The interview was conducted on the occasion of IFAT 2024 by our master student Melissa on 13.05.2024.
How is Almawatech doing in these difficult economic times?
You will be surprised by our Buch is very well filled. All capacities are fully utilized.
Why do you think that is?
We offer our industryksolutions for water treatment for recycling, wastewater treatment and energy recovery from wastewater. This enables our customers to improve their footprint and also save costs.
What do you do differently from comparable providers?
We are very close to our customers, respond quickly and stand by our word. Our products are state of the art in terms of performance and consumption.
BHU has been an independent part of Almawatech for several years. Why has it now been completely integrated?
We want to simplify the market relationship with customers, suppliers and partners. The BHU brand will be retained, as will the Leonberg site and the office in Qingdao, China. Mr. Köppel and Dr. Meda will remain in their management positions.nfunctions. We have agreed on this in project development with Dr. Carla Cimatoribus. She looks after international and national customers with high water consumption, e.B. from the oil sector or the sugar industry.
You have been operating a branch in Essen for some time now. What for?
This is where we develop and produce our ALMAAQUA products for water treatment in liquid form. They are used in our systems, but also in water circuits from other manufacturers. The aim is to reduce water consumption and cut energy costs.
Let's move on to your activities abroad. What are you planning?
We have just completed in Linz, Austria opened a branch office. We are now up now. Brazil has been very stable with our stationary wastewater treatment business as a service provider since the Corona period. We mostly export plants directly. Poland is important for us here. The importance of China has declined due to all kinds of difficulties since the pandemic greatly diminished. So we are very Europe-focused at the moment. Energy costs.
What do you see for the future?
The key in our business is finding and retaining talent and a robust long-term strategy. As a company family-owned company, we spend money on development and less on shareholders. We respond to customer needs and believe in good partnerships with suppliersuniversities, banks and the local community. Our market is very stable, because we cover many sectors. So we are thinking about sustainable, solid growth.
