling. Whether complex series production or small individual orders: We are your flexible partner. At our three sites in the Rhine-Main region, we process over 800 products to the highest quality and hygiene standards. Our strength lies in the combination of experienced specialist staff, modern machinery and our own laboratories for chemical, physical and soon also microbiological analyses – including feasibility tests and test series.
Ebbecke GO Green
As the largest site of A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG, the Schöneck site is predestined by its location to create a unity between modern production, nature and the environment. To ensure this, A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG has implemented a wide range of measures, often together with partners. The basis for this was not only concepts with the various environmental institutions and associations, but also the measures within the framework of Ebbecke’s Innovative Green Technology project. A carbon footprint assessment is also available for the Schöneck site.
The AFG series with system sizes from 200 to 600 mm in diameter ensures the micronization of particle structures in the particle size range from 3 to 20 µm in hardness grades from medium hard to hard. This type of system can guarantee a wide range of different products with a narrow particle size range.
The AFG series with system sizes from 200 to 600 mm in diameter ensures the micronization of particle structures in the particle size range from 3 to 20 µm in hardness grades from medium hard to hard. This type of system can guarantee a wide range of different products with a narrow particle size range.
The mixing and filling of high-quality products under clean room conditions can also be guaranteed for the highest demands in the pharmaceutical, food, defense, aviation and space sectors with this system, which is unique in Europe.
This special plant for pharmaceutical disintegrants based on gelatinized maize starch with subsequent grinding, sifting, drying and filling is used to produce finished powders for further tableting. The integrated grinding combination consisting of a hammer mill and classifier mill can also be used separately for grinding under hygienic conditions.
This unique plant consists of four 10 cubic meter liquid mixing reactors with temperature control and offers the production of up to 20 thousand tons of liquid mixtures per year. In combination with raw material tanks, filtration, osmosis, water and 40 cubic meter water tanks, it can be filled into tank trucks, IBCs, canisters and drums.
This type of system for temperature-sensitive products ensures grinding in the medium grain range and regranulation due to the combination of cutting and impact action and the high air circulation within the mill. Only low temperature peaks are achieved. The final fineness can be adjusted via the sieves and speed.
Our segmented storage areas with high racks offer safe and clean storage of your raw materials and finished goods. We have over 2 thousand pallet spaces in various segmented storage areas and warehouse buildings.
The hygiene production offers the hygienic production of your products from the food, cosmetics, pharmaceutical excipients, defense, aviation and space sectors in a GMP production environment. Special changing rooms, hygiene clothing, filter systems and hygiene airlocks as well as a separate logistics hall offer an ideal environment for your high-quality products in separate production areas. The hygiene standard here goes right up to clean room production and can be selected by you depending on your requirements.
We guarantee the quality assurance of your products through our chemical, physical and microbiological laboratories. As part of a quality agreement with you, the quality assurance instruments to be used are defined and provide the basis for future compliance with the specification. The laboratories are equipped with the latest analytical equipment. Sample management of the samples taken is possible.
Ploughshare mixing systems offer the possibility of mixing large powder ranges. They are characterized in particular by high homogeneity, short mixing times, gentle powder handling and the possibility of spraying liquids onto powder carrier material. This universally applicable mixer is a good basis for the efficient production of mixtures.
Pastillation belts offer you the option of transferring your liquid components delivered in tankers into granular form via our temperature-controlled storage tanks and the connected pastillation systems. The pastilles produced can be filled into various special containers such as big bags, drums, buckets or cardboard boxes. The combination with our Fitzmill system can supplement the transfer into powder form with the addition of anti-caking agents.
This unique plant offers the formulation of sensitive products under cryogenic conditions. Various production lines offer cryogenic grinding, cryogenic mixing, cryogenic regranulation and cryogenic compaction in a total capacity of 5 thousand tons. Hot water baths, liquid storage tanks and silo systems provide automation of processing.
With and without ultrasonic support, long-stroke screening plants with their horizontal mode of operation offer the highest quality in the field of screening with the lowest percentage of defective particles of less than 0.35 percent. This type of system is indispensable in the processing of special powders in order to guarantee a high level of quality in the end product.
These systems offer maximum flexibility by adjusting the inclination, vibration amplitude and speed in order to adapt the system to the specific requirements of your products.
These self-developed grinding systems micronize soft to medium-hard particles in the 3 to 20 µm particle size range and are characterized by a high standard of hygiene, a high level of safety thanks to an integrated classifying zone without external classifying wheels and a particularly steep and narrow particle size distribution. As a result, your products can be produced in a particularly gentle, hygienic and high-quality manner. The system is particularly suitable for powders from the defense, aviation, space, food and cosmetics sectors.
“Every powder has its own specific requirements in terms of particle size, flow properties, purity, and process safety. That is why we do not develop standard solutions, but customized processes for micronization, grinding, mixing, screening, compaction, and powder design. Our customers benefit from the close integration of engineering, laboratory services, process technology, and production at Ebbecke. It is precisely this combination of technological expertise and industrial experience that has made us an internationally valued partner to the bulk solids industry for many years.”
Axel Ebbecke
Management Board / CEO
Locations
Administration and Innovation Hub
Spray center
Disposition and production
Contract micronisation is a process used to reduce particles to precisely defined sizes within the micron range. Among other benefits, it improves the flow properties, reactivity, dosing characteristics and overall quality of powders. A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG develops the appropriate process for each specific application and uses state-of-the-art micronisation technologies to achieve reproducible results—from development on a pilot-plant scale through to industrial series production.
A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG works with companies worldwide in the chemical, pharmaceutical, dental, cosmetics, food, plastics, rubber and ceramics industries, as well as with manufacturers in the animal nutrition and animal health sectors. Thanks to a wide range of specialised equipment, the company can process many different types of bulk materials and powders in accordance with industry-specific quality and safety requirements.
Modern bulk-material processing includes services such as contract grinding, micronisation, blending, screening, compaction, classification, material preparation, powder design and contract filling. In addition, A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG supports its customers with process development, the scale-up of new products and, upon request, the outsourcing of complete production steps or entire manufacturing areas.
Outsourcing is particularly cost-effective when companies need to respond flexibly to market requirements, avoid investing in their own equipment or create additional production capacity. A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG handles individual process steps as well as complete manufacturing processes and provides scalable solutions with a high level of process reliability, reproducible quality and international logistics expertise.
Particle size has a decisive influence on the quality and functionality of a product. Among other factors, it affects flow behaviour, solubility, blendability, dosing accuracy, reaction speed and processing characteristics. Using precise processes such as contract grinding, micronisation and classification, A. Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG develops customised powder solutions that are tailored exactly to the requirements of the respective product and production process.
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