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StarCooler’s Range<br />
of Application Expand<br />
Page 4<br />
Helicopter Lifts<br />
Flexomix to Rooftop<br />
Pages 8-9<br />
Flexopool Exceeds<br />
Expectations<br />
Page 10<br />
Strict Demands<br />
on Ventilation<br />
to Ormen Lange<br />
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breath<br />
TAKE A DEEP<br />
WITH FRESH INDOOR AIR FROM <strong>IV</strong> PRODUKT<br />
Edition 4<br />
<strong>Bestselling</strong> <strong>Concept</strong><br />
<strong>Generates</strong> <strong>More</strong> <strong>Models</strong><br />
Pages 2-3
Continued Development<br />
with new Ownership<br />
WELCOME TO A new edition of our newspaper! For<br />
those of you who still haven’t heard, I am taking this<br />
opportunity to inform you that <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> is now<br />
privately owned by <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> Holding AB where the<br />
Sjöberg family is the principal owner.<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> has been owned by the Skanska<br />
Group since 98 . In conjunction with Skanska’s<br />
move to sell off subsidiaries whose operations are not<br />
closely related with their core business, <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong><br />
Holding AB seized the opportunity to take over<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>. As far as our clients, subcontractors and<br />
partners are concerned, this change in ownership will<br />
not bring about any major changes.<br />
In the past, we have been very independent, even<br />
within the framework of the Skanska organisation. As<br />
an independent company, we will continue to invest<br />
resources in the research and development of our<br />
products and in maintaining our role as forerunners<br />
when it comes to quality and engineering.<br />
FURTHER AHEAD IN this newspaper, you can read<br />
about how we have further developed the Envistar<br />
series that has scored such a great success on the<br />
market. We are continuously developing our other air<br />
handling units and ventilation equipment in a similar<br />
way. Examples of this are the air handling units that,<br />
already from the factory, have provision for integrated<br />
cooling, heating and control equipment. Our corporate<br />
mission embodies a sound, environmentally aware<br />
and energy-conserving approach. This is something<br />
we are going to continue to uphold as we develop<br />
new products. We are finding new roads not only<br />
within our product mix. We are also carrying out R&D<br />
aimed at reaching new markets. Our marketing<br />
campaign in England is our latest move which we also<br />
tell more about further on in this newspaper.<br />
We hope that you will enjoy reading<br />
this newspaper and look forward to<br />
good business relations in the future.<br />
Alf Sjöberg, CEO, <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> AB<br />
Envistar R&D<br />
<strong>Generates</strong><br />
more models<br />
The Envistar series was introduced for the first time<br />
in 1997 and immediately became a bestseller. It was<br />
modified in 2001 to fit in with new prerequisites on<br />
the market and in 2004 the series was expanded<br />
with the Envistar Top model.<br />
Now two more models have been added to the<br />
Envistar series – the Compact and the Flex.<br />
The concept has become very popular. Features<br />
that characterize the Envistar series are<br />
its integrated control function, speedcontrolled<br />
directdriven fans, highefficiency<br />
heat exchanger and provision for integrating<br />
the completely new cooling unit – StarCooler.<br />
The Envistar is a package solution that meets<br />
client demands for low installation costs and<br />
lower operating costs.<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s Engineering Manager Bengt<br />
Svensson together with District Manager<br />
Mattias Sjöberg, who has been the market’s<br />
representative, has drawn up the guidelines<br />
for the new Envistar generation influenced by<br />
performance and design suggestions from<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s sales organisation and other<br />
colleagues.<br />
“The new generation of Envistar units is<br />
even better when it comes to versatility, LCC,<br />
control functions, communication with<br />
supervisory systems and cooling. All these<br />
qualities put together characterize a highly<br />
costeffective product,” Bengt Svensson said.<br />
<strong>More</strong> possible connections<br />
The Envistar Top is available in three sizes<br />
and can be supplied with integrated cooling<br />
unit. What really characterizes the Envistar<br />
Top is that only two square metres of floor<br />
space is needed for installing the unit.<br />
“The Envistar Compact is available in<br />
four sizes, is erected on the same platform as<br />
the Envistar Top and has practically the same<br />
airflow ranges,” Bengt Svensson said.<br />
The greatest difference between the Top<br />
