Profile

The products of the Environment and Process Business Area cover the entire range of technologies for mechanical and thermal treatment of sludge from municipal and industrial sewage treatment plants.  Andritz is one of the global leaders in this field and offers comprehensive services from design to manufacture of key components for sludge thickening, dewatering, drying and incineration as well as erection, and start-up of turnkey sludge treatment plants, including automation and safety engineering.

Industrial process technology is another important sector for the Business Area.  Andritz supplies solid/liquid separation systems (heavy duty belt presses, centrifuges, hyperbaric drum and disc filters). Major industries using Andritz industrial process equipment include coal and mineral processing, chemical / petrochemical, and food processing.

In January 2004, Andritz acquired the Bird Machine Company business from Baker Hughes, Inc., which will contribute significantly to the Business Area’s industrial process technologies.  A full range of R&B filter presses, Bird KHD/Humboldt solid and screen bowl centrifuges, and special Bird Humboldt Young Filters complement the Business Area’s existing product range.

The Business Area’s extensive product portfolio in industrial and municipal solid/liquid separation is supplemented by a large range of screens, sieves, and sand filters, offering customers technical solutions for nearly all applications.

The Business Area operates through its headquarters, Andritz AG, Austria, and the following affiliates: Andritz-Ruthner Inc. and Andritz-Bird Inc., USA; Andritz Separation GmbH, Germany; Andritz S.A.S., France; Andritz Ingeniería S.A., Spain; Andritz Technologies Ltd., China; Andritz Ltd., Great Britain; Andritz Pty Ltd., Australia; Andritz Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore; and Andritz 3Sys AG, Switzerland.

Production facilities for machines and components are located in Châteauroux, France; Graz, Austria; Cologne, Germany; Den Helder, Netherlands; Pittsburg, TX, Muncy, PA, Scott Depot, WV, Housten, TX, Lakeland, FL, all in the USA; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Foshan, China; and in Singapore.