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2018 Issue 3 valvescommunity® Your update on HEROSE GROUP Title story Cold shock for the professional rugby players from Nevers Products HEROSE-new additions for the Valve World Expo Technical help Steam ice breaker Stettin The current team of USON NEVERS RUGBY Warming up was yesterday – cool down is in now In the cold chamber, the rugby players from USON NEVERS in France are increasing their performance – and that being entirely legal minute. Then move to the next one, three minutes at minus 140 degrees Celsius. The team doctor Sophie Goguillot checks the procedure and monitors the times. At the end, Max and Rudy leave the chamber steaming. Having a laugh and with white goosebumps. "I am really cold now", said Max Curie, "but my blood is circulating really well after 15 minutes." In the cryo chamber, the temperature of skin drops from the initial 33 degrees to about 15 degrees. This constricts the Dear Readers, when reading our title story, I wanted to put on a thick jacket. The idea to hold out three minutes long at minus 140 degrees ... but the rugby professionals of the French Nevers are even having their fun in it. However: once again, the story shows how versatile our valves can be used. We introduce our team in France at the same time – Régis Dorner and Phillipe Fusillier. This years Valve World Expo takes place in Düsseldorf at the end of November, the worlds leading trade fair for industrial valves. You can see which novelties and product extensions we are presenting on page 4. And now I wish you a peaceful Christmas and successful 2019. Dirk M. Zschalich Managing Director Holding out three minutes half naked at minus 140 degrees Celsius – and then uproot trees? The professional rugby players of USON NEVERS say yes to this question with no ifs or buts. "Due to the improved blood circulation of muscles, we increase our performance by up to ten percent" said Max Curie, one of the 40 sportsmen that are under contract at the French second league club. The players take a session in the cryo chamber three to four times a week which, along with the nitrogen vessel, has been installed by the French refrigeration specialists Criotec – using valves from HEROSE. Visit to Nevers, 250 km to the south of Paris on the Loire. It is Wednesday, three days before the next league game. After the morning training, the players relax and take a massage. Max Curie and his companion Rudy Dérieux stand in front of the cryo chamber. The condensation mist bellows inside it. Through the ﬁ rst door. Pre-cool at minus 70 degrees for one

Title story Active for HEROSE in France: Régis Dorner (l.) and employee Philippe Fusillier peripheral vessels and the blood circula- ting there relocates to the centre of the body. This results in that the heart pumps more blood into the body per heartbeat. Blood is circulated through the muscles much stronger and the athletes can call up more power. Warming up was yesterday. Accor- dingly, cryo chambers have also been established in Germany for years and is being used in top-class sports as well as in therapy against rheumatism. The prin- ciple is simple: nitrogen cools the air to minus 196 degrees via a heat exchanger that is then guided into the cold chamber. "These cosmic temperatures that do not occur anywhere else on the planet, can be endured only by the low humidity, that is almost at null", said Sophie Goguillot, the USON team doctor. The French company Criotec, that designed the cold chamber for Nevers is looked after by Régis Dorner. The 42 i i n g s e d n e d e M L L R P a I i l o t o F 2 year old Alsatian has been working as sales engineer at HEROSE since 2013. Together with Philippe Fusillier, he is responsible for the French markets; he is also responsible for the Maghreb states Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Philippe Fusillier, 52, working for HEROSE since 2015, is responsible for Western France and in particular, looks after the LNG Marine Business. He is married, has one son and his main hobby is running – even up to marathons. Kim Jana Gerken, Marvin Berg and in Bad Oldesloe, the order and Danis Shageev Germany, help with quatation processing for France. the most important market After Germany, France is one of for HEROSE; since 2013, Dorner could increase turnover by 25 % – "a fi gure that we want to reach again in the