Development and additively manufactured industrial burners for energy-efficient thermal processes in steel, glass and ceramics.
Kueppers Solutions GmbH
DortmundNew on Amplifa
About Kueppers Solutions
Kueppers Solutions GmbH, headquartered in Dortmund, develops and manufactures high-performance burners and burner technology for industrial thermal process systems. The core product is the iRecu recuperator burner with an additively manufactured heat exchanger, which can be operated flexibly with natural gas or hydrogen and enables fuel savings as well as a significant reduction in CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions. The burners are manufactured using metal 3D printing. In addition to manufacturing, the company optimizes existing thermal process systems, including around 10,000 systems equipped with Küppersbusch burners. Customers come from energy-intensive industries such as steel, glass and ceramics, where the burners are used for processes such as melting, drying, hardening and metal heating. Since 2026 the company has operated as KueSol GmbH and belongs to Honeywell.
- Site
- Dortmund
- Processes
- Additive manufacturing / metal 3D printing of industrial burners, Manufacture of high-performance burners and burner technology for industry (incl., Optimization of thermal process systems (industrial heat treatment / thermal process systems), Optimization of thermal process systems, Development and manufacture of industrial burners (additively manufactured / 3D printing), iRecu recuperator burner (natural gas and hydrogen operation), Energy efficiency and emissions reduction (NOx, CO2)
- Materials
- Additive manufacturing (metal 3D printing), Burner technology engineering, Thermal process system optimization
- Founded
- 1875
- Employees
- ca. 40
- Industries
- Steel, Glass, Ceramics, Energy-intensive industry, Energy-intensive industry (melting, drying, hardening, metal heating)
- 01
Engineering and design of burner technology
- 02
Metal 3D printing of burner components
- 03
Manufacture of the iRecu recuperator burner
- 04
Optimization of existing thermal process systems
Manufacturing processes
Additive manufacturing (metal 3D printing)
Production of the industrial burners, in particular the additively manufactured heat exchanger of the iRecu recuperator burner.
Burner technology engineering
Development of novel industrial burners for the optimization of thermal process systems.
Thermal process system optimization
Modernization of existing industrial heating systems equipped with Küppersbusch burners.
Locations
Dortmund
DEHeadquarters and production at the Center for Production Technology (ZfP) on PHOENIX West
- Materials
- Metal (3D printing)
- Systems for metal 3D printing
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additive manufacturing / metal 3D printing of industrial burnersAdditive | – | – | – | – | Metal (3D printing) |
| Manufacture of high-performance burners and burner technology for industry (incl.Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Optimization of thermal process systems (industrial heat treatment / thermal process systems)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1875
Founding of the company Küppersbusch as the basis of the company
- 2016
Jens te Kaat takes over the heat technology division from the Küppersbusch group; new management
- 2017
Successfully active in the market under new leadership
- 2023
Admission to the 'Kreis der Besten' of the German Future Prize of the Federal President
- 2024
Innovation Prize NRW for Jens te Kaat; capital increase from 200,000 to 303,000 EUR (registered 23.09.2024) with an agio of approx. 2.5 million EUR; entry of K & K Vision GmbH
- 2025
Insolvency filing; provisional insolvency administration by AG Dortmund on 02.10.2025; search for investors
- 2026
Acquisition by Honeywell (KueSol GmbH now part of Honeywell, acquisition announced on 29 May)