The latest News Not everyday there are considerable news to be announced from a company which focuses on tradition as well as on innovation However, whenever something interesting occurs you will be informed. Exhibition in May From May 11th to May 15th, 2009 Uni-Geräte will be at the Achema (www.achema.de), the exhibition for chemical technology, environmental protection and bio-technology in Frankfort. Come and visit our booth P5 in hall 8! We would like to invite you. If you feel like visiting us at Achema, contact us or send an email to info@uni-geraete.com. Just a hint: There's something new to discover! New Products! From 2009 onwards Uni-Geräte will introduce a completely new generation of valves to the market, valves with a lot of advantages. Among those are higher efficiency with considerably lower energy consumption and less weight and size, just to mention a few. The first models are already available on the market and we are permanently increasing our product range. Discover surplus-value... ...on our new discover-value homepage! It's here, where you'll be introduced to our brand-new products. You may get to know all valves virtually and you will always be updated on the latest news. Discover the surplus-value for yourself and your company provided by our new products, see www.discover-value.com Always up-to-date A lot happens in case of such a dynamic company as Uni-Geräte and on such a rapidly developing market; therefore we want to keep you updated on our company. That's why we now have introduced our Newsletter which informs you four times a year on our new products, exhibitions with Uni-Geräte participation and internal changes. Are you interested in receiving our newsletter? Contact us! More room for new solutions The best and individual planning for the application of our products is an essential part of our services and a really added value for our customers. Therefore we have created new and bigger space for our engineering office. Just "more room for new solutions" in every sense of the word. So that we keep fit and prepared for the future and can develop tailor-made solutions for our customers in the proven Uni-Geräte quality. Off to the desert ...went Uni-Geräte from November 3rd to 6th. To be more precise to Abu Dhabi. We directly presented our company with our own booth at the ADIPEC, the world-wide biggest fair for crude oil; now we have presented ourselves for the first time on Arabian market. With considerable success! Interesting discussions, many new contacts and potential business partners; we think this to be path-breaking for new business connections on the Arabian market. Our new safety representative Safety first! And since people make mistakes, we looked for someone, who is really qualified for this job. After sophisticated assessments and tests we have finally found the right candidate: He's got a real nose for everything that smells fishy. He is an excellent team player, he doesn't spill the beans on company secrets, and everybody likes him. We are absolutely sure: Nando is the best safety representative, we could wish for;-) As fit as a fiddle! This is our wish not only for the company but also for our staff members. That's why we keep at it designing our jobsites in a healthy way – with success! The AOK and the Institut für betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung BGF have just confirmed it: Uni-Geräte has been presented with the Gesundheitspreis 2007 for our intensive efforts regarding the health or our staff members at their jobsites See you in Foshan Due to the considerable interest in our products we have experienced in China up to now, we are planning further activities on Asian exhibitions. This time we will be represented with a booth in south China on the occasion of the YATAO TEC exhibition. This exhibition of the ceramics industry will take place in Foshan from November 7th to 10th, i.e. in the centre of the Chinese ceramics industry. We are looking forward to meeting well known as well as new faces on this fair and to entering into conversation with you. More space for new parts Only recently Uni-Geräte has started operation in a new hall, which serves as central storage facility as well as for making new parts available. The hall features 550 m² and has got a highly modern shuttle system for especially effective administration of parts. This is how commissioning of parts is optimized and delivery can be executed even faster than before. Directly on site in Brazil To allow us to distribute our products even better on the continent of South America, we have entered a partnership with our new Brazilian distribution partner CPGÁS. CPGÁS - with its head office in São Paolo - distributes gas safety components for various companies and industrial enterprises. Therefore from now on we are going to be able to take care of the Brazilian market directly and on site. Shanghai Exhibition-active Together with our on-site distribution partner Uni-Geräte will this year be presented on several leading Chinese expert exhibitions. The first one for us and our North-Chinese partner UDL will be the 14th Shanghai Metallurgy Expo in Shanghai from May 10th to May 12th, 2007. The biggest and longest established Chinese exhibition for metal and steel offers us the opportunity to present our products on this rapidly growing