and the Compact models is that the Compact<br />
can be connected to ductwork from the end<br />
connections or the two connections upward<br />
to simplify installation in attics and above<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> AB, Box 3103,<br />
SE-350 43 VÄXJÖ<br />
Phone 0470-75 88 00<br />
Fax 0470-75 88 76<br />
info@ivprodukt.se<br />
www.ivprodukt.se<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>s magazine was produced by:<br />
Editor in Chief .............................. Alf Sjöberg<br />
Projectmanager .................. Mattias Eriksson<br />
Sales ................................. Cathrine Hedquist<br />
Text ....................................... Mikael Bergkvist<br />
Photographers ........................ Martin Ekwall,<br />
Marcus Nilsson, Hans Karlsson<br />
Graphic Form ...... Stegra reklam & prod.byrå<br />
Printing House .......... Prinfo Bergs, Virserum<br />
ceilings, for example. The Envistar Flex is<br />
available in eight sizes.<br />
The name implies that it is flexible and<br />
can be used in the majority of applications.<br />
The Flex model provides scope for choosing<br />
between a rotary and a plate heat exchanger<br />
for recovering heat or cooling energy. The<br />
StarCooler cooling unit is available in two<br />
versions: with or without cooling energy recovery.<br />
The air handling units can be supplemented<br />
with an air recirculation section for<br />
heating the building at night.<br />
Complete air handling unit<br />
An important characteristic of the Envistar<br />
series is the integrated control equipment<br />
that is of Siemens Saphir manufacture. The<br />
new version of the Saphir has more functions.<br />
It is better at communicating with the<br />
Internet and superior systems, for example.<br />
The demand for communication is ever increasing<br />
which is why the new Siemens<br />
Saphir MODbus features this as standard. To<br />
enable communication with several systems,<br />
the unit can be supplemented a number of<br />
communication circuit cards for Webb,<br />
BACnet, Lon, KNX, OPC, SMS and the like.<br />
“The series makes it possible to choose<br />
models that are well suited to satisfy every<br />
need and desire. <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> offers a complete<br />
air handling unit from one and the same<br />
subcontractor with all the benefits that this<br />
involves,” Mattias Sjöberg said, who hopes<br />
for great interest on the market.<br />
Box 86, SE-598 22 ViMMErBy<br />
Phone: +46 492-196 70<br />
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Bengt Svensson and Mattias Sjöberg see many benefits with further<br />
developing the Envistar Series.<br />
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StarCooler expands<br />
its Range of Application<br />
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF the StarCooler<br />
cooling units means that it can be used with the<br />
Flexomix and the entire Envistar series.<br />
Lately we have devoted considerable effort<br />
toward developing our cooling products and this<br />
has resulted in more sizes, greater cooling<br />
capacity, less refrigerant volume and a broader<br />
range of application.<br />
“We have, among other features, developed<br />
our integrated rotary heat exchangers for the<br />
StarCooler, which now offer even greater<br />
possibility for recovering cooling energy. This<br />
offers both maximal cooling capacity and the<br />
energy recovered is utilized to a maximal<br />
degree,” Birger Karlsson, who is the Product<br />
Manager for <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s cooling units, explains.<br />
Birger Karlsson<br />
For a long time there has been a market<br />
demand for cooling units with variable airflow.<br />
This is a feature that our new StarCooler can<br />
now provide. The new design makes it possible<br />
to decrease the maximal permissible airflow to<br />
roughly 0 percent in the standard units.<br />
“We master the technology and customise<br />
the capacity to meet the needs of the<br />
application.<br />
The new models also provide more cooling<br />
capacity in all the sizes with maintained high<br />
sensible cooling which minimizes condensate<br />
runoff. In addition to a number of engineering<br />
advances, the StarCooler can also be supplied<br />
in a split version. This makes it easier to<br />
transport the units at the site - even through<br />
narrow passageways that previously were<br />
impassable obstacles.”<br />
”We have improved our cooling units in<br />
every way,” Birger Karlsson points out.<br />
This Flexomix S was delivered to the Irish<br />
Civil Defence Headquarters in Roscrea.<br />
Positive Reception<br />
on the UK Market<br />
From the start, Dave Shakeshaft was sceptical to the<br />
idea of becoming <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s sales representative<br />
in England, considering the fierce competition on the<br />
UK market. However, after his visit at <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s<br />
plant in Växjö, he changed his opinion.<br />
