On January 10, our principal shareholder and member of the supervisory board, Mrs. Verena Cordes, officially opened our first production facility outside of Germany. The opening ceremony was held at the Sino-German Innovation Park in Jintan, Jiangsu Province of China. 

The Venti plant joins a dynamic cluster of other high-end equipment manufacturers at the Sino-German Innovation Park. Commissioning our own fully operational production plant under the supervision of Venti Oelde China is an important milestone in our strategy to directly provide Venti tailor-made solutions to our global customers. As Mrs. Cordes emphasized: "It is our vision for Venti China to make it our gateway to Asia."

Venti Oelde organised an informative and beneficial Health Day for its employees. The Health Day was an opportunity to expand our shared knowledge about occupational safety topics and to get practical tips about work safety. We received support for this event from partners such as AOK NordWest, Berufsgenossenschaft Holz und Metall, Werkarztzentrum Oelde e. V., prosund GmbH & Co. KG, PIEL Die Technische Großhandlung GmbH, and SC Johnson Professional GmbH.

Our employees could visit many different stands at the event, receiving valuable information on topics such as heart-healthy nutrition and back pain prevention and having their blood pressure and blood glucose levels checked. The proper protective gear to be worn at the workplace was also a central topic. Work shoe experts from “ELTEN” were on hand to take exact foot measurements and individual foot data sheets were prepared. Healthy skin was also in focus, with moisture and elasticity checks for employees and the chance to test various products and receive skin care tips.

A fire simulator provided exciting and instructive entertainment for employees at a stand where they had the chance to practice their fire extinguishing capabilities for a possible emergency situation.

The Venti Oelde Health Day strengthened our employees’ awareness of occupational safety issues while also giving practical tips for general health questions. Many thanks to everyone involved for their participation and support.

At Venti Oelde, the safety and well-being of all employees is a top priority every day.

Venti Oelde delivers downstream system for the S. Norton Group’s major new shredding plant.

The S. Norton Group has recently invested £20 million in a new world-class metals shredder facility at its site in Manchester, England. Venti Oelde supplied the downstream processing technology for the new high-performance 3000 hp shredder unit.

Our innovative solution, which includes a combination of circular filter and coarse materials separator, allows for a low-dust separating process – even with difficult starting materials such as waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). In addition, we have equipped the downstream fans with frequency converters. These make use of the optimal operating points and are therefore especially energy efficient. In addition to significantly expanding existing capacity, S. Norton’s new facility will also achieve a much greater throughput of quality ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals.

The S. Norton Group collects, processes and sells approximately 1.5 million tons of recyclable materials each year. It strives to keep all waste out of landfills.

We are proud to be a part of this pioneering project and look forward to further successful undertakings that make a positive contribution to improved protection of the environment.

Six promising young people started their training at Venti Oelde on August 1 of this year in the occupational fields of technical product designer, plant mechanic and industrial clerk.

To help the new apprentices get started and to develop their team spirit, they went on an interesting excursion to the Venti subsidiary Spänex GmbH in Uslar, Germany, together with the trainees of the other apprenticeship years.

At Spänex, the apprentices and their training coordinators received a comprehensive overview of the company's production processes and product portfolio. With individual tours corresponding to their respective occupational fields, the three groups of apprentices had the chance to delve deeper into different subject areas and get new perspectives on the working process. A question-and-answer session with the Spänex management after the tours provided further interesting insights into the company.

Of course, the highpoint of the day came with the exchange between the apprentices of the two companies Spänex and Venti Oelde, where they were able to share their experiences to date and make new contacts. All in all, it was an interesting and enriching day for all concerned.

Venti Oelde extends a warm welcome to the new apprentices and wishes them good luck and lots of success during their training at the company.

With the support of NABU-Naturstation Münsterland, Venti Oelde has transformed a former lawn area next to the company headquarters into a vibrant wildflower haven.

