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GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH

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Organization GEA Westfalia Separator Group
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Sales Service Production
 48 Sales and Service companies in Europe, North- and Latin America, Asia, Oceania, Africa
 24 Authorized Workshops
Products
 Separators
 Decanters
Field of application
 Beverage Technology
 Dairy Technology
 Renewable Resources
 Chemical / Pharmaceutical Technology
 Marine
 Energy
 Oil & Gas
 Environmental Technology
GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH
Bernd HuberMarkus Hüllmann Jörg Timmermann
 Quality Management
 Process Optimizing
 Production Separators
 Production Decanters
 Plants / Units /
Automation
 Process Technology
Center
Areas of production
 Oelde, Germany
 Niederahr, Germany
 Château-Thierry, France
 Bengaluru, India
 Wuqing, China
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Innovation is Our Tradition
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1893 – 2013
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Separators and Decanters
Core Products
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Separator centrifuges
with bowl diameters from 200 mm up to 1050 mm
Throughput capacity up to 500,000 l/h
Particle size from 0,5 µm
Decanter centrifuges
with bowl diameters from 200 mm up to 1030 mm
Throughput capacity up to 350,000 l/h
Particle size from 5 µm
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Employees Apprentices
Employees (Headcount)
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2919 199
2010
3092 202
2011
3316 216
2012
3425 229
2013

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Employee Equivalents (FTE)
Employee Equivalents
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2853,6
2010
3024,3
2011
3249,4
2012
3362,1
2013

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Apprenticeship
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Industrial trades
 Plant fitter
 Industrial mechanic
 Cutting machine operator
 Electronics installer for operating technology
 Mechatronics fitter
 Material tester, focus metal technology
 Construction mechanic
Technical trades
 Draftsman – specialization: machine and plant engineering
 Computer scientist – specialization: application development
Commercial trades
 Industrial clerk
 Business economist VWA/BA
Sandwich course of studies
 Bachelor of Engineering

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Apprenticeship
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Training Workshop
 GEA Westfalia Separator has an in-house apprentice workshop which
is moreover the oldest (since 1924) in our regional Association of
Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
 In-house tuition for all trades
 Investments in training –
highly qualified and practice-oriented training
 Training quota 9% -
GEA Westfalia Separator is therefore above the VDMA average level
 Currently about 200 apprentices

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GEA Westfalia Separator
Château-Thierry, France Wuqing, China
Oelde, Germany Niederahr, Germany
Bengaluru, India
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Production Facilities
GEA Westfalia Separator 85.400 m² covered area 18.000 m² covered area
15.000 m² covered area 3.700 m² covered area 30.000 m² covered area
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Customer Benefit: Worldwide Organization
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Globally more than 50 sales and service companies

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Level of Innovation
Order intake with innovative products (technology not older than 3 years)
Jan – Dec. 2011 Jan – Dec. 2012
56,1% 67,8%
Customized
66,0% 58,1%
Standardized
58,1% 65,9%
GEA WS Group
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Quality Management
TÜV certificates according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008
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Environmental Management & Industrial Safety
TÜV certificates according to DIN EN ISO 14001:2004 und BS OHAS 18001:2007
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External Success Factors
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Food
Dairy technology, Beverage technology
Starch technology, Fish, meat, fat
Oils and fats processing
7.111.960.000Growth of world population
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Environment / Infrastructure
Power generation / Environmental technology
Logistics / shipping
Life Science
Chemicals / pharmaceuticals / Industrial
biotechnology / Biodiesel / bioethanol

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Chemical / Pharmaceutical Technology
Quality in its purest form
Renewable Resources
Efficient handling is the order of the day
Dairy Technology
Natural, fresh & maximum functionality
Beverage Technology
Growing markets – growing demands
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Fields of Application
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Oil & Gas
Permanent availability under extreme
conditions
Environmental Technology
Competence in environmental
technology
Marine
Economical challenges and
Environmental protection
Energy
Quality of life and economic growth
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Fields of Application
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Fields of Application Beverage Technology
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Kieselgur-free beer filtration Premium juices through GEA Westfalia
Separator frupex technology
Clarification of must with the
GEA Westfalia Separator vinex process
Purest tea extracts

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Fields of Application Dairy Technology
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Bacteria removal, clarification and
standardization of milk
Cold milk separation with the GEA
Westfalia Separator procool process
More milk protein for higher performance:
GEA Westfalia Separator proplus
Special applications of dairy technology:
butter, butter oil, etc.

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Concentration of wheat gluten Refining of edible oil Processing of baker‘s yeast
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Extraction of soy protein Production of biodiesel and bioethanol Processing of fish and meat by-products
Fields of Application Renewable Resources
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Fields of Application Chemical / Pharmaceutical Technology
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Organic, inorganic and petro chemistry Production of vaccines
Direct extraction of antibiotics Production of metal and industrial minerals

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Sea water desalination Treatment of bilgewater
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BilgeMaster® cleandesign
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Treatment and conditioning of fuel oil Treatment of lube oil and hydraulic oil
Treatment of sludge containing oil
and water
Fields of Application Marine
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Lube oil treatment for diesel engines
and turbines
Sludge treatment for gas turbines and
diesel engines
Waste water treatment for gas turbines
and diesel engines
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Fuel conditioning systems for diesel
engines
Fuel treatment for diesel engines Fuel conditioning for gas turbines
Fields of Application Energy
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Treatment of drilling mud
Cleaning and disposal of mixtures of oil,
chemicals and water (waste and slop oil)
Cleaning of bitumen (oil sand)
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Treatment of fuel and lube oil
Treatment of coolant emulsions
and washing liquids
Dewatering of crude oil and
deoiling of „Produced Water“
Fields of Application Oil & Gas
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Dewatering and thickening of municipal
sewage sludge
Solutions for industrial
waste water applications
Treatment of drinking water
Fields of Application Environmental Technology
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State-of-the-art manufacturing technology
Centre of competence for maximum
separation efficiency
Speed to market
Innovative strength for new products
and processes
Qualified Employees
Internal and external training and
further training
Engineering made in Oelde
Systems and controls from a single source
Technology centre for process
engineering
More security in the investment decisionGEA Westfalia Separator
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Customer benefit through added value
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Field Service
Our service technicians are based where
our customers need them
Condition monitoring
Continuous monitoring for higher
reliability
Customer Training
Perfect service lives from personal
dialogue
Service worldwide
Represented worldwide by more than 50
sales and service companies
Original Manufacturer Service
Service Solutions from GEA WSGEA Westfalia Separator
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Original Manufacturer Service
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Customers
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