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Andreas Rach

"At AFRY, every day is full of new opportunities and a broad variety of activities"

Meet Andreas Rach, Head of Chemicals & Biorefining at AFRY Process Industries Germany, who is leading a team of over 20 experts focused on serving chemical industry and biorefining clients in Central Europe.

Andreas recognizes that AFRY’s values represent the values of a modern and open society of equality and respect for everyone. These values can be experienced throughout the whole company and extensively in AFRY’s projects with international partners and global teams, where respecting other cultures and backgrounds is even more important.

Andreas has a technical background in mechanical engineering and specializes in power plant technologies. Before joining AFRY in 2017, he gained experience in a global chemical and biorefinery EPC company, participating in projects that built chemicals plants all over the world. Taking projects from the initial engineering phase to construction and final commissioning has helped his personal development in understanding project lifecycle requirements and the factors of successful project execution.

Andreas Rach

A helpful and strong team makes AFRY's working environment extraordinary

"Working at AFRY is very interesting and versatile as there is no such thing as a normal working day. Every day is full of new opportunities and a broad variety of activities. Our projects and clients have wide-ranging requirements based on business sector standards but also a variety of changing circumstances. This results in the need for agile solution approaches. The combination of this “daily life” paired with an efficient, helpful and strong team makes AFRY and its working environment such an extraordinary experience."

Our strategy Making Future requires brave decisions and solutions towards a more sustainable society

Andreas thinks that leading and contributing to both local and global projects with a range of solutions to solve the demands in a transition towards a more sustainable society will benefit all in Making Future.

“Today’s world is in a rapidly changing process which it might have never seen before. The current demands on society, economy and environment have transformed from a local to global scale in recent decades. Nearly all of today’s challenges in terms of growth, sustainability, wellbeing, digitalization, interconnecting international communities and cultures are on a worldwide scale and concern global development”.

Andreas believes that the success of the projects is driven by the bravery of AFRY’s team members and partners in making decisions that guide projects towards defined targets, not only in individual projects but also on a wider, holistic scale.

At AFRY, we contribute to sustainability in everything we do

“Almost all our projects and technical consultancies are related in one way or another to current sustainability topics covering all aspects of environmental, social and governance. In recent years, both the economic and industrial environment have been changing towards a sustainable and green culture. We are proud to be part of this change and to bring in our long-standing experience in waste reduction, production optimization, recycling, circular economy, and bio-based industries.

Andreas says that in the Chemicals and Biorefining business sectors, social sustainability, and especially health and safety, has always been a key factor and strongly respected by AFRY and all its partners. Andreas is certain that pairing high health and safety standards of the chemical industry with current environmental sustainability targets makes the transition towards a more sustainable industry real.

At the core of AFRY’s success is a strong team

Andreas is especially proud of developing and establishing the working culture within AFRY with an open-minded, flexible and respectful team. He sees that these values form a strong working environment in which we, as AFRY, see as contributing to current global assignments. Andreas thinks AFRY’s contribution with highly professional outcomes and solutions is also very well received by our partners.

“I’m proud to strengthen company-wide relationships and to enhance our projects towards a sustainable world for future generations.”

Facts about Andreas Rach:

Home: Oberursel, Germany

Citizenship: German

Interests: reading, sports, the mountains and the sea

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