Who We Are
Americas VTA Inc. – Your dedicated partner for advanced short path and thin film technology, located in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.
From our site in Gastonia, our team is committed to supporting customers across North America with state‑of‑the‑art solutions and responsive local service.
We design and deliver cutting‑edge short path and thin film technology for a wide range of industries, including chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and more. Our focus lies in providing tailored solutions that meet the highest technical and operational standards.
Our Roots and Global Strength
The main headquarters VTA Verfahrenstechnische Anlagen GmbH & Co. KG, including engineering and manufacturing from lab to industrial scale, is located in Niederwinkling, Germany, where around 200 dedicated professionals are committed to engineering optimal solutions for our clients. From conceptualization to installation, we specialize in designing, manufacturing, and deploying equipment and comprehensive systems for distillation and drying processes, tailored to meet our customers’ requirements.
In addition to our core offerings, we provide on-site contract distillation and pastillation services. Our strength lies not only in our ability to construct high-end distillation plants but also in our fusion of over 30 years of industry expertise with relentless innovation. As a dynamic subsidiary of the STREICHER Group, we stand as a robust and dependable long-term partner.
We also work closely with our wholly owned subsidiary and share knowledge and experience, UIC GmbH, located in Alzenau, Germany. With a global outlook, we have offices and partnerships in over 20 countries, ensuring seamless support for projects worldwide.
Why choose us?
8,050
Completed Orders
1,500
Systems in Operation Worldwide
1,700
Lab Trials
1,400
Completed Contract Distillations
Our History
VTA has come a long way since its founding more than 30 years ago.
We view our history as motivation and inspiration for future successes. Explore the milestones that have positioned us as one of the world's leading partner in distillation technology today.
What We Do
At VTA, we blend knowledge, experience, and innovation to tackle complex distillation tasks with ease.
Our focus is on engineering, manufacturing, assembling, and installing thin film and drying plants in various sizes, from laboratory to industrial scale. These plants are utilized across industries such as chemical, pharmaceutical, and food chemistry for tasks like purification, concentration, color improvement, and drying.
We conduct in-house process development, manufacturing, and feasibility studies to maintain high-quality standards and ensure quick responses to customer needs. Through toll distillation services, we offer customized production solutions without requiring investments in dedicated facilities. This makes us specialists in thermal processing.
Where We Are
As a global operating company, we serve customers worldwide, providing quality services tailored to their needs.
Our engineering and manufacturing operations are based in Niederwinkling, Germany, ensuring consistent quality. With a presence in over 25 countries, we’re able to offer comprehensive support for projects across the globe.
"With experience and innovative developments we face all distillation challenges and provide solutions with process warranty."Oliver Stoll, General Manager
About UIC - What makes us different
UIC GmbH is a leading expert in the fields of Thin Film evaporation and Short Path distillation. Our continuous innovative strength and many years of experience enable us to find excellent solutions for complex separation tasks. We design and manufacture plants on laboratory, pilot and industrial scale to meet the specific requirements of our customers.
UIC GmbH is a leading expert in the fields of Thin Film evaporation and Short Path distillation. Our continuous innovative strength and many years of experience enable us to find excellent solutions for complex separation tasks. We design and manufacture plants on laboratory, pilot and industrial scale to meet the specific requirements of our customers.
Our high-performance plants are particularly effective in cleaning, concentration, removal of low boilers, color improvement and drying of thermally sensitive products and ensure the highest quality standards.
In addition, we offer our customers the possibility of carrying out contract distillation at our parent company, VTA GmbH & Co. KG, in order to cover product development on an industrial scale or to be able to bridge capacity bottlenecks at the customer. The combination of our own process development and high vertical integration enables us to offer our customers outstanding quality and customized solutions.
Our Services
UIC GmbH is a leading expert in the fields of Thin Film evaporation and Short Path distillation. Our continuous innovative strength and many years of experience enable us to find excellent solutions for complex separation tasks. We design and manufacture plants on laboratory, pilot and industrial scale to meet the specific requirements of our customers.
Our high-performance plants are particularly effective in cleaning, concentration, removal of low boilers, colour improvement and drying of thermally sensitive products and ensure the highest quality standards.
In addition, we offer our customers the possibility of carrying out contract distillation at our parent company, VTA GmbH & Co. KG, in order to cover product development on an industrial scale or to be able to bridge capacity bottlenecks at the customer. The combination of our own process development and high vertical integration enables us to offer our customers outstanding quality and customised solutions.
Numbers and Facts
23
Representatives Worldwide
70
Years of Experience
2,000
Over 2,000 Plants in Operation Worldwide
9,000
Successfully Completed Customer Projects
Our History
Decades of experience with continuous development and growth.
Starting with the first development for vacuum distillation in 1952 at Leybold in Cologne, Germany, we have gained decades of experience in thermal separation and created innovations in Short Path distillation. Over the years, UIC grew steadily and developed into a leading global supplier of equipment for the gentle distillation of liquid mixtures. With an experienced team of engineers, technicians and service staff, we focus on continuous development and growth in order to provide our customers with the best solutions in the field of thermal separation processes worldwide.
