History of FILTROX
1938 |
| Foundation of ”Fabrik Filtermaterialien Hans Schmid” by Mr. Hans Schmid. The factory started producing filter media (sheets), using the facilities of a former textile plant at the Sitter river in St.Gallen. |
1940 | Change of name to ”FILTROX Werk Hans Schmid AG”. | |
1946 | Foundation of ”FILTROX Maschinenbau AG” for the manufacturing of filter equipment. | |
1950 | Presentation of the first precoat sheet filter for filtration of beer with diatomaceous earth. | |
1957 | Introduction of the horizontal pressure leaf filter ”FILTER-O-MAT 100” for precoat filtration of beverages. | |
1960 | Inauguration of a new manufacturing building for production of equipment. | |
1968 | Introduction of the ”FILTROstar” candle filter, the first candle filter worldwide for the filtration of beverages. | |
1972 | Inauguration of new manufacturing plant for filter media. | |
1984 | Introduction of a new generation of filter sheets, the very successful ”FibraFix AF” line. |
Current developments
Global Expansion
In the past 3 decades, FILTROX has expanded its presence outside of Switzerland. Today, the FILTROX Group consists of manufacturing and marketing companies in the UK, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Germany, China, USA – and more to follow.
Complete Filtration Systems
Today, many of our customers do not look for «just a filter» but for a complete solution to accomplish their filtration task. FILTROX continuously enhances its engineering capabilities by employing a growing number of specialists such as project managers, process technicians, and software engineers. In order to offer in-house control systems for our plants, «FILTROX Automation» was started as an affiliate company.
New Markets
The growing need for microfiltration systems in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and chemical industry, as well as certain applications in the food industry, like edible oil and sugar have led us to expand our presence outside the beverage industry. In the past few years, these new markets have fuelled much of our growth.