The Ballestra Group resulted from the merger of best-in-class companies in their field. The Group activities revolve around two brands:

Ballestra is the world leader in process plants for detergents and surfactants since its establishment in 1960 and a major player worldwide for sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, and all fertilizers downstream phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, potassium, nitric acid, ammonia and urea. The merger of Mazzoni in 2017 further enhanced Ballestra’s position with the world leadership in Soap technologies. Driven by continuous innovation, today Ballestra gathers under a single roof all the cutting edge solutions in all its fields of expertise.

Buss ChemTech, a world leader in technologies and process plants for gas-liquid reactions using the patented BUSS LOOP® reactor Buss is, among others, the leading supplier of technologies and plants for hydrogen fluoride and derivatives. Buss ChemTech AG joined the Ballestra group in 2021.