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Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensive technological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customized services for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volume of approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
ACHEMA 2015: Bilfinger to showcase highlights for the process industry
At this year’s ACHEMA, Bilfinger will once again show its customers in the
process industry the wide range of services that the group has to offer. The
leading process industry trade fair is scheduled to take place at the Messe
Frankfurt exhibition grounds from June 15 to 19, 2015.
Bilfinger’s booth (hall 9.2, booth D28) will focus on engineering, automation,
biotechnology, energy efficiency, innovative mobile maintenance services and
slotted screen technologies. In addition to talks with its experts, the company will
also offer visitors a wide range of presentations.
Three main topics
Some 3,800 exhibitors from around the world will once again showcase the
process industry’s innovative and dynamic nature at ACHEMA 2015, which is
set to feature an extensive selection of new developments, product ideas and
services. This year’s exhibition will focus on three main topics: With
BiobasedWorld, ACHEMA is establishing itself for the first time as an industrial
biotechnology meeting point. ACHEMA will also highlight process analytical
technology’s role as a bridge between process automation and laboratory
analytics in chemical production. Environmentally friendly and economically
efficient industrial water management is another focal point of the event.
The program of presentations at the company’s booth demonstrates that
Bilfinger’s services cover the entire range of topics in the spotlight at ACHEMA.
The company’s presentations will take a look at how a bioreactor works,
innovative process analytical technology solutions, intelligent slotted screen
technologies for industrial water management and much more. As a result,
Bilfinger’s experts will examine all three of the main topics of this year’s
ACHEMA. They will also provide examples to demonstrate the relevant
expertise that allows the company to act as an engineering and services partner
and support its customers in focusing on what they do best.
Highlight after highlight at the Bilfinger booth
In addition to presentations by experts, the highlights at the Bilfinger booth
include a number of exhibits. A bioreactor will be on display as an example of
the company’s expertise in the development and construction of skids and plant
elements. A process analysis measurement device and mobile applications on
the basis of a pump aggregate will provide a hands-on example of the
company’s services in the field of maintenance. A time-lapse video showing the
creation of a virtual 3-D plant will provide an example of modern engineering
using software-based construction and laser scanning. Various slotted screens
will also be on display at the booth to demonstrate how Bilfinger is capable of
supporting customers from the food industry when it comes to slotted screen
(Vee Wire) technology.
A total of nine Bilfinger companies will be on hand at ACHEMA 2015. The
group’s Industrial Maintenance, Industrial Fabrication and Installation,
Engineering, Automation and Control, and Bilfinger Water Technologies
divisions will all be there. Bilfinger Efficiency, Bilfinger EMS, Bilfinger GreyLogix,
Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg, Bilfinger LTM Industrie, Bilfinger
Maintenance, Bilfinger Water Technologies, Tebodin Netherlands and Tebodin
Peters Engineering will also be using ACHEMA as communication platform.
Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensivetechnological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customizedservices for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volumeof approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
Integrated engineering services from a single source
With its Engineering, Automation and Control Division, Bilfinger provides
solutions for the entire life cycle of industrial plants − from planning and
development processes to maintenance and specific modernization measures.
This type of complete solution for industrial customers is the only one of its kind
anywhere in the world, and it is only possible thanks to Bilfinger’s
comprehensive expertise and many years of experience handling all aspects of
industrial services. At this year’s ACHEMA, the division will be using customer
examples to present its extensive range of services.
With a global network of over 80 branches in more than 30 countries, the
Engineering, Automation and Control Division is excellently positioned to
provide its customers across the globe with a large number of industrial
services. They include multidisciplinary engineering services, consultancy and
the engineering of process control systems, tailored automation systems and
the planning and development of industrial and power plants. The division is
focused on certain core markets − namely the oil and gas, energy, chemical,
pharmaceutical and biotech, food and drink as well as water and wastewater
industries and includes some 6,000 technicians and engineers as a reliable
partner to players in industry for more than 70 years.
Extensive range of services
“By focusing in specific services within the respective core sectors, we are in a
position to share our in-depth process know-how with customers and take an
active role in designing their value chain. As we result, we are able to offer them
real added value,” says Jürgen von Hollen, Executive President of the
Engineering, Automation and Control Division and Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Bilfinger subsidiary Tebodin B.V. “We handle all services across the
entire life cycle of an industrial plant − from the feasibility study to plant and
systems optimization.”
