Green alliance for sustainable production

Eisenmann and Ritter XL Solar offer an energy concept for large-scale ­industrial installations­

The internationally operating plant manufacturing company Eisenmann and Ritter XL Solar, the subsidiary of the Ritter Group, specializing in large-scale solar heating installations, will be ensuring an optimum energy balance in production. The joint business model allows use of solar heating installations in large-scale projects and makes a crucial contribution towards reducing primary energy demand and, thus, energy costs of a factory.

Energy-efficient, environment-friendly products and resource-conserving pro­cesses are and will remain the fundamental element of sustained production. “In future, it will no longer suffice to have simply green plant engineering or simply a green process step. The entire factory has to be green to be able to offer the consumer an environment-friendly end-product that meets this target even as regards the production chain”, says Dr Kersten Christoph Link, Member of the Board of Eisenmann AG.

 

Cooperation at eye level

The Ritter solar heating modules have proven repeatedly successful for use in large-scale projects. For example, a total area of 1 330 m² was equipped with what is still the largest vacuum-tube collector solar installation worldwide at Festo in Ess­lingen, Germany, in 2007. It supplies process heat and assists heating and cooling. Ritter XL Solar uses only ­water as the heat transfer medium, thus avoiding the use of anti-freeze, an environmental pollutant. To date, Ritter XL Solar has planned and implemented around 150 large-scale installations with a total area of approximately 20 000 m².
Eisenmann has many years of experience in handling large-scale, international projects. Moreover, Eisenmann has experience in pre-assembly and final assembly in largescale projects and the family-owned business, from Böblingen, Germany, is firmly anchored on the market. High-quality pipes, such as those produced by Eisenmann itself, are another essential factor for success with large-scale solar heating installations.
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