Events concerning 150th anniversary AERZEN celebrates 150 years AERZEN, a new administration building, a new logistics centre. Many reasons to celebrate, with all persons that contributed to the company’s success: On 22nd May about 800 customers and partners were invited to celebrate the anniversary together with AERZEN. On 24th May a big celebration for the colleagues followed. About 40 journalists arrived for the press conference in the new administration building Great interest in the factory tours; here a group with a point of history. Lengthy queue in front of the huge guestbook. Marcus Richter, FL Smidth Hamburg "We are working in the field of pneumatic conveying and storage technology. We have a longstanding partnership with AERZEN with a high level of reliability, although we frequently have exotic special applications. I am glad to be participating in this successful celebration." Georg Stein, Georg Stein Process Equipment "I have been co-operating with AERZEN for more than 20 years and have always been extraordinarily satisfied. For me, the company stands for reliability, flexibility and know-how, and it understands how to transfer traditional values to each new era." The show also included futuristic LED-robots. Klaus-Hasso Heller emphasizes: “Continuity and social cohesion” make AERZEN special. The celebrations began with a press conference, on occasion of which numerous representatives from thespecialised and local press arrived at the new administration building. Chief Executive Officer Klaus-Hasso Heller gave a review on the company’s history of 150 years and represented the company’s growth and internationalisation strategy and the investments, that are made around the world for translation into action of this strategy and for achieving the vision 2022: Besides the new office building and the logistics centre in Aerzen, in China a new building was established, and the foundation of subsidiary companies in Peru and North Africa is pending. Marketing man- ager Stephan Brand introduced the new brand positioning of AERZEN as well as new products: the new Delta Hybrid size as well as Delta Blower and Delta Screw in E- design. In the service range AERZEN offers innovations such as the automatic regreasing unit and the Delta Real Time Monitor- ing. The participants were astonished by some calculation examples, to explain the amount of energy and cost saving potentials by using the optimal combination of the products made by AERZEN. Afterwards, representatives of the press as well as customers and their partners could visit the AERZEN Expo 150 exhibition. According to the motto “Tradition creates innovation” spots of history from each era were spread around the company premises, where both historical and cur- rent AERZEN products could be touched or even climbed into. A particular highlight was the reconstruction of the oldest blower of AERZEN from 1868. For the big ceremonial act furthermore representatives of the economy and politics as well as the Regional Adviser for Regional Development of the federal state Lower Saxony, Karin Beckmann, arrived at the new logistics centre. There the guests experienced a breathtaking show accord- ing to the motto “Tradition creates innovation“. In a combination of projected images and live acts, shapes and light, robots and dancers the story of AERZEN was told - products, innovation, vision and values of the company were shown. The programme was presented by Esther Sedlaczek, a presenter at the Television broadcast station Sky since 2011. A delicious menu was then offered to the guests by the German celebrity chef Martin Baudrexel. The celebration for the employees the following saturday, where 2,000 colleagues and their partners had been invited, many of them of the worldwide subsidiary companies and sales offices, was in no way inferior to the event for the customers. During the event among others donations amounting to EUR 100,000 for local in-stitutions were handed over to Bernhard Wagner, Aerzen’s mayor
Intelligent G5 logistics in South Africa Airgas Compressors, AERZEN’s South African subsidiary, has taken over the logistics for the import of Generation 5 on the African continent and developed an efficient concept for this:unlike the previous model that had been manufactured and assembled at site except for the stage, now, the G5 packaged units are imported as complete machines and are only partly assembled in South Africa. Thanks to this well thought- out transport and assembly concept, Airgas Compressors is able to serve its customers quickly and efficiently across Africa.
Replacement after 30 years In 1984, AERZEN supplied an oil-free screw com- pressor, type VRo 936L, to the Italian chemical company Versalis. This machine had been used in a process for the manufacture of polystyrene foam. Apart from periods when it was undergoing regular servicing, the compressor had been in continuous operation for 30 years!More than a quarter of a million operating hours had been reason enough for the customer to replace the machine with a new compressor stage from AERZEN. As a result, the course has been set for the future, in order to keep the work at this production plant running without any problems. The key challenge in the production of this compressor stage VR, which was delivered in January, was its tremendous weight: almost 34 tons!
The service fleet has a new look Our new brand positioning AERZEN also includes the service vehicles: the cars have so far been branded with the new logo and given a special white varnish paint treatment. For the transport of spare parts and tools for assembly work, the car boots have all been equipped with special vehicle floor-plates. With a view to the well-being of the service technicians who have to drive many thousands of kilometres every year, the service cars have been equipped with special health seats.
A helping hand is natural One of the most devastating fires in the history of Chile raged on 12th April in the mountains around Valparaiso and destroyed at least 2,500 houses. Also a colleague of Aerzen Chile was directly affected and lost his house in the disaster. “Team spirit and social commitment are among the basic values of AERZEN, therefore, for us as a team, we took it for granted that we must help our colleague”, Octavio Alarcón V., managing director Aerzen Chile, comments.The employees collected donations in kind, organised a new accommodation and helped with the cleaning up.A total of 11,000 people were made homeless as a result of the fire, another 6,000 had to be evacuated. 15 people died in the fire and 10 more were seriously injured.
Delta Blower in new E-Design Energy efficiency is a key issue today, especially in compressor technology, where energy costs amount to more than 90 percent of product life cycle costs (considered over a period of ten years). Now AERZEN has complemented its blower series Delta Blower Generation 5 with new design, characterised by top marks in terms of energy saving. The new E-Design uses up to four percent less energy, depending on volume flow and differential pressure. This improved energy efficiency is the result of numerous enhancements, such as a flow-optimised guide for the intake air in the acoustic hood and in the filter silencer. The patented intake cone minimises both pressure losses and sound input. Furthermore, the cooling system design has been revised. Instead of a mechanically driven acoustic hood fan, an electrical fan is now used, which ensures perfect ventilation at lowest power consumption. As with all AERZEN series, the E-Blower is also characterized by absolute reliability and longevity. It is a robust endurance runner in innumerable compression processes where air and neutral gases have to be conveyed oilfree. It is available in six sizes for intake volume flows from approximately 30 m3/h up to 1.000 m3/h and overpressures up to 1000 mbar resp. negative pressures up to 500 mbar.
Certifications for Emmerthal Emmerthaler Apparatebau, a subsidiary of AERZEN, is pleased about receiving three new certifications: the first of these came when, TÜV Nord granted certification for the integration of the working and health protection management system BS OHSAS 18001 into the existing quality management system DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 in October.Then, at the beginning of December, Emmerthaler Apparatebau received its China- Manufacturer-License for a further four years, with no deviations found during the audit. In January 2014, the Joint-Review and the extension to the U2-stamp followed, necessary for ASME- U-stamp for pressure vessels in higher pressure stages (>200 bar). Emmerthaler Apparatebau was also duly certified in this case.
New logistics concept The new AERZEN logistics centre is nearing completion. With the opening of the logistics centre, the trucks will follow a new route on the premises. The position of the entrance for trucks which deliver goods will be relocated from the entrance at the federal highway B1 to a new entrance at the street called Wiesenweg, including a new gatehouse.The planning for a high-performance high-bay storage facility, with a picking zone in front, to be situated next to the logistics centre, has started in parallel with the final building measures.With the new logistics concept AERZEN takes into account the permanent, worldwide growth of the company.
