Europe's industrial landscape is undergoing a pivotal transformation as environmental sustainability, regulatory compliance, and digitalization reshape the role of water management across sectors. With over one million industrial enterprises generating nearly Euro-6 trillion in output annually, industries face rising pressure to optimize water use amid intensifying climate challenges and resource constraints. Water scarcity, especially in Southern and Western Europe, is emerging as a critical risk to industrial continuity-driving a surge in demand for water reuse systems, advanced treatment technologies, and smart water infrastructure.
Simultaneously, stringent European Union directives such as the Water Framework Directive, Industrial Emissions Directive, and the updated Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive are mandating tighter discharge limits and polluter-pay policies. These regulations are accelerating investment in on-site treatment systems and water-efficient technologies, particularly in high-impact industries like food & beverage, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and data centers. The region's transition to renewable energy and AI-driven digital infrastructure-especially hyperscale data centers in the FLAP-D markets-is further reshaping industrial water needs, requiring innovative cooling solutions and expanded capacity.
This evolving market has attracted a diverse and increasingly competitive set of players across the industrial water value chain-from hardware and equipment manufacturers to chemical providers, engineering firms, and digital monitoring specialists.
This Insight Report offers a comprehensive analysis of Europe's industrial water market, including 12 manufacturing verticals. Bluefield's bottom-up approach provides a detailed view of the current landscape, markets and verticals with growth opportunity, insights into key market drivers and emerging trends, regional hotspots, and detailed company profiles of 20 industrial water players across the value chain.
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Companies Mentioned:
Aquatech
Arup
COWI
DuPont
Ecolab
Ekopak
Grundfos
Huber Technology
Kemira
Kurita Water Industries
PAQUES
Pentair
Saur Group
Solenis
Solvay
Sulzer
SWECO
Veolia
Veralto
Xylem
Table of Contents
Section 1 - Europe Industrial Water Market Drivers & Trends
Industry Segments Definition
European Markets Covered
Europe Industrial Water Market Drivers
Water Use Industry: Key Regulations
Industrial Water Value Chain (2/2)
Key Regulation Across Industrial Water Use
Industrial Production Turnover by Segments
Industrial Production over EU Countries
Europe Electricity Production and Water Opportunities
Europe Digital Data Service's Energy Footprint
Europe Digital Data Service's Water Footprint
Water Scarcity and Industrial Activities
Pulp & Paper Europe Production
Pollution Compliance in EU Facilities Across Industries