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Each year, Aalberts integrated piping systems delivers over three hundred million meters of pipes and connections for the hygienic distribution of drinking, potable and waste water. Our solutions ensure clean water and sanitation for millions of households worldwide and focus on efficient water use and water savings. For example, the Airfix vessel, an expansion vessel for domestic hot water that saves up to 1,200 litres of drinking water per household per year when installed.

The materials used in the distribution systems are of a significant importance. A high potable water quality begins with the planning and the selection of the right material. Chemical substances must not be present in concentrations that are harmful to human health. For example, lead in drinking water can be harmful for humans and more in particular for children. We address such topics by offering lead free piping systems, for example from lead free alloy or composite. Obviously, our piping systems have all major national and international quality certifications and approvals in this respect, such as NSF/ANSI, KIWA, DVGW and qualify for green building rating systems like LEED, DGNB and BREEAM. In addition, we offer technologies to protect and improve water quality including filtration, purification and softening.

From the heat source to emitter, to distribution of heating or cooling, Aalberts hydronic flow control and Aalberts integrated piping systems are making residential, commercial and industrial buildings eco-friendly through hardware and digitised products and services. Our air and dirt separators for example can save up to 15% in energy consumption, our hydronic balancing valves up to 20% and our thermostatic radiator heads up to 12% when installed. Aalberts engineers solutions that offer optimal efficiency or even cooling and heating systems with zero CO₂ emissions, for new build and renovation. Our integrated piping systems complement the hydronic flow control technologies.  We facilitate the growth of renewable and low carbon energy use with our technologies. We empower the energy transition by providing solutions needed for renewable energy systems and provide a wide range of technologies for district heating and underfloor heating, such as solar panels, heat pumps and hydrogen installations. In addition, our fittings and piping systems have a very high temperature resistance and are therefore suitable for use in solar installations.

Also in our sustainable transportation end market, creating energy savings is high on the agenda. We engineer mission-critical technologies for the electrification of vehicles, from valve engineering for battery cooling to surface treatments for electrical car parts. With our CNG, LNG and hydrogen technologies we enable progress in the automotive industry. Our maritime measurement systems enable ships to significantly decrease their fuel consumption and maintenance costs.

Breakthrough innovation is necessary to address large-scale challenges such as ageing economies and climate change, while new, digital solutions are also targeting minor challenges making life easier, for example, through simplifying digital payments or streaming..

Aalberts advanced mechatronics delivers leading-edge innovative, tailor-made and future-proof technologies, enabling the roadmaps and manufacturing challenges of high-tech customers. With our technologies and innovations, we are part of the high-tech infrastructure needed for technological breakthroughs. These breakthroughs enable the manufacturing of low-carbon technologies and the world’s shift towards decarbonisation. We continuously focus on long-term innovation and disciplined investments in R&D.

Aalberts surface technologies partners with leading industrial customers worldwide to develop, produce and finish functional and highly durable surface designs of metals through sophisticated heat and surface treatments. This not only improves their product quality and reliability, it also has a positive impact on the entire lifetime of the manufactured parts.

We also develop and produce high-tech, lightweight aluminium and magnesium components that are both strong and light.

They are of great importance for sustainable transportation in the automotive, e-bike and aerospace industries. For electrical vehicles surface technologies play a role in noise reduction, lightweight constructions to extend the range, safety measures and extension of service life due to lifetime extension of components, such as increased corrosion protection.

Aalberts hydronic flow control and Aalberts integrated piping systems also apply these lifetime, quality and reliability improvements to their products and innovations. In eco-friendly buildings, longevity of components matters and corrosion protection is important. Our R&D departments engineer with a ‘fit to last’ strategy, focusing on maximising lifetimes of components and solutions.