# Ballestra

- **Website:** <https://ballestra.com>
- **Primary alias:** `ballestra.com`
- **Employees:** 201+
- **Company kind:** PRIVATELY HELD

## Description

Ballestra S.p.A. is a global engineering and technology company that designs and supplies industrial plants, equipment, and process solutions. Established in 1960, it serves the detergent, surfactant, soap, chemical, and fertilizer industries, combining specialized technologies with services that support clients from plant design through technical assistance. Ballestra is now part of NEXTCHEM, MAIRE’s sustainable technology solutions company, and works within a group that includes affiliates such as BUSS ChemTech, Ballestra India, and Mazzoni.

Its offerings span powder and liquid detergent production, sulphonation and sulphation, specialty surfactants, ethoxylation and alkoxylation, prilling, soap manufacturing, and ester and oleochemical production. For chemicals and fertilizers, Ballestra provides technologies for sulphuric and phosphoric acid, fluorine derivatives, potassium sulphate, fertilizer formulations, and related unit operations, including granulation and gas treatment. Solutions include large-scale and compact plants, batch and continuous systems, and tailored equipment. The company also highlights research and development, laboratory and pilot-plant capabilities, sustainability, and after-sales support. Ballestra reports more than 7,500 plants installed worldwide and over 400 employees.

## Industries

- 🏭 Heavy Industry and Engineering _(under Heavy Industry and Engineering)_
- 🏭 Heavy Industry and Engineering

## Links

- [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/company/ballestra-spa)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/Ballestragroup)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id3toO3BcF/w/820/h/312/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1757509694113)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id3toO3BcF/w/100/h/100/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1791220228309)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Science Blue | #0073ce | accent |
| Hawaiian Tan | #9c5119 | dark |
| Spindle | #b4dbed | light |

## Fonts

- Arial — asset _(custom)_
- IBM Plex Sans — asset _(google)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id3toO3BcF/w/3168/h/792/idVQsWLK_N.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1791220228812)

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