next fi ve years." Régis Dorner has already negotiated the fi rst orders at the Space Market in France – as known, the Aria- ne rockets of the ESA start in French Guiana. Régis Dorner describes his sales philosophy as follows: "I do not only present the customer our products, I also off er targeted proposed solutions." And Régis is sure about one thing: the future of hydrogen as everyday ener- gy suppliers: "I have been a member of AFHIPAC for HEROSE in France for a while, a consolidation of companies that want to bring hydrogen to market maturity." Sophie Goguillot, the doctor of the professional rugby pl HEROSE valves Régis Dorner lives in the Alsatian Mülhausen. He is married and has two children. He can relax best with music – being an organist and conductor in his home town. The players of USON NEVERS in front of the cold chamber. A the 2nd league Ariane 6 before its start HEROSE valves in use! The European launcher Ariane 5 had recently completed its 100th start. The anniversary rocket successfully brought two telecommunication satellites into space. Europe‘s largest aerospace workhorse lifted off from the space port Kourou in French Guiana. The fi rst Ariane 5 started in 1996. The maiden fl ight ended in a disaster – the rocket exploded. The European Space Agency ESA is currently developing the successor Ariane 6. The fi rst fl ight is planned for the middle of 2020. Stainless steel CombiPressure- Regulator Type 4186-X3 Approved for air gases, vapours and cryogenically liquifi ed gases and LNG Permissible operating temperature: –196° C (77 K) to +200° C (473 K) Permissible ambient temperature: –40° C (223 K) to +65° C (338 K) Now also available in bronze (see page 4) valvescommunity 3/ 2018 HEROSE GMBH

Product novelties Our novelties for Valve World Expo 2018 HEROSE is represented on 39 m2 at the worlds leading trade fair CombiPressureregulator Type 4182 X3 Bronze version also for high ﬂ ow rates Diverter-Plug-Valve Type 7111 The product series continues growing The successful series has been com- pleted with an X3 version made of bronze and now permits small and large fl ow rates in the stainless steel as well as in the bronze version. The Combipres- sureregulator maintains the pre-set tank pressure constant during the product extraction. All CombiPressureregulators can be combined with the fi tting T118. More information at herose.com The Diverter-Plug-Valve allows safety valves to be replaced or maintained, also during operation of the pressure vessel. The valve is used ideally on upright tanks for cryogenically liquefi ed air gases as maintenance fi tting for the assembly of saty valves and bursting disks. The series will be extended by a DN 50 version. l a b l e i n A v a i s t a i n l e s s s t e e l a n d b r o n z e N o w a l s o i n D N 5 0 Visit us at the Valve World on stand E53 in hall 3 The Valve World Expo 2018 is also the worlds leading trade fair for industrial valves again in 2018. It takes place from 27th to 29th November for the eleventh time in Düsseldorf. Naturally, HEROSE is represented again with a stand. Marke- ting director Mario Esche: "We use this trade fair to present our product ran- ge expansions and new products from the market segments CRYOGENIC and INDUSTRY." The trade fair team of HEROSE will include ten employees – from techni- cians up to sales persons as well as the management. Top-Entry-Valve Type 01423 Now also with actuator FullX Valve Type 11C01 Valve for temperatures down to –269° C Cryogenic Gate Valve Type 9116 The fi rst fi resafe gate valve After the series had been extended to nominal widths up to DN 100, the Top- Entry-Valve is now also available with ac- tuator. The areas of application are, e. g. air separation plants where, due to the insulation, valves are required to permit maintenance work to be carried out on the valve without having to remove the insulation. N o w w i t h a c t u a t o r u p t o D N 1 0 0 A sensational new development for the gas industry is the isolation valve with modular design for vacuum-insulated pipelines, FullX-Valve Type 11C01. It permits an optimum installati- on in a vacuum-insulated system and protects cryogenically liquefi ed media up to –269° C. This new development in DN 50, DN 65 and DN 80 off ers high fl ow rates with equally high resistance and seals the lines in both directions. F l e x i b l e t h a n k s t o m o d u l a r d e s i g n F i r e S a f e 4 valvescommunity 3/ 2018 HEROSE GMBH

