Andritz Hydro
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| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Wolfgang Semper, Friedrich Papst (Pumps) |
| Number of employees | approx. 7266 (Q1 2011) |
| sales | 1.8 billion euros (2012) |
| Branch | Hydropower , power generation , automation , controllable pitch propellers |
| Website | www.andritz.com/hydro |
Andritz Hydro GmbH is an Austrian company in the field of complete electromechanical systems for hydropower plants . The company is a division of the Graz-based Andritz Group . The company employs around 7,266 people at several locations, the largest being Vienna, Linz, Weiz, Kriens , Vevey and Ravensburg. Until December 31, 2008 the company operated as VA Tech Hydro .
history
Andritz Hydro GmbH (until 2009: VA Tech Hydro) was created in 2000 through the merger of Sulzer Hydro , Escher-Wyss , the hydro activities of MCE and ELIN .
The Escher Wyss AG in 1805 and Sulzer AG founded 1834 in Zurich. In 1969, Escher Wyss was completely taken over by Sulzer and renamed Sulzer Escher Wyss. In 1995 the name was changed to Sulzer Hydro, which was taken over by VA Tech in 1999 and was called VA Tech Escher Wyss after the integration in 2000. The location in Ravensburg is an important location for the machine and plant construction of Andritz Hydro.
In 1892 the Pichlerwerke were founded in Weiz . The name ELIN first appeared in 1922. This was followed by the merger with the AEG Union, from which the ELIN UNION AG emerged. In 1989 ELIN was split up into ELIN energy application and ELIN energy supply. Andritz Hydro's most important generator production site is in Weiz.
VOEST-ALPINE MCE was founded in Linz in 1989 and bought Hydro Vevey in 1990, among others. In 1999 the Hydro division was taken over by VA TECH and is called VA TECH VOEST MCE after being integrated into VA TECH HYDRO in 2000. A large part of the steel and apparatus construction is carried out in Linz.
VA Technologie AG was founded in 1994, the group consisted of 4 divisions.
- Metallurgy technology, VOEST-Alpine industrial plant construction , today Primetals.
- Power Generation, VA Tech Hydro
- Power transmission and distribution, VA Tech T&D, today part of Siemens PTD
- Infrastructure, VA Tech Elin EBG , today Siemens ELIN
In 2005 the VA TECH Group was taken over by Siemens. VA Tech Hydro had to sell this again for anti-trust reasons. The range of gas and steam combined cycle power plants of VA Tech Hydro remained also at Siemens and is now part of the Siemens Energy Sector .
VA Tech Hydro has been owned by Andritz AG since 2006 and is now known as Andritz Hydro. The company was involved in the construction of the Ataturk Dam , the Goldisthal pumped storage plant , Karun-3 , the Freudenau power plant and the Malta power plants .
Business areas
In addition to Alstom Power and Voith Hydro, Andritz Hydro is an international supplier of hydraulic machines and electrical equipment for power generation and is divided into the following areas:
- Large Hydro
- Large turnkey systems for hydropower plants with the associated weir and dam systems , water turbines & generators , shut-off devices, pressure pipes, locking devices (throttle valves, ball valves), automation (control, protection, excitation, turbine regulators) and hydromatrix systems.
- Compact Hydro
- Small and medium-sized hydropower plants with high availability and economic operation
- Hydro Service & Rehab
- Modernization and automation of existing hydropower plants, partial renewal of individual plant components with an increase in plant efficiency, maintenance and repair
- pumps
- pump
- Generator turbo
- Turbo generators for gas and steam turbines in cooperation with General Electric
- Controllable pitch propeller
- Manufacture of controllable pitch propellers for marine and luxury yachts
criticism
In 2019, the Addendum research platform, in cooperation with Corretiv, published the allegations of a former managing director of the Andritz Hydro subsidiary in Morelia, Mexico. In 2009 he "witnessed a bribery system that aimed to win contracts in Venezuela through hidden payments to decision-makers."
Web links
- Company website
- Andritz Hydro on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ facts and figures 2012. (PDF 1.2 MB) Andritz Hydro, accessed on October 21, 2013 .
- ↑ Stefan Melichar, Rainer Fleckl, Monika Müller: Andritz and Venezuela: Ex-Managers raise allegations of bribery. In: [[Addendum (research platform) |]]. April 10, 2019, accessed April 19, 2019 .