LADURNER STRENGTHENS ITSELF WITH ZOOMLION

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Year VI no.06, Mai 2016 BZ

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On the cover: Detail image of the Bolzano waste-to-energy incinerator

Ladurner Ambiente strengthens itself with the Chinese company, Zoomlion

BY BRUNO ABRAM

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Who is Zoomlion?

L et us present the international company that, along with the Italian-Chinese Fund Mandarin, acquired

75% of Ladurner Ambiente.The official name is “Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co. Ltd.”. Its headquar-ters is in Zoomlion Science Park in Changsha, capital of the Hunan province and it was founded in 1992. It manufactures construction machinery and medical devices and is listed on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, with revenue of over $4 billion. The Chairman (CEO) of the entire group is Zhan Chunxin, who is also one of the company founders.This is the calling card for the international Chinese company that, along with the Italian-Chinese Fund Mandarin, acquired 75% of Ladurner Ambiente. Zoomlion has planted flags in every corner of the world and its activities are based on the development of four guiding principles: mechanical engineering, environmental industry, agricultural machinery, and financial services.

For many years, Italy has been important for Zoom-lion. In fact, with the acquisition of Cifa in 2008, the Chinese giant became a world leader in concrete ma-chinery.The Italian company from Senago, in Milan, allowed it to achieve and consolidate this role. With its acquisi-tion of Ladurner, it also aspires to a leadership role in environmental protection and renewable energy.Mandarin Capital Partners is the official name of the company that collaborates with Zoomlion in Ladurn-er. It is a Private Equity fund that creates connections between medium-sized European countries and com-mercial and industrial Chinese partners. The fund supports the companies in its portfolio in their growth, internationalization, and rationalization processes. The European team is based in Milan with managing partners Enrico Ricotta and Lorenzo Stanca in Frank-furt while the Chinese team, with Alberto Forchielli, is based in Shanghai but they work together in order to bring value to the companies in the portfolio.

I t was announced upon the signing of the letter of intent in June 2015 and was con-firmed with the signing that took place on December 21, 2015 with a ceremony in Bolzano. The operation has now be-come reality. In fact, the Chinese group

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology, quoted in Hong Kong, and the Mandarin Capital fund together acquired 75% of Ladurner Ambiente Spa of Bolzano, a major company in the Italian en-vironmental technology sector that was controlled by the Ladurner family. The operation involved the acquisition by the construction machinery giant and the Italian-Chinese fund of 75% of the Parent Company, Ladurner Ambiente, for €67 million, mo-stly to increase the share capital.With this operation Ladurner speeds up its interna-tionalization process that started with the develop-ment of joint ventures in Eastern Europe and India a few years ago. The goal was to overcome the critical situation that was typical of private compa-nies in the European environmental sector, with the exclusion of some French international companies, and become a player capable of competing global-ly in various geographical areas, mainly China and Asia, where there is high growth potential in waste and wastewater treatment.

Even in the environmental technology sector, the modern market requires organizations in step with new requirements, which combine organizational ability and large financial capacities with technical skill cultivated in smaller companies with very pre-cise focuses. For this reason, Ladurner’s ambition is to become a sort of “technological hub” to ex-

port throughout the world with the support of an international company such as Zoomlion and start-ing in China.Ladurner will operate in China with its own compa-ny, the future “Ladurner China”, supported by an

The Bolzano group has the opportunity to speed up its internationalization process and become a world player in the environmental technology industry. The headquarters remains in Bolzano with a heavy investment in human resources.

“industrial agreement” that calls for the transfer of expertise, support in planning activities, and super-vision and coordination of job orders for the con-struction of solid waste and wastewater treatment plants to meet the needs of the Chinese market, which has great potential, with a precise develop-ment plan heavily supported by the government.

Ladurner has decided to make its expertise and technological, managerial, and financial skills avail-able. Combined with high capitalization thanks to Zoomlion’s entry in the share capital, the Group will be able to tackle the global challenge, growth, and objectives, with heavy investment in new human resources, maintaining its headquarters in Bolzano. Plus, the industrial plan shared with Zoomlion pre-dicts strong growth in the value of production and profitability, with obviously positive effects on the region.

“The ‘New Ladurner’ plan,” stated Lukas Ladurn-er, president of Ladurner Ambiente, “is a plan for heavy growth for the company, which will be driven by two engines - an Italian/European engine and a Chinese/Asian engine. The entire team is extremely motivated to begin this new challenge.”

An interview with Lukas Ladurner who explains the reasons behind the decision, speaks about the future role of Ladurner Ambiente, without overlooking past experience and human capital, and the important contribution of all resources over the years

Thanks everyone!

INTERVIEW WITH LUKAS LADURNER

Trust in people behind the decision

So Ladurner is now ‘Chinese’?“Ladurner Ambiente is now ‘Chinese’. Upon signing the agreement, Zoom-lion became the majority shareholder.”The speaker is Lukas Ladurner, president of Ladurner Ambiente SpA, the holding company for environmental activities, that recently became con-trolled by the Chinese group Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology that we talk about on page 2.Why this decision?“The decision we made as a company and a family was to be part of a large group with the possibility of major growth, rather than stay small with less growth. This is the decision we made and, I must say, it was also based on trust in people.”And China?“Zoomlion,” continued Lukas Ladurner, “is experiencing the change occur-ring in China, which is no longer a country under development but an indus-trial country in every respect, with all the related problems. Therefore, even in China, as in all industrial countries, the environment and its protection are very sensitive and important issues.And Ladurner in China?“The most obvious thing,” confirms the president of Ladurner Ambiente, “is smog, but there are also all the other problems that we had in Italy and Eu-rope in the Sixties and Seventies. So for us this is a unique opportunity to use the environmental experience earned in Europe and apply it in China with a consolidated degree of knowledge and, we hope, in other Asian coun-tries or those with heavy industrial growth.”And Ladurner’s experience?“The history of Ladurner Ambiente started in 1992 with the first water purifi-cation plant” stated Lukas Ladurner. “And, in fact, we took the first environ-mental steps in the water industry, moving on to municipal solid waste and passing first through composting and then anaerobic digestion for humid

waste then directly to the production of RDF, now SSF. We also moved on to waste-to-energy incinerators for the treatment of residual or unseparated waste, always seeking to apply the most innovative yet thoroughly tested technology for a developed country such as Italy that, we believe, deserved more than simple shredders intended for the dump as early as the Nineties.”So Italy is the springboard to the World?“The application of innovative yet tested technologies from Northern Eu-rope, especially Germany,” continued Lukas Ladurner, “has always been Ladurner’s pivotal feature that makes it appreciated in Italy.But it is also appreciated for its knowledge of how to apply these technolo-gies to Italian culture and requirements, being able to interpret the different characteristics of the region in relation to the final goals.For this reason, in China and in the rest of the world, we also consider our-selves equipped to be able to provide the best and most suitable technolog-ical solutions for the different organizations and various objectives.”What would you like to say to the Ladurner human staff?“First of all, I would like to thank each and every one of them for their con-tribution - the directors, managers, officers, employees, and workers who have contributed to the development of Ladurner Ambiente Group through-out these 25 years of history. I and my family thank them wholeheartedly. I will also say that now that we are growing and becoming international, we need their contribution even more. For this reason we have prepared a human resources plan and transformation and leveraging path through a functional reorganization with innovative models and the support of modern management tools.”But Lukas Ladurner does not forget the partners either.“And finally, I thank all of the partners who have shared Ladurner Ambiente’s growth over the years - the shareholders and directors, consultants, and all professionals who were with us through the different steps, including the most recent operation with Zoomlion.”

