TAKRAF Adds FSI Filtración to DELKOR Filtration Portfolio

TAKRAF Group has completed its acquisition of FSI FILTRACIÓN SL, a Madrid-based engineering company specializing in liquid/solid separation, folding more than three decades of filter press expertise into the group's DELKOR portfolio.

The deal closed on 3 November. FSI was established in Spain in 1989 and has accumulated more than three and a half decades of filtration know-how, backed by a reference list exceeding 300 filter press installations, both chamber-style and membrane-type. The company covers the whole delivery chain - process design, equipment selection, fabrication, site installation, commissioning and after-sales support - and builds machines with plates reaching 1.8 by 1.8 m. DELKOR, for its part, has concentrated on large-format separation duties in mining and tailings service, so the two ranges meet rather than overlap. FSI's leadership stays on, with TAKRAF's director of strategic projects, Luca Romanengo, stepping in as managing director. Group chief executive Thomas Jabs called the purchase an important step in strengthening filtration capabilities, while FSI board member Eduardo Moretón emphasized that existing customers will keep working with the teams they already know.

For procurement teams qualifying filter press and dewatering equipment suppliers, the deal reshapes the mid-size segment of the market in two ways. First, it narrows the field of independent European specialists: a 35-year Madrid firm with 300-plus references is now inside a global group, so buyers who previously treated FSI and DELKOR as separate bidders will increasingly face one combined offer, and competitive tension on plate sizes in the 1.5 to 1.8 m class may ease as a result. Second, integration is a double-edged variable in supplier risk assessment. Continuity commitments - retained management, established customer contacts - are exactly the right promises to make, but buyers should verify them contractually: who holds the manufacturing licenses, whether Madrid production and service teams stay intact, and how warranty and spare-parts obligations transfer during the transition. The upside for buyers in Spain and broader Europe is access to DELKOR's larger-format tailings-scale equipment through a local engineering partner, which can simplify interface responsibility on mixed-scope dewatering packages. The sensible move in the next two tender cycles is to request written clarity on entity structure and support ownership before award, and to benchmark the combined group's pricing against the independent specialists that remain.