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- GEA Group AG is one of the world's largest systems suppliers for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors, providing machinery, plants, advanced process technology, components, and comprehensive services to enhance sustainability and efficiency in production processes across diverse industries. The company operates through five key business divisions—Separation and Flow Technologies, Liquid and Powder Technologies, Food and Health Technologies, Farm Technologies, and Refrigeration Technologies—offering core products including separators, decanters, valves, homogenizers, pumps, heat pumps, crystallization systems, and zero-liquid discharge solutions; integrated process lines for dairy processing, beverage production, food preparation, dairy farming equipment, environmental wastewater treatment, chemical processing, home and personal care, marine applications, new food technologies, oil and gas, energy, and pharma and healthcare; as well as digital automation tools like GEA OptiPartner Intellicant and AI-supported controls. GEA serves customers in over 150 countries with a workforce exceeding 18,000 employees, targeting end-user markets in food processing, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and agriculture while generating annual revenue over five billion euros. Founded in 1881 and headquartered at Ulmenstraße 99, 40476 Düsseldorf, Germany, the company relocated to its new LEED Gold-certified corporate headquarters in Düsseldorf-Derendorf in August 2025 to foster collaboration and innovation. Recent developments include the August 2025 acquisition of the Flocmix brand to expand its wastewater treatment portfolio with intelligent mixing and sensor technologies integrated into smart decanter systems; a November 2025 strategic joint venture with RebelDot to accelerate digital transformation in process industries; a March 2025 partnership with Rock Tech Lithium for crystallization and zero-liquid discharge equipment in battery-grade lithium production; the 2024 acquisition of CattleEye for AI-based herd monitoring in sustainable agriculture; and achievement of Mission 2026 profitability targets ahead of schedule with improved order intake and EBITDA margins through 2025.