Above: group photo of Zoomlion, Ladurner, and shareholders

To the right: handshake between the President of Zoomlion, Zhan Chunxin, and the President of Ladurner Ambiente, Lukas Ladurner.

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I f the Zoomlion operation from the corpo-rate point of view shifted the shareholder centre of gravity with the entry of the Chi-nese multinational company as a majori-ty shareholder, supported by the Manda-rin fund and the presence of the historic

Ladurner partners with 25%, from the executive governance point of view, confidence in the man-agement of the environmental holding company was confirmed. Besides the President, Lukas La-durner, Andrea Silvestri was confirmed as Chief Executive Officer.We asked him for a preview of Ladurner’s strategies in Italy, Europe and throughout the world in light of the Zoomlion operation.What are the conditions that led to the defini-tion of the operation?“We start with the need to accelerate the company’s internationalization process,” Andrea Silvestri starts by saying, “with the identification of strong partners with whom we can create joint ventures in countries with high growth potential, both demographically and in terms of gross domestic product, and that also need the infrastructure necessary to comply with the parameters set forth in the Kyoto and sub-sequent agreements. This need, however, is one that Ladurner already began to fulfil with the creation of a joint venture in Eastern Europe and India a few years ago.”So internationalization acts as a strategic driv-er?“As for all operators in all industrial sectors, the inter-nationalization of the business,” states Silvestri, “is fundamental for pursuing growth and development. In our sector as well, we must overcome the ‘dwarf-ism’ that is typical of private companies, which is a characteristic of the environmental sector not only in Italy but also in Europe, except for a few French international companies, in order to become a ‘glob-al player’ capable of competing on the international level.”To do what? In other words, what happens in the world?“Throughout the world, the infrastructure and espe-cially the environmental sector,” continues Silvestri, “is characterized by Public Private Partnership and BOT (Build Operate and Transfer) business initia-tives. These are initiatives that combine technolog-ical, management, and financial skills but that also require strong corporate capitalization. Ladurner was extremely ready to meet the first three. The market knows us. But in order to be serially pursued, this

type of initiative, which is known as ‘capital inten-sive’, also requires heavy capitalization.”Hence the agreement with Zoomlion and the entry in Ladurner capital?“Again,” confirms Silvestri, “in order to operate seri-ally, overlapping various initiatives at the same time, it was necessary to be able to have heavy capitaliza-tion available. Thanks to the excellent relationships with the Mandarin fund, which particularly invests in the Italy-China axis, we came across the Zoomlion group, which we met in 2014. After a brief period of mutual understanding, the conviction came that combining the technological and managerial capac-ity along with experience in the organizational sector of a multinational with the objective of becoming a world leader in the environmental market was a for-mula that could be a winner.”Starting with China?“We will start with China, that is known as the most important market in the world with particular refer-ence to the environmental sector, which is strong-ly supported by the government with very precise, determined and, I would say, even cutting edge and ambitious standards strengthened by the conse-quences and experiences from development in the west.”What will the activity be like in China?“We will continue to operate in China,” continued Silvestri, “thanks to the industrial agreement with Zoomlion through Ladurner China, which will be con-

trolled 100% by Ladurner Ambiente. The agreement particularly calls for the transfer of industrial exper-tise, support in planning activities, and supervision of work orders in China.”It wasn’t easy...“It was very long and complex, as you can imagine, but it all lead to the signing in December (a historic date) and the closing at the end of April. Two cultures linked since the time of the Silk Road were united. For this purpose, I recall the gift received from Dr. Zhan, president of Zoomlion, during a meeting in Venice, the Silk Crossroads, which in fact marked the true beginning of this cooperative industrial relationship.”What are Ladurner’s ambitions?“In the modern market, a certain size must be com-bined with the skill of small companies. For this reason, Ladurner’s ambition is to become a sort of ‘technological hub’ to export throughout the world thanks to the support of an international company, starting from China.”And Italy and Europe?“We will continue to pursue our development and growth objectives in Italy and Europe, starting with what we built during our first 25 years of business, strengthened by our accrued experience and matu-rity and with the recent organizational and financial solidity. It all involves heavy investments in human re-sources and planning with strong growth in the value of production and margins, with major repercussions for the region. “

CEO Andrea Silvestri shows us the strategies, after the operation with Zoomlion, that allow the group to best use its technological and managerial skills throughout the world starting in China, but without neglecting Italy and Europe.

Technological hub for the world

INTERVIEW WITH ANDREA SILVESTRI

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The industrial cooperation between Ladurner and Zoomlion started last year and quickly resulted in the planning of the Anaerobic Digestion and water treatment section of the Huaian plant, the first plant of this type for the

Chinese international company, which will construct the work with Project Financing. Today the system is in an advanced stage of construction and startup is expected in the second half of 2016. This is an infrastructure with a potential of 100 t/d for which the Ladurner technical office needed to adapt its technologies to Chinese waste and especially to the different require-ments in terms of legislations and products expected by the market, espe-cially with the special separation of oil contained in the waste and with the now extremely strict limits in the area of water purification.

This system will be an important reference for the Zoomlion-Ladurner group and with the subsequent management phase may provide an important source of data to further improve the plant and processing offer for the Chinese mar-ket.Within the industrial cooperation area, the technical offices of the two compa-nies are developing plant models for the various waste and water treatment technologies, both traditional and new, pooling the expertise of Ladurner and the Zoomlion manufacturing structures in order to optimize the existing plant offer and to add new products and processes to be patented in upcoming months in order to arrive at their industrialization and commercialization.The areas of business in which the Zoomlion-Ladurner activity will be devel-oped will be first the Anaerobic Digestion of wet waste, especially from restau-rants and markets, which is in large quantities given the habits in China. Then the focus will be on solid waste treatment systems starting with collection, a current Zoomlion core business, to then be able to provide complete packages in-cluding disposal with the perspective of becoming a multi-utility in various parts of the country. Even water treatment, in particular related to processes connected with waste treat-ment plants or particularly difficult pro-cessing situations will be a field in which the knowledge and ability to find ad hoc solutions will be constantly tested, with the need to find applications and technologies capable of meeting a wide range of often new and particular situations.Finally, Zoomlion and Ladurner need to face a size challenge for reclamations that, while difficult to quantify today, could definitely be defined as being of epic pro-portions. This is a new sector for oriental countries that, in order to sustain the ex-ponential growth of past years, ended up accumulating unsustainable environmental situations. The smog filling the air in Beijing and Shanghai is only the tip of the iceberg. Land, water bodies, rivers, landfills, indus-trial sites of all kinds create a complete cat-

Bolzano’s technological competence and Changsha’s commercial know-how will be the drivers of Zoomlion-Ladurner’s projects in China, which are very ambitious in all divisions – from wet to solid waste, from waste water treatments to soil reclamations.

