A&B Process Systems—Innovative Process System Partner, from Concept to Completion
Jan 05, 2009The diverse array of exceptional services and stainless steel process system product offerings that A&B is known for today grew out of A&B’s early exposure to a variety of process industry environments. A&B quickly became known for its ability to offer innovative solutions, designs and installation services to its growing client base. Within nine years of its founding, A&B expanded its services to include process design and engineering, process automation and controls, and equipment fabrication. A&B also expanded its custom-design service range to include the pharmaceutical/ personal care, food/beverage, dairy and renewable energy/ethanol and industrial industries.
What sets A&B apart from its competitors is a professional commitment to managing the successful completion of a project down to the very last detail for its client. Each A&B project is a partnership, wherein respect for the timelines, unique needs and input of the client is built into the very framework of the process. Because A&B recognizes the importance of open lines of communication, clients are kept abreast of each phase of the project with schematic diagrams, project management feedback and client training. While we assume responsibility for the minutiae of the project, we never keep a client guessing. We manage, not dictate.
Today, A&B has 420 employees and eight plants with over 250,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity and is a proven leader in the design, fabrication, testing and installation of high quality stainless steel tanks, vessels, auxiliary equipment and stainless steel piping.
As much as A&B has evolved in the past 35 years, core principles remain. The Hilgemann brothers fostered a strong Midwestern work ethic, an innovative spirit, a healthy respect for quality and detail, and a dedication to timeliness that is still present in every multi-phase project that A&B assumes single-source responsibility for.
Innovative Quality
Global competition has put new emphasis on cost-effectiveness and Quality by Design systems for production. When you’re looking for a process systems partner to custom design a modular or complete process system, remember this—if the system integrator isn’t looking to innovate your existing system or offer a complete new system that just reeks of innovation, then they aren’t doing you a service.
A&B engineers conduct on-site evaluations of existing process systems, assessing ergonomics, water usage, energy consumption, overall efficiency, productivity, safety, and environmental concerns. Only then do the engineers begin to design a modular system—a multi-functional skidded system that can reduce plant costs while improving production, efficiency, and safety.
A&B works closely with architectural and engineering firms, especially when designing a complete process system. Again, an assessment is made to evaluate details of the new process system, such as flow rates, pressures required, plant floor plan requirements and the seismic zone.
A&B also defines innovation in terms of improving plant and product safety. Requirements for environmental, personnel safety, product and regulatory compliance are becoming increasingly strict and manufacturers need a flexible and experienced process systems integrator able to fabricate all manner of stainless steel process components that contribute to safety—including catwalks, railings, guards and platforms. Automation is also a key factor because it not only improves product quality and provides reliable and consistent performance—it improves workplace safety and reduces the risk of product contamination. All A&B control and utility panels are user-friendly and low maintenance. In addition, operator training, complete documentation, and on-site automation start-up assistance are available.
Flexible and Timely
Given the global nature of today’s competition, downtime is a serious liability. Because A&B has an in-house workforce of design, fabrication, automation and electrical engineers, welders, fitters, QA/QC professionals and project managers, A&B has the flexibility necessary to provide faster delivery and monitor quality. A&B also has on-site teams composed of engineers, welders and fitters trained to work at a client’s site in a manner that is non-invasive and does not interrupt plant production.
In addition, all components are fabricated according to P3-A, ASME-BPE, cGMP and ASME Section VIII Div. 1 guidelines within FDA-compliant facilities. Thus, clients are assured of a system that is ready for IQ/OQ upon installation.
Singular responsibility paired with a diverse in-house workforce and competent installation and start-up teams makes A&B a uniquely qualified and effective process systems leader. A&B is able to meet the most challenging client deadlines and adjust to changes in a client’s schedule. Further, by pre-testing process systems in a comprehensive Factory Acceptance Test, training the client’s personnel, and providing effective on-site installation teams, A&B makes installation as seamless and streamlined as possible, thus minimizing client downtime.