“I was incredibly impressed by both<br />
the high quality of the products and<br />
the professional manner in which<br />
I was received by the employees,”<br />
he told.<br />
Excellent response<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> and Dave Shakeshaft<br />
and his company, Skanair Technologies<br />
Ltd, began their cooperation immediately<br />
after the New Year, in 2005. We hope to<br />
gradually be able to capture a share of the<br />
market in England.<br />
“There are at present 50 producers of<br />
HVAC units similar to <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s in the<br />
UK and the competition is tough. However I<br />
think that there are great possibilities and am<br />
surprised by the positive response that we’ve<br />
encountered so far,” Dave Shakeshaft said.<br />
The reason for this, he believes, is in part<br />
unique product series such as StarCooler and<br />
Envistar in combination with high quality<br />
and the right prices. Furthermore, the professionalism<br />
that is ingrained in all aspects of<br />
Dave Shakeshaft<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> operations is considered appealing<br />
on the British market.<br />
“Despite the short time that we’ve been in<br />
the UK market, we have received several<br />
orders and many more projects are under<br />
way.<br />
One of the larger deliveries so<br />
far involved six Flexomix S units<br />
for the Irish Civil Defence headquarters<br />
in Roscrea.”<br />
“This was an order we landed in<br />
competition with several other subcontractors.<br />
The air handling units<br />
are installed and we have received<br />
terrific response,” Dave Shakeshaft<br />
told.<br />
<strong>More</strong> employees<br />
Skanair Technologies Ltd has its office in<br />
Birmingham where Dave together with his<br />
family i.e. his wife and three children also<br />
live. During the last twelve years he has<br />
worked as a salesman of ventilation equipment,<br />
and has been a partner in a trading<br />
company. However, now he is focusing on<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>.<br />
“Considering the interest that has been<br />
shown in England, we may need to hire more<br />
employees to reach out to further market<br />
targets,” he said.
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Envistar Top met<br />
Kungsmadsskolan’s Requirements<br />
To be spared having to install extensive runs of<br />
ductwork and a space-consuming fan room, the<br />
Envistar Top was the obvious choice when new<br />
ventilation equipment was to be installed in the<br />
gymnastics building at the Kungsmads School in<br />
Växjö.<br />
“We considered the Envistar Top already at<br />
the outset of planning the project,” said Mats<br />
Andersson from Växjö Fastighetsförvaltning<br />
AB (property management).<br />
Once it was established that the existing<br />
ventilation equipment could no longer meet<br />
requirements for healthy ventilation in the<br />
gymnastics building and also lacked an<br />
energysaving heat recovery unit, VÖFAB<br />
sent out an invitation to tender, for replacing<br />
the entire ventilation system.<br />
With <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s air handling units in its<br />
product mix, the contractor, Service &<br />
Klimat, who engage <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> as our supplier<br />
submitted the most costeffective tender.<br />
Mats Andersson from Växjö Fastighetsförvaltning AB, Joakim Sjösten from Service & Klimat and<br />
Jimmy Carlsson from <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> state that the new ventilation equipment at Kungsmadsskolan<br />
work very well.<br />
“This involved a detailspecified general<br />
contract and thanks to the Envistar Top, our<br />
requirements could be met,” Mats Andersson<br />
pointed out.<br />
Minimal system ducting<br />
A total of seven Envistar Top air handling<br />
units and a completely new system of ducting<br />
was supplied and installed through Service &<br />
Klimat. Five of the air handling units were<br />
also equipped with Siemens Saphir integrated<br />
control equipment for communication with a<br />
supervisory control system control system<br />
and the Siemens Desigo Insight.<br />
“The new system of ducting became minimal<br />
because we were able to position the seven<br />
ventilation units at strategic locations in<br />
the building. The five new fan rooms that<br />
were built did not become so spacedemanding<br />
thanks to the compact design of the Envistar<br />
Top,” Joakim Sjösten, Project Leader<br />
at Service & Klimat, explained.<br />
Better airflow<br />
The new ventilation units were commissioned<br />
and put in service at the start of the autumn<br />
school term and Mats Andersson is<br />
very satisfied with the entire delivery.<br />
“The tests show that we now have much<br />
better airflows in the building. We also save<br />
energy – the ventilation unit fans run at low<br />
speed while the ventilated spaces are unoccupied,”<br />
he said.
