Issue 2 / 2013

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Customer FRoSTA High quality frozen foods

Anniversary A colourful celebration with the whole family

Assembly department Women are much more skillful than men

Editorial FRoSTA: "HEROSE was a quantum leap for us" After years of problems, FRoSTA AG decided on HEROSE globe valves – and is very satisfi ed with them. A report from , Dear readers, the headquarters of 's largest producer of frozen foods. just like all other technical equipment, HEROSE valves only have a limited Complaints are always frustrating, so The group has its origins in the Nord- lifetime. Although we know that our at fi rst nobody was very pleased when stern AG, which was founded in 1905. quality products usually last for far Andreas Linke from FRoSTA AG in 58 percent of the shares are held by the longer than the "minimum life", the Bremerhaven phoned to complain that founder Dirk Ahlers and his family. The message from our customer FRoSTA the gland packing of a pneumatically FRoSTA is also represented in in Bremerhaven surprised us. A valve had worked 500 times longer operated HEROSE globe valve was de- , Switzerland, , and than the stated lifetime. Isn't that fective. However, the mood changed something worth reporting about? In considerably, when we heard how old this summer issue of vc you will also the defective valve was and how many fi nd reports about the celebration of our cycles it had performed without fault: 140th anniversary, about new products The DN 25 globe valve was one of eight, and exhibitions – and we also present which were delivered to FRoSTA AG in a further department in our company. 2009 – and the component in question All in all a successful mixture, which had performed about one million open- once again gives you a good insight ing and closing cycles – 500 times more into our work. than intended! I wish you a pleasant summer! With a market share of about 25 per- cent, FRoSTA AG is the market leader in frozen foods in Germany, with the main focus on fi sh, ready meals and vegeta- bles. The company headquarters is lo- Dirk M. Zschalich cated in the fi shing port in Bremerhaven. Managing Director Title Story

With pneumatic actuator The "FRoSTA” valve

Actuated valves are always used where a pipeline is to be completely shut off according to certain param- eters, or the flow is to be auto- matically controlled. The pressure, temperature, level or flow rate in processing plants can be regulated with the changeable valve lifts. The type of actuator essentially depends on the ambient conditions and the locally available infrastructure. Activation can be with an electric servo actuator, pneumatically via a diaphragm, or hydraulically with a piston. HEROSE supplies globe and control valves with electric and Less and less people have the time to chop and cook vegetables - and resort to ready meals pneumatic actuators for various applications. In the case of FRoSTA, a globe valve with pneumatic actua- tor and positioner was used. as well as in many other East- rupted. An important ingredient of ready ern and Central European countries. meals is the sauce, which at FRoSTA is Since the beginning of 2003, FRoSTA shock-frozen in so-called tumblers. For has produced according to the "Origi- this, liquid nitrogen is injected into the nal FRoSTA Purity Law": Since then, all containers at regular intervals – a pro- products are produced without additives cess which is carried out by the HEROSE such as colouring agents, aromas, fla- globe valves which have already been vour enhancers, emulsifiers, stabilisers, mentioned. chemically modified starches and hard- When Andreas Linke hears the name ened fats. As well as this, butter is used HEROSE, his face becomes even more instead of margarine, traditional cheese friendly than normal. There is a good rea- instead of processed cheese and on son for this: "We tried everything. Sole- principle, the fish is obtained from sus- noid valves, ball valves – nothing worked", tainable fishery. After the excellent sales he remembers. "We were always having in the previous years, this quality change expensive production failures, the plant and the associated increase in the price manager was on our backs – it was a of the products caused a considerable drama. We experimented for six or sev- reduction in sales and profits. However, en years without success, before Linde the group has retained its policy to the gave us the decisive hint: try HEROSE." present day. In 2009 FRoSTA ordered eight valves A visit to the Bremerhaven factory. for the tumbler department in Bad Old- For 15 years, Andreas Linke has been esloe – and since then, the nitrogen in- Size: DN10 to DN150 responsible for the field of cooling jection has worked perfectly. Since then, Pressure: up to 50 bar technology and energy, "for everything the name HEROSE has had an excellent Operating temperatures: which is not concerned with electric- reputation for Andreas Linke and his col- -196°C to +120°C ity". His responsibilities also include five leagues – "the change was a quantum Possible additional equipment: Linde tanks, which are filled with liquid leap!" Solenoid valve nitrogen, at a temperature of –196°C. At FRoSTA has four factories for the pro- Limit switch FRoSTA, there is an enormous demand duction of deep frozen products: Frozen Electro-pneumatic for nitrogen: "We use about 30 tons eve- fish products have been produced in positioner ry day", says Andreas Linke. This makes Bremerhaven since 1962. Fruit and veg- sense: In the production of the meals, etable products were later additions and the cooling chain must never be inter- the 1980s saw the start of production of

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LNG Exhibition in Houston /USA Keith Stewart was on-site

© renamarie - Fotolia.com The USA are one of the world's most attractive future markets for LNG. Here alone, about 90,000 cargo ships could be converted to this environmentally- friendly fuel in the coming years. This was reason enough for HEROSE, to act as a "Silver Sponsor" for the LNG Ma- rine Transportation exhibition which was held at the beginning of June. HEROSE was represented by Keith Stewart, who not only took care of the company stand, but also held a highly acclaimed lecture on the topic of safety in the use of LNG.