Portrait Portrait "Those that don‘t have any beer don‘t have anything to drink" LORCH employee Günter Huber and his son have built their own brewery in their free time Günter Huber with his son Andreas in front of the brewing plant Cheers from Weissach Those who want to drink a half a litre of "Schnätterle" beer and enjoy Swa- bian noodles with scalded sausages in Swabia, won´t get around a trip to Weis- sach im Tal. A local brewery of the family Huber will be opening there soon – with catering and traditional beer garden. One of the owners is Günter Huber, a self- employed design engineer at the HEROSE subsidiary LORCH since 23 years. How on earth did you get the idea to build a complete brewery on the side? "The decisive point was that my son Andreas studied brew- ing and beverage technology in Wei- henstephan and always wanted to stand on his own feet," said Günther Huber who, however, did not have to be asked twice: "New projects have always appealed to me." two In its own, the Swabian is not the sort of person that rushes decisions – and the planning phase took the respec- tive time. "We had already taken the decision in 2013", said Günter. At some point, we found the matching building on a former industrial site, "that we then completely gutted and rebuilt." Detailed business plans were prepared in order to become the credits, to purchase a complete brewing plant and, and, and ... "It took its time until we had all approvals together", said Günter with a smile on his face, who fortunately is dif- valvescommunity 3/ 2018 HEROSE GMBH valvescommunity 3/ 2018 HEROSE GMBH fi cult to annoy. "In the decisive construc- tion phase, we mainly dealt with the dry construction as well as the brewing and fi lling plant. Over the past two years, we have invested all of our free time in the brewery – but we always had fun." Weissach itself only has 7000 residents, but has a district of more than 100,000 persons. "Our guests will also come from Heilbronn, Backnang and Ludwigsburg", said Andreas Huber, "the word gets around". Where the family Huber prima- rily see themselves as brewers anyway: "We can brew up to 3000 hectolitres per year and have already conducted speci- fi c purchase conversations with diverse beverage distributors in our area." Family Huber brew so-called "Craft beer", beers "that are crafted with high-quality addi- tives and do not serve the tastes of the masses." The standard beer of family Huber is the mentioned "Schnätterle", a pale ale, and the Weissacher Woiza. The seaso- nal beer such as the "Fetz", a pilsner with the refreshing aroma of the Citra hop, the "Weissacher Frühling" (spring), a Märzen beer, the "Weissacher Heimat" (a craft beer that changes annually) and the "Stachelbock" in the winter. The Tälesbräu brewery in Weissach is a perfect family-run business. In the restaurant, Günter and his wife Gabi prepare typical Swabian cuisine such as Swabian noodles with scalded sausages or "Maultaschen" fi lled pasta. His son Andreas the brewer, his brother Christian is responsible for the marke- ting – and Günter himself, naturally for the engineering. is to The mechanical engineer has been working for LORCH since 1995 and is responsible for technology. Since the company belongs the HEROSE Group, his fi eld of activities has exten- ded – from sole safety valves up to new developments from Bad Oldesloe. "I am up north for a few days each month and then work together with the development department and their manager Volker Jensen. As mentioned, I am always open for everything new: and that is why I fi nd this extended fi eld of activities outstan- ding." Günter Huber (right) with LORCH site manager Hans M. Ruckh 5 5

