BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG

Automated materials handling specialists BEUMER Group South America has been awarded two contracts by Gerdau S.A. to supply stockyard machines to the Gerdau Açominas Ouro Branco steel plant (Figure 1). The double win will see BEUMER Group South America supply a new FAM bridge type bucket wheel reclaimer, one stacker and one reclaimer boom type for use in the stockyards of Gerdau’s steel plant. The project scope, aimed at enhancing the steel plant’s operational efficiency, also includes engineering, purchasing, fabrication (including inspection), transport to site and site services.

Gerdau S.A. is one of the leading long steel producers in the Americas and one of the largest recyclers and special steel suppliers in the world. The Gerdau Açominas steel plant in Ouro Branco/MG is the company’s flagship facility in Brazil with a production capacity of over eight million tonnes of steel per year.

The steel plant has been operational for more than 30 years and needed to install new machines and replace some in its stockyard to ensure the continued efficiency of its iron ore operations. Under one contract, BEUMER South America will supply a new FAM bucket wheel reclaimer – bridge type with two bucket wheels and a 36-meter bridge conveyor. The plant is designed for a capacity of around 1,200 tonnes per hour. The other order is for an iron ore stacker with a boom of 30 meters, which is designed for an output of 1,700 tonnes per hour, and reclaimer with a boom of 43 meters, which is designed for an output of 975 tonnes per hour.

The significant contract award follows BEUMER Group’s acquisition and integration of the former FAM operations in Brazil, Peru and Chile. Commenting on the win, Bruno Rocha Ribeiro, Head of Project Management, BEUMER Brazil, says: “Securing both contracts from Gerdau S.A. for this steel plant upgrade against stiff international and local competition is testament to the expertise and professionalism of our team in Brazil. By combining the skills and expertise inherent in the FAM and BEUMER brands, we excel in mining and handling iron ore in challenging environments. We are continuing to deploy solutions that improve efficiency and drive down operational costs for our customers. We look forward to further developing the relationship with Gerdau S.A. and supporting their aim to modernise iron ore operations at this flagship site.”

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BEUMER Group has extended its presence in South America with the integration of the former FAM operations in Brazil, Peru and Chile. The move follows the acquisition of FAM Minerals & Mining GmbH in 2022. Now known as BEUMER Group South America, the former FAM operations have become an integral part of the BEUMER family and will offer customers access to the full range of BEUMER automated material handling solutions and services. This milestone demonstrates BEUMER Group’s long-term commitment to customers throughout South America and represents a significant investment into the region.

Continuity of service is assured as Paulo Costa, former head of FAM operations in the region, has been appointed as the new CEO of BEUMER South America. Paulo says: “FAM had a strong reputation within the mining and minerals industry in Brazil, Peru, Chile and beyond, which gives us a strong foundation to build upon. As part of BEUMER Group, we will continue to support our customers in mining and minerals, while also expanding our reach to offer high quality handling solutions for airports, ports and terminals, warehousing and logistics to customers throughout South America.”

BEUMER Group offers global expertise through local presence and puts the customer at the heart of its business. By combining the skills and expertise inherent in the FAM and BEUMER brands, the teams based in Brazil, Peru and Chile will support customers throughout South America to deploy handling solutions that improve efficiency and drive down operational costs. The strategically located offices further enable BEUMER Group to respond quickly and efficiently to support customers in the region, delivering outstanding solutions at every stage of the project life cycle to meet the necessary standards and certifications.

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FAM Group has been part of the BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, since May 2022. FAM plans, designs and manufactures turnkey plant and systems to extract, transport, load and store minerals, raw materials and goods. Through this acquisition, BEUMER has considerably strengthened its market position in the minerals and mining sectors. But what is FAM?

FAM is a globally active manufacturer of conveyor systems which has its headquarters in Magdeburg/Germany (Figure 1). The mid-sized company is one of the world’s leading full-range bulk handling and processing equipment suppliers. The company’s journey started with the construction of steam engines in the mid-19th century. Over a period of just a few decades starting in the 1830s, Magdeburg witnessed the growth of one of Germany’s major industrial centers. In the early 20th century, the industrial areas in and around Magdeburg continued to grow. Increasing numbers of technical innovations first saw the light of day here, e. g., the first double-portal excavators for coal mining, which were developed and built by the company.

During World War 2, and more precisely on 16th January 1945, Magdeburg was almost completely destroyed for the second time in its history. Due to the changed political circumstances, Magdeburger Maschinenfabriken – as FAM was called at the time – became a state-owned company. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, industry in Magdeburg and the mechanical engineering sector in the area underwent a deep-seated structural change. The majority of the businesses in the area were unable to keep pace. FAM Förderanlagen Magdeburg, which was the new name of the company, was more fortunate: In 1993, it was privatized and able to make a fresh start.

A difficult period of modernization followed. FAM stayed the course and developed from being a component manufacturer and supplier to become a general contractor offering custom-built conveyor solutions. Nowadays, the provider supplies state-of-the-art machines for the extraction, handling and preparation of raw materials. FAM is one of the global market leaders in its sector. The company stands out for its impressive, high-level engineering expertise. In this way, FAM is successfully continuing the tradition of mechanical engineering in Magdeburg. The Group has subsidiaries around the globe. It has customers in more than 80 countries. These rely on the bulk materials handling equipment, loading systems and opencast mining technology from Magdeburg to transport raw materials or extend port facilities. FAM offers consulting, planning, development, design engineering, assembly and commissioning services, all from a single supplier. However, the company’s range of activities also includes quality management and monitoring, maintenance, conversions and service.

In addition to expanding the BEUMER’s portfolio, FAM’s expertise and global positioning also complement BEUMER’s competence in the planning of plant and equipment projects. The company brings planning, engineering and the entire value chain to BEUMER, as well as aftersales service.

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With the acquisition of one of the leading companies for air supported belt conveyors, The Hendrik Group Inc., the BEUMER Group is expanding its portfolio in the field of bulk material transport. In particular, the handling of alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) confirms BEUMER’s commitment towards sustainability and is at the same time fully complementary to the current technologies offering ensuring an even broader customer benefit. The technology also generates additional potential in the field of bulk material handling of sensitive materials when it comes to preventing hazardous substances from being released into the environment.

The BEUMER Group, a leading international manufacturer of intralogistics systems in the fields of conveying and loading systems, palletizing and packaging technology as well as sorting and distribution systems, is committed to sustainable corporate development. An important component of the high ecological standards that the specialist based in Beckum, Germany, has set for itself is its future-oriented conveying and system technologies for bulk materials. With the now completed acquisition of the Hendrik Group, a leading US manufacturer of air supported belt conveyors, BEUMER Group is expanding its portfolio and strengthening its market position in both the cement and the minerals and mining industry.

Markus Schmidt, CEO of BEUMER Corporation in Somerset, New Jersey, USA, is very pleased with the acquisition: “The Hendrik Group specializes in the efficient and environmentally friendly transport of bulk materials. This aligns very well with our goals of bringing sustainable products to the market and improving our customers’ carbon footprint.” The BEUMER Group has been established in the market for decades with innovative bulk material technologies and the air supported belt conveyors ideally complements the BEUMER portfolio. In the very core of the technology an air cushion is used to support the belt and the load. The result is a weatherproof and dustproof transport solution that is quiet, clean and efficient.

Founded in 1983 by Henk Hartsuiker and based in Woodbury, Connecticut, USA, the Hendrik Group has become one of the leading manufacturers in the bulk materials handling industry with customers all over the world. Operations Manager Rik Hartsuiker believes that his father’s many years of experience and expertise in air supported conveying technology are now in the best hands: “We hope my father’s legacy is safe in BEUMER’s care and are confident that they will be as committed to the further development of air supported conveying systems as we were.”

