Development, manufacturing and installation of machinery and plants for the sugar and sweetener industry since 1853.
BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt GmbH
Braunschweig (headquarters, manufacturing) · Charlotte, USA · Nanning, China · Tunis, TunisiaNew on Amplifa
About BMA
BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt GmbH, headquartered in Braunschweig, is an internationally active manufacturer of machinery, individual process stages and complete factories for the sugar and sweetener industry. The product range includes batch and continuous centrifuges, falling-film evaporators, extraction towers, pans for crystallisation as well as drying and cooling technology for sugar and pulpy intermediate products. The portfolio is complemented by engineering services ranging from concept studies through basic and detail engineering to erection supervision, and by BMA Automation with PLC/SCADA solutions, switchgear construction, retrofit and plant upgrades. Customers include the sugar and sweetener industry as well as selected food sectors, including operators of beet and cane sugar factories and refineries worldwide. Manufacturing, contract production and a pilot plant for research and development are located at the Braunschweig headquarters; subsidiaries exist in the USA, China and Tunisia. More than 600 employees from 25 countries implement projects in more than 50 percent of sugar factories worldwide.
- Site
- Braunschweig
- Processes
- Extraction (diffusion, countercurrent cossette mixer, extraction tower, cossette pump), Evaporation (falling-film evaporator, plate falling-film evaporator, condensate tank), Pulp drying/pulp dewatering (pulp press, fluidised-bed steam drier, air lock), Crystallisation (batch pan, vertical continuous pan, cascaded batch pans, cooling crystalliser,, Centrifugation (batch centrifuges, continuous centrifuges, distribution mixer), Sugar drying (drum drier and cooler, horizontal/vertical fluidised-bed cooler), Automation / electrical and automation engineering (PLC/SCADA, process control systems, switchgear, Retrofit solutions and plant upgrades (>50 upgrade projects, controller upgrades for batch
- Materials
- Sugar (sugar beet, sugarcane, raw sugar), Fructose (crystalline fructose), Dextrose, Biomass and food products (drying), Fructose, Biomass and food products
- Certificates
- ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety management system), ISO 45001
- Founded
- 1853
- Employees
- 600+
- Industries
- Sugar industry (sugar beet, sugarcane, raw sugar), Sweetener industry, Food industry, Starch and starch sugar industry, Ethanol and combined heat and power, Chemical industry
- 01
Consulting and concept study
- 02
Basic engineering
- 03
Detail engineering
- 04
Manufacturing and contract production
- 05
Switchgear construction and software engineering
- 06
Erection and commissioning
- 07
Acceptance
- 08
Retrofit and after-sales service
Materials and Processes
Sugar (sugar beet, sugarcane, raw sugar)
Processed raw materials in extraction, crystallisation, centrifugation and drying for sugar factories and refineries.
Fructose
Crystalline fructose, processed with BMA crystallisation and centrifuge technology.
Dextrose
Industrially produced sugar substance, for whose production BMA machines and processes are used.
Biomass and food products
Thermal drying of biomass and foods, including beet pulp via pulp presses and fluidised-bed steam dryers.
Sites
Braunschweig
DEHeadquarters with manufacturing, contract production and pilot plant for research and development
- Materials
- Sugar, fructose, dextrose, biomass
- Batch centrifuges
- Continuous centrifuges
- Falling-film evaporators
- Extraction towers
- Pulp presses and fluidised-bed steam dryers
- Drum dryers and coolers
- Batch and continuous crystallisation pans
- Switchgear construction
Charlotte
USSubsidiary BMA America for sales and service in North America
Nanning
CNSubsidiary BMA China for the Asia region
Tunis
TNSubsidiary BMA MENA S.a.r.l. for the Middle East and North Africa
Components and Plant Parts
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extraction (diffusion, countercurrent cossette mixer, extraction tower, cossette pump)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Evaporation (falling-film evaporator, plate falling-film evaporator, condensate tank)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pulp drying/pulp dewatering (pulp press, fluidised-bed steam drier, air lock)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Crystallisation (batch pan, vertical continuous pan, cascaded batch pans, cooling crystalliser,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Centrifugation (batch centrifuges, continuous centrifuges, distribution mixer)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sugar drying (drum drier and cooler, horizontal/vertical fluidised-bed cooler)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Automation / electrical and automation engineering (PLC/SCADA, process control systems, switchgearEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Retrofit solutions and plant upgrades (>50 upgrade projects, controller upgrades for batchEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering services (concept studies, basic engineering, detailed engineering, pipingEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Commissioning, installation and acceptance (installation, commissioning, acceptance)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Contract manufacturing / equipment fabrication and contract manufacturingEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Filtration technology (acquired via Balco-Filtertechnik)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Thermal drying for biomass and food products; mechanical separation processes (pilot plantEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
9 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batch centrifuges | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Continuous centrifuges | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Falling-film evaporators / plate falling-film evaporators | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Diffusion/extraction tower with cossette mixer and cossette pump | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Pulp press / fluidised-bed steam drier | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Drum dryers and coolers, horizontal/vertical fluidised-bed coolers (sugar drying) | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Batch pan / vertical continuous pan / cascaded batch pans / cooling crystalliser / | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Switchgear construction / switchgear | BMA | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Training workshops (well-equipped BMA training workshops) | – | – | – | – | Braunschweig, Germany |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Management Systems
BMA maintains an integrated management system with quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management; the management has committed itself to implementation in accordance with ISO 45001. Products and processes are regularly reviewed for energy efficiency and sustainability, and environmental activities are documented in a traceable manner.
| Evidence | Braunschweig |
|---|---|
| ISO 45001 |
Company History
- 1853
Founded as F. Seele & Comp. in Braunschweig by Friedrich Seele, Friedrich Lorenz Schöttler, Wilhelm Hasenbalg and Christian Pommer; initially building railway carriages.
- 1863
Entry into mechanical engineering with specialisation in the beet sugar industry and the diffusion process.
- 1870
Conversion into the joint-stock company Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt; strong export orientation with an export share of up to 85 percent.
- 1871
Supply of the equipment for the first sugar factory in California.
- 1889
Entry into plant construction for the spirits industry.
- 1893
First prize for distillery apparatus at the World Exhibition in Chicago.
- 1904
Start of production of equipment for the starch and starch sugar industry.
- 1907–1911
Construction of three cane sugar factories on Formosa (Taiwan).
- 1945
Destruction of the plant on 3 March by bombing; reconstruction under Hans-Christoph Seebohm and resumption of production in the summer of the same year with 300 employees.
- 1949
Integration of the Dippe plant in Schladen; entry into apparatus construction for the chemical industry.
- 1953
100th anniversary with around 1,000 employees.
- 1962
Acquisition of Balco-Filtertechnik GmbH (filtration technology).
- 1972
Acquisition of Starcosa Maschinen- und Apparatebau GmbH.
- 1977
Acquisition of Trocknungs-Anlagen Gesellschaft mbH (TAG).
- 2009
Co-founding of the Kinder-Werk-Krippe childcare facility in Braunschweig.
- 2026
Jörg Scheid becomes COO on 1 May.