Starting from Huaian, the Chinese Adventure

BY SIMONE PAOLI

alogue that, in its drama, is a huge challenge for our group. As we have seen, the programs are ambitious, the challenges are numerous, and the objectives are challenging.How do we address all of these in the upcoming crucial months?The creation of Ladurner China in the upcoming months will be fundamen-tal. This company, controlled by Ladurner Ambiente, will be headquartered in Changsha at Zoomlion’s Lugu II technological area, the central headquarters of the group’s environmental activities. The work group guided by Italian tech-nicians from Ladurner will be established here with the task of operationally developing all of the projects mentioned above.This group will be the bridge that will allow the management of the Chinese projects with the technological expertise from Bolzano and Zoomlion’s market presence. The presence and direction of Ladurner technicians should be the driver for the growth of the Chinese engineers in the processing sector, where there is limited experience.

This workgroup must, however, be the support for Zoomlion’s commercial and construction activities, drawing on the Italian structures to develop the proposals first and then the definitive projects. Also, this core will be a con-necting point between the research and development activities in Italy and China, seeking to transfer the information from one country to another in order to improve or adapt processes and technologies to the different situations. In order to do this, the next steps will be a period of training in Italy for future Chinese engineers from Ladurner China, then the transfer of Italian engineers in China on a permanent basis along with their new colleagues.This is an important passage in Ladurner’s history that begins a completely new and decisive stage of its journey.


The possibility of a greater use of RDF “waste-derived fuels” has been discussed for quite some time with the dual purpose of, on one hand, using a potentially renewable resource and, on the other, contributing to the resolution

of the age-old problem of municipal and special non-hazardous waste by clo-sing the virtuous circle of separate waste as an alternative to the dump. The possibilities of this segment are numerous in consideration of the number of power plants and cement factories and the problems connected to the crea-tion of new waste-to-energy incinerators. Ladurner’s experience in Fusina and in other plants over the years shows that from an environmental point of view the solution is absolutely advantageous, can potentially be easily replicated, and is suited to the current context of driven separate waste. In fact, treatment of the unseparated fraction with the production of SSF fits virtuously and in-terdependently with the now well-established directives of the minimum dump consignment. For quite some time the Ladurner group has developed impor-tant EXPERTISE in the creation of high quality RDF production plants. Here is a brief overview of some of our company’s achievements in constructing this type of system:

FUSINAThe Venice region has already been using a cutting edge waste treatment plant for several years. At the Fusina Waste Treatment Facility, the Municipal Solid Waste that is collected is subjected to mechanical-biological treatment and then processed into Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF), enhanced through co-com-bustion with carbon in the adjacent Fusina power plant. In the beginning it was one of those technical challenges that are fascinating to those who work in the waste industry: the design and construction of a plant that uses the best waste

biostabilization technology for the production of quality RDF that could act as a substitute for coal.Today, this challenge is a crowning achievement for Ladurner, which manages the Fusina plant for Ecoprogetto Venezia. The plant has two RDF production lines. The first was built in 2001 and the second in 2010 following the dis-mantling of the previously built composting plant. The overall capacity of the plant is currently 265,000 t/year. RDF production is broken down into 4 prima-ry stages:Phase 1: Reception and pre-treatment of unsorted waste.Phase 2: Biodrying in Ladurner biocells.The core of the treatment is biostabilization that occurs inside the hermetically sealed concrete structures. During the process, the material has a 30% weight loss following the dehumidification, sanitation and biostabilization processes on the organic fraction present in the waste. The aerobic treatment lasts seven days while the biological process starts a few hours after the roof of the bio-cells is closed. The calorific value of the material coming out of the biocells, equal to about 12,000+13,000 Kj/kg, is about 35% more than the incoming waste. A dedicated software independently regulates the optimal air mixture to be blown inside each biocell by detecting the various control parameters and comparing them to the preset values. The seven days of material treatment are then broken down into 3 stages: 1. Start of the process with a temperature increase from the environmental value to the operating value; 2. Biodrying at the constant temperature; 3. Cooling the waste with further humidity elimination.Phase 3: Selection and mechanical treatment.The dried and stabilized material is sent to the selection and mechanical treat-ment step. Through a complex screening system and further selection, the following

Over ten years of experience in the production of quality RDF plants that can be replicated without difficulty and with important advantages in the production of SSF.

Ladurner’s expertisein the treatment of municipal waste

BY BURKHARD KLOTZ

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products are obtained from the selection cycle:- RDF for energy use - Non-ferrous metals to send for recycling - Ferrous metals to send for recycling - Inert material (gravel, sand, glass, ceramic, etc.) to send for reuse or to the dump. The RDF obtained is an excellent fuel with a calorific value of about 17,000 Kj/Kg.Phase 4: The RDF is produced and packaged in three different ways: - Fluff RDF, which is the basic product and is a light material with a particle size of less than 55 mm; - Pelletized RDF, obtained through an extrusion process and compressed into pellets with a diameter of 16-18 mm and a length of about 20 mm; - RDF in bales, pressed and then tied with a polyester strap and covered with polyethylene film.The total fluff RDF produced is then sent to the Enel power plant for co-com-bustion. To date, Enel uses 70,000 tonnes of RDF in its Palladio power plant, thus replacing 5% of the coal used to supply the boilers.

BARIAn MBT plant capable of grinding, sanitizing and reducing the volume of municipal solid waste, making the Bari area self-sufficient and substantial-ly immune from emergencies due to contingent factors. The work performed at the Amiu Bari company complex was inaugurated in March 2010 and is still operating today with the supervision of Ladurner technicians. As usual, the plant design phase was a focal point in which our technical office did their best to accept the requests from the contract-ing body and the citizens in order to translate them into the best techni-cal solution. The plant design logic therefore sought and needed to find a synthesis between the various needs: maximum plant efficiency, operating safety, management ease and environmental sustainability. There are two primary sections of the Bari plant: the part for waste processing and bi-ostabilization and the one for facility services. The first section includes

the machines for the reception and first grinding of the waste, the biocells for the biodrying stage and the transport system to the existing grinding/screening plant. The biodrying system conducted in closed cells for 14 days allows for the reduction of humidity and biological oxidation of the organic fraction remaining in the waste. The biodried material is removed with rubber blades and sent to the existing refining shed through conveyor belts which provide for the removal of ferrous materials using a magnet. The approximate 400 tons of unsorted waste that arrive at the plant on a daily basis are about 90% of what the city of Bari produces.

LA SPEZIAThe ACAM plant built in La Spezia is one of Ladurner’s crowning achieve-ments. Inaugurated on June 13, 2008, the RDF plant combines mechani-cal treatment phases with biological treatment in order to obtain a quality waste fuel (RDF) that can be used as a combustible material in electrical power plants, aspiring to present itself as a technical reference standard for similar plants. Ladurner biodrying and RDF production processes boast effectiveness and efficiency resulting from Ladurner’s acquisition of funda-mental technical expertise through the construction and management of the energy facility in Fusina and the continuous R & D in its own technical division. The La Spezia plant is made up of a central body for the treatment phases surrounded by the transfer, storage and handling zones. The pro-cess is divided into three primary stages.

