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ization and privatization of the water sector has also increased the need for modern technology and energy-ef cient solutions.
And there has already been some success: according to the Chinese Ministry of the Environment, for the rst time in ve years, the proportion of highly contaminated ground water was reduced to 14.7 percent in 2016. However, huge investments are still needed in the wastewater sector and in sewage sludge treatment. The Clean Water Action Plan sets a reuse target of 20 percent or more in water scarce areas by 2020, according to the Country Case Study in the Inter- national Trade Administration’s (ITA) “2016 Top Markets Report Environmental Technologies”. It can be said that the potential for export companies in the water infrastructure area is correspond- ingly large. Especially as China’s scarce freshwater resources for water ef ciency and reuse are of particular importance.
An opportunity that the Achern-Fautenbach-based Fischer Group, for example, has recog- nized. The company will exhibit at Chinas most important trade fair for Tubes and Pipes, Tube China, to be held in September, 26 to 29, 2018 in the New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) in Shanghai.
The company manufactures laser- welded stainless steel pipes for drinking water installations in accordance with German DVGW regulations. Using stainless steel, the Fischer Group wants to make a contribution to ensuring that safe drinking water also arrives safely with people in the instal- lation systems. “That would work the same way in China,” explains Hans-Peter Fischer, Executive Partner at the Fischer Group.
Pipes, valves and monitoring equipment
Key technologies required over the next few years include waste han- dling equipment, membrane ltra- tion, waste to energy technology, nitri cation, biological denitri - cation, monitoring equipment and testing equipment, according to the ITA Country Case Study.
The ITA Country Case Study also states that the plan calls for remediation or replacement of all transmission pipelines in service for more than 50 years with a goal to reduce non-revenue water to 10 percent by 2020. A mixed sewerage system and the intro- duction of rainwater systems that include storage and reuse, as well as rainwater drainage systems that promote ground water for- mation should contribute to this. Sought-after key technologies include pipes, pumps and valves, storage technologies, SCADA systems, monitoring systems, leak detection equipment, trenchless technologies, catchment design and construction, and pipe reha- bilitation technologies.
Companies invest in China
Companies from all around the world have already discovered the Chinese water, sewage, power plant, chemical, pipeline and energy markets. Companies such as Butting. The pipe manufacturer has been manufacturing in China since 2005.In2011,anotherproduction facility was added in Tieling, the dry north of China. “We are opti- mizing and expanding our manu- facturing capabilities for container construction, piping systems and ready-to-install components with this investment,” explains Butting.
At the end of 2016, (Salzgitter) Mannesmann Stainless Tubes opened a new sales channel for
Powergen tubes in China with China Water Resources & Elec- tric Power Materials & Equipment Group. At that time, the company explained that, in addition to the pipe business with existing cus- tomers in new power plant con- struction, the company now also has a well-established partner for the maintenance and repair busi- ness. An important segment in Mannesmann’s product range, a manufacturer of seamless stain- less steel and nickel alloyed pipes, boiler pipes are those “on which the highest demands are placed”. These can be found in biomass and waste incineration plants, among others.
Fischer Group is currently invest- ing in a new production facility for the production of stainless steel pipes for the commercial vehicle industry in Taicang, China. Housing shells made of stainless steel have been developed for automotive electric motors from BEV, “which with a certain prob- ability will also receive series status in China,” says Hans-Peter Fischer, Executive Partner at the Fischer Group. These are put into operation in Taicang.
Background: In the commercial vehicle industry, conversion to the “China 6” emissions stand- ard is pending for all trucks and buses. “Austenitic stainless steel pipes are needed as they function in exhaust system technology,” explains Hans-Peter Fischer.
Serenergy’s fuel cell technol- ogy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fischer Group, “is suita- ble as a range extender for the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), for example in local buses, passenger cars, but also as a replacement for diesel generators, as well as for the energy supply of passen-
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