written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message alfa laval ab type publicly traded aktiebolag traded as nasdaq stockholm alfa industry manufacturing engineering and service founded 1883 ; 133 years ago 1883 1 headquarters lund sweden key people tom erixon president and ceo anders narvinger chairman revenue sek 28.652 billion 2011 2 operating income sek 4.691 billion 2011 2 profit sek 3.251 billion 2011 2 total assets sek 34.503 billion 2011 2 total equity sek 19.359 billion 2011 2 number of employees 17 309 sep 2016 website www.alfalaval.com an alfa laval centrifuge used in olive oil production in greece alfa laval ab is a swedish company founded in 1883 by gustaf de laval and oscar lamm . 1 the company which started in the separation of solutions now deals in the production of specialized products and solutions for heavy industry . the products are used to heat cool separate and transport such products as oil water chemicals beverages foodstuffs starch and pharmaceuticals . alfa laval is headquartered in lund sweden and has subsidiary companies in over 35 countries around the world including south africa denmark italy india japan china netherlands and the united states . in 2016 alfa laval had a global workforce of 17 309 employees and revenue of 4 715.96 million . 3 alfa laval is a heavy industry company that focuses on the large scale operations such as the marine energy and food industries . as well as selling equipment alfa laval contracts out to provide individual solutions to the demands of heavy industry in the form of orders . advert from 1899 contents 1 alfa laval in the maritime industry 2 history 3 international operations 3.1 canada 3.2 united states 3.3 united kingdom 4 alfa laval s major competitors 5 safety issues 6 references alfa laval in the maritime industry edit alfa laval is known in the maritime industry as producer of maritime equipment . alfa laval manufactures valves pumps heat exchangers evaporators distillers oil separators filters and all other hardware vital to the operation of the a ship s engine room . as of 2011 alfa laval consolidated its marine off shore and diesel divisions into one marine & diesel division in an effort to simplify logistics and administration of its marine wing . 4 alfa laval introduced pureballast in 2006 which is the world s first commercially sold water treatment system for the maritime industry . it also is the first chemical free solution to ballast water treatment . it works by filtering the water inside the ballasts tanks though an enhanced aot advanced oxidation technology process . the process of pureballast creates free radicals that destroy the membrane of biological contaminates such as plankton . alfa laval has updated its pureballast system to pure ballast 3.0 that adheres to the new imo international maritime organization regulations . 5 south korea the largest ship building nation in the world has placed orders for the new ballast system . 6 history edit the company was founded in 1883 as ab separator and in 1938 produced its first heat exchanger . the name alfa laval was introduced in 1963 spelled with a hyphen until 1993 . the alfa is derived from the alpha disc or alfa disc an invention by clemens von bechtolsheim that was acquired by separator in 1889 . 7 in 1991 alfa laval was acquired by tetra pak and between 1993 and 2000 alfa laval was a part of the tetra laval group . in 1993 alfa laval agri a company producing dairy farming equipment was split from alfa laval . when alfa laval was sold alfa laval agri remained a part of the tetra laval group and was renamed delaval after the company s founder . alfa laval now divides its operations between equipment capital sales and process technology contracts with longer duration . recently alfa laval has been working towards the consolidation of its manufacturing of boilers . by 2014 alfa laval should have all its manufacturing of boilers located in qingdao china . the boiler manufacturing plant in hai phong vietnam have been shut down in 2013 due to production consolidation . 8 as of 2012 alfa laval has a total of 32 manufacturing facilities 15 of which are located in europe 9 in asia 6 in the united states and 2 in latin america . 8 in 1983 alfa laval entered the biotechnology industry by offering separators that can isolate genetic samples . 9 midsummer 2008 there was a theft at the facility at lund where 80 metric ton of titan were stolen using two trailers who drove to poland . international operations edit an alfa laval cream separator . manufacturing at alfa laval is carried out in several countries including sweden india china the uk and usa . canada edit in canada alfa laval has had a presence for over 100 years previously as d laval which would provide such services to farmers as assisting them in the storage of their milk and providing cream separators . alfa laval is headquartered in toronto and in 2009 opened a service centre in edmonton alberta . in late 2010 staff in the canadian operations numbered 74 . united states edit alfa laval has been present in the united states of america for more than 120 years marketing and supplying a broad range of heat exchangers separators decanters pumps valves and fittings to customers in a wide range of market segments . the brand is known for such products as tri clover contherm sharples merco standard refrigeration ketema and champ . there are 710 employees in the us with 15 locations including richmond va ; warminster pa ; kenosha wi ; sacramento ca ; wood dale il ; carter lake ia and sarasota fl as well as an international distribution center in indianapolis in . there are seven service and repair centers . heat exchangers fluid handling equipment and centrifuges are manufactured in the usa . 10 united kingdom edit alfa laval s head office is located in camberley surrey . their pumps and manufacturing division has offices in eastbourne with further sales offices in birmingham newcastle under lyme and aberdeen . 11 alfa laval s major competitors edit there are two major competitors to alfa laval that offer equipment and solutions for heavy industry doosan heavy industries & construction based in south korea and harbin power equipment based in china . as of 2012 doosan leads the industry with 8 654.85 million dollars in global sales . although doosan only has 6 871 employees compared to alfa laval s 16 419 employees it has a strong international presence especially in the rapidly developing middle east . 12 13 doosan competes with alfa laval in nearly every sector coal boilers gas turbines steam generators heat exchangers etc. south korea is the ship building capital of the world and its government protects doosan with stimulus funds and legislation . 14 alfa laval is the second leader with 4 520.96 million dollars in global sales . 12 western europe and the united states continue to be alfa laval main customers . the two asian companies doosan and harbin present a huge challenge to alfa laval and its growth in the asian market . 15 harbin is the largest of the three competitors with 20 106 employees however trails behind with 4 121.19 million dollars in global sales . 16 the chinese economy is slowing and attempts to expand sales to africa and south america has not been as successful as the general manager of harbin wu weizhang has hoped . 17 in 2011 harbin went private with the help of the china development bank corporation allowing the senior leadership team to focus on global competitiveness rather than the liquid asset of corporate shares . harbin competes with alfa laval in the production of industrial rotary motors and other equipment required of the energy industry . 18 safety issues edit in april 2016 the occupational safety and health administration in the united states fined the company 172 700 for violations of safety rules . 19 references edit a b wohlert claus 1993 . bnet article on alfa laval ab . international directory of company histories . a b c d e annual results 2010 pdf . alfa laval . retrieved 8 february 2011 . morningstar alfa laval profile 2016 . retrieved september 1 2016 from avention onesource business intelligence database . r. reidy . november 2011 . alfa laval unveils new three division structure . pump industry analyst volume 2011 issue 11 pages 13 13 retrieved from http ac.els cdn.com s1359612811704694 1 s2 .0 s1359612811704694 main.pdf tid 256c1730 ab0b 11e2 814b 00000aab0f26 & acdnat 1366607693 055bfc0391a83df0dcebe501f59d77cf mercatormedia . 2013 april 10 . alfa laval launches pureballast 3.0 . retrieved from http www.motorship.com news101 industry news alfa laval launches pureballast 3.0 anonymous 2010 . south korea shipyards order alfa laval pureballast . professional services close up retrieved from http 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