Independent gas turbine services
More running hours for your gas turbines
Full service for the Siemens SGT fleet. Control systems for gas turbines and turbo compressors of any make. And the engineering services that show what a machine is really doing — delivered by specialists who understand compressor stations and power plants, not just the turbine.
What we do
Three ways to work with us
One team, three offers — from a single troubleshooting visit to full responsibility for your SGT fleet.
SGT Full Service
The Siemens SGT family — SGT-100 to SGT-800 — with controls and mechanics in one hand: overhaul management, life extension, upgrades and parts, including a dedicated aftermarket offer for the discontinued SGT-200. Complex machines, served completely.
Control Systems
Unit control panels and retrofits for gas turbines and turbo compressors / gensets of any make — legacy Rustronic, GE, Solar and Rolls-Royce packages brought onto today's Siemens and Rockwell platforms, from fuel governor to station control.
Turbine Services
Engineering services for every gas turbine, whoever built it: troubleshooting, performance and vibration testing, DLE tuning, commissioning support, training and second opinions. Fast to book, independent by design.
Start where it hurts. Most customers first meet us on a troubleshooting call, a performance test or a control system study — and grow the relationship from there, machine by machine.
SGT Full Service
The Siemens SGT fleet, served completely
These machines are complex — which is exactly why few independents serve them properly. We cover both sides in one team: the complete controls scope and the full mechanical scope, from Rustronic to modern PLC systems and from air intake to exhaust.
| Machine | Power | Status | What matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| SGT-100formerly Ruston Typhoon | 5.1–5.7 MW | Core | Still in production; 3D blading, TBC and extended inspection intervals available. |
| SGT-200 formerly Ruston Tornado | 6.8 MW | Aftermarket | Discontinued, 500+ units installed — owners hunt for parts. Our dedicated aftermarket offer: parts, software, continued operation. |
| SGT-300 formerly Ruston Tempest | 7.9–9.4 MW | Core | Compact package for industrial power and compression duty, on- and offshore. |
| SGT-400formerly Alstom Cyclone | 12–15 MW | Core | The workhorse of gas transmission compression — our deepest field experience. |
| SGT-500 formerly ABB Stal GT35 | up to 19.3 MW | Aftermarket | Out of production — fuel-flexible twin-shaft workhorse on FPSOs and offshore. Parts, controls and continued operation for the installed base. |
| SGT-600 formerly ABB GT10/GT10B | 24.5 MW | Core | Mechanical drive and power generation; commissioning and inspection experience across the installed base. |
| SGT-700formerly ABB Alstom GT10C | 34 MW | Core | Growing fleet in compression and industrial power. |
| SGT-800formerly ABB GTX100 | up to 62 MW | Core | Industrial power generation and combined cycle; troubleshooting and controls experience. |
Controls
Rustronic Mk II migration to PCS 7 / TIA or Allen Bradley, proven code on hand for key types, panel design included.
Mechanics & upgrades
Overhaul management, Level A / B / C inspections, 3D scanning and reverse engineering, TBC coating.
Life extension & parts
Blade rejuvenation with metallographic analysis, parts gap served with qualified workshop partners.
One accountable partner
Design responsibility, acceptance and warranty stay with us — and we manage your entire project.
Control Systems
Control systems for gas turbines & turbo compressors
When the OEM path is closed, too slow or too expensive: we design, build and commission unit control systems on open Siemens and Rockwell platforms — for practically any gas turbine or turbo compressor.
UCP retrofit & new-build: complete unit control panels — engineered, built, factory-tested and commissioned, with the unit back on load to schedule.
Legacy migration: Rustronic Mk II, GE Mark series, Woodward and other ageing platforms migrated to SIMATIC PCS 7 / S7 or Allen-Bradley — logic conversion included.
Fuel governor & DLE combustion control: design, programming, tuning and monitoring — the discipline that decides emissions and stability.
Compressor & station control: anti-surge control, surge testing, load-sharing and advanced station control for transmission and storage plants.
Safety & certification: protection logic, SIL and HAZOP studies, functional safety documentation with certified bodies.