Examples of the division’s high level of industry specialization include polymers
and specialty chemicals for the chemical industry, natural gas storage and
compressor stations in the oil and gas industry as well as decentralized energy
generation and energy data management in the energy sector. In the field of
water resource management, the division digitalizes municipal water supply
networks. In the food industry, its focus is on the production and processing of
cocoa, dairy products, beer, edible oil and coffee.
Additional services include consulting, front-end engineering design (FEED),
basic engineering and project management as well as engineering, procurement
and construction management (EPCm). The division also offers comprehensive
support for the modernization and expansion of industrial facilities. Examples of
optimization and efficiency enhancement include doubling the flow rate of a
yogurt production system in the food industry and comprehensive consultancy
services regarding the expansion of a gas processing plant’s capacities in Abu
Dhabi.
Global presence
EPCm project management demonstrates that the division is capable of offering
solutions for a wide range of industries worldwide, as evidenced by the technical
engineering support services for three booster compressor stations and an
underground gas storage compressor station as well as hydraulic analysis for
the MIDAL natural gas pipeline on behalf of BASF/Wintershall. Construction
management services for the construction of a tire production plant on behalf of
Michelin near Chennai, India, is additional proof of what the division is capable
of.
The division also provides its customers with essential services for increasing
the efficiency of their plants during the production phase. These services include
the development of a process optimization study for the improvement of
cleaning processes at a repair workshop for aircraft components at
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
“Our range of services enables our customers to focus fully on their core
business activities and helps them be well prepared for the future,” von Hollen
says.
Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensive technological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customized services for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volume of approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
Intelligent integrated solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industry
While turnover is sinking in many industries, biotechnology is booming. Today,
roughly one-quarter of the 200 top-selling pharmaceutical products worldwide
are manufactured using biotechnological processes. That share is forecast to
rise to more than half by 2018. Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg specializes in
assembling production plants for the pharmaceutical industry and offers
integrated solutions from a single source. At this year’s ACHEMA, the company
will be presenting a bioreactor in addition to its wide-ranging portfolio.
Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg has 60 years of extensive experience in plant
engineering and piping. Since 2009, the company has been part of the Bilfinger
Group. With around 260 employees, the specialist company engineers,
fabricates and assembles piping, systems and complete industrial equipment for
the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry as well as general industry and the
semiconductor and energy sectors. The company has its own locations in
Austria, Germany, Switzerland and China as well as representative offices in
South Korea and eastern Europe.
Industrial asset management throughout the entire life cycle
The Bilfinger subsidiary provides comprehensive services for pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies, ranging from the assembly of individual modules
to full-scale plant equipment on a turn-key basis. Its services include all
upstream and downstream processes as well as all necessary auxiliary facilities,
such as water provisioning and waste water treatment. “Together with
maintenance, our activities therefore address the entire life cycle of an industrial
asset,” says Tobias Eitel, General Manager of Bilfinger Industrietechnik
Salzburg.
Intelligent modular system for bioreactors
The company employs two fundamentally different approaches when making
bioreactor systems. “On the one hand, we make customized systems, which are
planned and built according to customer specifications,” Eitel explains. “On the
other hand, we also provide standardized systems, which are built according to
modular design.”
The intelligent modular concept, known as the Bilfinger building block system,
combines the advantages of standard products with customer-specific solutions.
Proven modules are available for all main functions. Customers can select the
ones they need to create a system that is a perfect match for their requirements.
This modular system reduces project and delivery periods, as it combines
modules for which the planning and development work has largely already been
completed. “The main advantage of the modular system is that we are able to
produce faster and more cost efficiently,” Eitel adds.
Wide range of products and services
One example of Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg’s wide range of products and
services for the biotechnology industry is the construction of a production center
for UCB, a biopharmaceutcial company, in Bulle, Switzerland. The specialist
company developed the detailed planning and supplied essential systems for
the plant, which were built according to modular design. Certain modules were
even pre-assembled at the factory on units known as skids. “The greatest
challenge during construction of the plant was the extremely small window of
time between planning and completion,” Eitel says. “The skids helped shorten
construction time significantly.”
Bilfinger Industrial Services Schweiz and Lyon-based Bilfinger LTM Industrie,
two other Bilfinger subsidiaries, were also involved in the project, which included
piping for the entire facility, building cleaning modules and assembling mixing
and storage tanks as well as plant components for solvents and buffer storage.
