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About us

LEADING GENERALIST IN THE ENGINEERING OF MODERN PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

Founded in 1991, we are a dynamic, technology-oriented company with headquarters in the town of Burgdorf near Bern where our team of engineers, designers and project managers implement innovative projects. Our manageable size and therefore very personal collaboration with our national and international customers make us a global key player in innovative and sustainable engineering solutions and process engineering in the grain and animal feed industries, pelletising plants of all sizes, energy generation and the production of biochar (conversion of biomass), and in the processing of slaughterhouse by-products. We perform in sub-areas such as consulting, development and production of partial and complete systems, client representation and general contractor.

Dieter Friedli

Owner, CEO

SECOND-GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS

Engineer and entrepreneur Daniel Friedli laid the foundation stone for Friedli AG in 1991. In 2016, he handed over the business to his son and successor Dieter Friedli, a certified and qualified engineer with an Executive MBA in General Management. He leads an ambitious team of mostly long-standing engineers, designers and process engineering specialists, who have very sound expertise and extensive process-specific experience. Friedli AG’s customer base includes many of the most important players in their industries, as well as smaller and medium-sized producers in energy generation and downstream agricultural production. FRIEDLI AG’s success is based on a pronounced awareness of quality, solidity and value retention, the use of only the most suitable proven technologies, software, components (standard products and project-specific tailor-made solutions) and materials, user-friendly automation and control systems, and exemplary personal after-sales service and support.

NETWORK OF PLANNERS AND PRODUCERS

Quality-oriented plant construction is possible only thanks to collaboration with the most reliable partner companies. Thanks to its experience in production – as a pioneer and with a subsidiary in energy generation – FRIEDLI AG has a well-established and proven network of selected suppliers. This continuity, trusting cooperation and ongoing exchange of experience benefits all projects and guarantees you the highest quality and safety.

PARTNERS AND MEMBERSHIPS

As a leading company in our field, we are aware of our responsibility in our business sectors and therefore play an active part in the industry and its organisations, associations and associations.

FRIEDLI BIOENERGIE GMBH – SUBSIDIARY IN ENERGY PRODUCTION

Based on many years of experience and practical knowledge in pelleting plant construction and a very good knowledge of the energy market, FRIEDLI AG developed the FRIEDLI BIOENERGY project, the construction and operation of its own pellet production plant. Sensible, environmentally friendly, renewable, economical and carbon-neutral – in other words, a combination of economy and ecology. The company, founded in 2013, has been supplying pellets for the growing market of renewable energy sources for more than 10 years (to date, Switzerland produces only about 75% of the required, and increasing, quantity). The pellets are distributed by regionally based partners. The entire added value – from raw materials and production to use/heat generation – is therefore generated locally. This is also a commitment to practice-oriented sustainability.

What’s more, FRIEDLI BIOENERGIE GMBH also provides a quarter of the required electricity. It generates its electricity from its own photovoltaic system.

The strengths of the parent company, the comprehensive expertise in all areas of process engineering and our state-of-the-art engineering (BIM, Industry 4.0) have led to additional benefits for engineering, including as a provider of everyday practical knowledge.

MEDIA ABOUT OUR ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES

Our projects are recognised in the trade and public press. Here you can read some of the articles that give a practical overview of our activities and insights into processes, developments and projects at FRIEDLI AG.

Holzkurier 44. 2022, Pressebeitrag: «Passgenau»

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Holzkurier 26. 2022, Pressebeitrag: «Sofort in Volllastbtrieb»

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Holzkurier 33. 2020, Pressebeitrag: «ökologisches Pelletswerk»

«Passgenau – maßgeschneiderte Pelletsproduktion realisierte auf engstem Raum»

Bereits vor dem Produktionsbeginn hatte das Bioenergiezentrum Ecogen Rigi in der Schweiz überregionale Bedeutung: Der Bundesgerichtshof genehmigte den Bau nach zahlreichen Einsprüchen – schrieb aber strenge bauliche Auflagen vor. Für die Pelletsproduktion blieben nur 600m2 Am besten ging damit Friedli, Burgdorf/CH, um …

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Berner Zeitung 24.02.2023, Pressebeitrag: «Schweizer Holz löst ausländisches Öl ab»

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BioEnergie International 24. 2013, Pressebeitrag: "Acheter un moduled egranulation comme on achéte une automobile"

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BioEnergie-international 45. 2016, Pressebeitrag: «Des équipe et des moyens proches de vous»

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Holzkurier 42. 2016, Pressebeitrag: «Kompakte Pelletieranlagen»

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ARE YOU PLANNING AN OPTIMISATION, EXPANSION OR NEW PLANT? WE GUARANTEE SUCCESS IN DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN, ASSEMBLY AND HANDOVER – SERVICE AND SUPPORT INCLUDED.

+41 34 426 28 28 info@friedliag.ch