Following the acquisition of the Alfa Laval portfolio of shell and tube evaporators and condensers in April 2018, BITZER has been busy transferring production from Italy to Germany.
Manufacturing has now been transferred from the Alfa Laval factory in Italy to Bitzer's factory in Rottenburg-Hailfingen.
In fact BITZER shipped its very first German manufactured condenser to a customer in July.
Since the beginning of July 2019, all CRF, CXP, CXPM and McDEW condensers are no longer manufactured in Alonte, Italy but at the Rottenburg-Hailfingen site by BITZER directly.
Direct-expansion evaporators will be manufactured there as of January 2020.
Starting in 2018, BITZER’s Rottenburg-Hailfingen site has been undergoing an expansion process, adding more production capacity and jobs, for HEXPV production.
The factory has already been producing BITZER heat exchangers and pressure vessels since 1985. By the end of 2019, manufacturing of the former Alfa Laval portfolio will be completely transferred to the BITZER site in Southern Germany.
Mixed orders of compressors and condensers are already possible. Mixed orders of compressors and evaporators will be possible as of 2020.
BITZER has been producing condensers for fresh and seawater applications since the 1950s.
The acquisition of Alfa Laval’s portfolio of shell and tube evaporators and condensers has turned BITZER into the largest independent manufacturer in the shell and tube heat exchanger market worldwide.
The company manufactures HEXPV products in its factories in Germany, the United States and Australia.
BITZER is represented globally with 65 sites in 34 countries with 3,500 employees.