Zero Environmental ImpactThe La Spezia plant represents an optimization in the “waste to energy” sector due to the results in terms of elimination of the environmental impact. Due to cutting edge engineering solutions, the surrounding area is saved from any kind of atmospheric or soil pollution. The control of odorous emissions, for example, is through a multi-stage abatement system made up of bag filters, washing towers, and biofilter created in 4 separate sections in order to make maintenance possible without plant interruptions.

Above: RDF briquettes produced in FusinaUpper right: inside the La Spezia plantBelow: Bari plant Facing page: inside the Fusina plant


During recent years anaerobic digestion has spread throughout many European countries (especially Germany), including Italy. The purpose of the plants is not only to recover renewable energy but also to control malodorous emissions and stabi-

lize the biomass, producing quality soil conditioners. Plus, the evolution of environmental policies, espe-cially those aimed at the reduction of atmospheric pollution from greenhouse gases (of which methane is one of the primary components), enhances atten-tion on the recovery of biogas and material. Systems that make use of anaerobic codigestion processes of various types of biomass (sewage sludge, zootechnical and agro-industrial waste, or-ganic fractions from separate waste) are therefore destined for major development on a global scale.In particular, Ladurner straightaway considered that there are two areas that are the most important:

— zootechnical, that can be the driver for large scale development of anaerobic digestion, as has already occurred in Germany, for example.

— organic fractions of separate waste: the inte-gration of anaerobic and aerobic processes in the treatment of organic waste will increas-ingly become a necessary solution in the con-struction of new plants and the improvement of already existing ones.

Over the years, Ladurner developed major exper-tise in the anaerobic digestion sector with the con-struction and especially the management of its own plants. Here are a few of the major projects.

AlbairateThe Albairate plant represents the evolution and technical and management optimization of tradition-al composting plants. Anaerobic digestion applied to the treatment of the organic fraction of sorted waste is, in fact, a process that helps limit environmental impact and optimize management and recovery processes through the production of biogas, which is used for the production of electrical and thermal energy.The process is organized into two distinct areas arranged in series. In the first the anaerobic biodi-gestion process is developed. Here the biomass un-dergoes a biochemical conversion to produce bio-gas and an intermediate product resulting from the digested sludge (digestate). In the second area, the digestate is transformed into a quality soil condition-er (compost).The anaerobic digestion and electricity production plant in Albairate is in complete operation. Located in the Southern Agricultural Park in the southwest part of the province of Milan, it has 2 MW of installed electrical power with an annual production of almost 17 million kWh of electricity, capable of serving over

4,500 domestic users/average families, and a total power of 2.5 thermal MW, capable of heating over 300 apartments, and will treat 70,000 tons of sorted organic waste in the province of Milan, over 60,000 from OFMSW, domestic organic waste. Net of the gaseous material (biogas) that generates electricity, the solid material will be processed for the produc-tion of about 16,000 tons of mixed, composted soil conditioner. This compost, a fertilizer for use in full field agriculture, is in great demand for organic farm-ing.

EnerfarmThe plants owned by the Enerfarm subsidiaries are located throughout Northern Italy along the Po Val-ley, an area traditionally suited to the cultivation of waxy corn and other noble crops. The plant can be divided into two distinct sections: - Fermenta-tion section for the production of Biogas - Cogen-eration section for the production of Electricity and Thermal Energy In the first part, the Biomass and manure put into the production cycle, through a process of anaerobic biodigestion, undergo a bi-ochemical type conversion that leads to the pro-duction of biogas with a CH4 concentration of ap-proximately 55%. In the second part the biogas is treated to decrease its condensation and sent to a 999 KW cogenerator for the production of Elec-tricity and Thermal Energy. The first is put into the

Over the years Ladurner has gained a great deal of experience in the treatment of wet waste, first with composting and then with anaerobic digestion.

Anaerobic Digestion, the answer for wet waste

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mains network after the consumption needed for both the Fermentation and Cogeneration Sections and the second is used to heat the Primary Tanks in the Fermentation Section in order to ensure the perfect temperature for the biodigestion process. Overall, each plant is currently “supplied” with approx-imately 23,000 tons/year comprised of approximately 15,000 tons of Noble Agricultural Biomass (chopped corn, sorghum, triticale, etc.) and 8,000 of ma-nure (poultry droppings, pig slurry, etc.) for a total of approximately 115,000 tons/year overall. The Biomass is inserted in the two Main Reactors where the anaerobic biochemical process develops using a loading system with a mo-bile bed and loading augers with 24 daily cycles. The substrate, with the ther-mal energy from the Engine, is heated to a temperature of approximately 47°C and is mixed at regular intervals using three or four agitators (depending upon the Dry Substance) in order to ensure homogenization of the substrate and the temperatures and to avoid the formation of layers inside the tanks. The substrate is then pumped to one or two secondary reactors where they will stay for enough time to completely utilize the biomass fed into the process. All of the primary and secondary reactors are equipped with a double mem-brane roof. The first operates as a gasometer and the second as a roof to protect the gasometer from the weather (sun, rain, snow, etc.). Once the pro-duction cycle is complete, the digestate is sent to a final storage tank to then be distributed in the country as a Natural Fertilizer in compliance with the nitrate laws (similar to slurry). The biogas produced is instead sent to the Co-generation Section.

Cogeneration PlantThe biogas energy use is through combustion of a cogeneration engine, type MWM, TCG 2020 V12 (or V20 depending on the plant). The electricity produced is input in the mains, net the power consumed by the plant which amounts to about 7-8%.

TortonaThe Tortona plant, in a strategic position within the Milan-Turin-Genoa indus-trial triangle, is made up of two distinct areas arranged in series.In the first, anaerobic biodigestion takes place. This is where the biomasses delivered undergo a biochemical type conversion that produces biogas and a stabilized residue resulting from the digested sludge (digestate). In the sec-ond, already in operation since 1995 and today undergoing revamping, the digestate is transformed into compost, a stabilized product to be used as an organic soil conditioner in agriculture and for environmental rehabilitation. The Tortona plant is extremely modern in every respect thanks to its use of the best technology existing on the market today and due to the maximum reduction of environmental impact resulting from the new establishment un-

der construction. For this reason, the Tortona site is part of a major research and development project financed by the Ministry of Economic Development within the “Industria 2015” project.Overall the plant allows for the treatment of 33,000 t/year of OFMSW from separate waste collection, 7,000 t/year of lignocellulose fraction, and the equivalent of 2,000 t/year of sewage sludge, that can be adapted with the OFMSW to up to 10,000 t/year.Receipt and mechanical pre-treatment:— Pre-treatment, aimed at the elimination of the heavy and non-putrescible

substances is a step of primary important for the progress of the subse-quent biostabilization process. The biomass, after separating the incom-patible impurities through the treatment cycle and dilution of the organic material, is sent to the fermentation phase.

Anaerobic Digestion:A. DIGESTER - The substrate is first heated and brought to a temperature of

38° C and then sent to the digester, which is fed several times a day and in which the anaerobic biochemical process by methanogenic bacteria de-velops. The material is mixed continuously through special vertical agita-tors that prevent sedimentation, ensure homogenization, and maintain the pH and temperature of the substrate inside the digester.

- The biogas produced in this phase is sent to a gasometer and then a co-generation plant while the digestate is sent to the post-fermentation tank and then the dehydration stage.

