New openings for advanced valve technology

Rental and service of: • Protective clothing • Workwear • Entrance mats • Hygiene devices www.berendsen.pl

Berendsen Textile Service

Renting and servicing the workwears and entrance mats are main activities of BERENDSEN Textile Service. We provide customers with specialized clothing such as clothing washed in the clean-room technology as well as basic workwear. We have 5 modern laundries, which are also logistic and customer service centres. Each of them presents innovative technological solutions, such as electronic control of garments. We apply our own, unique CL2000 production management system, supported by modern computer system that controls the distribution of hundreds of thousands clothing in each plant.

Linde Gas Poland

The cooperation between Linde Gas Poland and FAP ZETKAMA, which was established in 1994, has been based on technical counselling for the foundry industry in the field of modern gas technology. Individual approach to the manufacturing process has enabled the implementation of solutions, which in addition to higher-quality products, shorter time of production process and lower production costs also contributed to the improvement of working conditions and the reduction of environmental impact.

The Linde technological support at each stage of the production process as well as implementation of innovative solutions, such as: HIGHJET® blast enrichment or OXYGON® 400 preheating system for ladle contribute to the productivity growth.

The Linde and FAP ZETKAMA common goal is to optimize further the production processes by using the latest technology of Linde, which combines knowledge and years of experience presented by casting industry professionals.

market, Germanischer Lloyd Certificate for the production of ductile cast iron according to DIN EN 1563, Lloyd’s Register Certificate on grey iron castings and ductile cast iron, Det Norske Veritas certificate for the production of iron castings, the certificate of approval to the Belarusian market, Bureau Veritas Certification of compliance with the requirements of Directive 97/23/EC, and many more. ZETKAMA’s experience and the internal standards it has developed have been implemented into the Capital Group.

Metal group

ZETKAMA servers companies in the metal industry in three operating segments: valves and castings (ZETKAMA and ARMAK); fasteners (ŚRUBENA UNIA); and components for the automotive industry (MCS).

ZETKAMA produces more than 2000 different types of valves, such us stop valves, check valves, bellow valves, butterfly valves, strainers, ball valves and others. ARMAK produces mainly safety valves and liquid level indicators. The final users of the company’s products are domestic and foreign companies operating in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water and sewage, and shipbuilding sectors.

SRUBENA UNIA is one of the largest manufacturers of industrial fasteners in Poland and Europe. Applying both cold and hot forging technologies, it is able to produce a wide variety of standard bolts, nuts and screws, as well as custom-made products to drawings in a full range of materials, sizes, grades and protective coatings. Its offer is particularly addressed to companies operating in the construction, railways, engineering, mining and automotive industries.

MCS is a manufacturer of exhaust system as well as metal, aluminium and cast iron components. Its products are used in many brands of cars on the European market.

The total number of the group’s employees exceeds 1000 people. The group’s sales in 2012 are estimated at PLN 300 million (approximately Euro 73 million) and are also focused on foreign markets, mainly Europe and, to a lesser extent, countries outside Europe. The share of exports in the group’s sales reaches 60 per cent. Ambitious goals

The ZETKAMA Capital Group’s mission is its innovative, dynamic development, which provides persistent increase in value for shareholders and satisfaction from the cooperation for its customers. Currently, the group is focused on the further use of their experience to operate in the metal industry, achieving a leading position in the production of industrial valves and fasteners in Poland and becoming one of the strongest metal manufacturers in Europe. In order to implement its strategy, the group is taking steps to develop dynamic sales and improve its operational efficiency. n

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NEW OPENINGS FOR ADVANCED VALVE TECHNOLOGY

Wouter Witzel EuroValve is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high quality butterfly valves and actuators. Philip Yorke talked to Mark Luttikhuis, the company’s commercial director, about the increasing demand for valves in the oil & gas industry and the forthcoming launch of a new generation of high performance products.

Since it was founded in 1966 the Dutch company Wouter Witzel EuroValve has been a leading international manufacturer and supplier of high quality industrial butterfly valves and actuators. The company was established by a Dutch national, Wouter Witzel, in the town of Losser near Enschede in the Netherlands, located close to the German border. As an accomplished engineer and entrepreneur Witzel wanted to design butterfly valves that surpassed the quality and durability of anything else that existed at that time. Early success soon established the company as a major player in the industry and it continued to see consistent growth and expansion, especially in the European and overseas markets. Since 2005, being a largely independent subsidiary of worldwide valve industry conglomerate AVK Group has added even more to the knowledge base, while at the same time allowing Wouter Witzel EuroValve to further improve the service levels.

It was in 2003 that Wouter Witzel EuroValve launched its first high performance range of