The Swiss company supplied pipelines, including isolation, while the French
company provided tanks for the storage modules. “The effective cooperation of
all Bilfinger subsidiaries allowed us to significantly reduce interface management
for the customer,” Eitel summarizes.
Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensive technological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customized services for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volume of approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
Innovative and value-enhancing – process analytical technology from
Bilfinger Maintenance
Bilfinger Maintenance GmbH specializes in the maintenance and systems
technology of industrial plants, offering an extensive range of services in this
field. At this year’s ACHEMA, the company will be demonstrating how
customers can effectively save costs by using process analytical technology
(PAT). PAT measuring points facilitate the optimization, analysis and control of
technical processes. In this regard, the Bilfinger subsidiary offers everything
from level-specific to full service. The company is also taking advantage of the
trade fair to present the HKW monitor, a proprietary product for effectively
monitoring potable, industrial and process water.
As one of the few providers on the market, Bilfinger Maintenance offers services
for the entire life cycle of industrial plants − from construction, maintenance,
turnaround, modifications and expansion to dismantling and conversion. The
company’s domestic and international customers come primarily from the
chemical, pharmaceutical, energy, food and waste disposal industries. Boasting
more than 30 locations and over 2,200 employees, Bilfinger Maintenance is the
largest maintenance services provider in Germany.
Wide range of applications
“Modern process analytical technology is primarily used in determining
substance concentrations and process conditions automatically,” says Dr.
Stefan Stieler, head of MSR and analytical technology at Bilfinger Maintenance.
“Unlike laboratory analyses, which involve a great deal of effort and expense,
samples are analyzed by fully automated means.” The processes currently
range from simple measuring devices or sophisticated optical, chromatographic,
spectroscopic and magnetic methods to complex analysis with elaborate
preparation of test samples. The specialists at Bilfinger Maintenance are familiar
with all standard measurement processes and take care of the planning, setup,
maintenance, inspection and repair of installations, including sampling systems.
There are a number of possible applications for PAT measurement methods in
the fields of safety and environmental protection as well. The company also
offers complete systems for determining substance concentrations. For
example, ambient air monitoring devices ensure that workers in production
plants are warned of hazardous substances in good time. “Among other things,
the devices test the ambient air for combustible gases, which present a potential
explosion hazard,” Dr. Stieler says. In terms of environmental protection, PAT
also monitors the gaseous and liquid emissions of process plants. “This includes
emissions from a power plant’s stack or the outflows from a wastewater
treatment plant,” says Dr. Stieler, citing two more examples.
Optimizing production with PAT
Some 50 major customers from the chemical, pharmaceutical and energy
industries now put their trust in the special expertise of Bilfinger Maintenance as
a manufacturer-independent partner for all measurement processes when it
comes to planning new PAT systems. “Servicing PAT systems is still seen as
quite costly in many cases, though what people tend to overlook is that
laboratory analyses are more expensive from around one analysis per day,”
says Dr. Stieler. “We look after several thousand analytical measuring points
and offer innovative servicing options, such as the Bilfinger Maintenance
Concept, which saves our customers considerable maintenance expense.”
Analyzer for wastewater monitoring
One particularly compelling example of cost-effective PAT solutions that
Bilfinger Maintenance is presenting at the 2015 ACHEMA is the HKW monitor. It
is an analyzer that continuously monitors potable, industrial and process water
for the presence of halogenated hydrocarbons. “The HKW monitor collects
samples on its own and analyzes them,” explains Dr. Stieler. “It works
regardless of other substances that may be in the water, such as salt, clouding
or humic matter.” Additional benefits of the system include a short response time
and extreme sensitivity to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensive technological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customized services for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volume of approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
Quality and efficiency: Bilfinger 3-D plant design
Tebodin and Tebodin Peters Engineering, two specialist companies, are the
driving force behind Bilfinger’s activities in the field of engineering. Both
subsidiaries have special expertise in the planning of industrial facilities and
power plants.
Teboding Peters Engineering will be showcasing its experience in digital plant
design at this year’s ACHEMA. This also includes laser scanning, which allows
the precise measurement of three-dimensional objects as well as the D-software
PDMS (Plant Design Management System), that helps designers create detailed
computerized models of industrial facilities already during planning phase.
