The cleaning technology specialist D?rr Ecoclean GmbH has finalised a long-term supply agreement with the BMW Group. The agreement provides that D?rr Ecoclean will supply BMW over 40 robotic cleaning cells with short delivery times by the year 2014. The cleaning systems are part of several major investment programs by BMW in Asia and Europe. The first EcoCFlex type robotic cleaning cells that the car maker ordered within the scope of the order will be delivered to BMW in Landshut, near Munich, in the third quarter of 2012.

D?rr Ecoclean will install cleaning technology for the crankcase of the new modular drive component for series motors with three, four and six cylinders at the BMW foundry in Landshut. Other robot cells for treatment of cylinder heads, crankcases and crankshafts are planned for the plants at Hamshall, Munich and Steyr. BMW produces various engine series there. In existing plants the flexible cleaning cells from D?rr Ecoclean will partly replace older transfer systems for cleaning engine parts.

The framework agreement confirms the longstanding, successful cooperation between BMW and D?rr Ecoclean. The EcoCFlex robot cell was first installed at the Munich plant in 2005, and has since been continuously further developed jointly with BMW. For D?rr Ecoclean the framework agreement will contribute to a solid base workload at the Monschau location in the coming years.

D?rr Ecoclean Group is the leading provider of industrial cleaning, automation and filtration solutions. The group provides innovative standard equipment, custom-designed system solutions and services to the automotive industry and its suppliers, as well as to general markets around the globe. As a member of the D?rr group of companies, D?rr Ecoclean maintains operating sites in Germany, France, Czech Republic, the US, China and India.

D?rr is a mechanical and plant engineering group that holds leading positions in the world market in its areas of operation. It generates a good 80% of its sales in business with the automotive industry. It furthermore supplies the aircraft, machinery, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries with innovative production and environmental technology. The D?rr Group operates in the market with three divisions. The Paint and Assembly Systems division supplies production and painting technology, especially for car bodies. Machinery and systems from the Measuring and Process Systems division are used in engine and transmission manufacturing and in final vehicle assembly, among other areas. The third division, Clean Technology Systems, is focused on processes to improve energy efficiency and on exhaust air purification.

(Andreas Stedtfeld, D?rr India Private Limited. Tel: 044-43931601. Fax: 91-44-24323622. Email: andreas.stedtfeld@durrindia.com)