Insitute of Filtration and Techniques of Separation (IFTS)

IFTS was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organisation, based on the vision of its founder Roger Ben Aïm, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Toulouse. Its objective: to create a structural bridge between the academic world and the industrial world. Since its creation, the association’s action has consisted of conducting collective research projects to foster its transfer to the industrial sector. The association, with the participation of equipment manufacturers, is made up of industrial members using separation equipment, as well as representatives of local authorities and public authorities. The following companies joined the association from the beginning and are still among our members: Total, Veolia, Filtration Group, Safran Filtration Systems, Donaldson, Filtres Guerin. Most of them holdkey positions in the governance of the structure today.