Gebrüder Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH (Paderborn, Germany; www.loedige.de) has received the largest order in the history of the company: A Chinese company from the fine chemicals sector has ordered four mixing reactors of the DVT type from the company. The customized machines — with a total value in the upper single-digit million range — are to be shipped to China in the second half of 2017.
The customer is investing in these new machines to, on the one hand, increase their production capacities and, on the other hand, to enhance their product quality. Furthermore, these machines will allow the company to meet the requirements as laid down by the Chinese environmental authorities. Lödige was selected primarily for the mechanical engineering company’s experience in process and apparatus engineering. In addition, being mixer experts, Lödiges’ ability and know-how to produce machines in accordance with Chinese pressure vessel regulations. Like all Lödige machines, these four mixing reactors — with a volume of over 20 m3 each — will be produced especially for the customer. This order emphasizes the importance of the Asian market for Lödige: Lödige expects over a quarter of its orders to come from this region for this year.