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Flexomix Met<br />
Requirements for<br />
Paper Mill Ventilation<br />
FINNISH TM SYSTEMS specializes in air<br />
management systems for the pulp and paper<br />
industry. Three Flexomix air handling units from<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> and other equipment were recently<br />
installed at the Gruvön Paper Mill at Grums in<br />
Central Sweden.<br />
“In this case, we changed the existing<br />
ventilation system in the machine room at the<br />
paper mill. The task of the system is to keep the<br />
temperature low and at the same time extract<br />
humid air,” explained Hans Torlén, Marketing<br />
Manager at TM Systems.<br />
Among other requirements, the exterior walls<br />
at the plant had to be free of moisture. Large,<br />
high-capacity ventilation units were required to<br />
achieve this end. For various reasons, the<br />
ventilation units had to be secured to a<br />
foundation on the ground.<br />
”We looked at various products that seemed<br />
appropriate to do the job, requested and<br />
received quotations,” Hans Torlén told.<br />
The ultimate choice was the Flexomix 0,<br />
which was supplied by <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s Finnish<br />
dealer Inter Vent OY.<br />
“We are well acquainted with the engineering<br />
features in <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s air handling units since<br />
previous encounters, and know that they can<br />
meet the stringent demands this installation<br />
involves. <strong>More</strong>over the prices quoted by Inter<br />
Vent OY were reasonable and we appreciated<br />
the friendly atmosphere in which we did<br />
business,” Hans Torlén said.<br />
TM System OY has its headquarters in Åbo<br />
and also has operations in Sweden and China.<br />
The Gruvön Mill is a subsidiary of the Billerud<br />
Group and is one of the Värmland province’s<br />
largest employers with approximately . 00<br />
employees.<br />
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Nicklas Brömster and Petri Alaiso from <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> supervise the helicopter lift of ventilation<br />
equipment to rooftop in central Stockholm.<br />
A Flexomix air handling unit weighing more than<br />
1.600 kg was recently delivered to a fan room on<br />
the roof of a high office building in central<br />
Stockholm – by helicopter!<br />
“This was both faster and handier than using<br />
an ordinary crane. It was also cheaper,” Richard<br />
Björk, Project Leader at <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s contractor<br />
Ventilator in Stockholm, explained.<br />
Two trips<br />
The air handling unit was supplied with an aim<br />
to increase the ventilation capacity in the office<br />
building on Birger Jarlsgatan (street) that is<br />
managed by Aberdeen Property Investors AB.<br />
The problem was that the fan room is situated<br />
far in on the roof of the high building.<br />
“This meant that we would have had to<br />
use a huge crane to be able to manage the lift.<br />
This, in turn, would have made it necessary<br />
to close off traffic on the street for many<br />
hours,” Richard Björk said.<br />
The solution was instead to use a helicopter<br />
for lifting the Flexomix unit to its final<br />
location. The ventilation unit conforming to<br />
9<br />
a design proposal by TQI Konsult, was supplied<br />
in six sections to a park opposite the<br />
office building located in the Spårvagn (Tram)<br />
district. From there, the helicopter made two<br />
trips to lift the ventilation unit sections up to<br />
the site.<br />
“The first lift took only five or six minutes.<br />
After that, we took a short break. Then we<br />
closed off all traffic for another ten minutes<br />
while the remaining sections were lifted. It all<br />
worked perfectly,” Richard Björk told us.<br />
Spectacular delivery<br />
It is not very common that a helicopter is<br />
used for delivering a ventilation unit. However<br />
in certain cases, this is necessary in order<br />
to solve an apparently impossible mission.<br />
This time, the spectacular delivery was to<br />
advantage for all the parties involved.<br />
“On the one hand, it turned out to be<br />
appreciably much cheaper to use a helicopter,<br />
on the other, the job was done faster and we<br />
were able to position the ventilation unit just<br />
where we wanted it to be,” Nicklas Brömster,<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s District Manager, pointed out.