Instead of closely trimmed blades, the area next to the Venti Oelde headquarters now boasts an impressive variety of wildflower species and wild grasses. This colorful spectacle is not only aesthetically pleasing but also provides a valuable habitat for numerous insect species. Alongside bees, different species of butterflies and beetles have now found a new home, with all playing a crucial role in plant pollination and maintenance of the ecological balance. In light of the ongoing decline in insect populations and its associated ecological effects, the creation of this wildflower landscape represents a conscious step toward nature conservation and the promotion of biodiversity.

And the positive effects of this natural landscape extend beyond the realm of insect life. The area now also offers a source of food and refuge for other animal species, such as birds and small mammals. In addition to its ecological benefits, the blooming wildflower landscape enhances the overall surroundings, making a small contribution to preserving nature in urban spaces.

Starting June 1, Reinhold Mertens will take over as the head of Plant Engineering at Venti Oelde from Andreas Hempel, who has held a range of management positions for the company over a span of more than 20 years.

Reinhold Mertens joined Venti Oelde in 2019 and has been in charge of fan sales for cement industry customers. With his experience and expertise, he is now looking forward to the exciting challenge of heading the Plant division: "I am very excited about the possibilities for developing innovative solutions together with a highly committed team. My goal is to deliver first-class equipment and services to our customers and to build on Venti Oelde’s ongoing success."

To ensure a smooth transition, Andreas Hempel will continue to be available to provide consulting support to the company when required. In his more than two decades of service, he has made a valuable contribution to Venti Oelde’s success.

"It was a remarkable journey with Venti Oelde, and I’m proud to have been a part of this outstanding company. Many thanks to the entire team and very best wishes for continued success as the journey continues."

The whole Venti Oelde team thanks Andreas or his trailblazing leadership and wishes him all the best in his well-deserved retirement.

Meet Reinhold Mertens on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reinholdmertens/

Venti Oelde’s new M-Series generation of radial fans delivers unmatched efficiency with special impellers engineered for maximum efficiency. The new impeller design fulfills the market’s growing demand for fans operating with top energy efficiency to reduce costs and conform with energy efficiency directives. With their computer-calculated configuration, the M-Series impeller blades provide an overall efficiency level of over 90% and support multiple design options. A significant advantage: The optimized impellers can also be retrofitted into existing fans, giving these units 3 - 5% higher efficiency levels and corresponding energy savings in operation. In addition, the impellers make for reduced noise emissions and improved running smoothness, with extended service life. The new design also minimizes caking with particle-laden air flows, which in turn reduces cleaning requirements and servicing times. The new impellers are already available as an option for many models.

Find out more about Venti Oelde’s M-Series:
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Venti Oelde, technology leader in the segment of ventilation systems and large-scale fans, and Air Pro Fan & Blower, a major fan manufacturer from the USA, have agreed to collaborate.

Both companies are specialized in the manufacture of fans for industrial applications, with product lines that complement each other optimally in terms of design and application possibilities. The collaboration will result in a significantly larger product portfolio, which in turn will make it possible to open up additional fields of activity and to offer new solutions to meet individual customer requirements.

The aim of the partnership is to make use of reciprocal synergies in key markets in Europe, in the USA and Canada as well as in the rest of the world, thus making it possible to serve the global market for industrial fans more effectively. To ensure the smooth handling of joint projects, project managers from the two companies will be supported in establishing a close and fruitful exchange with each other. Through this exchange of experience and knowledge, both companies expect to generate new input and ideas for ventilation technology and to provide superior solutions for their customers.

"We are very satisfied with the collaboration and see Air Pro Fan & Blower Co. as an ideal partner to help us serve our customers better," commented Dr. Nabil Abou Lebdi, Managing Director of Venti Oelde. "By combining our strengths, we will be able to offer our customers even more customized solutions. We’re confident that we will be successful together and are looking forward to future projects."

With the company ELASCO International Corporation, Venti Oelde has been able to gain an experienced representative for its fan business in the Philippines. ELASCO is headquartered in Manila and also has a branch office in Cebu.

ELASCO International Corporation represents manufacturing companies and is an importer and retailer of industrial equipment and accessories for major industries such as cement, glass, metalworking, mining and steel.

