Biess Textil-Applikationen Gmbh.

Biess Textil-Applikationen Gmbh. is a textile mill in Germany with a reported capacity of 1,238,695,659 USD. It spins, dyes and finishes textiles, leather or apparel using process steam. By capacity it ranks #2 of 23 textile mills tracked in Germany. It emits about 22,447 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 5,232 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38474135.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,238,695,659 USD ist Biess Textil-Applikationen Gmbh. etwa um dem Medianwert von textile mill in Germany (1,238,695,659 USD). Untersektor: textiles-leather-apparel. Als textile mill benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 60–150°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Textilfabriken nutzen Prozessdampf zum Färben, Veredeln und Trocknen, erfordern oft enge Temperaturkontrolle über lange Laufzeiten — kontinuierliche Wärmeverluste schmälern Gewinne.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 22,447 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest textile mills in Germany

Reported capacity (USD), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Biess Textil-Applikationen Gmbh. sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 23 textile mills in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh · Textiles · 22,447 t CO₂
• Molkerei Meggle Wasserburg Gmbh & Co. Kg · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Rohrdorf Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 156,728 t CO₂
• Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant · Steel Plant · 83,737 t CO₂
• LyondellBasell , Munchsmunster · Petrochemical · 521,997 t CO₂
• Papierfabrik Wattens GmbH & Co KG - Delfort · Pulp & Paper Mill · 151,083 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 48.03029, 11.58515. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A textile mill like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: dyeing vessels, stenters/dryers, steam lines, hot-water & boiler house (surface/process temperatures around 80–200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

effectively industrial laundries/dyeing - steam & hot water; 500-3000 MWh typical.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 3,000 MWh/yr (≈ 600 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

Germany: funding & obligation

Funding. Grant 20-60% depending on module and company size; Modul 4 = energy/resource optimization of plants & processes (insulation fits). Foerderwettbewerb round budget ~EUR 60M.

Obligation. Mandatory energy audit if avg final energy 2.77-23.6 GWh/yr; certified EnMS/EMS if >23.6 GWh/yr; implementation plans for economically viable measures within 3 months of audit. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).

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