Our history
Our DNA, our team.
Xavier Torredeflot, Anna Torredeflot, Elisabet Rodriguez and Helena Rodríguez make up the management of Vak Kimsa, being the second generation of the family.
In figures
Founded in Barcelona
in 1972
100%
family property
2nd generation
made up of 4 siblings,
leading the company
We are 100%
national manufacturers
3,500 sqm
of installations
38 workers
29% university degree
+ of 21,000
equipment manufactured
+ 5% for R+D+i projects
CDTI projects
every 2 years
En - historia
Who we are
We’re your team. Human and technical ability to provide a global solution to your mixing processes since 1972
The passion and illusion in what we do moves us to provide you with the best solutions and the most technologically advanced agitators and mixers, optimized and flexible for the constant evolution of your products and processes.
We all have dreams and we want to share ours with you…
Technical Sales
Process Engineering and R+D+i
Product Engineering
Manufacturing
Administration and finance
Technical Sales
We love to be attentive to your needs. Your project, our project.
“I love the world of motoring and traveling, sharing it with my family is my daily dream.”
Elisabet Rodriguez
Commercial Director
Head of Agitation Process - CEO
Engineer
“Practicing mountain biking and enjoying life with my family is the energy that moves me.”
Pere Jiménez
Head of Sales
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“If you want to be happy, start by loving what you do.” gsfdgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgdsfg
Joan Labró
Sales area manager
“Passionate about basketball, traveling, my family and friends.”
Ramon Codina
Sales Area Manager
Graduated in Business Management
“My dream is to share moments and experiences with my family and my friends.”
Raquel Malo
Assistant Commercial Technical Department
“Sport, nature and sharing moments with good people.”
María Morató
Departament Commercial - Process Engineering
Food Engineer
“I consider happiness a great paradoxy. That depends mostly in how we are. This is how I live my life.”
Lisseth Vilches
Assistant Commercial Department
We love to be attentive to your needs. Your project, our project.
“I love the world of motoring and traveling, sharing it with my family is my daily dream.”
Elisabet Rodriguez
Commercial Director
Agitation Process Manager – CEO
Engineer
“Practicing mountain biking and enjoying life with my family is the energy that moves me.”
Pere Jiménez
Sales manager
EMMV ESADE
“If you want to be happy, start by loving what you do.”
Joan Labró
Sales area manager
“The linear combination of sport, mountain and new challenges keep my energy alive.”
Conchi Espinar
Commercial Technical Department - Process Engineering
Chemistry
“The linear combination of sport, mountain and new challenges keep my energy alive.”
Ramon Codina
Sales Area Manager
Graduated in Business Management
“My dream is to share moments and experiences with my family and my friends.”
Raquel Malo
Assistant Technical Commercial Department
“Sport, nature and sharing moments with good people.”
Maria Morató
Commercial Technical Department-Process Engineering
Food Engineer
“Enjoying the little moments that life gives you.”
Elsa Muntada
Marketing Department
Publicity and PR student
Nos encanta estar pendientes de tus necesidades. Tu proyecto, nuestro proyecto.
“I love the world of motoring and traveling, sharing it with my family is my daily dream.”
Elisabet Rodriguez
Commercial Director
Head of Agitation Process – CEO
Engineer
“Practicing mountain biking and enjoying life with my family is the energy that moves me.”
Pere Jiménez
Head of sales
EMMV ESADE
“If you want to be happy, start by loving what you do.”
Joan Labró
Sales area manager
“My dream is to share moments and experiences with my family and my friends.”
Raquel Malo
Technical Sales Dept. Assistant
The advice, monitoring and management of tailor-made teams, as well as customer satisfaction are our objectives. We work as a team with process and product engineering to make our product selection the optimal solution for your mix.
Process Engineering
Generating the best ideas and solutions for your mixing processes
“I love traveling, living with other ways of understanding the world, remembering moments and landscapes.”
Helena Rodríguez
In line Mixers & Equipment Process Mgr. - R+D Mgr. - CEO
Physicist
“I love the world of motoring and traveling, sharing it with my family is my daily dream.”
Elisabet Rodriguez
Commercial Director
Head of Agitation Process – CEO
Engineer
“I enjoy looking at natural and human landscapes. If I can actively enhance them, I do it.”
