GEA

GEA is one of the largest suppliers for food processing technology and of related industries. The global group specializes in machinery, plants, as well as process technology and components. GEA provides sustainable solutions for sophisticated production processes in diverse end-user markets and offers a comprehensive service portfolio.

Our Strategy

As an international technology group, GEA focuses on the development and production of process technology and components for sophisticated and efficient production methods in a variety of end markets. GEA is one of the largest suppliers of systems and components for the food processing industry and a wide range of other processing industries.

The group is a specialist in its respective core technologies and a leader in many of its sales markets worldwide. GEA consistently promotes an innovation-led culture thereby maintaining its technological edge. The company considers profitability more important than volume and practices systematic portfolio management and cost control. Active risk management, stability through diversification, and a focus on the markets of the future are binding principles for all GEA business units.

The group’s enduring success is based on a number of major global trends, including: continuous global population growth; a growing middle class; increasing demand for high-quality foods and beverages and more demand for efficient production methods that also conserve valuable resources.

Our ambition: to be the customer’s first choice worldwide

Our long-term strategy is based on our central goal to be the partner of choice for customers worldwide. We strive to be the world’s leading technology group, providing innovative and sustainable solutions for sophisticated process industries. With our state-of-the-art technologies and comprehensive application expertise, we aim to be the preferred partner in the industries we serve.

Our Vision & Values

GEA – that’s all of us! Our Vision & Values represent the cornerstones of our management philosophy. They are a crucial element of a common GEA identity. We will hold all of us to these standards. A clear Vision and explicit Values are the foundation of our success as technology and market leader.

GEA will always effect change so that it can continue to build on excellence. We eliminate legacies; we strive for service; we push for innovation; we reduce complexity; we streamline our structures; we acquire new businesses; we work across segments and sites; we maintain a true competitive edge within our global business environment. Our Vision and Values will guide us in a common endeavor to grow and to create value for all our stakeholders.

GEA Vision

GEA provides the world with innovative solutions for smart food processing and for a more efficient use of energy resources. GEA is a global engineering group recognized for its excellent technologies, its dedication to provide best solutions to its customers, and its management principles.

Our vision means:

• We want to be known by our customers for providing innovative solutions that help them be even more successful
• We are the place where passionate employees have room for creativity and entrepreneurship to make our Group unique
• We will focus on businesses and markets where we will be leaders
• We will remain the architects of our future Group through our continued success

GEA Values

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Excellence

• At GEA, we stand for excellence in everything we do
• We help our customers become the best in class
• We foster creativity and innovation
• We strive to constantly improve our technology as well as our professional skills

Passion

• At GEA, we work with passion without obsession
• We do our jobs with enthusiasm
• We are proud of what we achieve together
• We balance our customers’, our colleagues’, our own, and our investors’ needs

Integrity

• At GEA, we walk our talk
• We treat each other and our partners with trust, fairness, and respect
• We honor our commitments and stand up for our beliefs
• We speak with one voice internally and externally

Responsibility

• At GEA, we feel responsible for our actions
• We take care in all we do and are aware of possible outcomes and consequences
• We take decisions and make results known
• We share information openly in the interest of GEA

GEA-versity

• At GEA, we cross borders
• We respect other opinions and discuss them openly
• We support teamwork and the mutual exchange of knowledge and people regardless of borders, cultures, genders, Segments, and levels

Our Organization

GEA is active in a variety of demanding industries with an offering, which includes process technology, solutions and services for the food, beverage, chemical, pharma, dairy processing, dairy farming and marine industries. The respective organizational structure follows technologies: The five divisions, each with up to six business units hold leading market positions.