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Piller hosts 3rd global Power Solutions symposium.
More than 40 senior executives from Langley Holdings’ Bergen Engines, Marelli Motori and Piller subsidiaries convened last week for the third annual Power Solutions Symposium at Piller Group headquarters in the Harz Mountains town of Osterode, in Germany.
The event was attended by group chairman & CEO Anthony Langley and main board directors, Bernard and William Langley. In his opening address the chairman cut straight to the numbers:
“At Datacloud Global Congress in Cannes last year we signed our first BTM [behind-the-meter] deal for two hundred megawatts. Twelve months on, we have signed more than three gigawatts of BTM power deals for AI data centre’s across the USA. Today, our development pipeline extends to tens of gigawatts – underlining both the scale of demand and the critical role BTM power is playing in enabling AI.”
“BTM power plants are the picks and shovels of this modern day gold rush” he said.
The two-day gathering tackled one of the AI era’s defining challenges: delivering reliable, independent behind-the-meter (BTM) power for hyperscale data centres. Presentations zeroed in on surging BTM demand as grid infrastructure strains under unprecedented AI demand, with updates on the division’s latest innovations – including Piller SHIELD-X, the intelligent system built to manage the extreme transient loads of large-scale AI compute.
Langley also confirmed the group is scaling manufacturing across Norway, Italy and Germany, targeting annual production of more than two gigawatts of BTM power by 2028.
Looking ahead, Langley Holdings will be hosting new customers on an immersive factory experience across all three countries in just 72 hours from the fall – including live demonstrations in the new Bergen Engines demonstration area, where a 12.5MW Bergen gas engine will run integrated with Piller’s SHIELD-X stabilisation technology under real-world conditions.
“Despite we have been manufacturing engines and building power plants for more that half a century, many of the players in this space had never heard of Bergen Engines a year ago” William Langley commented. He went on:
“We are going to be having a ten, twenty, maybe longer, years relationship with these new BTM customers. This is base-load power and our engines are going to be running for over 8,000 hours a year. These guys need to get to know us and vice versa” he said.
The symposium closed with tours of Piller’s Osterode and Bilshausen facilities and an evening dinner, giving colleagues from across the group’s global operations opportunity to relax and reflect on the packed schedule.
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Opening the symposium – Mr Anthony Langley, Chairman and CEO Langley Holdings plc
William Langley (right) greets Norman Guthrie, Marelli Motori, South Africa
Networking and conversations in the gardens before the evening dinner.
Left to right: Dr Detlev Seidel, Bernard Langley, Anthony Langley, William Langley, Jack Pearce CEO Bergen Engines Inc. and Carsten Bertram, Head of Bilshausen Operations, during the Osterode and Bilshausen factory tours.
More than 40 executives gathered from around the world for the third annual Power Solutions Symposium, hosted at the Group’s Piller headquarters in Osterode, Germany.
About Langley Power Solutions
Langley Holdings plc is a privately owned UK-based engineering and industrial manufacturing group, principally producing capital equipment for diverse markets worldwide. Langley businesses are either outright market leaders, or occupy strong niche positions in their respective fields, providing advanced technologies in a solutions-based approach. The group operates in three principal areas: Power Solutions; Print Technologies and Other Industrials. The group’s operations are based in Germany, Italy, France the UK and Norway, with 18 production facilities in Europe, the UK and the USA. The group has more than 90 subsidiaries worldwide and employs over 5,000 people. Langley Holdings was established in 1975 by the current Chairman & CEO, Anthony Langley and remains entirely in family ownership.