Launch of a new stainless steel series Less and less people have the time to chop and cook vegetables - and resort to ready meals Andreas Linke with the defective valve Ideal for high pressures

frozen ready meals. The Rheintal factory land belongs to FRoSTA AG. This factory is near Worms. Surrounded by vegetable mainly produced deep frozen fish prod- and herb fields, this factory specialises in ucts for the Eastern European market. the processing of freshly harvested spin- As well as its own , which are also ach, cabbage and a wide range of herbs. available in the online shop, FRoSTA AG It is also the home of the FRoSTA bakery, also produces retail and wholesale cus- which produces various dough products. tomer brands and sells these in Germany The third factory in Germany, in Elbtal, is and abroad. also located in one of the best vegeta- Incidentally: After the complaint, ble-growing areas of Germany: the "Lom- Andreas Linke received two repair sets matzcher Pflege", near Meissen (Saxony). for the valves. It will be interesting to see Since 1999, the Bydgoszez factory in Po- when the second is needed ... The new high pressure safety valve

It is made entirely of stainless steel and can withstand a pressure of up to 250 bar: With the high pressure Food additives in the museum safety valve 06850/06855 HEROSE has launched a new stainless steel series. In the EU, thousands of additives stances may be contained, why they This type of valve is used in cryogenic ar- such as aromas, enzymes, colouring are sometimes concealed and the eas in the beverage industry, where they agents and flavour enhancers can possibility of doing without such are used in bottling plants and medium- be used for the production of foods. substances. FRoSTA is a sponsoring pressure carbon dioxide tanks. However, Many of these do not even need to partner of this museum. Would you there was also a demand for the new se- be declared. Even in organic prod- like to visit the museum? ries in the field of general industrial ap- ucts, many additives are allowed. You can find all the important infor- plications. These include applications in The German Food Additives mation about the museum and the the chemical industry, where solid stain- Museum in the Bankstrasse in current event calendar on the mu- less steel is standard - and in the manu- explains why this is so. seum’s website facture of industrial compressors. As It shows where undeclared sub- www.zusatzstoffmuseum.de you know, in the context of its Strategy 2022, HEROSE has set itself the target of achieving 30 % of its sales with industrial safety valves.

valvescommunity 2-2013 HEROSE GMBH 3 The HEROSE anniversary celebration

Colourful 140th anniversary celebration Grilling together, visits to the workplace and a bouncy castle for the children

The children had great fun on the bouncy castle Managing director Dirk Zschalich

Management and staff celebrated the Oldesloe. Zschalich thanked the staff There were also prizes to be won: On 140th anniversary of HEROSE with a big for their tireless efforts, without which the lathes, everyone could take away celebration on 12th of April. In his wel- the great success of HEROSE would not a small spinning top as a souvenir – coming speech, managing director Dirk have been possible. After grilling togeth- and three iPads were raffled among all Zschalich talked about the history of the er, many of the staff used the opportunity the visitors. The winners are: Lennart company. He looked back to the 12th of to show their workplace and the entire Johannsen, Nick Stührwoldt and Uljana April 1873 – the date on which the ROSE factory to their family members. Schulz. KG was founded in Hamburg, from which Naturally, the extension which was in- At the end of the day, the 350 visitors the present company originated, togeth- augurated at the end of last year was were unanimous: That was a very re- er with the HERO valve factory in Bad the focus of a great deal of interest. markable event!

