Activity
BARRIQUAND TECHNOLOGIES THERMIQUES is a specialist in heat
exchangers for industry in the widest sense, and offers two different
types of technology:
- Welded plate exchangers (WPHE)
- Conventional plate and frame exchangers (PHE)
These exchangers are designed and manufactured in accordance with
thermal data specific to each application and individual specifications
from each customer.
Annual turnover amounts to €15 million, with more than 70%
being for products exported to all parts of the world. Customers'
fields of activity include:
- Chemicals, fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals,
- Food processing
- Mineral processing industry
- HVAC
- Energy recovery in industry in general.
- ...
The Barriquand group
The BARRIQUAND group consists of three companies,
with a total staff of 250, specialising in specific product lines,
all derived from heat exchange technologies.
ASET
(tube exchangers) in Lyons, BARRIQUAND TECHNOLOGIES THERMIQUES
(plate exchangers) and BARRIQUAND
STERIFLOW (sterilisation autoclaves) in Roanne have
independent organisations but offer complementary products: this
ensures a high level of synergy for the benefit of clients.
Goals and values: expertise, understanding,
truly customised solutions…
BARRIQUAND TECHNOLOGIES THERMIQUES aims to be THE international
reference for plate exchangers.
This quest for excellence has only one aim: to meet customers' expectations
more effectively by providing:
- Expertise ,
Given the range of available technologies mastered throughout
the group, we advise and help customers to select the most appropriate
solutions to suit their technical and budgetary requirements.
Our heat engineers are specialised in specific fields of activity,
so they fully understand the needs of each market and guarantee
the effectiveness of the solutions they propose.
- Product robustness, reliability and quality.
We are convinced that the key to success lies in developing all
the skills and resources needed to design, study, manufacture
and test our exchangers within the group. This means relying on
trained and experienced personnel as well as significant investment
in research, development and production. By controlling every
stage of the process, we can constantly improve our products,
ensuring both reliability and quality.
- Competent staff, ready to listen.
Our dense sales network of heat engineers means we are always
close to customers, ready to listen to their requirements.
Location and plant
The company's head offices and production site are located at Roanne,
100 km west of the city of Lyons in France.
The site covers about 25 000m2, and is shared with Barriquand Stériflow.
BARRIQUAND TECHNOLOGIES THERMIQUES occupies 600m2 of office
space and 8750m2 of roofed workshops serviced by 12 travelling cranes.
At the end of 2003, 95 highly qualified people, including 20 senior
managers, were working at BARRIQUAND TECHNOLOGIES THERMIQUES,
covering the fields of sales, R&D, design studies, purchases
and administration, production and ancillary services.
Constant investment ensures that the company uses cutting-edge technology.
A few examples:
- Solidworks 3D CAD
- Plasma cutting centre
- 2500 t hydraulic press
- Digitally controlled multispot resistance welding machines
- Automatic TIG welding benches with weld monitoring
- High-capacity boring machine
- Pickling-passivation unit
- High-capacity painting booth
These facilities enable us to control the entire process and ensure
the highest level of quality and shortest lead times.
History of the company
- The company was founded in Roanne in 1936 by boiler-makers André
and Johanès Barriquand.
- Right from the start, it built stainless steel tanks, and then
began specialising in dyeing autoclaves.
- From 1950 onwards, welded plate exchangers were developed for
the chemicals industry.
- First sterilisation autoclave in 1975
- Organisation into product lines in 1991
- ISO 9001 since 1994
- Société par actions simplifiée with a capital
of €1 727 000 in 2002
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