Desmet Ballestra Group N.V. engages in the fields of engineering and supply of plants and equipment for oils, fats and animal feed, oleo chemical, biodiesel, detergents, and surfactants and related chemical industries. It offers oilseed pressing solutions for dehulling, cracking, cooking, flaking, expander, and screw presses; extractors for solvent extraction, dimax desolventising, miscella distillation, solvent recovery, mineral oil system, and waste water steam generation; refining solutions for oil pretreatment, bleaching, deodorising, and winterising/dewaxing; high-performance plants and components for fatty acids, fatty alcohol, glycerine, and biodiesel and methylesters processes; and fat modification solutions. The company also provides spray drying tower and non-tower/agglomeration plants for powder detergents; batch and continuous process for continuous powders; and organic and inorganic chemicals plants for sulphuric acid, phosphoric acid, fertilizers, and components for detergents and surfactants. In addition, it offers oilseed, animal feed, and human food equipment. Desmet Ballestra Group N.V. was founded in 1946 and is based in Zaventem, Belgium. It operates business units in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Belgium, France, Italy, Turkey, the Russian Federation, Spain, and the United Kingdom.