Maik Tolzmann explains his workplace There was a grill for those who were hungry

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Press reports HEROSE-workshops: Local newspapers reported in-depth to be continued in September In March the basic cryogenic seminar was held at HEROSE Several local newspapers carried detailed reports on the HEROSE- anniversary celebrations – an indication of the appreciation of the company by the general public. Here are a few excerpts:

Practical exercises in the seminar room

The fi rst seminar in the new series of with a demonstration of the function HEROSE workshops was greatly ap- of safety valves on the test lab on the preciated: "I was especially pleased 2nd day. For those who had booked the Managing director Dirk Zschalich about the alternation between theory theory and practice package, the 3rd and practice and the profession- day was spent in the assembly depart- al management of the event," says ment. There, under expert supervision, Michael Langguth from Air Liquide. The the participants assembled safety and seminar started with a theoretical part globe valves. about HEROSE products and their use All-in-all this seminar was a suc- in cryogenic applications. A special cessful exchange of knowledge and highlight during the fi rst day was the experience in the fi eld of cryogen- introduction to the world of liquid air ics between the manufacturer and gases. Here, theory and practice were customers. The speakers are already supported with hands-on experiments looking forward to the next seminars. with liquid nitrogen. Bodo Marx, a spe- cialist in this fi eld supported this part Please register under of the seminar as an external speaker. www.valves-community.com The theoretical part was rounded off

HEROSE-Roadshow Cryogenic seminars in the and the Netherlands

At the end of May, the VC workshops basics of cryogenics at three loca- moved into new territory, to be precise tions. In the Netherlands, the training to the Czech Republic and the Neth- was held in the rooms of the HEROSE erlands. In both countries, cryogenic agency. Here too, the focus was on seminars were organised with the ac- cryogenics. tive support of the HEROSE partners "With the vc workshop roadshow (Netherlands: ASE; Czech Republic: we have found an optimum solution Traccom). to teach customers locally", said Ralf In the Czech Republic a total of 51 Dankert-Paulsen after his return from participants were instructed in the the Czech Republic.

valvescommunity 2-2013 HEROSE GMBH 5 Departments Internal at HEROSE Part 7 Women are simply more skillful in the assembly of topwork and discs! High quality requirements in the assembly department reduces rejects to less than one percent

Holger Stollen performing a function and tightness test

René Schulz could say that he is em- valves and actuated valves." A typical ployed as a registrar, because he is globe valve such as the number 01321 concerned with various marriages every consists of 15 parts. Assembly takes day: He assembles the bodies and top less than fi ve minutes. Manfred Neels sections of cryogenic valves – a pro- grins: "Just for fun, many years ago, we cess which is known as the "wedding" timed how long women and men took at HEROSE. René Schulz is one of the to assemble a topwork. I no longer re- 33 employees, including six women, member the exact time, only that the who work in the assembly department women were quicker with their manual for cryogenic valves. The foreman of the dexterity." department Manfred Neels celebrates 31 years of employment at HEROSE In the upper area the small on 1st of August. His two supervisors, valves, in the lower area the Peter Armatowski and Kai Gruber have large valves also been loyal to the company for many years. The department works on two fl oors in the "upper assembly" and the "lower As Manfred Neels says about his assembly". On the upper fl oor, valves department, which assembles about with fl ow diameters from DN 10 to DN 150,000 valves every year: "We assem- 50 are assembled and the larger DN ble fi ve different products: Change-over 65 to DN 150 valves and the actuated Kai Gruber with an actuated valve valves, globe valves, fi ll clusters, gate valves are assembled on the lower fl oor.

6 valvescommunity 2-2013 HEROSE GMBH Here, Kai Gruber is in charge: "We de- liver about 2000 of these actuated valves How to contact us every year. 85 % of these are actuated HEROSE GMBH pneumatically and 15 % electrically." The ARMATUREN UND METALLE production method for these valves is largely identical to that for non-actuated Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Straße 12 23843 Bad Oldesloe valves. Kai Gruber attaches the actua- Germany tor elements according to customer re- Tel.: +49 4531 509-0 quirements. Fax: +49 4531 509 120 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.herose.com Extensive tests and inspections Order the magazine: valves-community.com

The main requirement of the depart- ment – whether in the upper or lower as- Agency for sembly area – and at the same time the In Russia, OOO Hennlich is a sought- greatest challenge in the daily routine, aftersupplier of technical products which require intensive advice. The company is are the key words quality and tightness. located in Tver, a city which is about 170 It is a great help that for quality rea- km north-west of Moscow. OOO Hennlich sons, the components for the cryogenic was founded in 2010. The cooperation with valves which are essential for tightness HEROSE began in 2012. and function are produced in-house by Division HydroTech HEROSE. This is supplemented by ex- OOO HENNLICH tensive tests and inspections, even on Ozernaya 16, building 1, office 4 the receipt of goods. All of this has con- 170 008 Tver, Russia The OOO Hennlich team from left to right: Jekaterina Shikova, Maxim Zhelepa, Natalya tributed to the fact that the reject rate Tel.: +7 4822 630 180, add. 2 – Division HydroTech Tel.: +7 4822 630 180, add. 23 Baburina, Irina Lushnikova, Inal Mamitov, of the department is now less than one Fax: +7 4822 630 180, add. 80 Valeria Nazarova, Miroslav Shik percent. [email protected]. www.hennlich.ru