Technology Rejuvenation treatment of an old lady Steam ice breaker Stettin: with shut-off valves in the boiler circuit, HEROSE gets it running again m o c . k c o t s r e t t u h S : e l l e u q d l i B The Stettin during one of its steamboat trips on the Elbe Solid construction here, German work- manship there: 85 years after its launch, a few leaks may occur in the boiler circuit of the impressive ice breaker "Stettin": two gate valves were leaking. Question raised to HEROSE: could you help us? HEROSE could. "On one valve, only the head piece had to be boxed in to eliminate the leak" said Sandra Wulf from the ope- rator workshop, "but with the other one, it was more difficult." With this valve, a hole had to be closed-off, that only after sand- blasting became visible – a task for Lothar Lindau, the experienced manager of the operator workshop: "We have turned a 5 mm plug made of brass and then soldered in" said Lothar, "where the soldering onto the 85 years old metal made a very poor connection." „But of course that was also no real obstacle – and the renovated valve could be returned to the association "Stettin" in time for the start of the season. But not before it had been sand-blasted and pressure tested. The refurbishment of the 85 years old valve was an interesting experience for the participating HEROSE team. Sandra Wulf: "Today DN 60 has not been usual for a long time – but amazingly, the tech- nology has otherwise not changed much at all." it from Helmut Rohde, voluntary technolgy board member the association "Stettin" and managing director of Hop- pe Marine asked us for help: "We know each other from our work together in the LNG transfer network where we developed a system for ship-to-ship tanking with LNG. We are very thankful to HEROSE that we were given such quick and competent help.“ As a small gesture, Mr. Rohde invited the partici- pating HEROSE colleagues aboard the „Stettin“ for the four hour trip where that participated on the annual "Hamburg Har- bour Birthday" celebrations. Colleagues on aboard for HEROSE were Volker Jensen, Sandra Wulf and Eggert Böge. The stoker had a lot to do Helmut Rohde (2. f. l.), invited (f. l.) Eggert Böge, Sandra Wulf and Volker Jensen from HEROSE to the Harbour Birthday in Hamburg The successful story of the Stettin Steam ice breaker Stettin was built in 1933 in Stettin and was deployed in the "Oderhaff". During the war, the 52 metre long ship was used as a mine hunter. In 1945, it set off to the West with about 500 refugees on-board. Up until 1979, it was stationed on the river Elbe and was then taken out of service. In 1981, the association for preservation of the Stettin was founded, that also purchased the ship. Initially it was kept in Lübeck; since 1992, it has been moored in the museum harbour Oevelgönne in Hamburg. The Stettin has the status of a technical cultural monument and during the summer season, travels on the Elbe regularly. 6 valvescommunity 3/ 2018 HEROSE GMBH

Current Output quadrupled New parts cleaning system in operation Successful premiere for the new parts cleaning system "CS1000 V". It has a throughput of up to 32 cages per hour and thus, four times more than the pre- vious system. Moreover, the "CS1000 V" is equipped with an ultrasonic cleaning that is now switched in every program process as standard. In the future, con- tamination is eliminated even better, where a new level with regards to pro- cess improvement and safety has been achieved. The cleaning chamber has been designed such that bodies up to DN 400 including flange connection, can be cleaned free of oil and grease in a process-safe manner. ww Parts cleaning, now also with ultrasonic The fixed LNG filling station In Hamburg, Shell has opened the first fixed installed LNG filling station. Ulm and Berlin already had publicly acces- sible LNG filling stations, but these were mobile systems. In The Nether- lands, Shell already operates seven LNG filling stations, and one in Belgium. In the next 18 months, Shell is planning up to another four filling stations in Germany. The nitrogen oxide emissions of an LNG HGV are up to 70 percent less than from diesel vehicles. How to contact us HEROSE GMBH ARMATUREN UND METALLE Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Straße 12 D-23843 Bad Oldesloe Phone: +49 4531 509-0 Fax: +49 4531 509-120 info@herose.com Subscribe for the digital magazine: www.valves-community.com Order Newsletter: www.herose.com/newsletter Representative in Taiwan Genesis Industry Corp. has been repre- senting HEROSE products in Taiwan since 13 years now. The main customers are Air Liquide, Air Products and LienHwa. With high product knowledge, a sufficient stockkeeping and exemplary service, Genesis has acquired many customers for HEROSE since 2005. Genesis Industry Corp. 4F-12, No.12 Fuxing 4th Rd Kaohsiung 80661 Taiwan Tel: +886-7-5378555 #203 Fax: +886-7-5370507 info@genesis-ind.com.tw www.genesis-ind.com.tw Sales partner for Bavaria miTec sees itself as a comprehensive system supplier of industrial