BELIMO Holding AG News
Belimo achieved strong results and continued to deliver on its growth strategy despite complex economic conditions. Belimo pursued its long-term growth and investment strategy unwaveringly and successfully throughout 2023. Thanks to highly engaged employees and a strong network of suppliers, Belimo was able to master the year’s challenges exceptionally well. In line with its strategy, the Group welcomed almost 100 additional new talents during the year under review. Belimo invests in res...
Belimo is excited to announce a free online event for HVAC professionals that will focus on valve technology and how Belimo’s new solution delivers superior performance and ensures seamless and efficient system operation. Real-life examples, as well as tips and insight on improving building systems, specifically in high-flow applications and critical facilities, will be included. It is being held on Thursday, March 7, 2024, and can be accessed from anywhere. Building's climate control P...
Belimo demonstrated substantial sales growth in a year characterized by inflation pressures, rising interest rates, and slowing business momentum in the construction industry. In 2023, net sales grew 7.2% in local currencies and 1.4% in Swiss francs to CHF 858.8 million. The Americas market region reported impressive results with a sales growth of 7.7% in local currencies. This follows an extraordinary previous year in which Belimo was able to gain significant market share due to delive...
Belimo has formally joined Eurovent as a Corresponding Member. It is one of the global manufacturers of innovative damper actuator, control valve, sensor, and meter solutions for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. The Belimo Group, founded in 1975, is one of the pioneers in the development, production, and sales of control devices for energy-efficient control of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Actively working together The shares of BELIMO Holding AG has b...
With the establishment of the ‘Belimo Climate Foundation,’ Belimo is supporting non-profit institutions and non-governmental organizations in reducing CO2 emissions from their buildings. This raises awareness of the great leverage that building renovations have in achieving climate targets. As an innovation-driven cleantech company, Belimo has set itself the goal of further reducing its emissions. Belimo field devices already offset the CO2 emissions generated during production and...
The Board of Directors of BELIMO Holding AG has appointed Dr. Adrian Staufer as the new Head of Group Division Europe and Member of the Executive Committee. On January 1, 2022, Adrian Staufer takes over from Lukas Eigenmann, who, as communicated in February 2021, has decided to step down from his current position by the end of 2021 after more than 36 years with Belimo. Lukas Eigenmann will continue to support the Group as a Senior Advisor. Adrian Staufer has been employed by Belimo since Novemb...
Hinwil, June 7, 2021, 07:00 a.m. - Due to continuous high customer demand, the Belimo Group expects a substantial increase in sales and profitability for the first half-year of 2021 compared to the previous year period. However, the outlook for the full financial year 2021 remains uncertain. In the first few months of 2021, Belimo recorded consistently high demand in all three market regions. Thus, the Group expects a sales increase of around 10 percent in the first half of 2021 compare...
Facilio, a globally renowned AI-driven property operations & maintenance (O&M) platform, and Belimo (BELIMO Holding AG), a global market leader in HVAC field devices, have announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the buildings industry, by delivering connected and sustainable environments. The joint solution unlocks real-time building operational data, improves asset life cycles, and drives new levels of efficiency. Transforming IoT data into operational insights Addressing the...
Facilio, a foremost AI-driven property operations & maintenance (O&M) platform, and Belimo, a global market front-runner in HVAC field devices, announced a strategic collaboration to enhance the buildings industry by delivering connected and sustainable environments. Addressing the growing need for efficient building operations, Facilio and Belimo will help real estate owners, operators, and service providers turn IoT data into operational insights and workflows to optimize building per...
ASHRAE, a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment, announced a move to its new global headquarters, located at 180 Technology Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia. The Society began renovations in January 2020 on an existing 66,700 ft building, originally built in 1978, on 11 acres of land. Located 10 miles north of its previous headquarters building, ASHRAE joins other innovation and sustainability-focused organizations based in the pop...