Tebodin Group, based in The Hague, the Netherlands, is a specialized global
consulting and engineering firm with 50 offices in 23 countries. Tebodin Peters
Engineering is based in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The company also has six
additional sites in Germany as well as two in France and offers comprehensive
engineering services. In addition to 3-D plant and pipeline design, process
engineering, machinery and equipment design, technical building equipment
planning in accordance with German regulations on architects and engineers
fees (HOAI) as well as construction planning and design, Tebodin Peters
Engineering also certifies and validates plants. While Tebodin focuses on
central and eastern European countries, the Asia/Pacific region and the Middle
East, Tebodin Peters Engineering provides services for Bilfinger customers in
German-speaking countries and France.
Precise facilities planning with 3-D planning tools
Along with other 3-D tools, Tebodin Peters Engineering uses Plant Design
Management System (PDMS) software for the planning, construction and
maintenance of complex and technologically sophisticated industrial facilities.
“The software allows us to model all plant components, such as apparatus,
pipelines, steel and concrete structures, down to measuring sites, drive units
and the like with incredible precision,” Bernd Bodeit, Managing Director of
Tebodin Peters Engineering, explains. “We also use other common software
tools, such as AutoCAD 3D, PDS and Smart 3D, at our customers’ request.”
Design tools such as PDMS make perfect planning, modeling and visualization
of the planned facilities a reality. They also make it easy to identify and rectify
potential conflicts across multiple interfaces. “This gives our customers a virtual
insight into their construction projects at an early stage, allowing us to consider
change requests throughout every phase of planning,” Bodeit says.
One example of the use of 3-D software was the detailed planning of the piping
for a new facility at the BASF plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. At more than
€100 million, the facility was the chemical company’s largest single investment
at the site to date. With the complex piping systems designed to transport
several products as well as both cooling and heating agents, the experts from
Tebodin Peters Engineering were involved right from the beginning, staring with
the planning phase. “Around 50 of our employees are working on this project,
and even more were involved during peak phases,” Bodeit explains. “Using
PDMS, we created an entire virtual facility, which allowed us to analyze and
coordinate all the details with the BASF planning units and the operator.” The
project was successfully completed in fall 2014.
Use of laser scanning
Laser scanning continues to gain importance in plant design because it makes
the complete and precise documentation of three-dimensional information from
surfaces a reality. The data gathered is then transferred to a 3-D model. The
engineering specialists at Tebodin Peters Engineering have been using laser
scanning technology in 3-D plant design since 2002. In combination with the use
of 3-D planning software, this technology allows the company to provide all
virtual plant design services from a single source. Bodeit: “We are a founding
member of the Laser Scanning and Virtual Reality in Plant Engineering Industry
Working Group, which is organized by the Fraunhofer Institute in Magdeburg,
Germany. As a result, we are always up to date when it comes to laser
technology. Plus, we are working with our partners to advance this
development.”
From a planning model to an as-built model
Tebodin Peters Engineering’s own Neo3D program, developed in-house, also
offers customers added value. This software allows the company to efficiently
create an as-built model based on the 3-D planning model of an industrial plant
that precisely documents its finished state. “The model is an optimum starting
point for the efficient renovation or expansion of a plant at a later time,” says
Klaus Bach, Director of Development at Tebodin Peters Engineering. Bach and
his team developed the software. The program uses data from plant
measurement based on laser scanning technology for the automatic
comparison. Without this information, the engineers would have to record all
changes by hand in a time-consuming process. In contrast, Neo3D uses color to
mark deviations between the existing plant and the original planning in the
three-dimensional computer model with the utmost precision.
“The program has been a hit with our customers,” Bodeit says. “We received a
request for an as-built comparison from a power plant in Finland, for example.
Thanks to laser scanning, all we needed to do was take measurements on
location once. The rest of the planning and the comparison was all taken care of
from an office far, far away.” Another advantage of Neo3D is that the software
performs complex calculations and is capable of reducing the gigantic flood of
data from a laser scan of an industrial plant to a size that a computer can
handle.
Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensive technological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customized services for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volume of approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
Practically oriented – the Bilfinger Maintenance Concept
The increasing complexity of systems and ever-shorter market cycles are
leading to constantly increasing customer needs within the industrial services
sector. Bilfinger has reacted to this trend and has developed comprehensive,
systemized and practically oriented documentation for industrial maintenance:
the Bilfinger Maintenance Concept (BMC®). Featuring over 30 methods and
tools, it offers customers maximum flexibility and ensures competitive
advantages. As a result, BMC® represents the global state of the art in its field
and is creating major market buzz.