Savings with Flexopool<br />
Exceeded Expectations<br />
Henrik Hjälmerhag, Energi & Fastigheter; Magnus Henriksson, Karlstads Kommun and Magnus<br />
Rosell, <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>.<br />
Estimates showed that the investment in new air<br />
handling equipment for the Sundsta Public Baths<br />
would mean appreciable energy savings. But thanks<br />
to <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s Flexopool unit, the real savings<br />
exceeded expectations.<br />
“The results turned out much better than we<br />
had ever expected. We figured that heat recovery<br />
alone would save us about 30 percent<br />
with the new equipment. But it soon became<br />
apparent that the real savings would amount to<br />
as much as 37 percent,” Magnus Henriksson,<br />
who is the Manager of the Engineering<br />
Development Group at Karlstad City Hall,<br />
reported.<br />
Energy review<br />
Sundsta Public Baths and Sports Centre is<br />
Karlstad’s largest sports facility, which,<br />
besides an indoor swimming pool hall, also<br />
Facts about the installation:<br />
Public baths<br />
One type Flexopool made by <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>, size<br />
1550 with type Enviheater 6220 heat pump<br />
made by <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>.<br />
• Airflow: 13.0 m 3 /s<br />
Sports Centre, clothes-changing areas<br />
One type Flexomix, size 1150 with heat<br />
recovery coil made by <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong><br />
• Airflow: 10.50 m 3 /s<br />
contains a sports centre and other sports<br />
buildings. The facility was built in the beginning<br />
of the 1970s. After an energy review<br />
carried out a few years ago, the review<br />
committee concluded that the time was right<br />
for replacing the ventilation equipment and<br />
other fixtures to reduce the energy costs.<br />
“The efficiency of the heat recovery components,<br />
among other items of equipment,<br />
was low. The entire reconstruction project<br />
would involve a large investment and it was<br />
decided that we would begin by replacing the<br />
ventilation equipment in the public baths<br />
facility complete with the areas where bathers<br />
change clothes and shower,” Magnus<br />
Henriksson explained.<br />
Really put to the test<br />
Flexopool, which is especially designed for<br />
dehumidifying, ventilating, recovering energy<br />
and heating air in public baths, offered the<br />
best solution for the Sundsta Public Baths<br />
and Sports Centre both technically and in<br />
terms of minimal space required.<br />
“We chose between two alternatives. But<br />
the Flexopool from <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> suited us best.<br />
Especially considering the fact that we had<br />
only limited space for installation. In 2003 we<br />
closed the public baths facility for six weeks to<br />
replace the air handling equipment. This effort<br />
really put the contractor, Energi & Fastigheter<br />
i Karlstad AB, to the test.”<br />
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Inspection of the ventilation equipment inside<br />
the public baths building.<br />
“We were to dismantle the old equipment<br />
and install the new. There were many who<br />
didn’t think that we would get the job done<br />
on time,” Project Leader Henrik Hjälmerhag<br />
remembers.<br />
Exceeded expectations<br />
But the installation was ready on time and<br />
the results exceeded all our expectations. In<br />
the autumn of 2005, the air handling system<br />
was guarantee inspected and Magnus Henriksson<br />
is very pleased with the change of air<br />
handling equipment in every aspect.<br />
”We had one commissioning period that<br />
involved certain adjustments and since then<br />
the system has performed extremely well,”<br />
he said.<br />
But the most positive aspect is however<br />
the energy that the Flexopool and the<br />
Flexomix air handling unit together with the<br />
heat pump have saved. The 37 percent in<br />
saved energy has saved us roughly 1 million<br />
Swedish kronor per year. The costs for the<br />
entire installation were 4.5 million including<br />
the control, electrical, pipework, construction,<br />
and project design costs which involve a<br />
payoff period of about 4.5 years.
