"We are lacking space, and we now get twice as many square meters, which we need for different logistic activities," says Bjarne Wittendorff Ibsen, chairman and founder of FlowCon.
Construction of the new expansion is currently ongoing and should complete by July. The ground floor of the new building is 2,000 m2, but an integrated deck in parts of the building provides FlowCon with an added floor level and an additional 300 m2 to be used for product development, offices, canteen and changing facilities.
"Our new Danish facilities will, among other things, be used for quality control of products, which we get from our suppliers. We produce the most critical parts ourselves, but otherwise outsource production whenever feasible. It's all about optimizing the processes, and with the extension, we will get space to include assembly process automation in our own facility” says Bjarne Wittendorff Ibsen.
In addition to Slagelse, the FlowCon/Griswold Group has branches in US, China, Dubai and Singapore. The Group employs 140 people globally, of which 40 are headquartered in Slagelse, close to the E20 motorway and exit 39. Also in California, FlowCon is expanding its capacity and the US-company will soon move to new and larger premises.
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Favorable verdict for FlowCon in Patent validity dispute with Frese
The European Patent Office has confirmed the validity of FlowCon's European patent on PICV in opposition proceedings
Based on the argumentation presented by both FlowCon and Frese, the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office has decided to uphold FlowCon's European patent no. EP 2729719. The decision can be downloaded here
Background:
FlowCon was the first company in the world to present a Pressure Independent balancing Control Valve (PICV) 25 years ago. Ever since, FlowCon has been at the forefront of the development with a range of further improvements and innovations on PICVs.
In 2012, FlowCon filed a European patent application directed to an improved PICV. The granted European patent EP 2729719 was published in 2015 and opposed by Frese A/S in 2016.
After written and oral proceedings with submissions by both FlowCon and Frese, the European Patent Office ruled in favor of FlowCon in 2018, determining the European patent to be valid.
In addition to European patent EP 2729719, FlowCon's PICVs are protected worldwide by corresponding granted patents in China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, UAE and USA, as well as a pending patent application in India.
FlowCon's PICVs comprise a number of innovatively designed and arranged components, which allow the maximum flow to be set independently from, and to remain unaffected by, continuous flow regulation in use. Furthermore, these PICV inserts are inexpensive and easy to replace as compared to other known solutions on the market.
FlowCon's more recent innovations are also globally protected by patents to further underline the competitive edge of FlowCon's products.
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