Our Partnership
Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH (SMS)
COUNTRY
Germany
Headquarters
Butzbach
Year of foundation
1919
SMS is number 1 in thin film evaporation technology and a global leader in drying and high viscosity technology. SMS develops and constructs plants and equipment for evaporation and drying processes and processing of highly viscous materials. The company serves customers of the chemical, waste management, food and pharmaceutical industry.
SMS combines process know how with know how in manufacturing of process equipment and has profound knowledge in plant engineering as well as project management. Over 200 highly qualified and experienced experts are working at SMS’ main site in Butzbach, Germany, and the company’s branches in Düren, Erlangen and Pratteln, Switzerland, to apply SMS’ vision of excellence in their work for and with SMS’ customers. To meet customers’ specific requirements, SMS operates a testing and development facility with 20 different pilot units in Pratteln. Manufacturing, mechanical engineering, procurement and quality assurance are located in SMS’ headquarters in Butzbach. Marketing and sales as well as process engineering are situated in SMS’ main office and in the branch offices in Düren and Pratteln. In the Erlangen office, specialists are providing computer simulations for the core technologies of the company.
Relevant for the FlashPhos project is SMS’ comprehensive experience in operating pilot plants and the knowledge in the field of sewage sludge drying – a technology which has been a core activity for more than 30 years with more than 150 units sold. In 2018, SMS won the biggest contract in the company’s history – 20 dryers for sewage sludge drying to be installed in Shanghai, China.
SMS combines process know how with know how in manufacturing of process equipment and has profound knowledge in plant engineering as well as project management. Over 200 highly qualified and experienced experts are working at SMS’ main site in Butzbach, Germany, and the company’s branches in Düren, Erlangen and Pratteln, Switzerland, to apply SMS’ vision of excellence in their work for and with SMS’ customers. To meet customers’ specific requirements, SMS operates a testing and development facility with 20 different pilot units in Pratteln. Manufacturing, mechanical engineering, procurement and quality assurance are located in SMS’ headquarters in Butzbach. Marketing and sales as well as process engineering are situated in SMS’ main office and in the branch offices in Düren and Pratteln. In the Erlangen office, specialists are providing computer simulations for the core technologies of the company.
Relevant for the FlashPhos project is SMS’ comprehensive experience in operating pilot plants and the knowledge in the field of sewage sludge drying – a technology which has been a core activity for more than 30 years with more than 150 units sold. In 2018, SMS won the biggest contract in the company’s history – 20 dryers for sewage sludge drying to be installed in Shanghai, China.