Working together with this well-established local company will help us to significantly improve service to customers in the Philippines.

More information is available at elasco.net

Contact data:
ELASCO International Corporation
4514 Casino St. Palanan
1235 Makati City Metro Manila
Philippines
Phone: +63 2 77 29 40 50
Fax: +63 2 88 33 13 94
Email: info@elasco.net

For more than three decades Winfried Koch took care of business for Venti Oelde, serving our partners in the steel and metal-processing industries. Over all this time, he always had a convincing fan solution to offer to each of our customers. Now Winfried Koch has put these duties behind himself and moved on to his retirement. We wish him the very best for this new phase of life.

In the final period of his Venti service, Winfried Koch passed the responsibility for the company’s steel and metal-processing customers on to his colleague Dipl.-Ing. Sergej Woltschenko. Sergej Woltschenko has been a member of the Venti Oelde team for ten years and has a wealth of experience in fans for the steel and metal-processing sector. After the successful transition, Mr. Woltschenko has now taken up where Mr. Koch left off, with lots of motivation and high expectations to handle future projects together with Venti customers.

Contact data:
Dipl.-Ing. Sergej Woltschenko
Telephone: +49 25 22 75 - 229
Email: sergej.woltschenko@venti-oelde.de

In 2003, Venti Oelde delivered a high-performance centrifugal fan for use in a coal mill to a steelworks. Today after nearly 20 years later, the fan came back to our factory for a first modernization pit stop.

An initial inspection only showed some worn areas on the impeller blades. To get a more detailed look, the impeller with the mounted shaft was dismantled together with the block bearing and the attached coupling half. This revealed that the shaft had taken a blow and been damaged at some point in the past, so that it would need to be replaced together with the rolling bearings, feather keys and shaft protection sleeves. The newly installed shaft protection sleeve is now hard-chrome plated – which will reduce scoring and allow for a longer service life.

With this new assembly, instead of replacing the whole shaft protection sleeve, only the shaft sealing rings will need to be exchanged. For the operator, this means a significant reduction in disassembly and assembly times – and significant cost savings.

With rewelded impeller blades and a rebalancing, the modernized impeller was ready to head back to the plant and a resumption of service. Here’s to the next 20 years ...

High-performance centrifugal fan: Technical data
Manufacturer: Venti Oelde, Model HRV 50-1250/K

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Now our extensive range of services can be reviewed in a clear and compact format: The new brochure "Venti Service Offerings" is ready for all comers.

Over 16 pages we offer a look at exciting topics such as Venti retrofitting, monitoring methods and control technology – which can deliver real added value to all our customers. Taking a look will be worth your while!

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It doesn’t always have to be new: By replacing or refurbishing outdated components and adding new, up-to-date technology, you can get enhanced functionality in your centrifugal fans. And this upgrading can often be done at a significantly lower cost in comparison to the purchase of equivalent new equipment. In fact, in many situations modernizing your existing assets may be the best approach.

The benefits of a RetroFit are clear:

• Higher efficiency through energy savings
• Extension of system service life
• Increase in production volume
• Reduction of your CO2 emissions
• Minimization of downtime
• Reduction of operating and maintenance costs
• Lowering of noise levels
• Assured spare parts availability
• Compliance with legal requirements

Your contact person for RetroFit Services is Sascha Vales. He’s ready to support you with his expertise for the complete range of fan topics. A call or an email will put you directly in touch: +49 2522 75-148 or sascha.vales@venti-oelde.de.

Abrasive media are abrading the impellers of your centrifugal fans – with every rotation they make. Day by day, week by week. It’s crucial, therefore, that the impellers are equipped with proper wear protection. But these protective parts are also subject to punishing levels of exposure and need to be regularly checked and maintained.

To make changing such wear protection parts as simple and economical as possible, Venti Oelde is now supplementing its existing protection solutions with modular elements for areas that are particularly susceptible to wear. This makes it possible to replace wear protection materials on a targeted basis – only replacing those modules where it is required based on the degree of wear. This saves costs as well as space for the storage of spare parts modules.

