WE KNOW CENTRIFUGES - INSIDE OUT English Deutsch info@cepa.de +49 (0) 7821 9249-0 A high-performance experience All round. Home Company About us High performance on a daily basis. Reliable non-stop. These are the qualities with which CEPA centrifuges and systems have made a name for themselves in various industries. Wherever materials need to be neatly separated for their recovery, subsequent processing and disposal, CEPA supplies concepts that make perfect economic sense and are tailored exactly to your requirements. From the standard model to custom-built systems, customers worldwide benefit from CEPA’s many years of expertise and innovative technology as a leader in the field of planning, designing and producing centrifuges. Discover all-round perfection in a variety of designs and versions. History 1922 Foundation of Carl Padberg OHG by Ing. Carl Padberg. 1933 Padberg's son, Ing. Werner Padberg, takes over the management of the company. Production of vertical decanters for laboratories and industry. 1947 Change of name to Carl Padberg Zentrifugenbau GmbH. 1955 Start of global export business. 1972 Development of continuously operating de-oiling centrifuges. Expansion of the production facilities. 1980 Design, delivery, assembly and commissioning of complete de-oiling plants. 1985 Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Albert takes over the management. 1987 Development, construction and building of the first Handling Systems FLEXOMAT 1988 PPS and CAD system are introduced. 1990 New areas of application for CEPA centrifuges are opened up. 1993 Development and sale of a 3-phase-cleaning centrifuge. 1995 Building of the first pressure tight, sterilizable High-Speed Centrifuge. 1997 The company Carl Padberg Zentrifugenbau GmbH exists since 75 Years. Products were sold from Lahr to the whole world. 2003 The first chinese advertisement is published in a chinese journal. Unfortunately we can not read what is written in the ad but the sales increases in the following years. 2004 CEPA is going more and more international and is represented on a catalogue exhibition at the Mecanica in Sao Paulo, Brasil. 2005 CEPA has it’s own boot on the „International Machine Tool Exhibition“ in Guangzhou, China. 2007 Reorganisation of the construction to 3D technique. 2008 Ms. Dipl.-Betriebswirtin Michaela Albert is appointed as Managing Director. 2012 Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Albert retires after 26 years at CEPA and pass on a healthy and attractive company with a tradition of 90 years. 2020 Mr. Dipl.-Betriebsw. Uwe Kirchgässner is appointed as Managing Director. WE KNOW CENTRIFUGES - INSIDE OUT Company About us Insights Career Applications Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharma Metalworking Industry Custom Systems Support Contact Representations Contact form Map Imprint Terms and Conditions Privacy Cookie Settings