Agency for Turkey CEFIP was founded in 1994 by Necdet Özcan in Herne. Initially, the main emphasis was on the supply of spare parts for industry. Gradually the company developed into an important supplier of cryogenic valves for plant and systems engineering. Together with HEROSE, CEFIP works out individual solutions for customers in Turkey. CEFIP-Consulting & Engineering The three heads of the assembly depart- für Industrieprodukte ment, from left to right: Peter Armatowski, Heidstraße 80 foreman Manfred Neels and Kai Gruber 44649 Herne, Germany The CEFIP team from lower left to top right: Tel.: +49 2325/972 58 10 Manager Necdet Özcan, HEROSE-Product- Fax: +49 2325/972 58 25 manager Sentürk Konak, Yusuf Sen, Rah- [email protected] www.cefip.com.tr man Isci, Ceyhun Cavusoglu, Cihan Özcan, Serpil Özcan, Esra Özcan, Büsra Karayazi

valvescommunity 2-2013 HEROSE GMBH 7 News HEROSE attracts students n On 9th of June a HEROSE team Markus Schröder at the 'contacts' young talent fair in Kiel with Mario Esche, Manfred Kadner and Volker Maass took part in the Velothon cycle race in Berlin. n At the beginning of March, staff from "OOO Hennlich Division HydroTech" came to Bad Oldesloe for training. Training in Bad Oldesloe. From left: Volker Maass, Thorsten Cordes, Maxim Zhelepa (Hennlich) and Vaclav Vlcek n HEROSE has received ARAMCO ap- proval for globe valves. ARAMCO is the largest oil company in the Middle East. The HEROSE stand at Kiel University n The chinese approval for HEROSE Career opportunities in Schleswig- velopment engineer Nikolaj Ehmke: safety valves has been succesfully Holstein – under this slogan, the "Wirt- "That was exactly the right way to give extended. schaftsförderung und Technologietrans- students a first impression of work at fer Schleswig-Holstein GmbH" (WTSH) HEROSE. Our advantage: Other than it Fairs calendar gathered innovative companies from is often the case with large companies, ILMAC, Basel Schleswig-Holstein on a joint stand at with us an employee is not just a number September 24 to 27, 2013 the Kiel jobs fair "contacts", on which and the tasks at HEROSE are especially HEROSE was also represented. De- varied." NEVA, St. Petersburg September 24 to 27, 2013 Pumps & Valves, Rotterdam October 2 to 3, 2013 One day on the serious side of life PCV Expo, Moscow Girls/Boys-Day on 25th May at HEROSE October 29 to November 1, 2013 On 25th May, in the context of the "Girls and Boys Days" 2013, 13-year-old Melis- Congratulations to... sa Mathea from the Ida-Ehre School in ... on 10 years of service Bad Oldesloe experienced a typical day Timo Warncke on August 1, 2013 in a technical company at HEROSE. She was able to "get a taste" of cryogenic ... on 25 years of service globe valve assembly in the company. As well as Melissa, other pupils came to the Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Strasse to get an impression of working life. All of them were very enthusiastic – but they were The work experience children: Melissa also glad that they still had a little time Mathea (mother Manuela, SV assembly.), Lukas Dabelstein (father Gunnar, develop- before the serious side of life begins ... ment), Darja Barts (mother Olga, design), Leon and Nick Stührwoldt (father Michael, (From left) testing lab) Jörn Kadatz on August 1, 2013 Björn Schiemann on August 15, 2013 Win one of 5 LaCie RuggedKeys USB 3.0, 16 GB Ruhan Delibalta on September 7, 2013 USB 3.0 A typical globe valve such as the number 01321 consists Imprint A of 12 parts Published by: B of 15 parts HEROSE GMBH, Bad Oldesloe C of 24 parts Responsible for content: Mario Esche, HEROSE GMBH Mail or fax your solution to us by October 4th 2013 Editor: Carsten Wurr [email protected], Fax: +49 4531 509 120 Concept, implementation: www.valves-community.com gugelot gmbh, Hamburg There is no legal right of appeal Illustrations: HEROSE GMBH, Title Alliance – Fotolia.com Congratulation to the winners of a VICTORINOX knive & multitool All rights reserved, subject to errata and printing errors Mr. Thomas Nyman, Air Liquide Gas AB, Sweden Mr. Roland Peinelt, Linde Gas, Germany Mr. Rakesh Samrat Bhardwaj, India The next issue will be Mr. Mark Vredegoor, Akzo Nobel B.V., Netherlands published in November 2013 Mr. Philip Werner, Cryo AB, Sweden

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