Alfa-Laval AB is a supplier of products and solutions in the technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Co.'s equipment is used to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food, beverages, fuel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol. They are also used aboard vessels, in power plants, in the engineering industry, for treating sludge and wastewater, for heating and cooling, and others. Co.'s products include: air heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, thermal fluid systems, boilers, decanters, belt filter presses, high-speed separators, membrane filtration, pumps and valves, and tank equipment.

Co. is the parent company of a group engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of hygiene systems and patient handling equipment. Co.'s operations are divided into three divisions. The Hygiene Systems division is engaged in the manufacture of bathing systems, sit-baths, shower cabinets, shower trolleys, and integrating hygiene lifters. The Patient-Handling Products division is engaged in the manufacture of equipment for lifting and transferring elderly and disabled people. The Other Products division is engaged in the provision of installation and maintenance service; the sale of spare parts; and the production of therapy tanks, pool lifts, hydrotherapy pools, bath oils, shampoos, and disinfecting agents.