Venti Oelde offers modular wear protection elements for:

(1) Wrap-around edge protection liners for blade inlet edges
(2) Wear plates on blade inlet edge
(3) Wear plates for impeller shroud protection
(4) Wear plates for the blades
(5) Wear strips for the impeller centreplate

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The chemical industry brings fascinating products and countless possibilities to the manufacturing economy. And just as many demanding requirements and complex standards when it comes time to build or expand an industrial plant to produce these chemical-based products. As a technology leader in air technology applications, Venti Oelde has implemented a multitude of fans and other air technology components for chemical industry customers – and has developed in-depth knowledge and experience along the way.

Whether it has to do with fertilizers, syngas, oil, coal or residue gasification, pharmaceuticals or sulfur recovery – we have comprehensive know-how and extensive practical experience to bring to your project. And, of course, we fulfill all the relevant API standards. 

You can get an initial overview of Venti’s offerings with our new brochure "Radial Fans for the Chemical Industry".

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It's a shape and size that always makes you look twice – even our staff in final assembly never fail to be impressed. The impeller has a diameter of 4,800 mm, the flanged shaft a length of 11,300 mm, and each unit has an overall weight of just under 45 tons. Venti recently delivered two of these imposing rotors to keep fresh air circulating into a mine.

But it's not only the size that's special. The rotors' outstanding rotational characteristics as well as their balance quality (Q2.5) make for low-vibration, long-life operation.

And even with rotors in these immense dimensions, our profiled blades are providing better flow guidance, higher efficiencies and thus lower energy costs to our customers.

With the company BME Packaging, headquartered in Edenvale, Johannesburg, South Africa, Venti Oelde is proud to present a strong, new, on-site partner. BME has been representing Venti in our fan product range since September 2020 and serves customers in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Réunion and Zimbabwe.

As a provider of high-quality solutions in the fields of packaging, palletizing, bulk goods handling and technical services, BME Packaging has broad cross-sector experience, wide-ranging expertise and a flexible support team to assist our customers with qualified support at every project stage.

More information is available here: www.bmegroup.co.za

Contact data:
BME Packaging (Pty) Ltd
Longmeadow Business Estate East
6 Angus Crescent
Edenvale, Johannesburg
South Africa
Telephone: +27 11 8 07 30 69
Fax: +27 11 8 07 39 57
Email: bme@bmepkg.co.za

After working for more than 50 years at Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde, Ralf Dörner has left to enjoy his well-earned retirement. During the company Christmas party he thanked the staff for their teamwork and wished the company continued success.

On conclusion of his apprenticeship as an industrial manager, Ralf Dörner took over a vacant position in the commercial administration division. As a result of his organizational talent and the inclusion of technical resources, he soon introduced decisive improvements in the transparency of the accounts department. Subsequently, he was given the job of assuring total data management integration within the company. In 1982 he was granted power of attorney and appointed Commercial Manager of the company.

At the beginning of 2000, during difficult times for the company, Ralf Dörner was created Managing Director. By ensuring consistent cost management, coupled with strict parameters for marketing and construction, he led the company out of the crisis, thus gaining the trust of both staff and partners. During his time as Managing Director, the company continued to expand and is considered by customers and suppliers to be a reliable partner.

At the end of 2019 Ralf Dörner handed over the Commercial Managing Director baton to his successor, Dr. Nabil Abou Lebdi. Dr. Nabil Abou Lebdi has been working for Venti Oelde for a year and a half and now manages the company together with the Technical Managing Director, Thomas Gandt.

Photo from left to right: Dr. Nabil Abou Lebdi, Ralf Dörner, Thomas Gandt

Power to you! Venti Oelde customers, visitors and suppliers are now able to charge their electric vehicles using a convenient charge point. The charging point has a universal Type 2 socket and is fitted with an attached charging cable (7.5 m long). The charging capacity of the charging point is 11 kW.

By providing a service station for electric vehicles, Venti is offering its business partners a sustainable service in the area of electric mobility.

