[INDUSTRY NEWS]
Teufelberger Opens New Technology and Training Center Teufelberger’s new technology and training center located at the Vogelweide site in Weis, Austria was inaugurated on September 23rd costing upward of 3.5 million euros. The facility will be used by Teufelberger has created a training and technology center intended to promote networking, innovation, and creativity with regard to the manufacturer of ropes and strapping. “On the first upper floor, we installed a technology level. Finally, the development departments of Fiber Rope and Fibers+Plastics as well as Industrial Engineering and the Technical Office are all on the same floor”, says Florian Teufelberger, CEO of the TEUFELBERGER Group. “T-Bird, which is the name we have given to our blue T, offers space for creativity, for exploring new ideas. We offer our staff areas for communicating and so-called thinker zones where they can exchange ideas and, together, work on new products and solutions”. In addition to pioneering innovative
products and processes, TEUFELBERGER places particular emphasis on providing training and education opportunities to its staff members. Therefore, T-Bird features training rooms where TEUFELBERGER can conduct in-house courses, workshops, and seminars. The new building also includes a gym. Within the scope of the TEUFELBERGER Academy’s new curriculum (in-house training and education program), staff members are given the opportunity for a health check. On request, they will also be provided with a personal training plan featuring workouts that can be done in the gym. “When constructing this building, our goal was to create a pleasant atmosphere while keeping energy consumption at a minimum”, says Teufelberger. “The energy consumption of T-Bird amounts to about 45 kWh/m² per year. By comparison, the average consumption in existing buildings in Austria is 120 kWh/ m² per year.” Thanks to intelligent building services (system-guided shading, brightness control for lighting, etc.) and heating by means of a biomass power plant and a heat pump, TEUFELBERGER succeeded in achieving this goal and in making yet another contribution toward protecting the environment. In order to continue working toward
environmental protection, TEUFELBERGER decided to adapt the existing office building at our Vogelweide site in line with current
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energy standards. The rebuilding work that is currently being carried out is scheduled to be finished by the end of November. What is more, only this week investments in machinery for our two locations in Wels and amounting to more than 7 million euros were greenlighted. The Vogelweide site is where TEUFELBERGER is headquartered. Its Fiber Rope and Fibers+Plastics divisions with their sales and development departments and their manufacturing facilities are based at Vogelweide. This location is also home to service departments such as Accounting, IT, Human Resources, Purchasing, etc. Manufactured products include strapping, baler twines, and industrial ropes. Since 2006, a biomass power plant, capable of covering the energy demand of more than 2,000 single-family homes, has been in use. The waste heat generated is used to produce the cooling power needed to cool machines and halls.
DNV Class for World’s Largest Heavy Lift Vessel Rotterdam: Dockwise’s new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, will be able to lift and transport units of up to 110,000 tonnes. The maximum capacity of an existing vessel is 75,000 tonnes. With its width of nearly 80 meters and length of 275 meters, this is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to be built in accordance with DNV’s new class rules for this type of ship. The vessel has no forecastle, which allows it to carry cargo of ”unlimited”
length. Its deckhouse is mainly positioned outside its hull, allowing it to carry 70 meter wide cargo. “As DNV is perceived to be the leading class society when it comes to heavy lift vessels, and as Dockwise is a front runner within this ship segment, the two organizations have cooperated to ensure this new innovative vessel meets all the safety standards,” says DNV Regional Manager Central Europe Torgeir Sterri. “Not only were DNV’s existing
rules essential for scaling up this unique semisubmersible heavy lift vessel concept, but DNV’s risk assessment capabilities were also key to meeting all the SOLAS requirements for this unconventional design,” he adds. At the annual gala for the Dutch maritime
cluster, the Royal Dutch Association of Shipowners chose the Dockwise Vanguard as the most innovative and daring project launched by the Dutch maritime sector during the past year. When accepting this award, Dockwise’s CEO André Goedée expressed his appreciation of the Dutch flag administration and DNV.
“I am pleased and impressed by the way
the owner, flag and class have managed to work together. By thinking ‘outside the box’, we have been able to form a new concept and bring the whole industry a huge step forward,” he said. The vessel is going to be built by Hyundai
Heavy Industries in Korea. Its keel will be laid in December and the vessel is due to be delivered in October 2012, when its first cargo will be ready to be transported from South-East Asia to Brazil. y
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