Alfa Laval Opens Next Generation Manufacturing Site in Italy as Part of Its Industry 4.0 Strategy
October 27, 2021 at 02:30 am EDT
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Alfa Laval recently opened a new greenfield manufacturing site in San Bonifacio, Italy, for the production of brazed heat exchangers. The new highly advanced facility includes research and customer training areas and will mainly supply heat exchangers to customers in Europe. The factory in Italy, inaugurated in late September, is Alfa Laval's most modern and sustainable production facility yet, with rooftop solar panels supplying energy. It has a digitalized warehouse management system to oversee the flow of materials and goods, an advanced automated production set-up, an on-site training centre - and a lab for the research and development of new innovative products for heat pumping, air conditioning and refrigeration. Quick facts: Alfa Laval San Bonifacio, Total site area = 31,000 m2, Production area and logistics = 13,400 m2, Office and laboratory area = 6,000 m2, Certifications: ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and 50001, 55001 PED, ASME and UL.
Alfa Laval AB specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of equipment and industrial systems for heating, cooling, separating and transporting of substances (oil, water, chemical and food substances, drinks, drugs, etc.). The activity is organized mainly arounf two families of products:
- solid and liquid treatment systems: systems for cooling, evaporation, extraction, drying, etc. intended primarily for the food processing, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and energy sectors;
- production process equipment: decanters, heat exchangers, pumps, valves, air and liquid filtration systems, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Sweden (2.2%), Europe (32.5%), China (14.1%), South Korea (5.5%), Asia (18.2%), United States (16.7% ), North America (2.1%), Latin America (5.6%), Africa (1.9%) and Oceania (1.2%).
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