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Open Datacheck awards HME

HME Copper Germany has been awarded for excellent data quality by » Open Datacheck the platform for quality-checked product data.

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As a supplier, we are evaluated consistently and continuously on the basis of previously defined criteria. A comprehensive ranking enables our customers to assess and compare the product data quality of their suppliers.


ecoVadis honors HME Copper Germany

In February 2024, » ecoVadis, the world's leading platform for sustainability ratings, awarded us the bronze medal. Our performance in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) was assessed. ecoVadis is one of the world's largest and most reliable providers of sustainability ratings for companies. We are happy to provide the ratings we have achieved in the individual subject areas, such as sustainable procurement and environment, in the form of a scorecard on request.


HME at the Fair Simodec

HME is exhibiting at the Fair Simodec in La Roche sur Foron, France

The exhibition will take place from March 4-8, 2024, and you will find us in Hall 1, Booth I28 .

Our team will be happy to welcome you and exchange about business challenges and investments conducted by HME to strengthen our partnership with our customers.

Do not forget our evening meeting Thursday the 7th where you will meet our new Scionzier sales team.

We look forward to your visit.


 

 

© ALESSANDRO EREGA for COMPLETA SRL, project of I’AMDESIGN for FGM INTERNATIONAL

EXHIBITOR AT THE MOSTRA CONVEGNO TRADE FAIR IN MILAN

Hailiang and HME are exhibiting together at the Mostra Convegno (MCE) in Milan/Italy.

The exhibition will take place from March 12-15, 2024 and you will find us in Hall 11, booth T43.

Find out more about our copper and copper alloy products available for a wide range of applications

We look forward to your visit.

 

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HME Copper Germany is a member of the WGM

HME Copper Germany has become a member of the WGM (Wirtschaftsverband Großhandel Metallhalbzeug e.V.) in July 2023. The WGM is an economic association that addresses non-ferrous metal wholesalers and offers training courses for business people and technicians on the subject of non-ferrous metals. It offers its members knowledge and know-how in a wide range of areas. These include offers - in the form of seminars/webinars, for example - on topics such as sustainability, customs law, human resources, conflict minerals and much more.

The WGM also works together with its member companies to develop specialist documents that can provide valuable assistance to both us and our customers.


» More information about WGM (in German only)


THE „GREEN COPPER“ -

HME stands for sustainability and responsibility

Ecologically sustainable production and management - a matter of course for the employees of the copper tube producer HME Copper Germany GmbH, which is constantly being further developed with new measures. Conservation of resources, low limits for emissions during  production as well as ecological harmlessness during the entire service life and beyond are sustainable features of HME products. 

 

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Within this ambitious outline, we support the successive continuation of the reduction of lead. Known alloys will be successively replaced by steadily lead-reduced solutions, avoiding a worsening of the recycling loop aspect. Within few years the lead content of bras alloys will be reduced by 70%, keeping however the ability for our industry to recycle and to machine copper alloys in a competitive manner.
 
The brass-processing industry will regain a predictable economic environment in terms of regulatory limits and investments.

Please following for further elaboration the "Lead Free Brass Initiative" website.

HME fully supports these efforts and extends herewith the alloy portfolio by following alloys:

Step 02 (Pb: 0,8% - 1,6%)   CW627N
Step 02 (Pb: 0,8% - 1,6%)    CW611N
Step 03 (Pb: 0,2% - 0,8%) CW610N
Dezincification resistant (DZR) (Pb: < 0,10%)   CW727R
Dezincification resistant (DZR) (Pb: < 0,10%)  CW511L

Award for the Menden Efficiency Network

HME has been part of the Menden Efficiency Network for 3 years with the aim of achieving a significant reduction in CO2 to meet climate and energy policy targets. During this time, HME has succeeded in significantly reducing the consumption of gas and electricity at the Menden copper tube plant.

 

As part of the 6th annual event of the Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection Networks Initiative, the Menden Efficiency Network was presented with an award for outstanding network work by Mr. Stefan Wenzel, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.


SHK Essen/Germany 6.-9. September 2022

406 exhibitors and approximately 24,000 visitors were counted during the 4 days of the fair. HME had - as in previous years - a very well placed booth in hall 1.0. Our aim was to present our trademark copper tube SANCO® as a brand of HME. This was very successful due to the exposed position of the booth in the entrance area of the hall. The eye-catching and modern design of the booth was noticed and commented very positively by our visitors. We placed a special focus on our premium tube SANCO® in connection with the topics of sustainability and environmental friendliness of copper as a material. In addition to numerous visitors from the planning, trade and retail sectors, an initiative of the SHK Fachverband NRW (Professional Association Sanitary Heating Climate North Rhine Westphalia) brought around 2,000 trainees to our stand, with whom we talked in detail about the aforementioned topics. These young people are our customers of tomorrow. 

 

All in all, we can say that our presence at SHK was a good decision. Even though the trade fair business has suffered a lot due to the pandemic, it was important to connect our still young company with the trademark SANCO® copper tube which is known for decades.