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Extensive Deliveries to Prague’s Underground<br />
The first contacts were made ten years ago. To date,<br />
Vratislav Vrsovsky has delivered almost 120<br />
ventilation units from <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> to the continuously<br />
expanding underground railway network in Prague.<br />
“I got the opportunity to introduce our products,<br />
the prospective clients were satisfied<br />
with the performance specifications and then<br />
chose <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s ventilation units.<br />
Among other features, because of their<br />
size and that their design is especially well<br />
Facts about the Metro:<br />
• The underground in Prague, the Metro,<br />
consists of three railway routes. The first,<br />
Route C, opened in 1974 and was finished in<br />
1984.<br />
• The second route, Route A, had its first run in<br />
1978 and was finished in 1990.<br />
• The last route, Route B, opened in 1985 and<br />
still isn’t fully completed.<br />
• The underground railway network is roughly<br />
50 kilometres long and has a total of 50<br />
stations. <strong>More</strong> than 500 underground railway<br />
carriages travel along its routes.<br />
• Almost 410 million users travel in Prague by<br />
underground each year.<br />
Source: www.czeckitout.com<br />
suited for installation in tunderground railway<br />
tunnels,” Vratislav Vrsovsky said at the<br />
Czech sales office, Netto Vent.<br />
Fulfilled requests<br />
The first transit route in the Prague underground,<br />
the Metro, opened in 1974.<br />
Later on when the old ventilation system<br />
was inspected and the decision was made to<br />
replace it, Vratislav Vrskovsky landed the<br />
contract with the representatives for the<br />
stateowned company that runs the underground<br />
railway.<br />
“They were interested in a supply air unit<br />
that could replace the old ventilation systems<br />
and also would not take up as much space as<br />
the previous ones. Since the space available<br />
for installation was limited, the Flexomix<br />
fitted in well with their requirements and<br />
expectations,” he told us.<br />
As the year has progressed, station after<br />
station along the underground routes have<br />
been refurbished and, among other improvements,<br />
have been equipped with new ventilation<br />
units to the joy of millions of people<br />
who each month ride the Metro and spend<br />
time in the extensive underground railway<br />
network.<br />
“Besides the Flexomix units, we have also<br />
supplied a number of Flexomix and Envistar<br />
Top units with StarCooler and StarCooler<br />
Plus.<br />
These types of integrated cooling unit suit<br />
the underground tremendously well since<br />
there is no way that we can install the cooling<br />
installations outdoors.<br />
Very satisfied<br />
There are a number of manufacturers of<br />
ventilation equipment in the Czech Republic<br />
as well as in neighbouring Poland. But the<br />
representatives for the Metro have chosen<br />
the special characteristics that <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s<br />
air handling units have to offer.<br />
“They are very satisfied with the reliability,<br />
performance and quality of the <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong><br />
ventilation units,” said Vratislav Vrsovsky<br />
who hopes for continued deliveries to the<br />
Metro.<br />
“There are many plans for the future. One<br />
plan is a completely new underground railway<br />
route to the airport, which could give<br />
rise to new deliveries from <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>,”<br />
he declared.<br />
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Strict Demands Made on<br />
Ventilation Units for Ormen Lange<br />
During 2007, offshore workers will begin extracting<br />
gas from the massive gas field called Ormen Lange<br />
that lies at a depth of roughly 2.000 metres below<br />
the sea bed off the Norwegian coast. <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> has<br />
supplied a number of ventilation units to the process<br />
plant in Nyhamna.<br />
The enormous gas reservoir below the<br />
Norwegian Sea, roughly 120 kilometres<br />
northwest of the Møre Coast, was discovered<br />
by Hydro in 1997 and was named after an<br />
old Viking ship – the Ormen Lange.<br />
Processing plant<br />
Hydro is now busy building the large plant<br />
that is required for receiving, processing and<br />
exporting the gas.<br />
The gas will be transported from the drill<br />
hole that reaches to a depth of approximately<br />
2.000 metres below the sea floor, and through<br />
a pipeline on the sea floor to the processing<br />
plant in Nyhamna located on an island outside<br />
of Kristiansund on the Northern Norwegian<br />
coast. The purified and compressed<br />
gas from the Ormen Lange gas field will<br />
mainly be exported through a long pipeline<br />
to England. Once gas production is well<br />
under way, according to estimates, Ormen<br />
Lange will supply Britain with about 20<br />
percent of its gas.<br />
“Through the contractor Gunnar Karlsén,<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> has supplied seven ventilation<br />
units that will ventilate the administration<br />
