Insitute of Filtration and Techniques of Separation (IFTS)
IFTS was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organisation, based on the vision of its founder Roger Ben Aïm, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Toulouse. Its objective: to create a structural bridge between the academic world and the industrial world. Since its creation, the association’s action has consisted of conducting collective research projects to foster its transfer to the industrial sector. The association, with the participation of equipment manufacturers, is made up of industrial members using separation equipment, as well as representatives of local authorities and public authorities. The following companies joined the association from the beginning and are still among our members: Total, Veolia, Filtration Group, Safran Filtration Systems, Donaldson, Filtres Guerin. Most of them holdkey positions in the governance of the structure today.
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- Business Type:
- Nonprofit organization (NPO)
- Industry Type:
- Water Filtration and Separation
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1981
- Turnover:
- 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 €
About Us
Laboratory, Research & Expertise
IFTS, Institut de la Filtration et des Techniques Séparatives, is a Technology Transfer Centre, a true multidisciplinary platform between research and industry.
As an international centre of expertise, we serve manufacturers and users of fluid-solid separation equipment.
Both a research centre and a testing and analysis platform, our strengths are:
- The independence of our work
- The scientific rigour of our studies.
- The responsiveness of our teams.
NF EN ISO 9001 accreditation for our quality management system and NF EN ISO/IEC 17025 certification that covers many of our services.
Wherever you are, whatever your business sector, our experience and expertise will provide you with effective, tailor-made solutions to take your project to the next level.
Based in Foulayronnes, between Bordeaux and Toulouse, in the South West of France, IFTS has an international positioning and has two subsidiaries: one in the USA (Middlesex, NJ) and the other in China (Shanghai).
Timeline
The support of the public and local authorities, from the Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Départment de Lot-et-Garonne and the Lot-et-Garonne Chamber of Commerce and Industry, were fundamental to the creation and support of the association.
Its first president was Mr Georges Ricci, president of the Agenais district and its first director, was Professor Roger Ben Aïm, who is still linked to IFTS today as a scientific advisor.
Our Key Figures
- 40 years of research and technology for industry
- 58 members in 2021
- 50 employees
- 329 customers in 2021
- 2512 Reports in 2021
- 300 m² of solar panels and as much green roofing
- 2500 m² of offices and laboratories (+700 m² in the Roger Ben Aïm Test Centre)
- 65% de CA of activities with non-domestic customers
Our Members
Our members are industrial manufacturers of separation equipment or products, or major users of these solutions.
Their membership gives them a privileged status within IFTS.
They are involved in the definition of IFTS strategy, they benefit from advantages:
- Free access to our technology library,
- Monthly subscription to “The IFTS Newsletter
- Preferential rates on some of our services.
Ready for the Future!
Our development strategy is based on our research efforts, applied to separation and filtration techniques.
We believe that excellence and performance are the main guarantees of success for the scientific and industrial communities. This requirement in our strategy invites us to anticipate and constantly adapt our research to the new market dynamics, those that will make the world of tomorrow:
A safer, more sustainable world.
OUR VISION :
In a constantly changing economic context, with the increasing complexity of new technologies, we place all our resources, methods and capabilities for adaptation at your disposal, whether they be scientific, technical or financial.
Our research centre is constantly evolving to enable you to be at the forefront of innovation and to make the results of your projects known. Our role will be to constantly build bridges between the progress of knowledge and the development of your applications.
OUR VALUES :
Our constant effort to be inventive and to improve our know-how, the technical nature of our testing facilities and our rigour are the basis of our fundamental values:
- The quest for excellence
- Openness to transdisciplinarity
- The exploitation of results for the benefit of industry.
OUR AMBITIONS :
- TO BE constantly attentive to the market in order to feed our reflections and make our products and offers evolve to remain one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of test benches and the development of qualification methods for separation systems.
- CATALYSE innovation through scientific networking, the development of new applicable technologies, and meet your most demanding requirements.
- DEVELOP professional training courses with a high level of technical expertise on different themes and formulas, adapted to all profiles and needs.
- SUPPORTING all stages of your development project: from project definition to feasibility studies, prototyping and production, we are there to find the right solutions to serve your project.
We have the necessary tools to enable you to optimise your technical performance and the investment cost of your industrial equipment. We provide maintenance contracts that can follow your test equipment internationally, both in preventive and curative phases
Our Garantees:
Today, the needs of our clients and partners are constantly changing, implying a level of requirement and expertise that is at the heart of our concerns.
The independence of our work, the guarantee of quality, the level of scientific expertise of our studies, our results, our state-of-the-art testing facilities, have formed a solid basis of quality and have earned us several accreditations and recognitions:
Part of our activites are accredited by COFRAC, according to NF EN ISO/IEC 17025 (Full scope of accreditation availble at www.cofrac.fr)
On an ongoing basis, our clients approve our services according to their own standards, establishing IFTS as the preferred test platform for the qualification and control of their supplies or production.
Partners & Network
Our partners and our network allow us, through a permanent dialogue, to share strengths and skills and develop synergies in our ecosystem.
Our partners and networks are based on the same values and common goals, the key to success for all. Merging talents, expertise and objectives is the best way for us to create the most favourable context for evaluating innovative techniques and technologies and addressing complex challenges.
Unique Skills
Our skills rely on lengthy of experience in Separation Techniques, state-of-the-art testing facilities with a unique fleet of equipment, advanced labs and a team of scientists, engineers and technicians, among in their fields.
We support users and manufacturers worldwide in their liquid-solid separation and in their air treatment activities or gas cleaning system.
Our rationale: to create a real link between research and industry, expertise, and the exploitation of results, at the service of your projects.
OUR DNA
SINGULARITY
lFTS is an independent association, linking university and industrial structures.
QUALITY OF SERVICE
The primary objective of lFTS is to satisfy the customer and to respect the confidentiality it is committed to.
EXPERTISE
IFTS, through its staff, has a wide range of technical skills and is constantly seeking innovation and improvement.
COMMITMENT
IFTS is a motivated team, attentive and reactive, to meet your expectations.