Mann+Hummel acquires stake in German company Seccua

Filtration solutions provider Mann+Hummel has acquired a stake in Germany-based water filtration company Seccua Holding, for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition will allow Mann+Hummel to further expand its portfolio into drinking water filtration.

The company’s focus is both on the filtration of water at the time of entry into the water pipes of a building or facility and immediately before use.

Mann+Hummel president and CEO Werner Lieberherr said: “The topic of water treatment is becoming increasingly important. Mann+Hummel offers innovative solutions for clean and healthy drinking water.

“We are therefore looking forward to a successful joint future and are convinced, in addition to our technology leadership, to have set perfect preconditions to achieve market leadership in the drinking water market soon.”

The company acquired Microdyn-Nadir in 2015 and has been active in the membrane industry since then with a focus on water, wastewater and process filtration.

Founded in 2005, Seccua develops, produces and sells solutions for the removal of pathogens, turbidity, drug residues and lime from drinking water.

The company’s systems are distributed in Germany and the US and also across the globe, including China, Australia and Canada.

Grandview Research study revealed that the global market potential for water treatment in the private sector is about €30bn by 2025.

In August 2015, Seccua’s two Phoenix 40 ultrafiltration systems were selected by the East Bay Municipal Utility District for its new Camanche Recreation Center at the Camanche reservoir located in the Sierra foothills southeast of Sacramento.

The Phoenix 40 systems are capable of treating up to 500,000 gallons per day of raw water taken from the Camanche Reservoir and the Mokelumne Aqueduct.