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For further information about FrymaKoruma wet milling solutions please visit
www.proxes.com Or contact Andrew Strange at ProXES UK & Ireland on +44 1480
400684 or +44 1480 400684 or ukireland@proxes.com ProXES are proud to have
supplied their FrymaKoruma MZ Toothed Colloid Mill for inline wet milling of
feed stock for Celtic Renewables’ Grangemouth facility. The FrymaKoruma MZ
Toothed Colloid Mill was selected for this application following successful
trials at the ProXES Technology Centre near Basel. FrymaKoruma manufacture a
range of mills used for wet milling to FrymaKoruma manufacture a range of mills
used for wet milling to reduce the particle size of suspensions and for
de-agglomeration of solid/liquid streams. Key applications for FrymaKoruma mills
include waste biomaterials, vegan milks (oat, soya), nut pastes, chemical
suspensions, natural colours and lubrication grease. emphasize to customers that
we can offer something different. A long-term solution that’s kinder to the
planet. “Creating something new, and building it from the ground up, can be a
very trying experience. It takes longer than you expect, and there are a lot of
hurdles to clear, but despite all those challenging moments, we’ve been able to
come into the market at exactly the right time. It’s become clear that the
demand for renewable chemical resources is incredibly strong. We’re pioneering a
technology that can help the world’s largest companies reduce their carbon
footprint by up to 65 percent. Since we brought the plant online, we’ve had a
massive response from big chemical companies, and even some major pharmaceutical
providers. It really feels like the beginning of a new chapter: the green
chemical age.” 62
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As an industry-leader for sustainability, Celtic Renewables remains
eco-conscious throughout every step of the production process. “To make sure our
entire operation is as sustainable as possible, we work closely with our
suppliers to ensure their processes match our planet- first philosophy. We are
committed to only using secondary byproducts and waste materials as our input
feedstocks. We also aim to reduce our carbon footprint by using waterpower from
a nearby stream to operate the plant. Not only is this better for the
environment, but it also has the commercial benefit of keeping costs down.
“Within our value chain, we have recycled material as feedstock, and a renewable
energy source that is used to manufacture useful chemicals. This allows us to
decarbonize our process as much as possible, and create a circular economy,”
Mark affirms. It’s clear that this is just the beginning for Celtic Renewables.
As the business continues to gather steam, Mark ruminates on what’s next: “In
the near future, we’ll continue concentrating on the feedstocks that we are
familiar with. We want to consolidate our knowledge, and provide the business
with a solid foundation, now that it’s fully operational. From there, we will
start looking at the bigger picture. “Our ultimate end goal is to see this
technology deployed across the world. There’s widespread demand for greener
chemical resources, and we now have the tools to make that a reality. The first
step toward building an international presence is to open another facility,
which is part of our long-term plan for the business.” ■
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Innovative precision How HBK is reshaping the future of precision technology,
automation, and smart sensing solutions F ormed in 2019 through the merger of
two market-leading organisations, HBM and Brüel & Kjær, Hottinger Brüel & Kjær
(HBK) provides innovative, high-quality solutions in precision test and
measurement technology for various industries, including aerospace, automotive,
industrials and personal audio. Priding itself on exceptional sensing and
insights, HBK empowers innovators to solve some of the obstacles to making the
world cleaner, healthier, and more productive, from the electrification of
mobility to smart manufacturing. “HBK was born from two legacy businesses based
in Denmark and Germany, which have proud and extensive histories of leveraging
physics expertise to solve customer problems,” begins Ben Bryson. “Today, the
business is over 3500 people strong, and serves primarily the automotive,
aerospace, defense, and machine manufacturing markets. Our precision solutions
encompass virtual testing, physical testing, and in- process offerings, with our
portfolio including simulators, software, data acquisition, and precision
sensors. “The strong foundations of both legacy businesses have enabled us to
grow organically, but we’ve also completed eight acquisitions during the last
five years. While our domain expertise is broad electrical power, force, weight,
torque, and sound and vibration, we’ve acquired companies to boost our position
sensing capabilities. The recent acquisition of MicroStrain, for instance, will
boost our offering with precision location sensing, with applications including
mobile robotics and precision agriculture.” HBK focuses on delivering peak
accuracy and precision across its portfolio. “Our products aim to accelerate
product innovation and optimise processes and assets, and the business is set up
to leverage four megatrends: virtual testing, digitalization, electrification,
and automation,” Ben states. “The first two trends are applicable to machine
manufacturing and creating digital sensing. Electrification refers to
electrifying mobility such as cars and aircraft, whereas automation focuses on
helping customers to automate processes and solutions. “A strategic element of