In September 2015 Venti Oelde installed a solar photovoltaic system with an output of 468 kWp on the roofs of the production and dispatch workshops. The energy produced is mainly for its own economic use. Venti Oelde uses about 90 % of the generated power; the extra power is fed into the electric grid. The complete system consists of 1872 solar panels. The total amount of energy produced by the system up to the beginning of September 2019 was 1,842 MWh and CO₂ emissions were reduced by more than 1,000 t.

Venti Oelde has been able to increase its presence in Europe and Central America. With the goal of providing better local customer liaison and support, new sales representatives in Bulgaria, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama have begun their work.

Please contact the following, who will competently deal with any questions you may have:


   Bulgaria

   Dimitre Trendafilov
   Elin-Pelin St. 2A
   4101 Kuklen
   Bulgaria
   Mobile: +3 59 8 95 71 60 62
   Email: kuklen@gmail.com


   Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, 
   Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, und Panama

   PC Plattmann Consulting
   P. H. 909 Piso No. 10, Calle 50
   Panama City
   Panama
   Phone: +52 55 58 19 99 24
   Email: info@plattmann.com

Industrial fans are only one aspect of the main business of Venti Oelde. The converting market is also an integral part of the diverse activities of the company from Oelde in Germany – reason enough for a visit by the C2 team…

The article "Successful with air" – published in: Coating & Converting | C2 Europe 73 | February 2019 – is available for download in the press area.

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Our subsidiary company Venti Oelde India Limited has moved.
The new address and contact details are:

   Venti Oelde India Private Limited
   606, Lodha Supremus, Tunga Village
   Saki Vihar Road
   Powai, Mumbai 400072
   India
   Phone: +91 22 49 74 58 60
   Email: info@venti-oelde.in

The production of fertilizers is not only complex, but also energy-intensive. It is a matter of interest, therefore, that energy savings of sometimes more than 25 % can be achieved with high-efficiency centrifugal fans and their auxiliary equipment which are required for the manufacture of fertilizers, that is, when using components of which many people believed that their technological possibilities had long been exhausted.

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Six young people began their careers on August 15th, 2017, at Venti Oelde. During their training to become industrial management assistants, technical product designers and industrial machinists, all of which last several years, they will become acquainted with the tasks, while working through the various departments in production, engineering and administration. Management and employees wish the new colleagues a good start in their working lives. The photo shows, from left to right, Owen Bartels, Paul Wößmann (both technical product designers), Melina Konert (industrial management assistant), Emre Bayram, Kevin Populoh (both industrial machinists) and Alexander Penner (industrial management assistant).

Venti Oelde and their agency, DSD Dostál a.s., responsible for the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, have, working as a team, replaced two kiln exhaust gas fans at Cemex Cement a.s. in Prachovice. Venti Oelde designed and manufactured the new fans. DSD Dostál coordinated all the work, did the calculations for the relevant modifications to the inlet and outlet ducting, then manufactured and installed the ducting, ready for use.

The fans are two double-inlet pre-heater fans, each handling 398,000 m³/h hot, dust-laden gas.

The task was to replace the existing, out-of-date fans with new high-performance machines. The time-frame did not permit modifications to the existing foundations. The inlet and outlet ducts were adapted to the existing ducting system. Removal of the old fans and installation of the new fans and their relevant ducting was included in the scope of performance. Duct insulation was modernized.

Both fans were installed on schedule. Energy consumption of the fans has been clearly reduced, by 16 % for each tonne of clinker produced.

Cemex Cement in Prachovice thanked DSD Dostál and Venti Oelde for their professional work.

On June 11, 2016, the Oelde Sparkasse City-Run took place for the 19th time. Members of Venti Oelde’s staff have been forming teams and participating for several years in this race of 5 km, which follows a circular route around Oelde town center. As well as individual results, great interest is also taken in the team results. All the Venti Oelde runners had a great deal of fun and enjoyed the excellent atmosphere together with the many spectators along the route and are already looking forward to next year’s race.