section of the plant,” Svein Solvik explains,<br />
at the Norwegian sales office Noram<br />
<strong>Produkt</strong>er AS.<br />
Exposed to severe wind and weather<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s delivery to the Ormen Lange<br />
project consists of four Flexomix units with<br />
Starcooler Plus for outdoor installation and<br />
three Envistar Top units with Starcooler.<br />
“Hydro makes strict demands on reliability<br />
and quality which is why they chose<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s Flexomix units with integrated<br />
StarCooler cooling units. Installation outdoors<br />
also demands especially durable ventilation<br />
units. In this application, they are also<br />
The Ormen Lange project in Norway makes<br />
strict demands on reliability and chose the<br />
Flexomix with StarCooler for the administra-<br />
tion section of the gas processing plant.<br />
exposed to severe wind and weather,“ Svein<br />
Solvik said and tells us that the ventilation<br />
units were delivered attached to one another,<br />
mounted on a base frame and are also<br />
equipped with integrated control system.<br />
Facts about Noram <strong>Produkt</strong>er AS:<br />
• The company was founded in 1994 and is a<br />
subcontractor of ventilation equipment.<br />
• Operates as <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s representative in<br />
Norway offering a complete range of<br />
products in all areas.<br />
• Noram <strong>Produkt</strong>er AS has 4 employees and<br />
office facilities in Sandefjord and Drammen.<br />
Photo: Övind Leren
Good References Behind Delivery to New Theatre<br />
A new addition to Copenhagen’s array of cultural<br />
attractions is under construction. The Danish Royal<br />
Theatre’s new playhouse – the Skuespilhus is now<br />
being built at Kvaesthusbroen.<br />
Anyone who has recently arrived by ferry to<br />
Danish capital could hardly avoid noticing<br />
the new construction site in the inner harbour.<br />
Construction of the Skuespilhus –<br />
literally “the playhouse” – began in 2004<br />
and is expected to be completed in 2008.<br />
Facts about the Flexomix:<br />
Flexomix air handling units have been<br />
developed to meet today’s and future<br />
requirements for environmentally compatible<br />
and energy-saving equipment for ventilation.<br />
The air handling units are built up in a<br />
modular system of which the various<br />
functions require a specific length of module<br />
and the client himself determines the unit<br />
version to be supplied. The Flexomix can be<br />
used in most types of buildings and for<br />
various forms of activity, such as theatres,<br />
hospitals, office buildings, workshops,<br />
schools, banks, hotels, factories and<br />
department stores where reliable and energysaving<br />
ventilation is necessary.<br />
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In tough competition with several other<br />
actors, <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> landed the commission<br />
through E. Klink A/S to supply air handling<br />
units to the extensive construction site.<br />
“It is a very interesting project where our<br />
previous good references played an important<br />
role in the choice of subcontractor,” Ulf<br />
Jönsson said at <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> in Malmö.<br />
Competitive air handling units<br />
It all started when the Danish consultant<br />
company, Cowi A/S, who are consultative<br />
engineers for the Skuespilhus, were to build a<br />
new office in Lyngby a few years ago and got<br />
in touch with <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>.<br />
“They carefully checked out all the subcontractors<br />
and ultimately chose our products.<br />
Among others, they were especially keen on<br />
the Windstrong fans in our air handling<br />
units,” explains Ulf Jönsson.<br />
With this positive experience in mind,<br />
they gradually came to choose <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong><br />
even at the outset of planning the Skuespilhus<br />
project. Another, and at least just as important<br />
reason, was that the Flexomix air<br />
handling units are well suited for this type of<br />
building and also hold their own in competition<br />
with other makes on the market.<br />
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<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> has supplied a total of 21 Flexomix<br />
air handling units to the Skuespilhus via the<br />
Danish contractor E. Klink A/S.<br />
“For us, this is a really great delivery opportunity<br />
which also could open new doors for<br />
future collaboration for similar building projects,”<br />
Ulf Jönsson points out.<br />
The Skuespilhus will contain a large auditorium<br />
with 750 seats and a smaller, flexible<br />
auditorium with 250 seats. The building will<br />
also contain a number of smaller rooms,<br />
foyer and other spaces.<br />
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Growing Export<br />
with Great Potential<br />
SLOWLY BUT SURELY, <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> has built up<br />
export trade operations in all of Europe. Their<br />
latest drive has been in England.<br />
”We began on a<br />
modest scale about<br />
ten years ago. Today,<br />
our export volume<br />
stands for 0 percent<br />
