Bilfinger Piping Technologies
| Bilfinger Piping Technologies GmbH (formerly BHR high-pressure pipeline construction) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1947 |
| Seat |
Oberhausen , Germany
|
| management | Günter Rychlik, Johannes Koenen |
| Number of employees | 1000 (2015) |
| Branch | Plant construction |
| Website | www.piping.bilfinger.com |
Bilfinger Piping Technologies GmbH (formerly known as Essener High Pressure Pipeline Construction / BHR High Pressure Pipeline Construction ) was a company based in Oberhausen that specialized in the construction of pipeline systems for plant construction . The company is the European market leader in the construction of high-pressure pipelines for water-steam circuits in power plants and has decades of experience in engineering, prefabrication and assembly. The special competence lies in the processing of materials that are constantly being further developed for use in efficient, thermally highly stressed, modern power plants.
Products
The company planned, designed, manufactured and installed piping systems for:
- conventional and nuclear power plants (especially water-steam cycle )
- Chemistry and petrochemistry
- Steel and metallurgical industry
One focus is on special materials for systems with high thermal or chemical loads.
history
The company was founded in 1947 as Essener High Pressure Pipeline Construction (EHR). A few years later (1956) the company was taken over by VRB (United Pipeline Construction), which later became Thyssen Rohrleitungsbau . As part of a triangular deal, EHR went to Mannesmann in 1970 together with the entire pipe construction division of Thyssen . From 1995 EHR belonged to Mannesmann Demag Energie- und Umwelttechnik (MDEU). 1999 Technip takes over MDEU . 2002 Sale to investors (Capiton, BBN) and EHR management.
In 2006, Bilfinger Berger bought the company. In June 2006 the antitrust authorities approved the purchase. Bilfinger Berger, the company integrated into the division Power Services of the business segment Services . At the turn of the year 2007/2008 the company changed its name and E HR became B HR. In 2012, BHR was renamed Bilfinger Piping Technologies.
Current
In 2014, Bilfinger Piping Technologies and Babcock Borsig Steinmüller announced that they wanted to lay off up to 300 employees due to a decline in orders and that they wanted to introduce short-time working from 2015.
Bilfinger wants to reorganize itself with the future strategy "Bilfinger 2020", for this purpose the companies Babcock Borsig Steinmüller, Bilfinger Piping Technologies and parts of Babcock Noell will be merged. The new company has existed since September 1, 2017 and is called Bilfinger Engineering & Technologies GmbH (BET). As a result of the restructuring, 180 jobs were lost, mainly in Oberhausen, Berlin and Stuttgart.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ piping.bilfinger.com
- ↑ piping.bilfinger.com
- ↑ a b Bilfinger Piping Technologies website
- ↑ Klara van Eyll (ed.), Beate Brüninghaus (ed.), Sibylle Grube-Bannasch (ed.): Deutsche Wirtschaftsarchive. Evidence of historical sources in companies, corporations under public law (chambers) and associations of the Federal Republic of Germany , 3rd edition 1994. Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 978-3-515-06211-4
- ^ Frank Helling: Mass layoffs at power plant builders in Oberhausen. November 15, 2014, accessed April 30, 2019 .
- ^ RP ONLINE: Oberhausen: Bilfinger cuts 180 jobs, especially in Oberhausen. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .