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STEELCON BUILDS ITS FIRST CHIMNEY IN SHANGHAI

Steelcon developed and managed the chimney work for BAYER AG who required a 50 m tall steel chimney with a structural shell of 2300 mm and two steel inner liner with diameters of 1100 mm and 800 mm respectively.
The steel chimney was delivered to and erected by Suzhou Rainbow in March of 2010, one of the largest standard steel chimney companies in China, with nearly 20 years of experience. All the work was completed under the supervision and management of Steelcon.

Steelcon received this order in September of 2009. Steelcon was in charge of the design, engineering and delivery of its patented vibration damper and the supervision of the production and erection. The production was carried out by Suzhou Rainbow Huading in China.

Bayer AG entrusted Steelcon to ensure that they were supplied with a quality product by having Steelcon supervise the production. ....
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OUR CLIENTS TALK - KARREN'AS CHIMNEY DEVELOPED FOR GDF SUEZ DEUTSCHLAND

Karrena received the GDF Suez – HSE Award for safety and continuous education of site staff after the delivery of the 800 MW coal fired power plant and 180 m R/C chimney with FRP lining.

The work began in January 2009 and the complete chimney as a turnkey project, including all accessories like hoist, aircraft warning lights, lighting protection and water supply was built within 16 months. The new coal fired power plant is scheduled to go into operation in 2012.

The chimney is located at Wilhelmshaven, northern Germany, and the work scheme consisted of a turnkey contract for one reinforced concrete chimney (height: 180 m; windshield height: 177 m; and diameter of 19 m at the bottom and 11.60 m at the top).

The chimney stands on a ring foundation which is supported by three pile rings with 130 piles in total; because of the bad soil conditions. Due to the flue gas temperature of 53ºC, Karrena recommended FRP as an appropriate lining material for this type of “Wet-Stack-Operation”.

The 800 MW coal fired power plant and 180 m R/C chimney with FRP lining was constructed by using the slip form method with a maximum sliding performance of 7.10 m in 24 hours. This allowed finalizing the slip form works within 33 days.

According to GDF Suez Deutschland they chose Karrena to do this job because it was “the most competitive bid in comparison to the offered service, its high degree of references in the chimney business and its international business experience”.

As well, GDF Suez Deutschland valuates Karrena because of “its harmonious and goal directed way of communication and technical competence and capability for problem solving”.

The chimney for GDF involved Karrena GmbH (Germany: design, engineering, construction, project management, site supervision) and Karrena Técnicas del Refractario (Spain: workers).

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This crisis will pass, and each of us must be ready for the moment. The effects of the present turmoil have had a serious impact in the economy, in our own companies, our current clients and all our business partners. We all have suffered reductions in orders, revenues and profits. These are also tough times for banks. Because banks are reducing their exposure to risks, it has become increasingly more difficult to negotiate rates and credit limits with them. But this economic crisis, like all others before it, will pass. Growth will return, although not in the same way or in the same places as before. The developing countries, especially China, India and Brazil will be a new source of projects for all our industry. The result will be a different world to the one we knew, some countries and regions will ....