This year was the eighth year that the vocational training fair "mach mit" – "Get involved" was held in the Four Seasons Park in Oelde. Sixty-six companies attended, offering students from years 8 and 9 from schools in Oelde and Ennigerloh information about vocational training opportunities in industry, trade, commerce and service providers, as well as about the possibility of doing an apprenticeship while also attending higher education courses. Venti Oelde's own apprentices and training supervisors provided interested students and parents with information about the trades of "industrial clerk", "systems mechanic" and "technical product designer".

Wear and tear on machines and plants results in billions of euros worth of damage yearly. Together with the ISAF, Technische Universität Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Gemany and the company DURUM, Venti Oelde has been conducting experiments to ensure that, when high-grade steels are being hardfaced, an effective wear protection is provided and also that the mechanical properties of the original base material are retained improved. The article describes hardfacing high-grade steels using the controlled dip transfer (short arc) welding process. The mechanical properties of the base steel as well as the behavior of the applied wear protective layers were analysed.

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The management of Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde recently congratulated 49 employees, during a ceremony in the Bürgerhaus, on their many years of service and thanked them for their long-standing bond with the company. Six employees were looking back on 45 years of service and three employees on 40 years. Twenty-seven employees were celebrating their silver anniversary, while thirteen were being honoured for 10 years of service. Ralf Dörner, Managing Director of Venti Oelde, emphasized in his address that the majority of employees enjoyed their work in the company and that employee turnover was low. The way people interact has a large part to play in this. Long-standing staff members, in particular, are needed to pass on their knowledge to newcomers and to help them to feel at home in the Venti Team.

Venti Oelde’s occupational health and safety management system has again been assessed by the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Woodworking and Metalworking Industries (BGHM). Venti Oelde complies with the requirements of a systematic and effective occupational health and safety system and has again received from the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Woodworking and Metalworking Industries the seal of approval “Systematic Safety”, including certification in accordance with OHSAS 18001:2007 guidelines. Assessment was carried out on the basis of the "DGUV procedural principle for the assessment of occupational health and safety management systems".

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Energy efficiency is considered to be of primary importance in the cement industry – in both large cement groups as well as in smaller independent cement works. Process fans, in particular, which are among the machines with a high energy demand, represent a large savings potential.

Venti Oelde has succeeded in reducing the energy costs of a centrifugal fan, in operation for many years, by almost a quarter. The investment easily paid for itself after 7200 hours of operation, that is, within 14 months. 

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Sound training is the first step on the way to a successful career. On 3rd August 2015, five trainees began their apprenticeships at Venti Oelde as technical product designers, industrial management assistant and machinists. Thanks to a varied training program, they will prepare for the demands of their jobs. The photo shows (from left to right) Niklas Riedel, Janosch Bollmers (both machinists), Svenja Renner (industrial management assistant), Kristin Hoppe and Roman Ostkamp (both technical product designers).

Car shredder plants crush up to 300 tonnes of scrap an hour – vehicles as well as mixed scrap and white goods. Depending on the material, volatile hydrocarbons (Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs) are released in the exhaust air. VOCR, a new system for car shredders developed by Venti Oelde, reduces environmentally damaging hydrocarbon compounds contained in the exhaust air.

Wet scrubbers are usually used for the required cleaning of and reduction of pollutants in the exhaust air. These are, however, limited in their ability to remove the harmful hydrocarbons. Venti Oelde now offers, with its VOCR system (Venti Oelde Carbon Reduction), an alternative which is both effective and economical, as an upgrade or new installation.

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Learn how Venti Oelde may be able to increase your output by up to 100%.

Immediately available as a pdf document is the new leaflet "100 % increase in performance – New drying system for printing presses and coating plants".
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We also recommend to you the film with the same title, which gives a visual summary of the essential details.
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Be curious and let yourself be inspired.

With the motto "100 % more Power", Venti Oelde attended ICE Europe 2015, already the 9th edition of this exhibition, and presented a variety of solutions and innovations for the printing, paper and foil and film industry.