B. COGENERATION PLANT - The energy exploitation of biogas is through combustion in a cogeneration engine. The thermal energy produced is used inside the plant and is possibly even available for the public network.

C. DEHYDRATION OF FERMENTATION RESIDUES - The substrate coming out of post-fermentation is treated in centrifuges in order to separate the liquid phase from the solid phase. The separated liquid phase is recircu-lated to pre-treatment while the excess is sent to the cooperative purifier. The solid phase, on the other hand, is sent to the drying section through a medium temperature belt able to use the heat produced by the cogenera-tion unit. The dried sludge is then sent to the aerobic composting phase after mixing with the structuring matrices.

Aerobic compostingThe final section of treatment is aerobic composting, which creates a quality compost that can be used as an organic soil conditioner in agriculture or for environmental rehabilitation.

On the facing page under the title: the Tortona plant On this page: on the left a Biogas plant and on the right the biodigesters at the Albairate plant


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Clockwise from the top left: the Montale (PT) plant, inside and outside of the Bolzano waste-to-energy incinerator

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Ladurner’s waste-to-energy incinerator technology has been implemented over the years with major construction and management skills that run along the Bolzano-Montale axis.

BOLZANOThe Bolzano waste-to-energy incinerator is now a solid reality. Officially “started up” by the heads of the Province, City of Bolzano, and Consortium of Municipalities in June 2013, after temporary man-agement by the ATI head by Ladurner the structure is now in the hands of the public company.The energy produced by the waste-to-energy in-cinerator covers the heating needs of 10 thousand lodgings and provides the electricity needed to light 20 thousand. The waste-to-energy incinerator treats 130,000 t/y of municipal solid waste with a calorific value of 13 MJ/kg, producing 14.4 MW of electricity and 5.9 MW of thermal energy to be sent to district heating.

Thanks to the special attention paid to the treat-ment of the flue gas produced, the threshold val-ues will be much lower than the parameters set in European and Italian Directives. Special attention was given to the architectural setting of the plant. The entire complex is divided into three bodies that adapt to the new Bolzano Sud Skyline, the new city gate.

Ladurner, the project technical leader and design coordinator, was particularly engaged in the flue gas treatment line that was built to ensure not only compliance with the legal limits but also to stay clearly below them. Completely dry designed and constructed, this abatement system offers a series of advantages for the environment and its manage-ment since the reagents are reduced, water is not used, and load loss is reduced, increasing energy recovery from the flue gas itself.

MONTALEThe Montale plant was the subject of a major in-

dustrial revamping by Ladurner, which adapted the waste-to-energy incinerator to the best practices for the reference technology. Ladurner was also able to increase its own expertise through man-agement of the structure, also obtaining ISO 14001 and EMAS certifications.On a daily basis, the Montale plant treats the un-sorted waste produced by the three municipali-ties that own the structure (Agliana, Quarrata, and Montale, where it is located) as well as those in the nearby city of Prato and a residual amount of what is produced by the city of Florence for a total of 75 tons/day of MSW. Besides the waste, on a daily basis the plant also burns 75 tons of RDF, fuel from waste produced in various plants in Tuscany. From the combustion of the MSW and the RDF, about 23 tons/hour of steam at 41 bars are pro-duced and, through expansion in a multi-stage tur-bine, over 4 MWh of electricity are generated and then completely distributed in the network, an elec-trical potential able to supply about 1,300 apart-ments.

Ladurner’s waste-to-energy incinerator technology has been implemented over the years with major construction and management skills that run along the Bolzano-Montale axis.

Ladurner is also “WtE”

BY BURKHARD KLOTZ

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R em-Tec (Ladurner Group) in ATI with AR-CADIS Italia was provisionally awarded the contract for a sophisticated recovery of an abandoned industrial area in Vicenza (si-

gning of the contract expected in May 2016).Up until 1980 the area was used for the produc-tion of pharmaceuticals and is located within a residential area. The site has a complex geological and hydrogeological situation with four overlapping aquifers. The high presence of fine-grained soil, el-evated contamination with recalcitrant substances (chlorobenzenes, chlorinated aliphatic hydrocar-bons and aromatic hydrocarbons), and the imme-diate proximity of residential complexes make the recovery intervention particularly challenging.In order to be able to meet the standards necessary for residential use of the site and at the same time avoid any impact to public health in the adjacent residential areas, a sophisticated combination of both in situ and ex situ reclamation technologies is needed.The reclamation interventions anticipated are:

— Asbestos removal in existing buildings

— Demolition of existing buildings — Excavation, on-site treatment and/or external

disposal of unsaturated soil — Reclamation of the source areas by in situ

thermal treatment — Recovery of the groundwater through a com-

bination of- In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO)- Multiphase Extraction (MPE)- Pump&Treat

— Hydraulic containment of deep confined groundwater

Following the removal of the asbestos and dem-olition of all of the existing buildings, the excava-tion work of the unsaturated contaminated soil will be performed. The soil contaminated with volatile compounds will be subjected to a forced ventila-tion stack treatment inside special industrial build-ings. Soil contaminated with inorganic compounds and other waste residues will be disposed of in external plants. In the two source areas, an in situ thermal treatment (ISTT) will be performed as this technology is perfect for treating volatile (VOC) and

Recovery of an abandoned industrial area with innovative technologies in situ and ex situ. The intervention will last 3 years.

BY LORENZ SAN NICOLÒ

semi-volatile compounds present on the site even in low permeable soil.ISTT technologies require the input of energy into the ground to increase the temperature of the soil and interstitial water. This increases the volatility of the VOCs. Even in separated phase (NAPL) they are desorbed from the soil matrix. By creating steam and VOCs in the gaseous phase in the micropo-res, the pollutants can be transported away from the treatment area. A special extraction system en-sures a controlled migration of the pollutants and their transfer to the treatment unit.In the case below, the soil is heated through resist-ance heating (ERH - Electrical Resistance Heating) that uses a regular mesh of electrodes installed in the treatment area and that reach the entire verti-cal extension of the contamination. Following the electrical resistance of the ground, the electricity is transformed into thermal energy, thus heating the soil in the intervention area.In the two source areas there will be about 200 ERH electrodes and about 100 extraction wells and a process temperature of 100°C. The fluids and gas-es extracted will be treated with an active carbon treatment plant with steam regeneration.The recovery of the three contamination plumes in the groundwater calls for a combined intervention of In situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) injecting ox-idant reagents (Fenton reagents). A series of pilot tests will be performed to determine the size of the intervention. One part of the plume with products will be subjected to a Multiphase Extraction inter-vention and a Pump & Treat intervention.All of the recovery interventions were planned through a numerical flow and transport model that was used to determine the size and foresee the progress of the reclamation. During execution of the intervention, the numeric model will be a useful tool for comparing and evaluating the progress of the reclamation. The duration of the intervention is estimated at about 3 years.

A “hi-tech” reclamation


The evolution of the projectThe call for tender for the design and construction of the new purification plant called “Trento 3” is the final solution of a complex path for the construction of the treatment plant serving the urban agglomerates ranging from the southern outskirts of Trento to those north of Rovereto.With the first allotment, a plant will be built with a treatment capacity of 150,000 p.e. (48,000 m3/d) corresponding to the amount of wastewater now gravitating to the Trento Sud purification plant and to the contribution of the countryside south of the city. In a second phase, the Trento Nord purification plant will also be connected to the new plant. The overall potential of the new purification plant has been determined to be 300,000 P.E. (96,000 m3/d).

