GEA Group, originally known as the German Engineering Alliance, is a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the world's leading suppliers of machinery and process technology in the energy and food sectors. It is also a market and technology leader in this field. It focuses on high standard production processes and provides users with efficient solutions. The group generated 5.4 billion euros in 2011, with 70% of its sales coming from the long-term growth of the industrial sector in the energy and food industry. As of June 30, 2012, the group has over 24000 employees and customers from over 50 countries across continents.

    GEA Group focuses on professional mechanical engineering (especially chemical engineering and equipment) and industrial design. The Keier Refrigeration Technology Division is one of the pioneers in various fields of industrial refrigeration worldwide, with over 150 years of refrigeration experience in technology. The main products include piston compressor units, screw compressors, saline water units, ammonia chiller units, valves, various pressure vessels, automatic control systems, etc. Mainly providing complete sets of equipment and engineering design, installation, commissioning, and maintenance for industrial and food freezing. Kiel refrigeration technology has provided refrigeration equipment to many famous companies around the world, such as DuPont, Shell Petroleum, BOC Chemical, Ford, General Electric, BASF Group, Hyundai Group, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Unilever, and so on. GEA is a leader in the global air cooling market, occupying approximately 50% of the air condensation steam system market. It has designed and built nearly 600 sets of direct air cooling systems worldwide, with 16 units of 600MW and above in operation. The earliest designed and built air condensation steam system was put into operation in 1939.

    GEA Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of the GEA Group in Germany, mainly engaged in air cooling technology required by the energy industry, as well as conventional water cooling tower technology and products. At present, there are four joint ventures and wholly-owned companies in China, with one representative office. GEA Electric Cooling Technology (China) Co., Ltd., with a total investment of over 200 million yuan, was established in 2004 and introduced a complete set of German production lines in Langfang Economic and Technological Development Zone, China. It produces the world's most advanced single row heat exchange tube bundle products and conducts marketing, project execution, and technical services in the Chinese market through Beijing GEA Energy Technology Company.

    GEA food technology holds a significant market share worldwide. Almost 1/4 of the world's milk is collected and processed by GEA equipment, about 1/3 of the world's instant coffee is processed by GEA equipment, and at least 1/2 of the world's beer flows through GEA parts.