Pere Pujol
Process technician
Industrial Engineer
“Practising sport, travelling and being with my loved ones is what gives me strenght and motivation on a daily basis.”
Oriol López
R+D
Mechanical Engineer
PhD Student
Generating the best ideas and solutions for your mixing processes
“I love traveling, living with other ways of understanding the world, remembering moments and landscapes.”
Helena Rodríguez
In line Mixers & Equipment Process Mgr. - R+D Mgr. - CEO
Physicist
“I love the world of motoring and traveling, sharing it with my family is my daily dream.”
Elisabet Rodriguez
Commercial Director
Agitation Process Manager – CEO
Engineer
“I enjoy looking at natural and human landscapes. If I can actively enhance them, I do it. “
Pere Pujol
Process technician
Industrial Engineer
“Practising sport, travelling and being with my loved ones is what gives me strenght and motivation on a daily basis.”
Oriol López
R+D
Mechanical Engineer
PHd Student
Generating the best ideas and solutions for your mixing processes
“I love traveling, living with other ways of understanding the world, remembering moments and landscapes.”
Helena Rodríguez
Process Engineering Director – CEO
Physicist
“I love the world of motoring and traveling, sharing it with my family is my daily dream.”
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Elisabet Rodriguez
Commercial Director
Agitation Process Manager – CEO
Engineer
“I enjoy looking at natural and human landscapes. If I can actively enhance them, I do it. “
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Pere Pujol
Process technician
Industrial Engineer
“Practising sport, travelling and being with my loved ones is what gives me strenght and motivation on a daily basis. “
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Oriol López
R+D
Mechanical Engineer
PHd Student
The selection, design and execution of our range of agitators, in-line mixers and complete mixing equipment, requires high competence in process engineering and applications to provide optimal solutions that go far beyond the mere knowledge of the equipment itself.
We intervene in your project from the beginning to the end, always starting from the specific needs and as far as you want us to accompany you.
EN - ING PROCESO
PILOT PLANT: possibility of carrying out process tests in our pilot plant
VAKCAL: our agitator calculation program
ANSYS: fluid dynamic process simulations ANSYS-CFX
The passion to know more. Constant research and innovation at your fingertips.
From a continuously validated and acquired Know How from the R+D+i department we contribute to the development of the best possible solutions to the changing needs of our customers and markets.
This quest for excellence is carried out around three axes:
1. Research
We investigate complex mixing processes and dynamic phenomena typical of rotary machines. Some examples are: maintenance in suspension of solid particles, agitation of highly non-Newtonian products and predictive maintenance. Some of these lines of research are endorsed by entities recognized as the CDTI (Center for Technical and Industrial Development).
Liquid-solid multiphase simulation (TRIVAK impeller). A – Velocity contour in the vertical plane of the tank. B – Volumetric fraction of the solid phase. Partially suspended.
Sensorization of the agitator drive by means of accelerometers.
Power and vibration acquisition system.
2. Development
We contribute to the optimization of the equipment, both from the process point of view and from the product point of view (minimization of dead zones, reduction of weight of the equipment, minimization of consumption, etc.).
3. Innovation
We work to offer solutions that allow us to give a faster response to our customers (development of calculation software and sizing of agitators called VAKCAL) and ensure the quality and reliability of our equipment (minimize operation and maintenance costs based on data of dynamic behavior of the machine in the framework of Industry 4.0).
Agitation of highly non-Newtonian products.
Dynamic behavior of the agitator. Waterfall relating to an accelerometer.
We achieve these three axes by means of internationally recognized numerical simulation tools (ANSYS CFD and Mechanical software) and a pilot plant equipped with sensors and first-rate data acquisition equipment, which we use internally, as well as making them available to our customers for joint collaboration.
Flow lines of a lateral agitator with ANSYS (TRIVAK impeller)
Pilot plant. Experimental measures.
Product Engineering
Excited to design and manufacture the best agitators and mixers for you
“My dream is to sail and get lost in the oceans, being able to enter the atolls with my JUGUESCA (my boat).”
Xavi Torredeflot
Industrial Director – CEO
“I am passionate about traveling and learning about new cultures, walking and listening to good music.”
