Main principle: SAFETY
Bergische Elektrochemie is a family company. We think ahead and bear responsibility for future generations. Not only do we follow the applicable regulations, we strive to achieve the maximum possible safety. For example, our double-walled storage tanks are not set up outside – which is permitted and commonplace for the chemicals we use – but well protected in a special chemical-resistant concrete enclosure with additional room air monitoring. The consistent use of technologies that exclude human error by our personnel before it can occur is also among our own strict safety standards. This also includes our planned investments in micro-reactors, where only
smallest amounts, e.g. with a reaction volumes of just 5 milliliters of the substances – react in thousands of miniature channels. This technology prevents hard to control reactions such as heat development.
Worldwide for highest process stability
No other comparable company has glass reactors of similar size available for large volumes of electroplating additives, permitting quality control through continuous visual monitoring of the reaction. With highly modern control systems, precision pumps, process recorders and visual inspections throughout, we are achieving process stability that is exemplary in this form. In the electroplating production process, we hereby achieve the highest quality and stability for our customers.
New developments for improved sustainability
The development of new substances that can replace environmentally harmful processes or, for example, reduce energy consumption in processes, is gaining more and more importance. Especially in the surface coating industry, significant progress can still be made by continuously reviewing and refining process standards and chemicals. Among other things, we were the first company in the world to develop a PFOS -free replacement substance for the electroplating industry, which is very friendly to the environment.
Investments in a safe and environmentally friendly future
In Haan we are planning new plants for the production of organic additives for the electroplating and surface industry. In the future, state-of-the-art micro reactors will be used to produce additives that will be used worldwide to reduce environmental pollution, improve product properties or processes and ensure economic added value. We are already producing with the lowest emissions, far below the legal requirements, and have already drastically minimized our waste and wastewater volume.
