BVG, Bauer-Verfahrenstechnik-GmbH, of Greifenberg/Ammersee in Germany, is fully booked with orders right now. This situation has been ongoing for several years and is extraordinary considering the weak demand for investment projects that paper industry suppliers have been experiencing during that time. What are the factors that have enabled BVG to avoid this negative impact and enjoy continuously high demand?
There are two primary drivers for that situation. The first is innovative and high quality of BVG products. The second is the growth of packaging grades and corrugating. The packaging market is extremely fast-growing due to increasing online shopping and its associated increase in shipping.
In 2015 BVG was able to negotiate a remarkable number of orders that boosted the BVG market share of pearl starch processing systems to over 90% in Europe. As of this writing BVG has delivered over 175 Super-ECC® (Enzyme-Continuous-Conversion) pearl starch systems to the worldwide market. Core markets are Europe, Asia and, with increasing demand, North America.
Steady innovations and improvements to the Super-ECC® system, like NoPoll™ (Zero effluent) or the unique, highly efficient, High Turbulence Process®, impress customers and enhance the image of BVG in the industry.
BVG has created a special marketing concept to promote innovative technologies to by providing full-scale production systems that can be rented and trialed by customers in parallel with their existing equipment.
Paper mills that rent BVG systems enjoy dramatic savings due to reduced starch demand, without requiring any capital investment, and while meeting or exceeding their current production rates and paper quality.
BVG starch technology enables the paper mill toswitch from modified starch (oxidizedor ethylated starch) to native starch, or replacing existing starch processing systems already running on native starch.
The BVG starch technology providestremendous direct costsavings and also reduces starch demand significantly (up to 20%) when comparedto other nativestarch degradation technologies. Additionally, BVG offers 24-hoursupportwith remote Internet connectivity, a full supply of spare parts (both on-site and in BVGwarehouse facilities), and tailor-made enzyme (“Superzyme”) that is optimized for the BVG starch technology.
This “full-service” concept has found awarm welcome in the paper industry. It gives paper makers more time to concentrate on paper making and leave starch processing to the BVG professionals. BVG also holds a strong position in special continuous coating kitchensfor CWT-Liner. Advantages are full automation, high flexibility with no waste of coating color, very low energy consumption,and low investment costs.
BVG’s broad product linecoversthe entirespectrum of chemicals processed in paper mills. This is a wide field, considering there are up to forty (or more) chemicals required in paper production.
This broad product line enables BVG customers to realizesignificant savings beyond the reduction ofstarch demand.It is also possible to reduce or eliminate other functional chemicals,like defoamers and deaerators.
For example, BVG has developed a mechanicaldeaerator, the BVG Super-ExAir SP®, thatcan completelyeliminate gas and air from thecoating. This is very importantincurtain coatingapplications.
Steady innovation isthe best way to meetfutureneeds in an ever-changing environment. BVG’s commitment to value added by creating quality products throughcontinuous innovation rests in our slogan: BVG Best Value Guaranteed!