Fleets we know from the inside
Deepest reference base on these families — and a proven path for everything else on request.
SGT-100 … SGT-800 SST-600 / 900 steam turbines
Frame 1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 9 LM1600 · LM2500 · LM6000
RB211 · Avon
Taurus · Centaur · Titan · Mars
THM 1304
Electrically driven turbo compressors
Turbine Services
Engineering services for every gas turbine and turbo compressor
Independent, senior, bookable at short notice — whoever built your machine. This is how most of our customer relationships begin.
Troubleshooting & field support
Systematic fault-finding on machine, package and controls — senior engineers on site or remote, not a call centre.
Performance tests & fingerprinting
Performance testing to ASME PTC-22 practice, baseline fingerprints before and after retrofits, degradation tracking with numbers you can act on.
Vibration analysis & balancing
Vibration monitoring and analysis, shaft alignment and on-site trim balancing for turbomachinery.
DLE tuning & combustion
Dry-low-emission mapping and tuning — emissions, stability and hardware life balanced deliberately.
Commissioning support
Outages, re-commissioning, functional checks and punch-list closure across Europe — experienced hands when your schedule is tight.
Training & second opinions
Controls, vibration and mechanical courses for your crews — plus independent second opinions on OEM quotes, overhaul scopes and upgrade proposals.
Installation & relocation: installation support for new gas turbine packages — and relocation of existing gas turbines, from de-installation and transport planning through re-installation and re-commissioning on the new site.
Why Vanecor
The difference operators pay for
Controls and mechanics in one hand — across the whole machine.
The whole machine in one hand
The SGT family is demanding, and it needs regular service. Our specialists cover the complete controls scope and the full mechanical scope — one team, one responsibility, no hand-over between the controls people and the mechanical people.
Plant context, not just the turbine
Our engineers have spent their careers where turbine, compressor and plant operation meet — compressor stations and power plants alike. We tune the machine for the duty it actually operates in.
Senior and independent
Vendor-independent advice, every critical decision taken by a specialist with decades on these fleets — backed by an established German engineering company and a proven partner network.
The team
A new name. Decades on the machine.
Vanecor is a young brand built on long careers: our specialists have spent their working lives on gas turbines — at the OEM, at Europe's gas transmission operators, and on plants and platforms worldwide.
55+
years of combined hands-on gas turbine experience in the lead team
SGT-100–800
stripped, re-built, re-programmed and commissioned
20
Siemens turbomachines commissioned in one programme, as head of commissioning
50
unit control systems standardised for one European gas TSO
25+ yrs
Marco
Technical Director · Founder
A gas transmission man from the first day: apprenticeship and engineering career in the German gas grid (Ruhrgas, E.ON, Open Grid Europe), then a decade designing non-OEM control retrofits across GE, Solar and Rolls-Royce fleets. Led the standardisation programme and 50 unit control systems for the Dutch national gas TSO, and today directs Vanecor's engineering — from fuel governors and DLE tuning to anti-surge and station control.
“Every gas turbine has a soul you have to understand if you want to run it efficiently.”
Controls retrofit DLE tuning Anti-surge Station control Rolls-Royce GE Frame Series GE LM Series Solar gas turbines
18+ yrs
Ali
Lead Specialist · Controls & Commissioning
Siemens-certified field service and commissioning engineer for SGT gas turbines and centrifugal compressors — and one of the rare specialists who both writes the control software and strips the machine. Fifteen-plus years on the SGT-100 to SGT-800 across offshore platforms, refineries and petrochemical plants, including complete control systems written from scratch and a 20-machine commissioning programme led as head of commissioning.
“The mechanics and controls of a gas turbine have to be composed with virtuosity to produce an excellent symphony.”
SGT-100–800 Rustronic Mk II Control software Mechanical overhaul
13+ yrs
Mo
Gas Turbine Engineer · Mechanical & Controls
Mechanical engineer (MSc) with a rare double depth: complete disassembly and reassembly of the SGT fleet on one side, Mk II, Allen-Bradley and PCS 7 control systems on the other. Supervised life-extension overhauls of seven 160–170 MW heavy-duty units, commissioned CCGT plants end to end, and is currently delivering control system design, test and commissioning for compressor-station units in the UK.