Belimo completes a bolt-on acquisition of Opera Electronics Inc., a Montreal-based (Canada) specialist for air quality and gas sensors. The awareness for safety in buildings has been steadily increasing and safety-related products represent a growing global market. In the area of fire and smoke actuators, Belimo has reached a foremost position. Another application that saves lives and helps to minimize damage to buildings and tangible assets is the monitoring of toxic gases. This requires reli...
As the Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved, the need has become obvious for stronger unity among brands and ecosystems to enable products within smart environments to work together more easily. Working to serve that need is the Zigbee Alliance, which seeks to promote collaboration in the Internet of Things by creating, evolving, and promoting universal open standards that enable all objects to connect and interact. Their effort took off when Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance announ...
All Belimo locations are operating with a high level of product availability. Thanks to the remarkable efforts of the company’s employees worldwide, they have been able to cope with this pandemic in such an excellent way as that their customers did not experience any increase in lead times or lack of availability of their products. At the same time, the company was maintaining safety and health of their employees as their top priority in all their facilities worldwide. Several authorities...
Belimo releases standalone airflow measurement and control actuators with digital communications for rotary, linear, and induct applications. Select actuators have pressure independent control characteristics combined with an integrated differential pressure sensor to calculate and deliver designed flow regardless of pressure fluctuations in the system. The actuator communicates directly with the Building Automation System (BAS) using BACnet, Modbus, or MP-Bus. Select models offer Near Field Co...
The Annual General Meeting of March 30, 2020 was held at the headquarters of BELIMO Holding AG in Hinwil (Switzerland) excluding personal attendance of all shareholders. Having regard to ordinance 2 on measures to prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) the Board of Directors decided to take this precautionary measure for the protection of its shareholders. The independent proxy therefore represented 86.91 percent of voting share capital at 2020's Annual General Meeting. The shareholders approved all mo...
As part of its long-term succession planning, the Board of Directors has decided to nominate Stefan Ranstrand as a new Member. Stefan Ranstrand holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial and Management Engineering, which he received from the University of Technology Darmstadt (Germany), and the University Linköping (Sweden). He is President and CEO of Tomra Systems ASA, Asker (Norway), which is specialized in recycling solutions. Prior to that, Stefan Ranstrand has been working in vari...
Belimo Americas announces the integration of BACnet MS/TP communication capability for the ZIP Economizer. The new BACnet data objects will provide building owners and facility managers the ability to gain valuable insight into the equipment’s operation. In addition, the ZIP with BACnet provides Building Management System (BMS) operators flexibility with economizer logic and control parameters now available over the buildings’ communication bus. The ZIP is the most technologically a...
Belimo celebrates 100 Million Actuators delivered Worldwide, continuing its Success Story. All of these products optimize energy efficiency in buildings without sacrificing comfort. At the beginning of the year, Belimo delivered its 100 millionth actuators and in doing so reached another milestone in the Company's history. The Swiss World market pioneer for field devices for controlling and regulating heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems confirms its growth course by reaching this...
The 2020 AHR Expo announced its full schedule of sessions for the 2020 Education Program, including more than 200 free seminars, new product and technology presentations, professional certifications and continuing education courses. Each year, the Education Program discusses some of HVACR’s biggest opportunities and challenges through a series of comprehensive, informative and industry-focused sessions hosted by leaders from every sector of the industry. This year, the AHR Expo will add a...
Belimo Americas releases new ball valve assemblies with fail-safe and non-fail-safe actuators (PKR and PR series) second quarter 2019. These technologically advanced assemblies offer energy efficiency, easy installation, application flexibility, longevity, and reliability for aggressive applications. The modulating, Multi-Function Technology (MFT) actuator models can be field customized to match the needs of the application. When the application requires a particular control, feedback signal, o...
Belimo Holding AG is enhancing their appeal for start-ups and innovative ideas in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industries (HVAC) with Belimo InnoVision AG. Belimo InnoVision AG The newly founded Belimo InnoVision AG will get operational in June 2019 with a majority shareholding investment in a first startup company. Belimo InnoVision AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Belimo Holding AG, was founded at the end of January 2019. Belimo InnoVision AG is located in Switzerland and,...
