German dryer specialists Stela Laxhuber GmbH have inaugurated its new purpose built manufacturing facilities. In February 2015 a decision was made to relocate the entire company from its Massing location to new purpose built facilities for its 140 staff on an industrial park in Morolding some 4.5 km away.
– We had really outgrown our facilities and exhausted alternatives inside Massing where we’ve been since my grandfather founded the company in 1922. The move to new facilities safe guards future growth and expansion, said Thomas Laxhuber, CEO, Stela Laxhuber during the inauguration ceremony.
Celebrating over 90 years of business, Stela today is wholly specialized in drying technology and waste heat recovery for use in agriculture, biogas, wood processing, pellets and sludge. In 1967 the company produced its first grain dryer and in 1975 the first belt dryer for the food industry was launched. In 2002 it supplied its first dryer for the wood pellet industry and in 2004 it launched the world’s first woodchip fired dryer for maize. In 2005 it launched its feed-and-turn belt-dryer solution for waste heat recovery for biogas plants. In 2013 it supplied dryers to one of the world’s largest sewage sludge projects.
– The driving motive for us is simple. We focus on drying technology not an industry sector per se, to provide our clients with the best possible solution. This specialisation on the core business along with our philosophy to generate the greatest possible vertical range of manufacture in our area has allowed us to continuously grow for years. It enables us to quickly react and service customer requirements, because we simply manufacture ourselves the special parts we need in production, reflected Laxhuber during his address.
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