LEWA is a manufacturer for diaphragm metering pumps, process pumps as well as customized metering systems and production units. The company has developed from a pure technology provider to a solution provider over the last years. LEWA systems are in use in oil & gas and chemical industry. The headquarters of the company are located in Leonberg in the south of Germany. LEWA has 16 subsidiaries and over 80 sales partners on all continents. LEWA-Nikkiso America, Inc., which has its head office in Holliston, Massachusetts, and LEWA Process Technologies, Inc., which has its office in Devens, Massachusetts, are American subsidiaries of the LEWA Group. In 2013, LEWA generated a turnover of 218 million euro with more than 1,070 employees worldwide.
History
The company was founded in 1952 as "Ingenieurbüro LEWA" by the two engineers Herbert Ott and Rudolf Schestag. LEWA stands for Leonberger Wasseraufbereitung. In 1954, LEWA applied for a patent for the rocker arm pump. In 1955, the company participated in Achema, an exhibition in Frankfurt am Main, for the first time. In 1961, a research group was established, which promoted research and development of LEWA's pumps. LEWA applied for a patent for the sandwich diaphragm for diaphragm pumps in 1968. Since 1971, the company also has developed complete metering systems and production units. With the death of Herbert Ott in 1999, LEWA's long tradition as a family-owned business ended. In 2003, the diaphragm pumpLEWA ecoflow came into the market, which has been a major support to the company's income since then. In 2006, the investment company "Deutsche Beteiligungs AG" acquired LEWA. However, since 2009, LEWA is part of the Japanese corporationNikkiso. Nikkiso is market leader in Japan in the water conditioning of nuclear and thermal power plants, it supplies various pumps and flaps for the thrust reversal in jet aircraft. Worldwide, Nikkiso is the third largest provider of mobilehemodialysismachines. In 2011, LEWA developed a system for process chromatography. On January 1, 2013, long-standing CEO of LEWA, Bernd M. Stütz, has passed off his position to Naota Shikano.