Positioning of the system and attention to potential environmental impactThe solution presented in the awarded project involves placing the plant near the foot of the mountain and is an alternative to the construction of tunnels, already the subject of previous planning calculations. In fact, keeping the plant located near the foot of the mountain makes it possible to limit the amount of agricultural land only to the area of the screening-lifting building. Plus, with the proposed solution the products will be completely covered. Besides the use of a deodorizing system, any emission of unpleasant odours is prevented at the source by adopting design choices aimed at confining and isolating the areas at higher risk for the production of odours, in particular the screening, flotation, and dehydration-storage of sludge, and will be guaranteed by careful management.As for the noise problem, special care was taken in the sound insulation of the compressors, cogeneration units, and emergency power generators through confinement of the main sources of noise in soundproof boxes so as to en-sure a healthy work environment and minimize the acoustic level that can be detected outside.

The treatment chainFor management safety and simplification of maintenance operations, the en-tire plant is divided into several parallel treatment lines. There are also various bypasses for the treatment compartments, which, in synergy with the crossed connections between the parallel treatment lines, maximize the operating flex-ibility of the entire plant.

The purification processThe purification process was verified, integrated, and optimized in order to increase the efficiency in terms of biological removal of pollutants (in particular nitrogen and phosphorus), reduce the need for reagents (ferric chloride and methanol), and optimize energy consumption. It was also designed in order to obtain maximum purification efficiency in compliance with the most recent legislation in the European Community for areas defined as “sensitive” and as transposed into Italian legislation.

From the processing point of view, two alternative operating configurations were modelled that may be activated as the manager wishes:

— Bardenpho/UTC/VIP configuration, or the configuration proposed based on the requirements integrated with a biological pre-phosphate removal section with its own anoxic recirculation. The process is then structured in pre-phosphate removal, pre-nitrate removal, nitrification/oxidation, post-denitrification (divided into 2 segments), and post-oxidation.

— On/Off configuration (or alternating cycles) obtained by transforming the pre-denitrification, nitrification/oxidation tanks and the first 2 post-deni-trification compartments. The process is then structured in biological pre-phosphate removal followed by 3 reactors in on/off operation by a post-denitrification compartment and post-oxidation.

Thanks to the installation of appropriate measuring instruments and the im-

It is called Trento 3 and will have a final potential of a population equivalent of 300,000, will be integrated in the region and will have two alternative operating configurations ensuring maximum flexibility.

The Trento 3 purification plant,flexible and mitigated in the environment

BY MASSIMO TRONCON AND DANIELE ZAMPATTI

To the left, photorealistic rendering of the entry to the purification plant; to the right, photorealistic rendering of the purification plant in the environment

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plementation of a control and management system, the On/Off operation, once calibrated on real management data, can lead to saving in terms of the air requirements up to 20-30% compared to a conventional process for con-tinuous ventilation. By contrast, at low temperatures the continuous aeration mode of operation ensures better performance in terms of nitrogen removal.In the light of these considerations, in order to ensure maximum flexibility to the system, the improving solution calls for equipping the reactors in order to operate with both the Bardenpho/UTC/VIP process that uses the On/Off con-figuration in order to optimize energy consumption, reagents, and to maximize system performance in terms of nutrient removal during the year. Another el-ement of quality from the point of view of energy recovery is the recommen-dation of a photovoltaic system with a total rated output of 100 kWp. The winning project has also improved the process scheme of the sludge line in

order to increase the production of biogas and, consequently, the production of electricity and thermal energy from cogeneration.

In summary, respecting the process flow diagram provided in the require-ments, this proposal provides for the following improvements:

— possibility of keeping the primary and secondary sludge separate during the thickening stage;

— ultrasound disintegration process to improve the ability to digest and de-hydrate the sludge;

— possibility of operating a variable dry concentrations with the advantage of improving the efficiency of the sludge mixture in the Anaerobic Digestion section.

The Lavis plantThe plant treats the leachate from all of the major dumps in the province with a capacity of 300 m³/d (about 110.000 m³/y).The plant is primarily made up of the following three technological sections:

— Complete chemical-physical plant pre-treatment — Biological reactors (two parallel lines, one traditional with active sludge

and one operating with a SNAD-Anammox process) — Tertiary refining by MBR microfiltration

Main characteristics of the SNAD processThe SNAD process - “Simultaneous partial nitrification ANAMMOX Denitri-fication” is an innovative biological process used to oxidize the ammonium nitrogen (N-NH4+) present in the wastewater.This is a combined process, made up primarily of 2 phases:

— Partial nitrification arrested to nitrite (nitrosation) — Autotrophic denitrification where nitrogen removal takes place

Advantages of the Anammox processFor the reasons described above there is increasing interest in reducing the quantity of sludge produced, complying with increasingly strict emission limits. In this scenario the SNAD process has the following advantages::

— Significant management cost savings — Savings in energy to be supplied (about 60% mainly thanks to the lower

amount of oxygen needed) — No need for external carbon (autotrophic process) — No CO2 emission — Low production of excess sludge — Simple plant technology (SBR process) — Quick start-up — Tested, reliable, and efficient technology

The Lavis leachate treatment plant has been certified

PROJECT DATA U.M. VALUE

Capacity m³/d 300

Total N load kg/g 504

Total N concentration mg/l 1200

Biodegradable, soluble COD load kg/g 630

Biodegradable, soluble COD concentration mg/l 1500

Suspended solids load kg/g 50

Suspended solids concentration mg/l 12

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The ilnius plant in Lithuania is now in service. Having passed the performance inspection in March 2016, the plant in the Lithuanian capital recovers plas-tic (LDPE, HDPE, and PET), glass, paper, metals (ferrous

and non-ferrous), and RDF (waste derived fuels) from the unsorted fraction of the Municipal Solid Waste on a daily basis along with a small fraction of stabi-lized waste to be sent to the dump.The approximately 900 tonnes treated per day are processed by three parallel lines made up of a combination of automatic machines and manual selection performed inside a cabinet equipped with about 30-50 work stations.With the construction of this work, Ladurner has confirmed its ability to meet the technical requirements and standards required by the customer in a mem-ber country in the European Union. These were already tackled with its pre-vious experience in Romania (Cluj plant) but Ladurner’s ability has definitely improved and been enriched given the greater complexity of the Lithuanian plant. The civil works started in February 2015 while the electromechanical ones starting in June 2015 and the plant was completed in November 2015. The first test runs were performed in the beginning of December 2015. The completion of this plant within the contractual time frame and meeting all of the technical specifications of the tender is proof that Ladurner has all of the capabilities needed to satisfy the European market and, more generally, is ready to tackle a broader internationalization program.

The testing and in-service phase of the Vilnius plant in Lithuania indicate Ladurner’s place in the European and international market

Recovery of secondary rawmaterials from waste

BY MASSIMO MAPELLI

The Ladurner staff: the leading players

Andreas Möltner (Designer) followed the en-tire development of the working project for the Vilnius plant, from the development of the designs to the drafting of the technical spec-ifications for all of the machinery in the plant, interacting with the PM during the acquisition phases and supporting him during the weeks of performance inspections.