“In recent years, we have often had constructive discussions with the Hendrik Group about international cooperation in the field of air supported belt conveying systems. The acquisition of this internationally successful company is the logical consequence of these constructive discussions,” adds Kay Wieczorek, Head of the Center of Competence (CoC) Product Business of the BEUMER Group. “The qualitative expansion of our products is a great opportunity for us: we will continue to develop the groundbreaking technology of air supported belt conveyors for our customers and in terms of sustainability.”

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The BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG, Beckum/Germany, now has a new partner, V-LINE, which will support it in projects in Saudi Arabia and help to give customers better local service (Figure 1). The system provider BEUMER is continuing to expand its activities and customer support in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on the cement, building material and petrochemical industries as well as minerals and mining.

BEUMER is strengthening its presence in Saudi Arabia, which has been one of its important markets for years. In the future, it intends to put a stronger focus on sales in the region. Support will be provided by V-LINE EUROPE GmbH and its subsidiary V-Line Middle East, based in Jubail. V-LINE began as a small company in northern Germany in 1979 and now has more than 200 employees worldwide. Based in Sehnde near Hanover, it offers end-to-end supply chains for companies in 20 countries. It has subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia and other countries of the Middle East, plus customer service centers in the Gulf region, USA, Mexico and Brazil. As a specialist in maintenance, repair and operations (MRO), it has increased its know-how for more than four decades, enabling its industrial customers to operate in promising growth markets, minimize risks and cut costs.

The new partner’s customer base and expertise are perfectly matched to ­BEUMER’s business areas. V-LINE will support ­BEUMER in projects in Saudi Arabia.

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BEUMER Group delivers palletiser to Indonesian cement manufacturer PT Semen Tonasa:

PT SemenTonasa ‘s plant on the island of Bali has commissioned BEUMER Group to supply a palletising system for 40 and 50 kilogram bags. This enables the manufacturer to accelerate processes and relieve his personnel of heavy physical work. The target: installation and commissioning should take place in the third quarter of 2022.

PT Semen Tonasa is part of Semen Indonesia Group, the largest cement manufacturer in Southeast Asia. In Indonesia alone, the group has a market share of more than 50%. At its Celukan Bawang plant on the island of Bali, employees stack the 40 and 50 kg cement bags on pallets, which are then fed into the packaging system. A fork-lift truck takes the palletised and packaged stacks and loads them onto the loading spaces of the trucks. For the personnel, this is not only physically very strenuous, but also takes a lot of time. In order to accelerate this process and relieve the personnel, PT Semen Tonasa has commissioned BEUMER Group to supply a layer palletiser.

The cement manufacturer has opted for the palletiser of the system supplier, because the system exactly complies with the required technical specifications. The palletiser is characterised by its very good stack quality and its reliability. A multi-program interface includes all common packing patterns, and can be individually adjusted to the different requirements of the building materials industries.

Global influences such as delivery bottlenecks, shortages of raw materials and logistics problems continue to massively disrupt the supply chains. Nevertheless, the system provider will be able to send the machine to the customer in seven months. The target is to install and commission the machine in the third quarter of 2022.

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bauma is the world’s foremost meeting point for the construction, building materials and mining machinery industry – and the BEUMER Group will present its extensive product portfolio to visitors in Hall B2 at Booth 413 from October 24-30 in Munich. Since May of this year, the full-service provider has been offering its entire product spectrum, ranging from bulk material handling, and processing plants to conveyor technology. Customers are provided with complete material transport solutions from a single source. The BEUMER Group has been firmly anchored in the bulk solids handling technology market for decades. The acquisition of the FAM Group in May significantly strengthened the system provider’s position in the minerals and mining markets. The FAM Group has its headquarters in Magdeburg, Germany. It is an internationally active, medium-sized group and a manufacturer of systems for opencast mining, stockyards, mineral processing, ports, conveying and loading.

As one of the leading suppliers, the BEUMER Group offers machines along the entire transport chain for bulk goods. Efficient solutions, including the extraction, conveying, loading, storage and processing of various raw materials, are developed and implemented for various industries. The BEUMER Group combines many years of serial production know-how with customized manufacturing experience, offering high-quality engineering and extensive services. The Group’s employees are highly skilled in loading systems, opencast mining, storage, processing, conveying, and port technologies.

