GEA Group (GEA Group), whose original meaning is "German Engineering Union", is one of the world's leading suppliers of machinery and technology in the fields of energy, refrigeration technology and food, and also a market and technology leader in this field. It focuses on high-standard production processes and provides users with efficient solutions. GEA Group's sales in 20 12 reached a new high, reaching 6.8 billion euros, of which 70% came from long-term growth industrial fields such as energy, refrigeration and food industries. By June 30th, 20 12, the Group had more than 24,000 employees and customers from more than 70 countries around the world.
GEA Group was founded in 1920 and became a listed company in 1989. Now it is controlled by GEA Group Holding Company and headquartered in Dü sseldorf, Germany. Now its 250 companies are distributed in 50 countries around the world (including 19 branches in China), and it has become an advanced global technology group. The group currently has six departments: GEA refrigeration technology, GEA mechanical equipment, GEA process engineering and GEA heat exchanger. Gea conquest- food technology (convenience food sector) and GEA farm technology (farm technology sector).
GEA Group focuses on professional mechanical engineering (especially chemical engineering and equipment) and industrial design. Gael Refrigeration Technology Department is one of the pioneers in various fields of industrial refrigeration in the world, with over 150 years of refrigeration technology experience. The main products include piston compressors, screw compressors, brine compressors, ammonia coolers, valves, various pressure vessels and automatic control systems. It mainly provides complete sets of equipment and engineering design, installation, debugging and maintenance for industrial refrigeration and food refrigeration. Gael refrigeration technology has provided refrigeration equipment for many famous companies in the world, such as DuPont, Shell Oil, BOC Chemical, Ford, General Electric, BASF Group, Hyundai Group, Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, Unilever and so on. GEA is the leader in the global air cooling market, accounting for about 50% of the air condensing steam system market. Nearly 6000 sets of direct air cooling systems have been designed and built worldwide, and more than 600MW have been put into operation 16 sets. The earliest air condensing steam system designed and built was put into operation in 1939.
GEA Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of GEA Group in Germany. Its main business areas are air cooling technology and conventional water cooling tower technology and products required by the energy industry. At present, there are four joint ventures, sole proprietorships and one representative office in China, among which GEA Electric Refrigeration Technology (China) Co., Ltd., with a total investment of more than 200 million yuan, was established in 2004. It introduced a full set of German production lines in Langfang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Wuhu Economic and Technological Development Zone, Suzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changshu Economic and Technological Development Zone and Shanghai to produce the world's most advanced single-row heat exchanger tube bundle products, and sold them in China market through GEA company.
GEA food technology occupies a considerable market share in the world. Almost14 of the milk in the world is collected and processed by GEA's equipment, about13 of the instant coffee in the world is processed by GEA's equipment, and at least12 of the beer in the world flows through GEA.