ICE Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the converting industry, which has been expanding for many years. There is a correspondingly high need for finishing and processing new materials and for energy-efficient production.

Venti Oelde has been regarded as an expert in this field for decades. When the subject of "energy-efficient production" came up during ICE Europe, the air handling specialist was able to positively surprise a lot of people with its patented Guiding Edge Nozzle (GENo).

The attractive exhibition stand of the specialist from Oelde was, therefore, always well visited, reflecting the overall achievements of the exhibition. There was not only satisfaction in the number of contacts made, but also in the excellent quality of the discussions.

For Venti Oelde ICE Europe 2015 can be considered to have been a complete success. As well as introducing new technologies, there were also interesting discussions on the subject of OEM business. Here Venti Oelde offers the whole spectrum of technological possibilities, starting with research and development, continuing through to the delivery of complete modules.

On 15th August 2014 five new apprentices began their working life with vocational training at Venti Oelde. By performing practical assignments and tasks, they will learn the jobs of machinist, technical product designer or industrial management assistant. The training supervisors and safety specialist were always on hand during their first days to help them get their bearings in their new environment and facilitate their introduction into their working life.
The photo shows (from left to right) David Roggenland (Industrial management assistant), Sebastian Wille (Technical product designer), Vanessa Holthöfer (Industrial management assistant), Cagri-Burak Özyurt and Can Claud Görgü (both mechinists).

On 2nd August 2014 a group of runners from Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde participated in the third Münsterland-Sternlauf organized by the association "Läuferherz e.V" (Runner’s Heart, a registered association). A "Sternlauf" is a kind of relay race, with runners coming from all points of the compass, the common goal being in this case the town of Münster.

The Venti employees ran the stage from Oelde to Ostenfelde, a distance of 8.2 km, supporting the campaign not only through their sporting participation but also with a donation.

This year the "Läuferherz e.V." association was able to donate a total of 7,000 € to the children’s cancer charity in Münster.

The main subjects of the "Health Day" held in May at Venti Oelde were nutrition, hygiene and skin protection.

During her talk on "Hygiene", Dr Ruth Welslau from the team of doctors responsible for occupational health in local factories, explained how to clean the skin correctly, the use of work gloves and work-wear and hygiene during meals.

Describing the "5 A DAY" programme (5 portions of a variety of fruit or vegetables each of which will fit in the palm of a hand), Petra Rieping from the AOK health insurance company emphasized that fruit and vegetables are extremely important in helping us stay healthy and that with a balanced diet a healthy weight can be achieved and maintained. Regular exercise will reduce fat deposits and build up muscle mass.

There were information stands where employees were given information about the correct way to protect their skin and where skin moisture was measured. Body fat analyses and determination of the body mass index provided information about one’s personal condition.

Venti supported the health day with healthy finger food and delicious juice mixed drinks for their employees.

Managing director, Ralf Dörner, commented: We want to encourage our employees to eat sensibly and to treat their skin with respect, as well as show them how they can maintain their health and protect themselves against hazardous substances by simple hygiene precautions.

The event was supported by the trade association for the wood and metalworkers’ industry, the AOK health insurance company, team of doctors responsible for occupational health in local factories and the company Stockhausen Skin Protection.

The versatile industrial filters from Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde GmbH prove themselves in daily use in many branches of industry. Over the last 25 years they have also been successfully used to exhaust gas-cutting smoke in the recycling industry.

The example at Rohstoff Recycling Dortmund GmbH (RRD) shows how Venti Oelde provides support to recycling companies so they comply with environmental laws without constricting operation during scrap baking.

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Venti Oelde ended the business year 2013 on a high. The total turnover of almost 60 million Euros represented an increase of around 10 % on the previous year. With an export rate of 83 %, the order volume at the end of the year amounted to 42 million Euros. The high quality standard is a persuasive argument for customers around the world to make a decision in favour of Venti products.

Venti Oelde is currently working on a large order of over 6 million Euros, received from one of the largest South Korean plant builders, to supply fans for an ammonia plant in Northwest Saudi Arabia.

