Innovation

Ready for the Future - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

In the small town of Gummersbach, in 1874, determined to supply their initial factory effectively, the Steinmüller brothers formed their own railway system through the mountainous landscape, declaring their first innovation and cementing it in the Steinmüller history books. That railway sits as the bar we all aspire to reach. To leave the company and world in a better state than we found it, and only through constant innovation, can this goal be achieved.

COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE

Working with R&D Development Facilities

HZI Steinmüller collaborates with universities, technical colleges, and research and development facilities to incentivise and promote unconventional and innovative thinking and ideas to continuously develop and improve our Waste to Energy technologies.

We understand that constant improvement and unconventional thinking results in unmatchable standards and a technological masterclass.

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Innovation Timeline

2018

Mining of bottom ashes

Introduction of dry-deslaging technology for further recycling/mining of the bottom ashes.

2014

Waste Gasification & Direct Melting System

Introduction of the Waste Gasification & Direct Melting System of our former parent company Nippon Steel Engineering to the European market.

2012

Largest Waste to Energy plant

Delivering the largest Waste to Energy plant in Germany with 1,000 t/d throuphput in one line in Berlin-Ruhleben, Germany

2009

First turbine with an electrical output > 120 MW

HZI Steinmüller commisioned the first turbine with an electrical output > 120 MW in a Waste to Energy plant in Naples, Italy.

2004

First fully Inconel cladded combustion chamber

HZI Steinmüller developed Europe's first fully Inconel cladded combustion chamber in the Aarhus Waste to Energy plant in Denmark.

1994

World's first water-cooled grate

HZI Steinmüller installed the world's first water-cooled grate in a Waste to Energy plant in Horgen, Switzerland.

1993

Modern Inconcel corrosion technology applied for the first time at the Waste to Energy plant

HZI Steinmüller developed the modern inconcel corrosion protection technology and introduced it for the first time in the Waste to Energy plant Burgkirchen, Germany.

1961

First modern Waste to Energy plant

HZI Steinmüller commissioned the first modern Waste to Energy plant in Göttingen, Germany.

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