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Valve News 2011
Press Release - Frankfurt, September 09, 2011
SchuF Fetterolf celebrates its 100 year anniversary
September 9, 2011 - Today SchuF Fetterolf a world leading designer of customized industrial valves announced the opening of celebrations to commemorate its one hundredth anniversary.
Article - Cork Biz, September 16, 2011
Cork has always been a significant location
As SchuF Ireland celebrates its 100th anniversary this year Nicolas Frank talks to Cork Biz about the benefits of basing a company in Cork and how his business has continued to expend, despite the economic climate ...
Article - Cork Evening Echo, September 13, 2011
Thriving Cork valve manufacturer expects to more than double its turnover in two years
SchuF, which manufactures and exports specialist industrial valves worldwide from its Togher, Cork, facility, has announced that it expects to increase its turnover by more than 50% over the next two years. ...
Valve News 2010
Article - TCE Today, September, 2010
SchuF’s MultiProbe Design for PAT Applications in Pharmaceutical Reactors
SchuF Fetterolf has developed a MultiProbe Valve for PAT Applications in Pharmaceutical Reactors. Directly inserted into the valve´s disc an IR probe enables immediate knowledge of the critical process control parameters.
Valve News 2009
Press Release - Frankfurt, June 18, 2009
SchuF Fetterolf installs the world’s most advanced diverter and control valves
SchuF Fetterolf has successfully installed the worlds most advanced diverter and control valves in the Shenhua coal liquefaction plant in Inner Mongolia.
Link to the complete press release
Product Launch News, 10 May, 2009
SchuF Fetterolf announced today the launch of a new design diverter valve for Vacuum Distillation Units (VDU).
SchuF has today launched a new diverter valve design that eliminates sediment build up in vacuum distillation unit piping and equipment. The VDU Diverter valve replaces the problematic ball valves and t-pieces. It's design is completely dead space free. There are no crevices, nooks, or corners for sediment and debris to settle.
As such the SchuF diverter valve can be seen as a seamless extension of the plant piping....
Link to the full product release
Valve News 2008
Press Release - December 18, 2008
SchuF Fetterolf Chairman Wolfgang Frank announces his retirement
Mr. Wolfgang Frank, Group Chairman, Managing Director, and joint owner of the SchuF Fetterolf Group announced today that he will be retiring.
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Press Release - November 18, 2008
SchuF awarded major new Delayed Coking contract
The SchuF Fetterolf Group has been awarded a significant new Delayed Coking contract by a leading Canadian oil and gas company. The new Delayed Coking Unit (DCU) will be built in Montreal and will increase capacity of the refinery by 25,000 barrels per day.
The contract includes multiple thirty inch (30” / DN750) isolation valves with integral draining functionality (ASME 300# to 600# with A217 C12 as the material of construction).
Dr. Martin Frank – CEO of the SchuF Fetterolf Group commented: “We are very pleased with the contract award. We worked very closely with the coking industry over the past 3 years and noted all of the issues that affect traditional coking valve designs. Such issues as high purge steam consumption, reliability, casting quality, proprietary spare parts and functional & operational deficiencies have all been addressed with the new IsoPlug design.”
SchuF will be exhibiting the IsoPlug and SwitchPlug range of coking valves at Coking.com shows and Achema in Frankfurt in May 2009.
SchuF commended as a world leading industrial valve producer
October 29 - SchuF Fetterolf received the acolade of "world leading industrial valve producer" belonging to the best (top 6)companies in the State of Hessen, Germany. The award was sponsored by the State of Hessen, and the Assoaciation of Companies in Hessen.
SchuF received the award in recognition of it's world leading industrial valve contribution to the PVC, the PTA and coal to gas industries. More information can be found on the State of Hessen web site (German language): http://www.hessen-champions.de/index.php?article_id=487
SchuF in top 20 world leading companies in Germany - Handelsblatt
In an independant study carried out by Professor Bernd Venohr for the German national Handelsblatt newspaper, SchuF has been named as a world leader (position 20) among German companies across all industries. In the valve industry, SchuF has been recognised as belonging to the top 3 valve companies worldwide. For more information, please see the Handelsblatt article (in German language) at: http://www.handelsblatt.com/homepage/weltmeister/#20
Product News - High Temperature Line Blind
August 11 - SchuF Fetterolf today announced the launch of a new High Temperature (HT) Line Blind system. The HT Cam-Set is proposed for applications with operating temperatures to 1000° F. The previous limit was 650°F. The Group COO Mr. David Donne commented:
"The Cam-Set was already the safest, fastest and most convenient line blind system to operate on the market . This new model opens up many more applications particularly in the power, oil and gas, and chemical industry."