Tommaso Zanasi (Project Manager) interacted with the Lithuanian customer and coordinated all of the job activities: drafting of the working project and related Lithuanian issues, man-agement of the construction site activities as Head of construction (Lithuanian certification), checks and compliance with the contract (Yel-low and Red Fidic contract), management of new contractual addendums, and coordination of all inspection phases (Probatory tests).

Guido Devincenti e Dylan Devincenti (Site Managers) performed on-site coordination of all of the plant con-struction phases, optimizing the construction times and verifying the construction quality. They were the leading players in all of the cold inspections and during the perfor-mance inspection phases.

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Theinstallation of two mechanical processing lines for un-sorted waste and the completion of the 20 biostabiliza-tion lines for the rich organic fraction make up the heart of the plant. The stabilization lines were constructed

using breathable sheeting technology, with air injection from below through a network of pipes equipped with diffuser cones embedded in the concrete slabs.The stabilization slabs are 50 metres long and about 8 metres wide; the breathable covering sheets are installed and removed through an automatic rubberised shifter. A leachate recirculation soaking system was also installed on the piles with the integration of industrial water.Ladurner was also responsible for the installation of the power and signal electrical system, creating the automatic control architecture through a net-work of PLCs conveyed to the operator interface in the monitoring and con-trol room, from which the operation of the mechanical treatment lines and stabilization processes in the 20 piles can be monitored.

Ladurner has completed construction of the MBT plant in the city of Cluj in Romania.

Cluj RomaniaMission completedBY MASSIMO MAPELLI

In the city of La Spezia, the Ladurner Consulting and Communication Di-vision developed a technical/eco-nomical project and a communica-tion campaign starting in 2008 for the initiation of a door-to-door waste

collection service and therefore a calendar ser-vice to collect sorted waste such as wet waste, paper, glass, plastic, and cans.For the 95,000 inhabitants, this was a change in daily habits that inevitably needed to be accom-panied by a motivational and informational plan.A multichannel campaign was created using a mix of traditional tools such as posters, flyers, brochures and calendars, but also using alter-native and original ideas such as social media, a dedicated blog as a help desk for users, and information points. Great work was also done by environmental facilitators and people trained to assist users (companies and citizens) in a small but significant daily revolution. Our team sup-

ported the city and ACAM service manager dur-ing all phases of the startup through technical and specific training sessions for operators, city technical office staff, police, associations, etc.Starter Kits were delivered through door-to-door distribution to each domestic and non-domestic user. Receptacles and wheeled bins were deliv-ered for each fraction, to be located inside the individual homes, their numbers and positions were according to a detailed technical project and built with precise censuses performed in the field.

THE RESULTSThe city of Spezia divided the entire territory into lots to make the substantial change to the new collection system more manageable. Each startup was followed by analysis of the material collected in terms of quality and quantity, con-firmed good and excellent quality and collection percentages that always exceeded 65%.

The initiation of the waste collection service in the Spezia capital was carried out by the Ladurner Consulting and Communication Division with great results

A big difference in Spezia

BY ANDREA MIORANDI

COMUNEDELLA SPEZIAwww.comune.sp.it800 48 77 11

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in accordo con:

INCONTRI PUBBLICISULLA RACCOLTA DIFFERENZIATA DEI RIFIUTIPORTA A PORTA

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CITY: LA SPEZIA

POPULATION: 95.260

USERS: 44.00 domestic, 6.000 non-domestic

PROJECT: separate waste collection startup and communication campaign

ANALYSISLADURNER AMBIENTE LIFE

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The Lighted Path project pro-posed to the Venice Port au-thority and created in project financing by the ATI Ladurn-

er Group - Elenia Srl then transformed into the project company Lighting Venice Port Srl (LVP) has reached the operations management phase. After planning the plant and the new technology placed at its service, the creation and fine tun-ing phase begun in January 2015 was complet-ed successfully in November 2015 with the final testing of the work that it passed with flying col-ours. Now it fully enters the management phase headed by Lighting Venice Port Srl as a result of a twenty-five year concession that includes routine plant maintenance, programmed on a weekly ba-sis according to a detailed operating plan agreed upon with the contracting authority, and extraor-dinary maintenance, with targeted interventions defined according to the actual needs identified during routine maintenance inspections or follow-ing failures or malfunctions.

The plant is managed from the LVP operations headquarters with the help of a monitoring, con-trol, and data acquisition system (SCADA) serving the plant, through which it is possible to turn the lights on and off manually and access the system database that includes and registers, at regular in-tervals, all data regarding its operation. This data includes the status of the photovoltaic modules, the residual battery charge, and the vertical align-ment of each pole. The new power supply system from photovoltaic combined with the use of high-ly efficient technology offsets the electric bill for the lighted path, at the same time ensuring max-imum availability of the plant. In fact, since each pole is autonomous and self-sufficient, any failure impacts only the element involved without prop-agating to other poles. The event is immediately registered by the SCADA system which allows the manager to intervene to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

The Venice project with unique energy efficiency features has been tested and is challenging innovation in the sector.

Lighted pathway in the lagoon

BY LORIS TOGNONI

The Venice project introduced Ladurner Group’s corporate approach to ener-gy efficiency and innovation challenges. The Venice technology could be ap-plied to other fields in energy efficiency such as logistics and office and public lighting. Ladurner’s energy efficiency team believes that every light should be intelligent in order to drive radical energy efficiency. The elementary strategies sometimes adopted upgrade the lights with more efficiency technology like LED. However, more efficient lighting is still not enough to capture the true potential savings because greater savings can be found through improving the ongoing management and maintenance. Based on this belief Ladurner Group, with its Chinese technological partners, has developed an innovative system based on both hardware and software in order to improve energy efficiency strategies through smart building control and operation solutions: tools that enable the Enterprise Internet of Things (E-IoT) paradigm. Ladurner’s innovative solution allows the implementation of a “smart building automation” (SBA) platform able to control, manage and measure different devices such as lighting, thermostats, sensors, meters, and plug loads and the creation of an integrated system with the aim to manage and perform better industrial processes (how we drive the consumption made by technology inside the building) and get more energy efficiency from devices such as LED Smart Lamps. Ladurner’s Energy Efficiency Technologies pro-vide an extraordinary opportunity to adjust the energy consumption with huge flexibility, adapting it to the specific industrial process and preventing energy waste. This means that it could be possible to use a remote control device for ongoing adjustment of the SBA system to the industrial process, in order to reduce energy waste. This means not only energy efficiency from new efficient technology like LED lighting (static view), but also energy efficiency by improv-ing industrial process that are better at using efficient technologies with the aim to increase savings in energy costs (dynamic view).

LADURNER IS ALSO SOCIAL

In recent months our Group decided to initiate, build, and implement a 2.0 identity that is increasingly proactive and responds to the challenges and opportunities found in digitalization.That is how Ladurner’s social network pages were created, for Expo (channels: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram). They rep-resent a strategic form of interaction between the company and users, to share environmental and energy topics aimed at implementing an in-creasingly direct relationship between our area and the various stake-holders in order to transparently communicate through a direct line on the individual platforms. At the same time, aware of this new digital iden-tity, we developed a new, full responsive website to establish an inter-active relationship that could serve as the bond between our Group, the activities we perform every day, and the community.In just 10 months we built a digital community that follows us on Social Media made up of 15,000 individual, loyal users between the individual platforms that are informed, request news and opinions, and have be-come an added value and even a stimulus to our company, driving us to constantly improve. Clear and direct information, as is our practice, benefits our reputation and makes us a qualified and privileged contact for citizens and admin-istrators.