valves and measurement technology. The company with its office in Puchheim has a great selection of HEROSE safety valves in stock and are also pleased to set these to the matching tripping force. miTec Industrietechnik Vertriebs-GmbH Lindberghstraße 7 82178 Puchheim Germany Tel.: +49 89 800607-43 Fax: +49 89 800607-78 info@mitec24.de www.mitec24.de The Genesis team (from the left): Kevin Wang, Kevin Chiang, Jenny Chiang, Jessica Lu, Jerry Lin, Robin Lee, Benny Chen, George Chiang, Tim Lin, Kate Sung, Sophia Chiu, Elisa Hsueh, Christine Chen, Jane Jiang, Rola Lo, Erick Chen, Jerry Liu, Che-Yuan Sung The miTec team (from the left): Nino Peppe, Brigitte Wulff, Angelika Klotz, Gabriele Jakobs, Sebastian Loidl, Kathrin Schweiger, Michael Schweiger, Jessica Scherghuber, Daniel Bianco 7

News Be one of the first knowing about new HEROSE products and sign up for the HEROSE Newsletter! herose.com/newsletter n To refresh the knowledge of existing auditors as well as to train new auditors: That was the goal of the in-house training course at HEROSE in Septem- ber. It was carried out by the TÜV Nord Academy. During the training course, amongst others, new ideas for the continuous improvement process were mediated for which HEROSE has committed themselves to in accordance with ISO 9001 since 1991. n The HEROSE subsidiary LORCH has successfully passed the re-certification audit in accordance with ISO 9001:2015. n HEROSE Bad Oldesloe has success- fully passed the Linde supplier audit. Trade fairs Valve World Expo, Düsseldorf 27th to 29th November 2018 Gasworld South East Asia Gas Conference, Kuala Lumpur 3rd to 4th December 2018 BePOSITIVE, Lyon 13th to 15th February 2019 AIIGMA, Istanbul 11th to 14th March 2019 OMC (Offshore Mediterranean Conference), Ravenna 27th to 29th March 2019 5th international LNG Congress, Malta 29th to 30th April 2019 Congratulations ... on your 10th company anniversary Christopher Ohlow on the 1st October 2018 Imprint Publisher: HEROSE GMBH, Bad Oldesloe Responsible for the content: M. Esche, HEROSE GMBH Editor: C. Wurr Title picture: USON NEVERS RUGBY Concept: gugelot gmbh, Hamburg All rights, printing errors and mistakes reserved. The next issue will appear in March 2019. We have never had so many apprentices The new apprentices Welcome! Nine apprentices have started at HEROSE on the 1st August – as many as never before. From the left, the pho- to shows: Eray Kartal (machining tech- nician) Markus Wirth (industrial clerk), Daniel Darst technician), Felix Petersen (dual student for mechani- cal engineering), Adrian Garnatz (industri- al mechanics), Lukas Schwarz (machining technician), Aaron Grimm (dual student (machining for business administration), Lena Hassler (industrial clerk), Jonas Schlüter (industri- al mechanics). At present, 15 young persons are lear- ning at HEROSE. Franziska Jänike and Carmen Hamann look after the appren- tices. You can find out more about ed- ucation and training at HEROSE under www.herose.com/eng/career/vocational- training.php Work visit from Australia Chris Bowell from MACK Valves came to Bad Oldesloe for three reasons: in order to achieve an even stronger coope- ration of the development departments of both companies, to get employees of HEROSE familiar with the MACK Valves range of products and to carry out together. trials on After they went out for a canoe trip together. From the left, our photo shows: Chris Browell (standing), Christoph Kunath, Philip Boldt, Marius Prestin, Claudia Rentzow-Homm, Volker Jensen, Sebastian Olk, Carsten the work was finished, the test bench Good mood after the canoe trip Ortel, Heino Lüdke, Michael Stührwoldt, Gunnar Dabelstein and Daniel Scharr. Win one of five LAMY Studio fountain pens Since 1992, the steam ice breaker has been moored in the museum harbour in .... A – Hamburg B – Stettin C – Rostock Please send your solution until 14th February 2019: eMail: win@valves-community.com or online: www.valves-community.com HEROSE employees and their immediate family members are not eligible. The judges‘ decision is final. We congratulate the winners of a stainless steel insulation can: Luc Ronayette, CNRS-LNCMI, France Volker Rainer Winter, BASF SE, Germany Jacqueline Kahl, Ipsen International GmbH, Germany Melanie Pichert, DRW Industrietechnik GmbH, Germany Leonard Miko, AIR LIQUIDE SLOVAKIA, s.r.o., Slovakia 8 valvescommunity 3/ 2018 HEROSE GMBH