“As the European market leader in the field of maintenance, we are already one
of the few providers that is capable of offering its customers services for the
entire life cycle of their systems,” says Gerald Pilotto, Executive President,
Industrial Maintenance Division. “Thanks to our comprehensive range of
services and our international presence, we are the first choice for many
customers when it comes to maintenance.” BMC® is the engineering and
services group’s way of reflecting today’s expectations for qualified providers
while also setting a new standard, which is why the company has registered the
initials BMC® as a trademark.
Comprehensive service package
“We have developed our entire expertise, which we have integrated into the
concept, over the course of more than 400 maintenance analyses at our
customers’ facilities,” Pilotto explains. “More than 10,000 industrial maintenance
employees worldwide represent the pooled knowledge of BMC®.” With 16
modules, the approach covers all aspects of maintenance. Because it is
oriented toward international quality management standards, the concept can be
audited and enhanced to create a certified system. Thanks to its modular
design, the approach can be tailored during implementation to meet specific
customer requirements. As a result, BMC® provides maximum flexibility and
offers customers pragmatic solutions featuring priorities that they can set
themselves.
“What makes our concept special is its innovative approach. That’s because its
further development – including continuous improvement processes and
collaborative knowledge management, for example – is already ‘built in,’” Pilotto
explains. BMC® allows Bilfinger to ease its customers’ concerns of potentially
losing essential expertise, thereby eliminating the contrast between outsourcing
and in-house corporate organization and shifting the focus to transparency and
flexibility in execution.
The partnership with Bayer CropScience AG is one example of the wide scope
of coverage that BMC® provides. Since 2009, Bilfinger has provided
maintenance for the chemical company’s extensive production and research
facilities in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Its services include the ongoing
maintenance and inspection of the production facilities. The industrial services
provider is also responsible for a large share of the maintenance budget.
Thanks to its many years of service to the customer, Bilfinger now has in-depth
facilities and components expertise.
Mobile solutions in demand
On-site maintenance calls for precise documentation of time and material costs
as well as legal requirements such as HSEQ. As part of BMC®, Bilfinger’s
mobile solutions help make documenting these aspects fast, convenient and
foolproof. The use of smart apps means high-quality documentation while
reducing the amount of time needed. “Our systems are easy and intuitive to
use,” says Oliver Wichmann, Head of Bilfinger Mobility Solutions. “What’s more,
we customize them to fit our customers’ needs precisely, which is not always the
case with other systems on the market.”
A mobile solution offers a wide range of benefits. It makes it easier to use SAP
and helps avoid duplicate entries or work steps, plus it allows users to link
multiple transaction in a single workflow. This is particularly beneficial when
dealing with multiple facilities and sites, such as Bilfinger’s maintenance of 125
hydroelectric power plants with more than 250 weirs on behalf of Finnish energy
supplier Fortum. “Our smart apps’ automated processes make it possible to
efficiently process orders at the customer’s sites,” Wichmann says. “The service
technician is remotely connected with the central IT system, receives important
information on his or her mobile device and instantly reports order-relevant
information.”
One thing that sets the smart apps apart is that they allow Bilfinger to link
aspects of order processing and documentation with elements of occupational
health and safety. This makes it possible to automatically include compliance
with occupational health and safety guidelines in workflows. The smart apps are
smartphone and tablet compatible and are available for iOS and Android
devices. “The implementation of the mobile solution for Fortum, including
training, was completed in just a few weeks,” according to Wichmann.
New approaches to cooperation
The examples of Bayer CropScience AG and Fortum illustrate a new level of
cooperation between Bilfinger and its customers thanks to BMC®. With
industrial services providers and their customers today facing the same main
challenges, the number-one goal is working together to find ways to improve
processes and create lasting innovation, especially when it comes to
technological development, which is leading to increasingly complex systems. At
the same time, BMC® also provides an entrepreneurial approach. Pilotto:
“Maintenance makes us a part of the service chain and a provider of solutions
for our customers, whose main priority is strengthening their competitive
position. In our role as an integrated part of the value chain, we make a
significant contribution to helping them achieve this goal.”