LADURNER IN ISWA, AN OBVIOUS CHOICE

Zoomlion’s global mentality and attitude will guide Ladurner in the fundamental path to internationalization with internal processes rewritten by Deloitte

Ladurner throughout the world with a global vision

BY DAVIDE FURLAN

W here should we start in presenting Ladurner’s activities in the glo-bal market? Let’s start with the trade route that was laid out in 2013 by CEO Andrea Silvestri who, with the presentation of what was at the time a new corporate asset, quickly understood the es-

sence of the future Ladurner. Local business was dropping in terms of volume due to the reduction in investments by the public administrations while emer-ging markets were experience a gradual increase. This simple consideration led to the need to develop an internationalization plan that took into account the company’s specific features and that, during the last two years, was en-hanced and driven by two elements that are still changing not only the face but also the intrinsic structure of this company: Zoomlion, the new majority shareholder in the Holding company and its global and exciting commercial attitude used by Deloitte in rewriting the internal processes.And it is exactly this attitude and global mentality that guides Ladurner in this fundamental path through a completely dedicated internal structure capable of covering and pursuing the waste management and waste treatment and remediation markets throughout the world in the wake of past experiences in places such as India, Lithuania, and Romania. It is a difficult challenge that awaits us for many reasons, least of all the inter-national instability in many areas that makes doing business sometimes risky, where only constant contact with institutional channels can help make it less dangerous. I will finish by discussing IFAT since this trade fair is of utmost im-portance in the current internationalization process. In 2016 Ladurner will no longer only be a visitor but will now be an official exhibitor. This quality leap is symbolic proof of the company’s new path to become a global player in the environmental field.

In 2016, for the first time, after years of participation in the Italian Composter Committee, Ladurner joined the prestigious Interna-tional Solid Waste Association (ISWA) as a Gold Member.

This was an obvious choice for a company involved in waste man-agement with global ambitions at the commercial level for the imple-mentation of its own network, but especially technologically given the high level that ISWA scientific processing has reached through its Technical Committee and numerous work groups.

Taking stock about 6 months after joining, Ladurner is extremely sat-isfied with the choice it made and is looking with extreme interest at the next events in which it will participate such as the IFAT fair in Monaco and the Association’s World Convention that will take place in Novi Sad in Serbia, September 19-21, 2016.


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EXPO has been over for several months now.The Universal Exposition, which took place in Milan from May to October 2015, was enormously successful. In six months over 21 million visitors arrived in Milan, two million of which stopped at Casa Alto Adige, the stand for the Province of Bolzano located near Palazzo Italia, the heart of the Universal Exhibition.

Our region was able to seize the opportunity offered by Expo to present not only its territory and culture to the world but also its excellence and skills. Ladurner was also able to make the most of Expo. Participating for the entire duration as an institutional partner to the Autonomous Province of Bolzano was a decision made with confidence, certain of being able to make the most of the opportunities and contacts that could be ensured by such an event. And that’s how it went. From the start we used the Expo stage to meet inter-national and national companies visiting Expo, intercepting all delegations in our interest that were attending the event.

Our continuous presence for the entire six months of Expo yielded more than one hundred and twenty commercial and marketing meetings, providing a good boost to our path of internationalization. We were able to meet institu-tional delegations, private companies, public organizations, and even simple visitors with whom we were able to effectively illustrate topics such as sus-tainability and the management and leveraging of waste as a resource. Expo made it possible to make our technology and distinctiveness known, to em-brace the world beyond Italy and to begin our international journey. Plus we have the great and unique experience of being able to experience six months of a profoundly dynamic and active climate in which the differ-ent countries that participated presented visitors, tourists and even political and institutional delegations on a daily basis. Now that Expo is over, we are left with the memories, new ideas, and many contacts and connections from around the world. Now the challenge is to cultivate them and make them bloom!

Ladurner’s presence at EXPO was a courageous and appreciated

choice at the stand for a region with excellent tourism and food but

also with an environmentalist vocation

Nourish the planet and manage waste

BY BRUNO DONI

Photo next to the title: the Tree of Life;

Clockwise above: the China pavilion; Palazzo Italia; Bruno Doni and Cecilia Maruca (Ladurner) with the delegation from Mauritania, with the Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mining, Mohamed Salem Bechir in the centre; Bruno Doni with Hasan Ünver, Mayor of Nevşehir Belediyesi (Turkey).

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In January 2015 Ladurner began a project path aimed at reviewing its organization and operational methods that had consolidated over time in order to identify opportunities for improvement to be used to drive company growth and development, even in foreign mar-kets, along with the already identified growth objectives. To tackle

this path that developed in parallel with the advent of the new Chinese sha-reholder Zoomlion, Ladurner chose Deloitte Consulting as a strategic part-ner after careful evaluation. It is one of the largest international management consulting firms. The support from Deloitte Consulting was essential for a comparison with best practices in the industry and the innovative and scalable development of operating methods, with the contribution of specialized pro-fessionals who worked in close contact with the Ladurner staff. The first leg of the journey ended in April 2015 with the planning of the new organizational model and the definition of evolutionary guidelines for the operational model in view of improving overall performance and primarily aimed at leveraging the expertise and experience acquired over the years in which Ladurner became a leader in Italy in constructing and managing plants in the environmental sector.Starting in October 2015, after further study and still with the support of Deloitte Consulting, a transformation was begun to leverage the skills and synergies on the group level and improve overall efficiency through systems and processes aimed primarily at bringing forth the strengths that character-ized Ladurner’s work over the years.

At the end of the project, Ladurner will be able to automate certain activities and make them more efficient in order to concentrate work on the activities with more value and to have timely and reliable information. This will allow further improvements in flexibility, market responsiveness, and the develop-ment of expertise. At the same time, new coordination rules and methods were identified and developed in order to support the growth path.Within the project, a staff leveraging and development initiative was also begun through an initial assessment of skills and the definition of training plans that will be activated over the course of 2016. At the same time, staff development was initiated by directly acquiring further specialized staff from outside the company.In consideration of Ladurner’s attention to innovation, it began replacing its management system with an international ERP application aimed at sup-porting the flows with modern tools able to grasp the evolutionary dynamics of mobility, digitalization, document management, and advanced data anal-ysis and to be prepared to operate in different markets ensuring the scalabil-ity and industrialization of its processes.Ladurner’s investment is intended to concretely support the growth and de-velopment goals, leveraging its human capital and adopting innovative or-ganizational and operating models supported by the availability of modern management tools.

In order to support the growth and development objectives, a path of transformation and leveraging of skills was begun to bring forth the strengths that have characterized Ladurner’s actions over the years, in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting.

Ladurner changes its standard, more value to human capital

BY NICOLA BELLERO


ENERGY SERVING THE ENVIRONMENT.SYSTEMS FOR WASTE

TREATMENT AND THE PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

TREATMENT OF MUNICIPAL AND

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