And then A&B goes one step further. A&B provides clients with extensive documentation to ensure ease of use, maintenance, cleaning and automation once A&B installation teams have left the premises. Leave though they may, A&B’s diverse team is available 24/7 to service clients.
Look out world—A&B is outfitting Pharmaceutical Manufacturers with the innovation they need to lead.
What sets A&B apart from its competitors is a professional commitment to managing the successful completion of a project down to the very last detail for its client. Each A&B project is a partnership, wherein respect for the timelines, unique needs and input of the client is built into the very framework of the process. Because A&B recognizes the importance of open lines of communication, clients are kept abreast of each phase of the project with schematic diagrams, project management feedback and client training. While we assume responsibility for the minutiae of the project, we never keep a client guessing. We manage, not dictate.
Today, A&B has 420 employees and eight plants with over 250,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity and is a proven leader in the design, fabrication, testing and installation of high quality stainless steel tanks, vessels, auxiliary equipment and stainless steel piping.
As much as A&B has evolved in the past 35 years, core principles remain. The Hilgemann brothers fostered a strong Midwestern work ethic, an innovative spirit, a healthy respect for quality and detail, and a dedication to timeliness that is still present in every multi-phase project that A&B assumes single-source responsibility for.
Innovative Quality
Global competition has put new emphasis on cost-effectiveness and Quality by Design systems for production. When you’re looking for a process systems partner to custom design a modular or complete process system, remember this—if the system integrator isn’t looking to innovate your existing system or offer a complete new system that just reeks of innovation, then they aren’t doing you a service.
A&B engineers conduct on-site evaluations of existing process systems, assessing ergonomics, water usage, energy consumption, overall efficiency, productivity, safety, and environmental concerns. Only then do the engineers begin to design a modular system—a multi-functional skidded system that can reduce plant costs while improving production, efficiency, and safety.
A&B works closely with architectural and engineering firms, especially when designing a complete process system. Again, an assessment is made to evaluate details of the new process system, such as flow rates, pressures required, plant floor plan requirements and the seismic zone.
A&B also defines innovation in terms of improving plant and product safety. Requirements for environmental, personnel safety, product and regulatory compliance are becoming increasingly strict and manufacturers need a flexible and experienced process systems integrator able to fabricate all manner of stainless steel process components that contribute to safety—including catwalks, railings, guards and platforms. Automation is also a key factor because it not only improves product quality and provides reliable and consistent performance—it improves workplace safety and reduces the risk of product contamination. All A&B control and utility panels are user-friendly and low maintenance. In addition, operator training, complete documentation, and on-site automation start-up assistance are available.
Flexible and Timely
Given the global nature of today’s competition, downtime is a serious liability. Because A&B has an in-house workforce of design, fabrication, automation and electrical engineers, welders, fitters, QA/QC professionals and project managers, A&B has the flexibility necessary to provide faster delivery and monitor quality. A&B also has on-site teams composed of engineers, welders and fitters trained to work at a client’s site in a manner that is non-invasive and does not interrupt plant production.
In addition, all components are fabricated according to P3-A, ASME-BPE, cGMP and ASME Section VIII Div. 1 guidelines within FDA-compliant facilities. Thus, clients are assured of a system that is ready for IQ/OQ upon installation.
Singular responsibility paired with a diverse in-house workforce and competent installation and start-up teams makes A&B a uniquely qualified and effective process systems leader. A&B is able to meet the most challenging client deadlines and adjust to changes in a client’s schedule. Further, by pre-testing process systems in a comprehensive Factory Acceptance Test, training the client’s personnel, and providing effective on-site installation teams, A&B makes installation as seamless and streamlined as possible, thus minimizing client downtime.
And then A&B goes one step further. A&B provides clients with extensive documentation to ensure ease of use, maintenance, cleaning and automation once A&B installation teams have left the premises. Leave though they may, A&B’s diverse team is available 24/7 to service clients.
Look out world—A&B is outfitting Pharmaceutical Manufacturers with the innovation they need to lead.
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