The OFRU team breaks new ground
A medium-sized family company from Babenhausen/Hesse, OFRU Recycling GmbH & Co KG is investing €3.7 million in new premises on the Alzenau-North industrial estate to strengthen its position as one of the leading technology companies in solvent recycling plants.
The company recently celebrated the official start of construction by cutting the first turf at the ground-breaking ceremony. The first construction phase on an area of around 5,000 square metres will create an assembly hall for the production of medium-sized and small plants, and a 17 metre-high crane hall for the production of large plants. The two-storey office building will consist of an area of approx. 800 square metres for development, engineering, sales and administration.
The construction and building of the new premises were designed to achieve a high level of energy efficiency in keeping with the company’s slogan, ‘Protect our Environment’. All heating is generated using air-to-water heat pumps and above average levels of insulation for the building shell, façades and roof areas is planned for further energy optimisation. In addition, LED lighting is incorporated in all areas. These measures will halve the annual primary energy requirements in comparison with the parameters of the German Energy Savings Ordinance 2014.
‘We have grown steadily in recent years and simply outgrown our site in Babenhausen,’ said managing director, Denis Kargol. ‘The city of Alzenau offers us ideal conditions as a future business location.’
The start of production at the new company headquarters is planned for the first quarter of 2015, creating an additional 45 jobs for the Alzenau-North site.