our business has been to develop our smart sensors and OEM custom sensors
offering, with two of our six growth priorities focused in this area. Smart
sensing is the ability to convert analogue sensors into fast, reliable, and
performance monitoring sensors at the point of measure, fostering greater
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and enabling predictive maintenance. Our domain expertise, combined with digital
sensing capabilities, has seen us create a new product line of IO-Link Smart
Sensors, which we launched earlier this year. Offering a phenomenal value
proposition, we’re pleased to say that the sensors are already receiving great
market feedback. “OEM custom sensors, on the other hand, take an existing
sensing capability and integrate it into the customers’ hardware. The example I
use to best explain this process and its impact is using a strain gauge sensor
on an accessory seed planter. This transforms the seed planter into a smart
solution, as it can now measure the depth at which the seeds must be planted
based on soil condition. At a practical level, it means farmers can accurately
plant seeds regardless of differing soil conditions, leading to three-to-four
percent yield increases.” Turning to the company’s structure, Ben explains: “We
have a small base in the UK and are part of a FTSE 250, precision engineering
company, Spectris plc, which is split into two divisions: Spectris Scientific and
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Dynamics, which is the division I manage and represent. At a global level, we
have eight manufacturing facilities in strategic locations around the world, and
we’re in the process of launching a brand-new facility in Porto, Portugal, to
strengthen our existing fiber sensing business. This new site will be a platform
to create a European centre of excellence for our strain gauge finishing line as
we enhance our capabilities in smart sensing and lean technologies. “In terms of
manufacturing, we have a clear strategy for driving a lean and continuous
manufacturing process. My career background encompasses 20 or so years of
manufacturing experience at companies like Honeywell, so I’m personally excited
and committed to creating lean environments. Not only does lean manufacturing
help us to deliver higher quality service from both a quality and reliability
point of view, which are both key growth metrics, but it also ensures that we
remain as productive and efficient as possible in a competitive landscape. “We’re
applying all the lessons and insights we’ve learned during the implementation of
lean processes to our new site in Porto,” he explains. “Alongside this, we’re
investing in automation and cobots to maximize efficiency in our key facilities,
whether that be in our machine shop or in the finishing lines. “We see automation
as highly complementary to creating a positive and engaged workforce. We’re also
engaging our employees in our sustainability journey by finding new ways to
better run the facility. Over the last year, we’ve invested around €5 million in
capital equipment and infrastructure, including a significant investment in solar
panels to reduce our energy consumption from the grid. I’m pleased to see the
progress we’re making towards our targets of being Net Zero in Scopes 1 and 2 by
2030, and in Scope 3 by 2040.” With a mission statement to help customers create
solutions for a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world, innovation is
essential at HBK, where more than 400 employees focus exclusively on research
and development. “From engineering test tools to smart sensors and OEM custom
sensing capabilities, we continue to create great products such as our next
generation torque (NGT) sensor for the automotive industry, which uses telemetry
to pass data between the sensor and recorder,” Ben says. “We’re committed to
spending eight percent of our sales on research and development every year,
ensuring these investments deliver value by bringing excellent products to
market. In 2025, we Ben Bryson We see automation as highly complementary to
creating a positive and engaged workforce 66
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plan to launch more new products than ever before, including 85 new sensors,
alongside brand-new simulators and software upgrades for existing packages in
the virtual testing environment.” As our conversation closes, Ben reflects on
HBK’s journey to date and shares his thoughts on the market’s future. “We’ve
always been focused on our customers, and we’ll maintain our customer-centric
ethos as the world becomes more integrated and automated,” he says. “As consumer
demands increase, our customers will need to produce more products with a higher
degree of efficiency. Our key priorities are precision, machine connectivity,
maintaining high quality standards, and helping customers to drive automated
solutions. “We also see a future where precision sensors will also incorporate
AI philosophies to make them even smarter or more precise, with research
suggesting accuracy improvements of up to 120 percent when AI algorithms and
machine learning are added. The other growth trends are the electrification of
mobility, particularly in aerospace, and the development of products in a
virtual world, which will alter the need for physical testing. “At HBK, we are
well placed to secure growth though that cycle,” Ben concludes. “We’ve got the
right pedigree and ambition to be successful in harnessing those trends and
paradigm changes as we move forward.” ■ www.hbkworld.com manufacturing-today.
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