LEWA GmbH was founded in 1952 by Herbert Ott and Rudolf Schestag as a family business and is today the world's leading manufacturer of metering pumps and process diaphragm pumps as well as complete metering packages for process engineering. Headquartered in Leonberg, the company developed into an international group in just a few decades. Since 2022, the company has been part of the Atlas Copco Group, a globally leading Swedish manufacturer of compressors, vacuum solutions, generators, pumps, power tools and assembly systems. Together with the new owner, LEWA will further expand the industrial pumps business. As a research and manufacturing company, LEWA develops technologies and provides solutions for the vast array of applications among its customers. Its products are used mainly in the chemical industry, the cosmetics industry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, food and beverage industry and energy utilities as well as in the production of plastics, detergents and cleaners. Additional application areas include refineries and petrochemicals, the oil and gas industry, and gas odorization. LEWA currently employs around 1,200 people and owns 14 subsidiaries around the world alongside having 80 representatives and sales offices in more than 80 countries.