Belimo is expanding its global network of service locations and opening a new service and logistics center in Großröhrsdorf near Dresden (Germany). This will bring Belimo even closer to its customers in Germany and northern and eastern Europe, who can expect customer-specific adaptations and an increased readiness to deliver from the new location. Service and logistics center By means of logistics and customizing, Belimo intends to quickly serve a broad spectrum of individual custom...
At the Annual General Meeting held in Rapperswil on April 1, 2019, the shareholders of BELIMO Holding AG were informed about the results of the Belimo Group for the 2018 financial year, which were based on robust sales growth and sustained profitability. The shareholders approved all motions by the Board of Directors. They agreed to a dividend distribution of CHF 100.00 per share. The dividend will be paid out on April 5, 2019. 2018 Remuneration Report The 2018 Remuneration Report containing...
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Prof. em. Dr. Hans Peter Wehrli, and the member of the Board of Directors, Martin Hess, will retire at the Annual General Meeting in Rapperswil of April 1, 2019. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting of April 1, 2019, the election of Mr. Patrick Burkhalter as new Chairman. Mr. Burkhalter has been a member of the Board of Directors of the BELIMO Holding AG since 2014. The group of shareholders Linsi, as published, proposes to the A...
The Board of Directors of the BELIMO Holding AG has appointed Louis Scheidegger (53) a member of the Group Executive Committee as of March 1, 2019. Louis Scheidegger joined Belimo's Engineering department as an Electrical Engineer in 1991 and was nominated Assistant to the Head of Operations afterwards. In 1998, he was promoted to Head of the Spring Return and Fire Protection Actuators department. In September 2000, Louis Scheidegger was appointed Head of the newly created division Manufacturi...
The Board of Directors of the BELIMO Holding AG has appointed Louis Scheidegger (53) as a member of the Group Executive Committee as of March 1, 2019. Louis Scheidegger joined Belimo's Engineering department as an Electrical Engineer in 1991 and was nominated Assistant to the Head of Operations afterwards. In 1998, he was promoted to Head of the Spring Return and Fire Protection Actuators department. In September 2000, Louis Scheidegger was appointed Head of the newly created division Manufactu...
Belimo Americas released the new UBLK1000 series zone valve retrofit solutions. The UBLK series are retrofit kits designed to replace existing actuators on TACO Zone Sentry® zone valves, Schneider Electric™ VBB ball valves, or TAC Erie™ VM zone valves with the Belimo compact CQ actuators. Increasing Energy Efficiency These replacement solutions restore service without the removal of the valve, saving on installation and downtime while increasing performance and efficiency and...
Belimo Americas releases a new educational tool. The Belimo Hydronic Simulator™ is a tool that simulates a hydronic system in a 4-story building with five terminal units on each floor. All terminal units, branches, and the raiser have a manual balancing valve that allows adjusting based on the valve opening. Variable Flow Systems The Simulator identifies and illustrates when the system needs to be balanced and how the adjusting of the valve could impact the entire system. The main purpo...
Belimo Americas releases a new Retrofit App. It is now a global application tool offering a full range of HVAC manufactures products along with enhanced features providing you with fast HVAC replacement solutions. The Retrofit App enables you to find retrofit products based on a variety of parameters, such as manufacturer, model, voltage, control type, torque, running time, and close-off requirements. Replacement Solution Poorly functioning or even non-functioning system can be transformed in...
The 2018 ControlTrends Awards which celebrates the best of the best in smart buildings and HVAC controls was held in conjunction with the AHR Expo. On January 14, 2019, Belimo was awarded with Best Technical Support Company of the Year — Large Manufacturer. Assist Customers Quickly Belimo offers extensive customer service and support over the life of the product. Belimo’s award winning service is known to assist customers quickly and effectively, either remotely or on-site. In ad...