HAILIANG METAL EUROPE BUYS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUS CASTERS FOR BRASS BILLETS

HME has placed an order with SMS group for a four-strand, fully continuous horizontal caster for brass billets. The new caster, one of the largest in the world for copper alloys, will replace an existing vertical semi-continuous caster at HME Brass Italy in Serravalle. With this new installation, the Italian manufacturer of brass profiles intends to achieve consistently advanced product quality and boost its productivity significantly in order to be able to meet the growing demands of the markets in Europe.

The new four-strand caster produces brass extrusion billets with a diameter of 245 to 400 mm for the subsequent production of profiles using the extrusion method.

The basic digitalization package consisting of SMS-Metrics (process data acquisition) and Smart Alarm (plant fault monitoring) will assist the operators to increase process transparency, plant availability and, furthermore, it helps to reduce maintenance costs to a minimum. Smart Alarm offers an enhanced overview and better control of error messages and simplifies the process of analyzing system notifications. For greater process transparency, the process and plant parameters can be visualized and evaluated using SMS-Metrics.

The new continuous caster is scheduled to go on stream in the first half of 2023.

Image: A horizontal caster for extrusion billets made from copper alloys.

  • One of the largest horizontal continuous casters for copper alloys worldwide
  • Annual production capacity of up to 150,000 tons
  • Consistently advanced product quality thanks to high level of automation

© SMS group


A walk through HME Brass Germany in Berlin

Take a virtual trip to our brass plant at the Berlin site. 

The "Career" will take you to our job portal, because if you want your visit to us to be more than just digital, we look forward to receiving your application!

We are always looking for reinforcement for our team in a growing company.


HME tube mill Menden is supplier of medical tubes for Corona Emergency Hospitals to expand intensive care bed capacity.

The corona virus is spreading more and more worldwide. As one of the leading manufacturers of medical copper tubes, we have been supplying hospitals and medical facilities with these special products for decades.

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European Tour of the Zhejiang Hailiang Management Team in May 2019

Last May, Mr. Zhu Zhangquan, Chairman and CEO of Zhejiang Hailiang, accompanied by the local management, visited HME's 5 production sites in Europe. The trip took the group to the former KME plants in Berlin and Menden/Germany, Serravalle S./Italy, Boisthorel/France and Barcelona/Spain.

In Berlin at the HME European Headquarter, Chairman Zhu and the European Management unveiled the HME logo in front of hundreds of employees. This act symbolized the beginning of a new chapter in the success story of the Hailiang Group and an important step in its global strategic orientation now also in Europe.

At all HME factories, Chairman Zhu spoke about Hailiangs Vision and Strategy to the workers and the unions. Hailiang is an industrial group that is focused on copper and brass semi-products, tubes and bars, for 30 years. In 2018, production and sales reached 700,000 ton, generating a turnover of 5.5 billion Euros with an annual net profit of about 120 million Euros.
Chairman Zhu stressed that Hailiang is a worldwide leader in copper and brass processing and that Europe is regarded as one of the core markets. Hailiang is therefore pleased to take over these production facilities with KME's professional and experienced staff.

Chairman Zhu welcomed the new members of the "Hailiang Family" and expressed his hope for a good future cooperation. Our common aim is to fully use resources to offer high quality products and services, and achieve better returns. Zhejiang Hailiang will in the future create high quality employment opportunities with high benefits for both the company and its employees.

Zhu's speech pointed out the direction for the future development of the factories and he also encouraged and inspired all participants to take great responsibility. A business improvement plan was presented for each factory. Furthermore, the situation of the European brass and copper processing market was discussed and analyzed with the team members and experiences were exchanged with the management teams of the individual European plants. All will work together to achieve Hailiang's strategic goal for 2025. Hailiang will create the necessary conditions in terms of recourses, distribution channels, technology and management with the aim of improving overall international competitiveness and increasing global market share and thus one day becoming an international giant in the field of smart manufacturing of non-ferrous metals.

KME divisions Tubes and Brass sold:

"Hailiang commitment opens up perspectives for the companies of the new Hailiang Metal Europe (HME)"  

On 1 April 2019, the Hailiang Group, one of the leading Chinese manufacturers of copper tubes and copper alloy rods, took over the European brass and tube business of the KME Group (Osnabrück). In addition to the locations in Berlin and Menden, these include further companies and plants in Italy, France and Spain.


Expand leading market position

The Hailiang Group is one of the biggest private companies in China. In addition to the copper tube and brass rod business, the Group's portfolio - with 21,900 employees - includes a nationwide construction company as well as companies from the financial sector, the food industry and education.

The business segment "Tubes and Brass Rods" with the newly founded HME companies in Europe is represented by the Hailiang subsidiary Zhejiang Hailiang Co. Ltd., listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The manufacturer and exporter is one of the largest producers of high-quality copper tubes and brass rods in the world.

 

For more Information:

www.hailiangstock.com

The former KME Copper Tubes and Brass Alloy Rods Divisions have been acquired by the Hailiang Group, one of the world's largest copper tube manufacturers, effective April 1, 2019. (Photo: (c) KME) (Martin Marketing, April 2019)