The BEUMER Group delivers turnkey complexes for the extraction, transport, and processing of raw materials, thanks to its wide range of large-scale equipment and individual machines for opencast mining, such as bucket wheel excavators, belt wagons and conveyor systems. Mine operators can transport various bulk materials with BEUMER’s pipe and overland conveyors, even over long distances and above terrain which is often rough and impassable. Steep gradients and tight curve radii enable individual routes to be adapted to the topography and the task at hand. The BEUMER Group can customize the systems to match the conveying task and topography exactly. The system provider relies on modern planning and layout tools to support plant operators early in the project and design the ideal conveying solution together with the customer.

Sand and gravel, clay and limestone, gypsum, building site rubble – the reference list of the BEUMER Group’s materials is extensive. From a technical standpoint, the systems are always at the heart of production. The product portfolio includes extensive storage space technology, loading systems and various crushing & screening plants, including impact, hammer, single & double-roll crushers, plus many more crushers and mills.

Cement works rely on the BEUMER Group’s conveying solutions to move limestone over long distances from the quarry to the plant, making operations more sustainable and reducing the plant’s ecological footprint. The product range includes continuous ship unloaders with bucket elevators, mobile ship loading systems and stationery & movable ship loaders. The BEUMER portfolio also provides storage space technology for ports, enabling them to handle many types of bulk goods. Loading heads ensure fast and dust-free loading of bulk goods into silo vehicles or rail cars. The Group also offers loading and unloading systems for bags, enabling rail cars and ships to be dealt with quickly and safely. The BEUMER autopac automatically loads cement-filled bags onto truck beds, gently and in the desired packing pattern. The Group also offers complete high-performance packaging lines for bagged bulk goods, ranging from filling and palletizing lines to stretch hood packaging.

Joint team spirit

The BEUMER Group and FAM will showcase their products together in the trade fair booth in Munich. The Magdeburg-based company has been part of the BEUMER Group since May this year. The FAM Group plans, designs, and manufactures turnkey plants and systems for mining, extracting, loading and storing minerals, raw materials and goods. In addition to expanding the BEUMER Group’s portfolio, FAM’s know-how and global positioning also complement BEUMER’s competence in the project planning of plants. FAM brings planning, engineering, and the entire value chain to the BEUMER Group, as well as aftersales service.

The BEUMER Group at bauma: Hall B2, Booth 413

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With Rudolf Hausladen, the BEUMER Group has a new CEO. What does this mean for the group of companies? And what is planned for the future? Together with Dr. Christoph Beumer, the new CEO answered questions about the industry and current topics at a global Media Meeting.

 “I want to continue to lead the company in the same tradition and spirit of the BEUMER family,” Rudolf Hausladen promises. He has been the new CEO since 1^st of June 2022 and succeeds Dr. Christoph Beumer, who has led BEUMER Group as CEO for more than 20 years and will move to the Advisory Board by the end of the year. Under the title “Change of Management at BEUMER Group”, the group organised an international Media Meeting at the beginning of August. Trade press journalists from five continents were represented, reporting to the cement and building materials industries as well as to sectors such as mining, intralogistics, packaging technology, chemicals and petrochemicals.

What is the market situation in the individual industries? What strategies does the BEUMER Group have, and what developments and innovations is the systems provider currently working on? Dr. Christoph Beumer and Rudolf Hausladen will deal with these important topics for the future.

Under the leadership of Dr. Christoph Beumer, the company has developed from a German mechanical engineering company into an international systems supplier and plant manufacturer. The focus is always on quality leadership in order to provide customers with the best possible solutions for their business. With now more than 5,000 employees representing the BEUMER culture worldwide, the business volume amounts of about 1.1 billion euros. Long-term and far-sighted decisions, such as anti-cyclical acquisitions, have had a lasting positive impact on the business. This also includes the acquisition of FAM Magdeburg. This expands the BEUMER Group’s portfolio in bulk solids technology.

