Filtres Philippe was founded in 1882 in Paris. Filtres Philippe invented and developed major equipment for solid/liquid separation : the Bag Filter, the Vertical Filter Press as well as the Continuous Horizontal Plate Press were all inventions of the early years.Finally in 1947, Filtres Philippe built the first industrial Vacuum Belt Filter. The very first Vacuum Belt Filter was used for phosphoric acid filtration. The development of Filtres Philippe Vacuum Belt Filters continued and in 1974 Filtres Philippe built the very first Vacuum Belt Filters with 120 sqm filtration surface.

Today Filtres Philippe offers the most advanced range of Vacuum Belt Filters in the world. The experience gained in phosphate rock and phosphoric acid filtration is considerable. Filtres Philippe Vacuum Belt Filters used for hemi-and dihydrate process range from 1,8 sqm up to 105 sqm.

In 1981 Filtres Philippe joined the Aoustin Group of Companies. Aoustin is well known for the manufacturing of UCEGO table filters used for phosphoric acid production. Today about 80% of all phosphoric acid table filters in operation are UCEGO filters. Also part of the Aoustin Group is Vernay which was taken over in 1996. Vernay has been established since 1869 in Lyon, France.

Major inventions of Vernay are; the industrial Decanter (around 1960), the Vacuum Drum Filter (around 1910) and the Tilting Pan Filter (around 1925). Vernay is known worldwide for its Vacuum Drum Filters, thickener/clarifiers and Disc Filters.

The company was created in 1882 by Mr. Alfred Philippe who gave it his name. It specialised in cloth pocket filters, invented by Mr. Phillippe. This filter found its application in ink and paint filtration and is still used. The company made its first belt filter in 1948 and since then has never stopped manufacturing it for the French and for the international chemical and mineral industry.

In 1981, Mr. Lautrette left the company to Mr. Jean Aoustin, an engineer from the Ecole Centrale in Paris and Chairman of F. Aoustin & Co. In Dámetal.

At the end of World War I, Mr. Raoul Berline became interested in belt filters. The first industrial experiment took place in 1993 and was conducted by Wallny, a Swedish engineer.

In 1975, Raoul Berline (85 years old) stopped his activities and Mr. Jean Claude Lautrette took over the company. Eaton bought Ronningen-Petter’s fine filtration business, Dover Resource’s Ronningen-Petter fine filtration business for approximately $30 million.