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.

Overview of all articles

11.05.2016

Message from the board

Oğuz Tekin, Dr Rolf Mayer and Uwe Schwanke
Oğuz Tekin, Dr Rolf Mayer and Uwe Schwanke

Dear readers,

For many countries around the globe, the 2015/2016 sugar year is already over. In Europe, the legal framework for the sugar industry is due to change from next year, after almost half a century. Quota management and minimum prices will be replaced by market-driven supply and demand. The European sugar sector will have to adjust to these changes in the remaining months of 2016.

But not only the European situation requires the players in the sugar industry to keep moving all the time. With changing sugar prices, climate change, and considerably lower yields in some regions, many market participants in Europe and elsewhere have to rethink their business models. This requires maximum flexibility from mechanical and plant engineering firms. BMA has continued to strengthen its international profile over the past months, to respond even more flexibly to customers' needs. We have set up new companies in France and Turkey, making no secret of our great commitment to these regions, and moving even closer to our customers. For an excellent overview of where BMA is engaged in business today, take a look at our brand new website, which has been online since December 2015.

In many other markets, BMA has further expanded its range of products and services. Russia's first VKT in Znamenka started up in autumn 2015, in time for the beet campaign. The Etihad refinery in Iraq was commissioned at the end of last year and reached the agreed nominal capacity six weeks earlier than planned. A highly successful ending to these two large-scale projects, which had lasted several years. And there are new challenges ahead! On the Nile, for instance, where BMA is involved in building a new beet sugar factory and refinery with an extraction tower that is in a league of its own.

In the cane sugar sector, diffusers from BMA have been gaining market shares. While one diffuser in Thailand was commissioned after just 15 months of construction, the other projects are still at the building stage. The true value of BMA's process expertise for cane-processing factories has been demonstrated by our engineering network, in a series of basic and detailed engineering studies.

One central pillar for the success of our projects around the globe is the close collaboration within the BMA Group. Every day, we manage to overcome barriers of language and culture between project participants. This has also been part of our day-to-day relationships with customers, suppliers and partners. And this quality of our relations, as we know them from the sugar industry, is what we would like to bring more and more to other areas of life outside business. That is part of BMA's commitment, today and for the future.

Wishing you an enjoyable read!