Olaf Müller, Senior Vice President at ANDRITZ Separation since October 2017, explains his intention to join the VLB network: "ANDRITZ has a broad product portfolio and extensive experience in solid-liquid separation. We also have interesting solutions for the brewing and beverage industry. With our membership in the VLB Berlin, we would like to contribute even more to our experience in the brewing industry in the future." Müller represents now ANDRITZ Separation in the Technical-Scientific Committee of the VLB.

ANDRITZ is one of the world's leading suppliers of plants, equipment and services for hydropower plants, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel industries, municipal and industrial solid-liquid separation, animal feed and biomass pelleting. The headquarter of the listed technology group, which employs around 25,200 people worldwide, is located in Graz, Austria. The group operates over 250 locations in more than 40 countries.

The ANDRITZ Separation division has been a driving force in the development of solid-liquid separation technologies and services for more than 150 years. The product range includes mechanical technologies such as centrifuges, filters, rakes, thickeners or separators, as well as thermal technologies such as dryers or coolers. The service area focuses on plant modernization, wear and spare parts sales and process optimization.

Handing over of the VLB membership certificate at the 105th Brewing and Engineering Conference in Dortmund, Germany, at the beginning of March (from left): VLB President Ulrich Rust, Lorenz Rebernik, Managing Director of ANDRITZ Separation, Olaf Müller, Senior Vice President ANDRITZ Separation, and Dr. Ing. Josef Fontaine, Managing Director VLB Berlin