containers and vessels

Because your products deserve Quality

apaco - since its establishment in 1932 and located in Grellingen, Switzerland, manufactures machines, plants and components for industrial use by the motto: «Machines built with highest Precision». apaco at the present employs 65 people.

Central construction groups are the reactors and vessels. The high standards to which this equipment has to comply with require an extensive knowledge in design, construction and production. apaco’s many years of experience in the manufacturing of machines and equipment and in the handling of complicated requirements have resulted in this technological advantage. 
In our extensive production plant, we are also able to provide contract manufacturing of rolls, forming, bending, rounding, flame cutting and welding (E-hand, TIG-hand, TIG-orbital and mechanized, MSG/MIG-MAG, plasma and submerged welding) as well as pickling work.

Norms:
The vessels are manufactured according to the pressure equipment directives (PED). apaco is a certified manufacturer by SVTI, TÜV and manufactures in accordance to the welding standard EN ISO 3834. apaco is ISO 9001 certified.

Areas of application:
apaco vessels and reactors are used in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, beverages, textile, plastic and paper industry as well as in areas of energy supply and environmental technology.

apaco specialist teams also build vessels and piping on-site and undertake repair work.

The vessels are designed according to applicable codes and manufactured using the latest technology. The manufacturing of special components and the mechanical processing are carried out at our own workshop.

Key Features:

• Storage containers for solvents, acids, alkalis, pure water and other media
   
• Sizes up to 5750 mm diameter and up to 30 m length
   
• apaco manufactures vessels to customer specifications in all shapes and with all types of materials with heating and cooling casing
   
• Reactors for the chemical and bio-technological industry and containers designed for sterile bottling to transport pharmaceutical intermediate and end products
   
• Made of stainless steel 316L (1.4404 or 1.4435) or other high-alloyed raw materials such as 1.4539, nickel, Hastelloy etc
   
• With heating or cooling jacket or half coil. Insulated
   
• Vessels for pressure-free applications as well as for pressure and vacuum conditions
   
• Includes material and welded joint inspection certificates
   
• GMP design up to Ra ≤ 0.4µm and electro polished
   
• Pickled and passivated
   

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