For temperatures above 1000°F SchuF Fetterolf can offer special customised design models. The HT Cam-Set however integrates an ideal temperature range with convenience, safety and speed of operation.
SchuF receives new mineral processing contract
The SchuF Group has been awarded a major contract to provide piston bottom outlet and disc bottom outlet valves for a new Nickel processing plant to be built in Papua New Guinea.
Nickel will be processed using a high pressure acid leaching process. The SchuF valves will be installed in the feed lines and to drain the autoclaves.
Group CEO Dr. Martin Frank commented "This is the 5th major mineral processing contract that we have received in the past two years. It expands our mineral processing valve technology to cover Nickel, Copper, Alumina, Tungsten Carbide and Gold"
SchuF now provides valves for isolation, control, and draining from low to high pressure acid leaching processes for the mineral processing industry.
Siemens awards SchuF coal gasification valve contract
Siemens has awarded SchuF Germany a contract for a new coal gasification technology. This new gasification process uses coal as a dry feed and the SchuF control valves are used to depressurize the resulting gases in a two stage process.
SchuF is now a leading supplier of feed and let down control valves for the gasification industry having provided solutions for all major gasification processes. These include the Lurgi/Sasol, GE Energy/Texaco, and Shell processes.
Press Release -
SchuF India Inauguration
SchuF celebrated the inauguration of it' state of the art new design and production plant in Coimbatore, India on the 31st of January, 2008. The new plant significantly increases SchuF's worldwide capacity to produce complex and specialised valves for the chemical, oil refinery, polymer and plastics industries.
Group SchuF CEO Dr. Martin Frank commented:
"Our choice to locate this plant in India and specifically in Coimbatore is the result of three key factors. First and foremost, it gives us the opportunity to tap into a highly educated, young and ambitious workforce. Secondly, it helps us to have a centre of excellence close to important customers like Reliance and Hindalco. Finally, our India base will serve as a hub for further expansion in Asia".
The inauguration ceremony was attended by several important guests including Dr. Kohli of Reliance and Mr. Joshi of Aker Kaverner India.
Valve News 2007
Press Release -
SchuF nominated Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Finalist
Stuttgart, October 4, 2007 - The SchuF Group and CEO Dr. Martin Frank have been nominated as a finalist in the prestigeous Entrepreneur of the Year award hosted by Ernst & Young Germany.
The annual awards recognise mid sized German companies who have shown significant growth or exceptional innovation in the previous years. The SchuF Valve Group continues to grow worldwide with design and manufacturing plants in Brazil, India, Ireland, the United States, and Germany.
Dr. Frank commented: "We continue to invent new valve types and reinvent older models for new process requirements that our customers have". SchuF has recently launched a new valve for the Oil and Refining industry that has been met with great acclaim. The IsoPlug greatly reduces the downtime required by refineries to maintain Delayed Coking Units.
"I am particularly pleased for the SchuF staff across the world, who work tirelessly to invent and deliver high quality and high performance valves that operate in particularly difficult operating environments" added Frank.
The SchuF Group was founded in 1911 by Josef Frank (the grandfather of the current CEO), but has seen high double digit revenue and employee growth in the past few years. This growth has been driven by global expansion, and product innovation, backed by precision German engineering.
For further details of the nomination please access the following link: http://www.entrepreneur-des-jahres.de
News Release - Job Opportunities at SchuF
Due to recent expansion in Germany, Asia and the United States, the SchuF Group is actively seeking job candidates for several roles. In Germany and the United States we would like to offer an exciting career to newly graduated or experienced Design engineers.
We are also currently looking for experienced sales professionals in India, the United States and Germany. Finally, due to planned expansion in China, we would like to offer a Business Development Manager and Regional Sales Manager roles based in China.
If you are interested in applying for any of these positions, please e-mail your resume to: careers@schuf.com
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ILMAC - Pharma, Chemical and Biotechnology Exhibition
SchuF is pleased to be able to exhibit some of it's industry leading Sampling valves, Control valves and Flush Bottom Outlet valves at ILMAC from September 25 to 28 in Basel.
It is our honour to be represented by Wisag in Hall 1.0, Stand A24. Please visit SchuF there to discuss the latest trends in pharmaceutical or chemical sampling as well as the latest SchuF technical valve innovations.
Delayed Coking Conference and Exhibition in Calgary
SchuF will be taking part in the Delayed Coking Show - "Coking.com" in Calgary from September 17 to 20. SchuF will introduce it's newest range of valves for delayed coking including the:
SwitchPlug
The valves have been specifically designed to improve the operation and maintenance in delayed coking operations. They encompass the unique SchuF "Three Line Coking Defense System". For more information, please visit us in Calgary on Booth A19 or send a message to us requesting more information.