of our turnover,” Jan<br />
Axelsson, <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s<br />
Export Manager,<br />
explained.<br />
Instead of<br />
Jan Axelsson, Export building up our own<br />
Manager <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>. trading companies in<br />
the various countries,<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong> engages sales representatives who<br />
market and sell their ventilation units. At present, the<br />
units are sold in a total of countries. The rotary<br />
heat exchangers are also exported to the USA.<br />
”Working with sales representatives gives more<br />
flexibility compared with running our own trading<br />
companies,” Jan Axelsson said and emphasized<br />
that we have intentionally expanded our export<br />
trade operations on a long-term and sound basis.<br />
He believes that high quality and promised<br />
performance hold their own in competition with<br />
domestic products.<br />
”Our products are, among other endorsements,<br />
certificated in accordance with Eurovent<br />
quality and performance guidelines and this<br />
means that they do exactly what we say they’ll do.<br />
When it comes to our air-cooling products, I also<br />
believe that we have great potential for marketing<br />
them since there is hardly any competition for<br />
similar units abroad.”<br />
Jan Axelsson confidently looks forward to<br />
seeing how the latest investment in <strong>IV</strong> Product’s<br />
sales representatives operations in the UK will<br />
develop.<br />
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Box 3103<br />
Visiting address: Sjöuddevägen 7<br />
SE-350 43 Växjö<br />
Phone: +46 470-75 88 00<br />
Fax: +46 470-75 88 76<br />
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Free Cooling Provides<br />
Substantial Energy Savings<br />
Now the time is ripe for <strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s free cooling unit<br />
for Telecom and IT applications.<br />
“The latest surveys show that significant progress<br />
has been made in reducing the heat<br />
sensitivity of electronic equipment for the 3d<br />
generation telephony inside the socalled<br />
telecom stations – where equipment that<br />
manages electronic operations such as our<br />
mobile telephone calls, video calls, broadband<br />
connections and the like, is housed.<br />
Previously, the cooling load of such applications<br />
was very high and this forced subcontractors<br />
to install air conditioners in the<br />
telecom buildings. But nowadays the<br />
temperatures that we can achieve with our<br />
cooling units are fully adequate for preventing<br />
the electronic equipment from overheating,”<br />
Pierre Trast, who is the Marketing<br />
Manager in telecommunications, explained.<br />
The cooling of telecom buildings using<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s freecooling unit offers considerable<br />
energy savings in comparison with conventional<br />
air conditioners – a reality that is<br />
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Göteborg +46 31-26 26 27<br />
Malmö +46 40-29 29 98<br />
Norrköping +46 11-10 21 00<br />
Stockholm +46 8-743 66 50<br />
Växjö +46 470-75 88 00<br />
Örebro +46 19-56 06 90<br />
Export:<br />
Finland, Inter Vent Oy<br />
+358-334 85 833<br />
Norway, Noram <strong>Produkt</strong> A/S<br />
+47 33 47 12 44/45<br />
Poland, Ena Went sp.zo.o<br />
+48-58 300 96 00<br />
Czech Republic, Netto Vent s.r.o<br />
+420-416 813 633<br />
Hungary, Airvent Légtechnikai Kft<br />
+36-76 481 650<br />
Slovakia, Norden spol. s.r.o<br />
+ 421-48 4142 115<br />
Estonia, Elektroskandia AS<br />
+372-671 19 12<br />
Ukraine, ACM Ltd<br />
+380-44-462 52 72<br />
Marketing<br />
Manager for<br />
Telecom and<br />
IT Pierre<br />
Trast believes<br />
that the time<br />
is ripe for free<br />
cooling in IT<br />
and Telecom<br />
applications.<br />
attracting attention more and more. It is true<br />
that the freecooling unit is dependent on the<br />
outdoor temperature and cannot supply the<br />
same cooling energy as an air conditioner on<br />
a hot summer day. However, new studies<br />
indicate that air conditioning isn’t required.<br />
“Previously experts have claimed that<br />
excessively high temperatures shorten the<br />
useful life of batteries. But progress has been<br />
made even here.”<br />
Among the clients who have realized how<br />
<strong>IV</strong> <strong>Produkt</strong>’s freecooling units would benefit<br />
their applications are Telia Sonera, Vodafone,<br />
3GIS and Banverket (the National Swedish<br />
Rail Administration).<br />
Pierre Trast is convinced that the Telecom<br />
and IT markets are now ripe for free cooling<br />
solutions. “Freecooling units can save up to<br />
80 percent of the energy that a conventional<br />
air conditioning unit would consume. I believe<br />
that the various companies in the telecom<br />
and IT sector realize the benefits they<br />
can reap by replacing existing cooling plants<br />
with our products”, he said.<br />
Slovenia, VALmor d.o.o<br />
+386-1 428 94 92<br />
Letvia, Klas Technologies SIA<br />
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United Kingdom, Skanair<br />
+44 845-466 4615<br />
Belgium, Clima Construct<br />
+32-3-354 00 63<br />
The Netherlands, Energy Partners Int<br />
+31-246 45 16 36