“We are only successful with a deep understanding of our customers’ business and processes,” Rudolf Hausladen is convinced. “This is the key to understanding their challenges and being able to offer the best solutions for them.”

Rudolf Hausladen wants to use this knowledge and also strategically align the BEUMER Group’s digital offering with the ever-growing market requirements. Customers should benefit from clear added value through smart software solutions. The aim is to achieve the best possible results in optimising customer processes, for example in e-commerce, in the CEP sector, in materials handling technology or in baggage handling at airports. Data analytics is playing an increasingly important role in generating further information in real time. “The demand for software solutions in intralogistics is immense and will continue to increase in the coming years,” adds Hausladen.

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The BEUMER Group goes online with its Mining Knowledge Hub – www.beumer.com/mining-hub: Users can expect highly informative news from the sector. The platform is continuously being expanded.

Are belt conveyors more profitable than trucks for transporting raw materials as efficiently as possible from the open pit mine to processing or shipping facilities which are usually several miles away? If so, are there any examples for successfully installed system solutions for this? How can the belt of a conveyor system be replaced without long downtimes? And what impact is digitalization having on the mining industry? How can a mine operator respond to trends, and what influences the industry in the first place? These are just a few of the questions that the BEUMER Group’s experts will fully answer in the Mining Knowledge Hub and also address in the future. In-depth, real-world expertise awaits users, providing guidance for their daily challenges.

“We will regularly fill this knowledge platform with new content that is relevant to the industry,” promises Dr. Kilian Neubert, Global Head of Mining, BEUMER Group. Users can find the presented information at www.beumer.com/mining-hub. The new knowledge platform is available in English for the global market.

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The BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, a leading international manufacturer of intralogistics systems in the field of conveying and loading systems, palletizing and packaging technology, sorting and distribution systems has acquired FAM GmbH, a supplier of conveying systems and loading technology. The contracts were signed with the aim of completing the transaction until the end of May 2022.

This significantly strengthens BEUMER´s market position in the large equipment sector as well. The FAM Group, with headquarters in Magdeburg (Figure 1), is an internationally operating medium-sized group with a tradition as a manufacturer of conveying systems going back to the 19th century. FAM is one of the world’s leading full-range suppliers of bulk materials handling and processing plants. FAM successfully plans, designs, and manufactures turnkey plants and systems for mining, conveying, loading and storing minerals, raw materials and goods. FAM employs approximately 750 people at its headquarters and subsidiaries in Brazil, Chile, China, Canada and India, as well as re-presentatives worldwide.

According to the analysis of industry experts the business area of the two companies complement each other ideally. With more than 4,500 employees over 70 countries, BEUMER is focusing also on conveying technology in mining and minerals. For decades BEUMER has also been consistently established in the bulk materials technology market. FAM’s leading technology for transporting and processing minerals fits well with the portfolio of BEUMER.

In the future, this competence of BEUMER will be supplemented by the know-how and global set-up of FAM in the project planning of systems. In addition to planning and engineering, FAM provides the entire value chain, including after-sales service to BEUMER. As a global solution provider, FAM has been combining expertise, engineering and project management for over 100 years.

BEUMER offers FAM a long-term perspective based on the highest quality, sustainability and innovation. As a family-run and 100 % self-financed company, BEUMER has been developing tailor-made system solutions for mining for almost 90 years.

Christoph Beumer, managing partner and CEO of BEUMER, confirms that this takeover underpins the company’s long-term orientation in the segment of extraction, processing and handling of raw materials. The company motto, according to Beumer is long-term success and not short-term profit. It is necessary to act in a straight line even though difficult economic time. Beumer emphasizes, that they have done their homework in recent years and now they consistently investing in a qualitative expansion of their portfolio.

FAM Managing Director Torsten Gerlach: “The management is pleased to have found with the BEUMER Group a strategic investor. We see great potential for sustainable growth in orders and sales. In this context, the acquisition makes much sense.”

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