BMA Info 53/2015

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A successful year for BMA America

New projects and new colleagues in Colorado.

Breaking new ground in Central America

Last year, a total of four top sugar producers in Central America decided to upgrade their plants. They opted for BMA products – breaking new ground for sugar factories in the region.

Installation and commissioning of a pan seeding system

In the beet sugar industry, pan seeding systems have been established for a long time. BMA has now successfully applied the process in the cane sugar industry.

Manufacturing and service – BMA Brazil expands its capacities

In 2012, BMA set up its subsidiary BMA Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda. – who has since gone from strength to strength. A new production and service centre opened in Indaiatuba in early September 2014.

Interview

BMA Info talks to Igor Djoukwé

A force, to be reckoned with

BMA MENA Industries are going from strength to strength as a design and service provider in the Middle East and North Africa.

Agrosnabsakhar – How a project turned into a big surprise

On first contact with the Agrosnabsakhar sugar factory, nobody at BMA could have foreseen how this collaboration would grow.

Russian pioneers – VKT for a competitive edge

The Russian sugar industry is driving the extension and upgrade of its production sites and BMA plays a key role in this development. The result: a significant increase in output.

Four companies, three continents, two years, one goal

Together with Etihad Food Industries, the BMA Group has got a large-scale project off the ground – collaboration at its best.

Innovations for better performance – A new drying and cooling plant

A good cooling and drying system is the key to high sugar quality. Reason enough for BMA to continuously enhance this equipment, launching new and innovative products on the market.

A premiere in Pakistan – Successful commissioning of two falling-film evaporators

Reducing consumption of resources to a minimum while enhancing performance – those were the objectives for a factory in Pakistan specified in the order JDW Sugar Mills Ltd. placed with BMA.

Indian Cane Power Ltd.– More revenue thanks to co-generation

Indian Cane Power Ltd. (ICPL) relies on bagasse for power generation. For several years now, BMA has helped the company implement its innovative concepts with numerous supplies of equipment.

Uzbekistan‘s most cutting-edge factory

The Angren Shakar refinery was commissioned in August 2014.

Expanding centrifugal production for China

In 2014, BMA China expanded its assembly range to include not only continuous centrifugals but also batch-type machines (see also BMA Info 52/2014). The model in question belongs to the well-established and reliable B series.

Centrifugals from BMA: Made in Germany

2014 was a truly international year, also for BMA‘s product business: customers on all continents opted for BMA centrifugals.

BMA Automation: a complex factory acceptance test

With the supply of the process control system including all key electrical equipment, BMA Automation was involved in the design of the new refinery in Iraq right from the start. The complex factory acceptance test was a major milestone on the path to the finished plant.

Scientific exchange across the globe – BMA at international conferences

BMA has been presenting the latest developments from current international sugar industry projects at conferences across the globe. The report on the upgrade and capacity extension of the ICPL cane sugar factory is a recent outstanding example.

Engineering projects for the cane and beet sugar industries

In the beet sugar industry, pan seeding systems have been established for a long time. BMA has now successfully applied the process in the cane sugar sector.

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23.08.2021

BMA receives 1.1 million euro from the "Neustart Niedersachsen Innovation" funding programme

Despite the corona pandemic, BMA is continuing its ambitions in the field of research and development

BMA is keeping the investment volume in the field of research and development at a high level, despite the difficult conditions. The traditional machine and plant builder specializing in the sugar industry has been active at the site in Braunschweig since it was founded in 1853. The company has its own research and development centre at the "Am Alten Bahnhof" site.

In addition to the existing investment volume for research and development, BMA has received a subsidy from the state of Lower Saxony in the form of the corona special funding programme "Neustart Niedersachsen Innovation". The program will enable the planned development projects to be implemented quickly and comprehensively.

"To enable us to come out of the corona pandemic in a strong position, development must not be neglected at BMA. These current times have given us the opportunity to embark on new paths. We would like to thank the state of Lower Saxony for this funding programme supporting our research and development activities", states Uwe Schwanke, Member of the Board at BMA.

The funding totalling 1.1 million euro will go in to 4 research projects. The key focus is optimizing procedural processes, making use of savings potential and making technology more efficient. One of these development projects is focussed on optimised production processes for the crystallization and drying of sugar substitutes and so-called rare sugars. These groups of substances are playing an increasingly important role for BMA in addition to sugar from sugar beet or sugar cane. The demand for sugars with low calories and sugar substitutes in crystalline form is growing and the use of these substances is not just restricted to the use as a sweetener. The application area ranges from the food industry and use in pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, through to the chemical industry. 

The other funded development projects focus on improvements for sugar plants that are supplied with equipment for sugar production by BMA all over the world. As in the first development project, crystals are the key focus. One of the projects optimizes the process for creating sugar crystals from dissolved sugar, another project separates these crystals from the liquid in centrifuges and the third project improves the sugar drying which ultimately produces the familiar granulated sugar.

There is still much untapped innovation potential in sugar production and the machines used. "With the subsidised development projects, we can use even more efficient, energy-saving and space-saving technologies in the production plants of our customers.", states the Head of Research and Development at BMA, Dr Andreas Lehnberger. BMA thus entrenches itself as the driving force for technical innovations in the sugar industry, now and in future.

Immediately after the funding was approved, the first measures for implementing the planned developments began. The funding programme "Neustart Niedersachsen Innovation" from the state of Lower Saxony will be supporting the projects for 3 years.