Flexibility, customer centricity and an unusual inspection witnessed by the customer A special practical report on the VML 250 screw compressor A Danish biotechnology company wanted to replace its existing turbo compressors used in a fermentation process. The customer ordered from AERZEN a function test at full speed and pressure difference in connection with a sound measurement. The aim of the test was to ensure that the AERZEN Delta Screw packages VML 250 deliver the agreed performance (> 200 m³/min at 20.0 bar). The Delta Screw package VML 250 during the function test in the AERZEN Acoustics HallIn the AERZEN Acoustics Hall, up until now only machines of up to 500 kW have been tested in frequency converter operation, so Aerzen Rental helped out with a 1.2 megawatt diesel generator (= 1.2 million watts), which could supply enough energy by means of a special circuit to operate the assembly. Normally, the generator is started up and only when it is running at full speed is the assembly switched on. Without a frequency converter, however, the current consumption of the motor increases tenfold. As there was no frequency converter with sufficient power available, the machine was started in parallel with the diesel generator, which slowly pulled the electric motor up to speed.AERZEN has everything under controlAerzen Rental contributed a 1.2 megawatt diesel generator for the function test.The start button was pressed and the thick cables were pushed apart by the enormous magnetic field. The assembly started reliably and stabilised at the predetermined speed. After a preliminary test, the customer was presented with his machine the next day. On the day of acceptance testing every-thing went smoothly. The machine was able to maintain the promised values, the customer was satisfied and thanked AERZEN for our efforts.
AERZEN is World Market Leader Big thumbs-up from Wirtschaftswoche: In a study, the renowned German business magazine has found out that AERZEN is the world market leader 2020 in the field of “Positive Displacement Blowers and Screw Compressors”. The economist Prof. Christoph Müller, from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, has developed a robust assessment procedure for the magazine, on the basis of which he draws up a list of world market leaders every year. Wirtschaftswoche published a tabular overview of the 450 companies with turnover and sectors in which they dominate in a special issue dated 14 October 2019.
“Star of Product” for AERZEN Delta Hybrid Aerzen China received the award “Star of Product” for the rotary lobe compressor Delta Hybrid at the 14th International Water Conference in Qingdao, China. The event took place from 25 to 28 June 2019. A total of 20 companies were nominated for the award. AERZEN won due to the outstanding performance, reliability and economical energy consumption of the Delta Hybrid. Lang Weiguo, Sales Director Aerzen China, accepted the award on behalf of the company. Tony Chien, Sales Manager Aerzen China for the water industry, gave a lecture on energy savings and new developments in blowers for wastewater treatment. Aerzen China participated for the second time in the water conference in Qingdao and has already confirmed its participation for the next year. More than 2,500 participants showed great interest in the company’s energy-saving solutions and products. The China Association for Science and Technology and the Qingdao Municipal People’s Government are the hosts of the event.
Aerzen Turbo Korea successfully validated for US-American CTPAT programme Thanks to the successful re-validation of Aerzen Turbo Korea as a foreign supplier, Aerzen USA can continue its participation in the CTPAT programme. CTPAT, which is the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, is intended to strengthen international supply chains and improve border security in the United States. Every four years the re-validation of a supplier abroad becomes necessary, in this case Aerzen Turbo Korea. Aerzen USA has been participating in this programme since 2016, which brings considerable advantages for the import of goods. For example, CTPAT members are subject to fewer customs inspections and waiting times at the border for the import of products are reduced.
Craig Russell leads the Middle East and Africa At the beginning of September 2019, Craig Russell took over as Managing Director of Aerzen Gulf and Head of the Middle East & Africa. Born in Scotland, he will lead the AERZEN Group in the Middle East and Africa from Dubai and sees great potential in the region: “Taking over responsibility for the Middle East and Africa is a privilege for me,” says Russell. “The emerging markets generally offer us numerous opportunities, and this region is definitely already very successful. I support many of the initiatives that have already been launched, such as the expansion into East and West Africa and the development of local production.” Russell has lived with his wife and two children in Dubai for many years, where he initially worked for American and Japanese family businesses in the food processing and packaging industries and later was responsible for the restructuring and sale of engineering companies.
New Head of Supply Process Gas Walter Reiter has taken over the global management of Supply Process Gas at AERZEN and succeeds Pierre Noack. Reiter has over 30 years of experience in management positions in German plant and mechanical engineering companies.
New Head of After-Sales Björn Heuer took over the management of After-Sales from Bernd Brakemeier on September 1, 2019. With more than 25 years of professional experience, including time as service engineer and product manager for Delta Blower and Delta Hybrid, he has extensive practical experience as well as in-depth product and application knowledge. For the past five years he has been responsible for the After-Sales Field Service division.