Despite the large number of international competitors interested in this contract, Venti Oelde was successful in convincing the clients of the service capability, excellent quality and the long-term availability of fans "Made in Oelde".

The scope of supply includes special fans as well as comprehensive accessories, such as steam turbines to drive the fans.

Each of the ordered fans supplies a flow volume of almost 1 million cubic meters an hour and requires a driving power of up to 3,300 kW. They weigh 45 tonnes and are up to 8 meters high.

The plant is planned to go into service in 2016 and will annually produce about 1.1 million tonnes of ammonia. Ammonia serves as a raw material in the manufacture of chemical fertilizers and is won from natural gas.

Venti produces the core components exclusively in its main plant in Oelde, founded in 1930.

More than 1000 students attending year eight and nine in secondary schools in Oelde, Ennigerloh and Wadersloh visited the vocational training fair "Get involved" on 9th and 10th May, 2014 in the Four Seasons Park in Oelde. They were given information by 53 companies and service providers located in Oelde and surroundings about opportunities for vocational training and further training. On the Venti Oelde stand apprentices and training supervisors provided information about the jobs "Industrial Business Administrator", "Systems Mechanic" and "Technical Product Designer". Using as an example a wet scrubber, which the apprentices had built themselves, they explained the construction and function of the equipment, which is used to wash out difficult dusts. By providing a sound vocational training Venti Oelde gives young people a good start in their working life.

Venti Oelde predicts longer useful lives and reduced time and effort for maintenance with their wear protection for process fans. Now the company is promising optimized systems.

In the Federal Republic of Germany alone wear annually causes damage amounting to billions of Euros. Process fans in the cement and non-metallic mineral processing industries are exposed to extremely tough conditions and, therefore, to massive wear.

Together with a reputable German technical university Venti Oelde has now meticulously examined wear on industrial fans.

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How do the manufacturers of equipment for the cement industry see the subject of service, repair and maintenance (MRO)? ZKG spoke to Peter Herrmann, head of the Industrial Fans Division at Ventilatorenfabrik Oelde, his colleague, Frank Kolbe, Sales Manager for After Sales Service, and Klaus Wilkes, Head of Customer Service.

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Venti Oelde has donated a compressor for the technology lab of the Thomas More Grammar School in Oelde as a replacement for the out-of-date equipment which was so extremely loud that it interrupted lessons. In accordance with the Venti company slogan, “We make air work for you”, the compressor generates compressed air for pneumatic parts made by the students. Some of the year five students, acting for their older fellow pupils, accepted the compressor. The photo shows them with their teachers, Benedikt Große Frie (left) and Dirk Hanke, with a model which illustrates the principle of pneumatics.

On 2nd September 2013 Venti Oelde was pleased to welcome seven new apprentices at the beginning of their careers. First of all they had the opportunity to get to know one another at their safety briefing. During their vocational training, lasting several years, with the objective of becoming a machinist, a technical product designer or an industrial management assistant, they will pass through the different departments comprising the sectors production, engineering and administration. Training is based on a programme specific to each particular job, making the apprentices familiar with working independently and integrating them in their own particular area. Currently Venti Oelde is training 23 young people.

Venti Oelde has received an order from the German plant manufacturer ThyssenKrupp Uhde amounting to almost 7 million euro, for the supply of fans for fertilizer production plants in the USA. In the plants 3,500 t fertilizer are produced daily.

The scope of supply comprises special fans made from high-grade steel specifically for low temperature applications. Some of the fans are as large as a family house. They convey flow volumes up to 800,000 m³/h and are driven by motors with an output of up to 3,200 kW. In the engineering phase, seismological loads and wind speeds of up to 190 km/h had to be taken into consideration.

Venti Oelde commissioned a new performance testing facility for such large fans some time ago. The photo shows assembly of a double-inlet fan in preparation for the performance test. Joachim Schürmann, fan specialist for the chemical industry, watches the assembly technicians, Lucas Häusler and Andreas Wallmeyer (on the right), carrying out the work.