Ana María Cuesta
Purchasing and Logistics Department
“Go around the world by bicycle.” fasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf asdfasasdf
Oriol Escoda
Production Director
“Forming a family and being able to travel the world with it is what gives me strength every day.”
Sergio Gómez
TAS manager
“I love travelling” fasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf asdfasasdf
Carlos Fraile
Quality Manager
“I love riding a motorcycle and the freedom that it makes me feel. I like the smell of wet earth when the first drops of rain fall.”
Toni Mena
Technical Office
“Forming a family and being able to travel the world with it is what gives me strength every day.”
David Calvente
Department of Purchasing and Logistics
“Travel the world by train” QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQW
Nacho Moreno
Technical Office
Mechanical Engineer
“I am passionate about motorcycling, mechanics and travelinb by van.”
Joan Fernández
Technical Office
“Transparency, curiosity, energy and creativity as a life path.”
Berta Miró
Technical Office
Industrial design engineer and product development
Excited to design and manufacture the best agitators and mixers for you
“My dream is to sail and get lost in the oceans, being able to enter the atolls with my JUGUESCA (my boat).”
Xavi Torredeflot
Industrial Director – CEO
“I am passionate about traveling and learning about new cultures, walking and listening to good music.”
Ana María Cuesta
Purchasing and Logistics Department
“Go around the world by bicycle.”
Oriol Escoda
Production Director
“Forming a family and being able to travel the world with it is what gives me strength every day.”
Sergio Gómez
TAS manager
“I love travelling”
Carlos Fraile
Quality Manager
“I love riding a motorcycle and the freedom that it makes me feel. I like the smell of wet earth when the first drops of rain fall. “
Toni Mena
Technical Office
“Forming a family and being able to travel the world with it is what gives me strength every day.”
David Calvente
Department of Purchasing and Logistics
“Travel the world by train”
Nacho Moreno
Technical Office
Mechanical Engineer
“Travel the world by train”
Joan Fernández
Technical Office
Reliability in design and manufacture
Manufacturing
We keep the secret of a production with care, the details are important
We keep the secret of a production with care, the details are important.
A modern infrastructure and a qualified human team
- ERP integrated management system, with MRP needs calculation.
- Own machining workshop: numerical control parallel lathes, 6 m long parallel lathe, numerical control milling cutter, TIG welding, plasma cutting, …
- Notching machine.
- Laser cutting.
- Own assembly workshop.
- Raw materials from approved suppliers with guaranteed traceability.
- 100% quality control of the manufactured equipment.
- Traceability.
In Quality, we leave nothing to chance
Our primary objective is to meet 100% of our customers’ expectations.
Static quality control:
Verification of 100% of agitators and mixers before shipment, following our quality protocols.
Dynamic quality control:
We dynamically test agitators and in-line mixers. We have test tanks up to 25 m3, as well as a test bench for in-line mixers.
At SAT we are always attentive to details
We advise you so that you can carry out the installation, assembly and commissioning yourselves.
We can offer you the service of assembly and commissioning assembly and commissioning by our expert assemblers.
We have maintenance manuals and spare parts supply service.
And always ready for after-sales service.
Administration and finance
From excellence, we provide solutions and services to our organization, since we are the gear that connects the VAK KIMSA team.
“Happiness is doing what you love and lovingwhat you do, this is the maxim that inspires my dreams and my life.” dsfgsdfgdsfgsdfgsdfgsdfgsdfgdsfgsdfgsdfgsdfg
Anna Torredeflot
Finance and HR Director – CEO
Economic Sciences
“Surrounding myself with good people, learning about new cultures and traveling the world, doing what makes me happy at all times.”
Meritxell Ruana
Financial Department - Customer area
Business Management
From excellence, we provide solutions and services to our organization, since we are the gear that connects the VAK KIMSA team.
“Happiness is doing what you love and lovingwhat you do, this is the maxim that inspires my dreams and my life.”
Anna Torredeflot
Finance and HR Director – CEO
Economic Sciences
“Surrounding myself with good people, learning about new cultures and traveling the world, doing what makes me happy at all times.”
Meritxell Ruana
Financial Department - Customer area
Business Management
