Who we are
One of the greatest assets of BWE is its people and its multidisciplinary organisation. After almost 150 years of fossil fuels combustion, the focus today is on biomass fired boilers for heat and power production, able to burn a wide range of biomass fuels. BWE will always strive to develop high quality and innovative products with the Best Available Technology to remain among the leading boiler suppliers in the market worldwide.
BWE's policy is to continuosly develop more and more enviromentally friendly products respecting the most stringent local standard and regulations, carried out on all BWE working sites.
In order to attract the most qualified employees, BWE will always seek to offer a good working enviroment with focus on professional and personal development through challenging work tasks, as the employees represent the main asset of BWE and the success of the company depends on the performance.
BWE is today present in four locations within B&B (Berkes BWE) structure: Montevideo, Madrid, Copenhagen and New Delhi, bringing us close to Clients in nearly any strategic market in the world.
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1846
Burmeister & Wain A/S famous shipbuilder established in Denmark
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1900
B&W Shipyard licensed to build MAN Diesel engines Early 20th
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1912
World's first ocean-going diesel engine ship M/S Selandia delivered by B&W shipyard
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1955
B&W acquire licence for the Benson Once Through boiler design
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1970s
B&W creates Diesel Power Plant division B&W Contractor
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1980
Closure of B&W shipyard B&W shipyard B&W Engine manufacturer acquired by MAN. MAN B&W Diesel formed
Lentjes Group accuired B&W Energy A/S
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1990
B&W Contractor acquired by Swedish Shipyard New Name Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S
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1997
BWE builds first three USC boiler 1997-2000
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2003
BWE makes first Wood pellets Fuel Conversion 2003
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2010
BWE enters the UK market and builds several updated high performance Straw Fired Boilers 2010-2020
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2017
BWSC accuires BWE and selected biomass assets 2017
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2021
M&A
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2022
6 mustard straw boilers in India
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2023
25 MWe power plant in Colombia
Certifications
Learn about ISO Certificates of BWE
Certifications ASME U and ASME S