market. Our booth will be in hall 2, number 2D072. For more information on the fair see the internet under www.metal1986.com/e. Ceramics-technology in Guangzhou And once again in China - this time at the Ceramics China. This exhibition is going to take place in Guangzhou, the South-Chinese industrial centre, from May 30th to June 2nd, 2007. We will meet our on-site distribution partner Cranial China there and will try together to inspire our customers for our products. You will find further information on this exhibition under: www.ceramicschina.com.cn/en/. Known faces at Thermprocess 2007 This year, too, Uni-Geräte will be presented with a booth on the experts' exhibition Thermprocess 2007 in Düsseldorf. This time the booth will be even bigger and nicer than it was the years before. We are looking forward to welcoming our customers and distribution partners on the fair from June 12th to June 16th. You will find us at booth number G15 in hall 5. Click here to get a free ticket for the fair. P 5 ready for starting in time Once again we presented our company as one of 4000 exhibitors on the world forum of process industry this year. Our exhibition booth was ready for a "test flight" as early as on the evening previous to the opening of the fair. Photos As usual we could enjoy considerable traffic at our booth during the following days. Many "old" customer and new interested parties had accepted our invitation. No at least by means of a table tennis ball it was a child's play for us to show them, how to make proper pressure with Uni-Geräte fittings. Expert Chinese in Beijing In April 2006 Uni-Geräte was on tour in China for the second time within six months. with an exhibition booth. Thus we were able to maintain contacts as well as to win Chinese business partners for our products at one of the most important Asian exhibitions for the metal industry "METAL + METALLURGY". Take a look at the photos of the exhibition. Table Tennis in Frankfort We would like to take the occasion of the ACHEMA 2006 to show our new as well as our faithful Uni-Geräte customers what capers can be done using the right technology. We are looking forward to sending an entrance ticket to all those who share our high-flying plans and who would like to meet us at the crossroads of our course. Exhibition in China Uni-Geräte presented itself to the Chinese market Shenzhen with ist own booth on the occasion of the exhibition GAS CHINA 2005. All contacts point to a successful expansion of the Asian business. On time for the kick-off www.uni-geraete.com is also available to the new business partners in Chinese characters. Impressions on Uni-Geräte presentation on the exhibition in China are to be found here. Electro-technical pause for effect With optical, acoustical as well as culinary delectabilities Uni-Geräte not only celebrated the positive development of its business but also the completion of the new office building. 7 professional "Young Artists" presented their diversified works in the production halls of the company. Many nice guests, sushi, cocktails, live music, a DJ and the announcement of the winner of a children's painting competition promise a wonderful party. Party photos art exhibition painting competition Expansion calls for room Building and furnishing of the new Uni-Geräte office building were finally finished. With immediate effect, management, sales and marketing as well as the secretary's office will be in this building. In the literal sense of the word many more things can be moved in five trendy rooms on generous 270 m². First impressions on the new building are to be found here. 40 years partner in India In 1965 Edmund Mangelmann, the founder of Uni-Geräte and the young Mr Das signed their cooperation. Pretty soon they experienced their common successful breakthrough with pneumatic valves for an east Indian gas field. With the successor Wilhelm O. Scheidt , too, they realized large-scale projects. Today the experienced engineer successfully cooperates with the third generation of Uni-Geräte managers Angela Klaus and Norbert Schneider. Permanent representation in China Uni-Geräte customers in China now also find competent contact partners in their country. Uni-Geräte now works with a company representative each in the north and the south of the country to support the activities on the Chinese market. Your may find all contact addresses here. HC25-S Test Stand in Operation Before shipping Uni-Geräte now test their fittings with the latest model of Messrs. Ventil. HC25-S has an automatic fast-clamping device for fittings up to DN200 / 8“. The altogether three separate, semi-automatic gas test systems are designed for compressed air of 0-100 mbar or, respectively, 0-7 bar / 100 PSI and compressed air / nitrogen of 0-200 bar / 2900 PSI. 25 Years Anniversary On January 1st, 2005 Heinrich Derksen celebrated a quarter of century of working for uni-Geräte. He joined us as early as in 1980 as a young engineer. He has been production manager for 9 years by now. 1 Year Uni-Geräte in Oceania Since the beginning of 2004 we have a cooperation with the Australian company Atlas on developing of the industrial market down under. We have the necessary permit and our products have already been presented on an exhibition. The results of the first 12 months on the new continent have been promising.