Experts in industrial engineering INTROL Group

EXPERTS IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

INTROL Group, headquartered in Katowice, Poland, is an engineering holding company providing advanced solutions for the general and commercial power, environmental protection, construction, mining and automotive industries. Dariusz Balcerzyk reports.

SPECIMEN

The INTROL Group was established in 1990 and over the years it has transformed from a component supplier and sub-contractor to a general contractor of investments.

“The acquisition of the Polon company in 1993 was the first breakthrough in our history,” recalls Jozef Bodziony, president of the board and strategy and investment director of the group. “Polon’s main field of activity was related to industrial measurements and process control in the mining and steel industries. The company specialised in level measurement, detection systems and isotopic equipment. For us, it was the entrance to a new business area. The other important point was our decision to invest in with the acquisition of Limatherm, a manufacturer of components for measuring apparatus in explosionproof versions and pressure die-castings made from aluminium alloys. Establishing the cooperation with Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information solutions, was another important step in the development of the group, which helped us to run the distribution branch more efficiently.”

Since 2007, INTROL has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Its business is concentrated broadly in three main areas: service, production and distribution. Its revenues are generated on the basis of these three strategic foundations and amount to, respectively: services – 50–60 per cent; production – 20–25 per cent; and distribution – 1–25 per cent.

For years the group has shown very stable, linear growth. Its annual income in 2015 is estimated at 414 million PLN (approx. €100 million). Exports account for over 20 per cent of total sales, of which the majority goes to EU companies (60 per cent to Germany).

The group employs 1600 people, including 600 engineers. “Such a high share of engineers among our employees clearly shows that we are a highly specialised company focused on industrial engineering,” adds Mr Bodziony. Taking on difficult tasks

Today, INTROL is a group of 14 engineering companies, offering a unique combination of expertise in mechanical and electrical engineering, installation, instrumentation and computer software. The group provides comprehensive engineering services, implementing investments in the field of system projects, modernisation of power units, cogeneration systems, process automation, industrial measurements, telecom systems in smart buildings, air-conditioning and ventilation systems, environmental protection systems and production of advanced automation equipment.

The group operates in many industrial branches but focuses particularly on the power industry, environmental protection, industrial sector (projects in the field of industrial automation, mechanical engineering and measurements) and building industry (equipping industrial and public use buildings with advanced technological systems). The group is able to implement even the most complex projects, from the design stage up to measurement, production, assembly, warranty and postwarranty services.

For each of the projects the group works on across the many sectors it serves, the implementation process may include design, preparation of documentation and obtaining the necessary permits, selection of equipment, construction work, completion and delivery and then installation and start-up of finished systems or facilities.

“Strong project management competence allows INTROL to undertake difficult tasks. We provide comprehensive services, from initial design, technical design and cost estimate, to production, delivery completion, installation and start-up to general contractorship of the investment. Our excellently diversified business in Poland and abroad is a guarantee of the stable and safe development of the whole business, ensuring high immunity to economic downturns,” points out Mr Bodziony.

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FANUC is the world leader in CNC technology and robotics. Since 1956 the company has produced reliable CNC controls, industrial robots and high-performance machine tools: ROBODRILL, ROBOCUT and ROBOSHOT, offered worldwide. The FANUC high expenditures on research and development make its machines unrivaled in terms of the operation’s speed, precision and efficiency, unparalleled in the industry. Our customers use more than 17,5mln FANUC’s different products. In FANUC’s Japanese factories operates more than 3,000 robots developed in-house. Thanks to this, the company meets the growing needs of the customers by producing high-quality machines in quantities that exceed the industry standards - 60,000 robots, 300,000 CNC systems and 60,000 machine tools annually. As a supplier of the best technology in the industrial automation field, FANUC remains open to a close cooperation with customers and most creative companies in the industry. A partnership with PRO-ZAP Sp. o.o., a part of the INTROL Group, is a good example of such fruitful cooperation on the Poland’s market, which brings a growing number of international successes.

One particularly promising market segment for the INTROL Group is the so-called cogeneration sector – i.e. development of systems for the simultaneous generation of electrical and thermal power. Such a solution is employed by, among others, local authorities modernising local power and heating systems; wastewater treatment plants, other industrial establishments, etc. Demand for such equipment is expected to remain high thanks to Poland’s need to adapt its manufacturing processes to the strict EU standards.

Control system for CERN

One of the most spectacular foreign contracts recently completed by INTROL was for CERN, one of the most respected scientific research centres. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. The instruments used at CERN are particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before they are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions. The Large Hadron Collider, located 100m under the ground, mainly consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way. INTROL developed, designed and delivered the temperature control system for the accelerator’s CMS detector. n

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