Bilfinger SE
Carl-Reiß-Platz 1-5
68165 Mannheim
Germany
www.bilfinger.com
ACHEMA 2015
Hall 9.2 / Stand D28
Contact
Ullrich Esser
Phone +49 621 459-2486
André Bense
Phone +49 621 459-2239
News Release
Bilfinger SE is a leading international engineering and services group. With the comprehensive technological expertise and experience of its roughly 70,000 employees, the company offers customized services for industrial facilities, power plants and real estate. Bilfinger generates an annual output volume of approximately €7.5 billion in its Industrial, Power and Building and Facility business segments.
June 15, 2015
Energy efficiency as an economic factor
Ever since the G7 summit in Elmau, climate protection has once again been on
everyone’s lips. Apart from the use of renewable energies, increasing energy
efficiency has a key role to play in ensuring a sustainable energy supply. At this
year’s ACHEMA, Bilfinger Efficiency GmbH will be demonstrating the
tremendous energy-saving potential that industrial facilities harbor. The energy
consumption of cooling systems alone can be reduced by up to 50 percent.
Bilfinger Efficiency will also present an ultra-efficient insulation model for
industrial and commercial pipe systems and installations. The tremendous cost
savings provided by this insulation model quickly offset the cost of investment.
Bilfinger Efficiency was founded by Bilfinger in late 2013 as an energy services
provider. Headquartered in Neu-Isenberg near Frankfurt, the company is the
group’s point of contact for expertise and services in the field of energy
efficiency. It boasts extensive know-how when it comes to optimizing the energy
consumption of industrial facilities and in the area of real estate. The company’s
services focus on achieving savings through the optimization of energy, capital
and operating costs.
Energy services provider with an integrated approach
“To fully unlock energy-efficiency potential, it is important to see the big picture
and look at the connections between all relevant systems, as well as use and
production specifications,” says Peter Eilers, chairman of the Executive Board of
Bilfinger Efficiency. “Standard solutions generally do not achieve the desired
results, which is why we apply an integrated approach that takes the specific
conditions at our customers’ facilities into account,” he adds. The individual
measures are aligned in such a way that makes it possible to optimize energy
consumption over the long term. “Energy efficiency is the easiest and most
economical way to sustainably reduce energy costs,” Eilers says, getting to the
heart of his company’s concept.
Bilfinger Efficiency tours a customer’s facilities and assesses the present level of
energy efficiency. To this end, the company analyzes relevant data on current
energy consumption, which it then uses to create an energy concept tailored to
the specific requirements of the customer. “We advise our customers on all
energy-efficiency matters, from the initial analysis of savings potential to the
implementation plans, construction and commissioning of a property,” Eilers
says. “As part of our contracting solutions, we will also handle the financing,
service and long-term operation of plant and systems technology, in addition to
all energy management duties, on request.”
Cooling systems harbor high efficiency potential
Cooling systems provide one striking example in terms of efficiency potential.
Their energy consumption amounts to some 14 percent of the entire energy
demand in Germany. By taking advantage of special monitoring systems, it is
possible to significantly optimize the energy efficiency of the cooling systems. As
part of the monitoring process, the efficiency of individual components and their
interaction is recorded and the energy consumption of specific elements
becomes apparent. This reveals energy-efficiency potential as a result, which,
when tapped, increases the efficiency of the entire system − and over its entire
useful life at that. Not least, customers are guaranteed the energy savings
identified by Bilfinger Efficiency after extensive analysis and evaluation. What is
more, efficiency measures are amortized quickly, and the savings potential is
tremendous: up to 50 percent of the amount of electricity previously used.
Preventing energy loss with sustainable insulation
The insulation of industrial and commercial pipe systems and installations also
provides significant opportunities for saving energy. Together with the European
Industrial Insulation Foundation (EiiF), Bilfinger Industrial has developed the
standardized consulting program known as TIPCHECK (Technical Insulation
Performance Check) to help companies tap this potential. As part of TIPCHECK,
certified engineers identify the thermal loss of plants and calculate the
economically rational optimization of existing insulation. This serves to
significantly improve the energy efficiency of industrial facilities while making it
possible to reduce costs. “With our business model, we offer guaranteed
operating-cost savings with short amortization periods,” Eilers says. “There are
zero drawbacks for the customer, only benefits.”