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  • Excellent supply chain management enables Belimo to achieve double-digit sales growth

    Excellent supply chain management enables Belimo to achieve double-digit sales growth

    Overall, Belimo increased its net sales in local currencies by 16.6 percent. In Swiss francs, net sales increased by 15.7 percent to CHF 765.3 million. The positive market development ensured increased demand, especially in Europe and America. Sales growth in local currencies was 15.9 percent for the Europe market region and 18.1 percent for America. In the Asia Pacific market region, the increase was 14.4 percent. Air applications net sales grew by 15.5 percent in local currencies and water applications by 17.9 percent.

    capacity expansions
    The strong growth in 2021 accelerates the capacity expansion planned as part of the Belimo growth strategy. The group will expand its capacities in production, logistics and customization over the next few years with higher investments in all market regions. Corresponding projects have already been initiated in 2021:

    • In the market region Europe, Belimo has signed a contract to purchase a plot of land next to the existing building in Hinwil (Switzerland) in order to accommodate expansions in logistics and customizing.
    • In the Americas market region, logistics capacities were expanded at the Danbury site (USA) in order to create space for future growth and to continue to guarantee high delivery reliability.
    • In the Asia Pacific market region, Belimo has purchased its existing location in Shanghai (China) in order to provide additional capacity and space for warehousing, customizing, logistics and offices
  • Belimo integrates the platform for building data

    Belimo integrates the platform for building data

    The Facilio platform is intended to enable Belimo customers to use the Internet of Things (IoT) to collect real-time data on the processes in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC systems) and to check the building performance, explains the HVAC specialist -Systems from the Zurich Oberland in the message . Facilio, which has its headquarters in New York, and Belimo have agreed on a corresponding cooperation, it says there. “The synergy between Belimo’s digital ecosystem and Facilio’s operating and maintenance platform uses available data to unlock the potential of networked buildings and address the new challenges,” Salvatore Cataldi, Global Strategic Building IoT Expert at Belimo, is quoted in the press release.

    The data collected are intended to serve property owners and property operators as a basis for implementing efficient sustainability measures, the communication further explains. “Facilio and Belimo will provide customers who are switching to an agile, data-supported operating model with a single, networked operating environment through which they can view and control their rooms and equipment in real time,” said Prabhu Ramachandran, CEO and founder of Facilio, quote there. Through the cooperation, the two partners also want to respond to the growing demand for solutions for efficient building operation.