THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG

High time for high temperatures

ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (TKIS) has become a major player in the field of pyroprocessing minerals. Limestone, gypsum, dolomite, magnesite (natural as filter cake or flotation concentrate) and bauxite are those precious raw materials for which TKIS designs and engineers kilns and furnaces.

1 Introduction

In today’s market not only energy efficiency, sustainability and innovation are mutual objectives, but also reliable aggregates to perform for decades. With rising energy costs and the desire to maintain a clean environment for future generations, TKIS from Beckum, Germany strives to provide the best equipment, which applies the latest developments in technology for the best use of mineral resources. Thus, everybody always has to be ready to find new approaches. No matter how exotic und unusual the material – with its range of products any company can always find a way to process...

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