The VH GROUP

The VH GROUP
DESCRIPTION OF
THE INDUSTRIAL GROUP

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The VH Group
Brief history
The Group structure

Mission and Vision

Industrial development
Commercial development
Strengthening of the group

The Group structure

and organization
Our team
Subsidiaries Companies

Our production fields

Residential construction,
Products, market
Renewable energy industries,
Products, market

Who we are
Vortex Hydra Group's headquarter is located in the
industrial district of Emilia-Romagna, in the area of
Bologna - Northern Italy.

This industrial district is renowned in the world for important

brands in the sectors of automotive, food and beverage
production, packaging machinery.. an area where industries are
worthily settled since beginning of the industrial era.

The Vortex Hydra Group consists of a group of international companies

with operations located in Italy, Australia, Brazil, China and the
United Kingdom.

BRIEF HISTORY

1967

The VH Group was founded in 1967 thanks to the initiative of a group of

engineers that decided to enter business to address the growing
market of industrial automation.
Despite developing a variety of experiences in many different industrial sectors
Vortex Hydra become international design specialists of concrete roof tile
manufacturing production plants and hydraulic engineering where they
develop equipment for water control systems including mechanical
structure dams, rivers and waterways etc.
The company is now renown for its strong international orientation which over
the years has proved to be an incubator for other businesses to be formed in
Ferrara by persons who have had a past association with Vortex Hydra.

Yesterday the meeting of a small

team of young entrepreneurs...

Who we are
Today the Vortex Group are major players in both residential construction
and renewable energy industries.

For residential construction Vortex Hydra are international manufacturers

and suppliers of high velocity fully automated concrete roof tile production
plants and other associated concrete products manufacturing systems.

It has also recently developed a new patented technology for stone cladding manufacture using automated wet cast techniques.

In the field of renewable energy Vortex Hydra designs and manufacturers

large heavy duty valves and related equipment to control water flows in
dam construction, river flows etc.

...Today a competitive group

on the international market with
a worldwide network!

The group structure

Vortex Hydra

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Who
we are

1967

Vortex Hydra UK

Globe Machines

2000

2012

VH

Vortex Hydra
do Brasil
Sistemas
Industriais
2009

Shanghai
Vortex
Tile Machines
1999

The group structure

Who
we are

our Mission is
generating ideas
to develop the market

together with our

customers, strongly
believing that
innovation is
key to success.

With a Mission

Innovation is stimulated
by the needs,
visions of our customers.

Vision

The advantage of
reliable innovation
Our clients will enjoy our developments, our capability to solve problems,
create customized solutions and materialize their ideas,
our continual efforts to offer cost effective solutions.

generating
ideas

solving
problems

customized
solutions

reducing
costs

Innovation and engineering

for sustainability and success
Quality and beauty for housing
Sustainability energy
with water control

Shanghai Vortex
production premises
Manufacture manual/semi-automatic concrete roof tile production plants and
spare parts for the China market place together with the Italian parent company.

www.vortexhydra.com.cn
021 67353097
+86 21 57351341

peng@vortexhydra.com.cn

MS PENG,
General Manager

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Shanghai Vortex Tile Machines Co., Ltd

Vortex Hydra UK

British Company
for Technical Support
Vortex Hydra UK Ltd provide an efficient and effective spare parts supply, technical support and
product development service to major concrete roof tile manufacturing organisations in the
United Kingom. They are locally supported by a very competent engineering and technical team.

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Mr Stewart Brown
Managing Director

stewart_brown@vortexhydra.co.uk
tel. 0044 1228 510 800

Vortex Hydra do Brasil

Brazilian Company
for Technical Support
The Brazilian Vortex is the strategic answer for the supply of concrete
roof tile production plants, technical assistance and spare parts supply
to all South American markets.

www.vortexhydradobrasil.com.br

Mr Marco Covino
General Manager

marco_covino@vortexhydra.com
tel. 0055 1198 156 0303

Australian company

GLOBE MACHINES PTY.LTD.

In the year 2012 Vortex Hydra srl acquired the full ownership of the competitor
company trading as Globe Machines Pty Ltd.
Globe have a prestigious history in the field of automatic machines for the production
of concrete roof tiles for the Australian, USA and South East Asia markets.
By agreement Vortex Hydra guarentees continuity of local support to Globes existing
customer base through Arrow - MPS .

Residential
construction

OUR PRODUCTION
FIELDS
For residential construction Vortex produces automatic production plants for
the manufacture of HIGH QUALITY CONCRETE ROOF TILES
and other associated concrete products.
It has also recently developed a new patented technology for
AUTOMATED STONE CLADDING MANUFACTURE
USING WET CAST TECHNIQUES

Renewable
energy industries

OUR
PRODUCTION
FIELDS
In the field of renewable energy Vortex
designs and manufactures
LARGE VALVES TO CONTROL WATER FLOWS
CUSTOM MADE GATES

Concrete roof tile technology

our market and references
48 years

of evolution and experience generated

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The widest range

of machines

and automations
(over 100 with several combinations),
plants
(over 20 with several combinations),
final products
(over 100 models)

Vortex is leader in the world

Concrete roof tile technology

our market and references
the largest
customer basis
in this field with 500 clients

20 patents
Supported by ISO 9001
and ISO 14001

certification

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MARMOROC
the modern concrete cladding insulating system
To produce ventilated walls in the easiest way
the cladding system made of coloured concretetiles hooked
on mounting rails
To be used either on buildings, private houses, warehouses

WET CAST
automation of production systems for
top quality stone veneer products
Wet cast techniques are typically used to create decorative products
as stone, bricks, stone veneer, bricks veneer and architectural stone
with different surface of finish.

Vortex offer a comprehensive after sales service including

spare part supply and both on and off site technical support
to its worldwide customer base

Support for the

management of
production in plants

After sales
service

Operator
training

Spare
parts

Special
maintenance
of the lines

Mr Roberto Berti
After Sales Manager

roberto_berti@vortexhydra.com
tel. 0039 348 7407352

Hydraulic Works
Division

Hydraulic Works
Division
quality management
logistic services

manufacturing

site erection
project
design

after sales service

Hydraulic Works Division

families of products

Spherical valves
Butterfly valves
Fixed Cone valves
Ball valves
Plunger valves

Custom made
valves

spherical valve
DN2700 PN34

fixed cone valve

DN2500 PN10

butterfly valve
DN 4700 PN8,5

Hydraulic Works Division

families of products
Slide and Roller gates
Radial gates
Flap gates
Bottom Outlet gates
Pound Lock- Miter gates
Stoplogs
Steel liners

Custom made
gates

sliding gate 6x6m

sliding gate 13X9m

radial gate 15X12m

Hydraulic Works Division

families of products

Automation

Hydraulic cylinders
Electric motor-gearboxes
Hydraulic power units
Electrical control panels

Fossalta (FE) - ITALY

Phone +39.0532.879411
Fax +39.0532.866766
vh.sales@vortexhydra.com

VH GROUP
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