“The machine matters, but the whole plant has to be coherent to generate profit.”
Overhaul Life extension PCS 7 / Mk II Commissioning
The team behind them
Senior specialists joining through our network, and the automation engineers who carry the day-to-day engineering — panels, software, documentation, testing.
Faramaz
Senior GT Specialist
SGT mechanics & overhaul, 20+ years of experience
Anton
Automation Engineer, SCADA/HMI specialist (Ignition, Factory Talk, WinCC), certified safety engineer (SIEMENS), project design documentation creator (FDS, SDS)
Felix
Automation Engineer, IT Security, IT-Administrator, Database specialist, Desktop Application developer, PCS7 and Allen-Bradley programmer
Niklas
Automation Engineer, Certified Safety Engineer (TÜV Rheinland), Gas Turbine simulation specialist, PCS7 and Allen-Bradley programmer, project design documentation creator (FDS, SDS)
Christoph
Electrical Lead Engineer, Panel designer
FAT & documentation
References
The experience Vanecor is built on
Selected projects delivered by our specialists over their careers — at operators, OEMs and service companies before Vanecor, and under the Vanecor team today.
Controls retrofit & standardisation — DE · NL · UK
- Dutch gas grid: fleet standardisation programme of 50+ unit control systems for gas-turbine-driven compressors of various makes.
- Dutch compressor stations: control retrofits of several Rolls-Royce RB211 and GE MS5002B units to Allen-Bradley.
- German gas grid: Numerous control retrofits and mechanical services for GE, Rolls Royce and Solar machines for the leading TSOs in Germany to Siemens automation platforms.
- UK gas grid: Participation in a major upgrade of compressor stations in UK with focus on controls retrofit of GT-driven compressor units.
- Gas storage: Controls retrofit of compressor units for major German gas storage facilities.
- Generator drives: GE MS9001E and MS3002 unit control retrofits to Siemens platforms
SGT fleet hands-on — offshore & onshore
- Core engine changes: SGT-100, SGT-200, SGT-300 and SGT-400 generator and compressor sets replaced and commissioned on offshore production and gas-lift platforms — more than ten units.
- Control software from scratch: complete SGT-200 compressor-set control system including anti-surge logic, written, commissioned and started up.
- 20-machine programme: commissioning of three SGT-100, six SGT-400 and six SGT-600 packages plus five electro-compressors at a major gas processing plant — as head of commissioning.
- Package installation: six SGT-400 turbine-compressor packages and five electro-compressors installed at a gas refinery.
- Inspections: Execution of Level A, B and C inspections on numerous SGT-100, SGT-300, SGT-400 and SGT-600.
Power generation & heavy duty applications
- Life extension, heavy duty: overhauls and upgrades of seven SGT5-2000E units (160–170 MW) as supervising engineer.
- CCGT commissioning & O&M: full commissioning of thermal units, boilers, BOP and steam turbines (SST-700/900, Ansaldo), plus multi-year commercial O&M — Khabat TPP, Iraq, and others.
- Steam turbine controls: retrofit of three SST-600 units and a turbo-expander from Woodward to SIMATIC S7.
- DLE upgrades: nine GE MS3002 compression units upgraded with DLE combustion as design/commissioning lead (GE-certified supplier scope).
Projects listed were delivered by Vanecor's engineers in the course of their careers, including earlier roles with OEMs, operators and service companies. Detailed project sheets and reference contacts are available on request.
Brands & applications
Two applications, one standard of engineering
Gas transmission & storage
Compressor stations of TSOs and storage operators — availability-driven assets where downtime is measured in network capacity. Our heritage, and where our door-opening references run.
Reference
Our engineers' work runs at national gas transmission operators in the UK, Netherlands and Germany
Power generation & industry
Utilities, IPPs and industrial on-site generation — plus refineries and process plants where continued operation outweighs everything else. Same machines, same engineering standard, deep commissioning references.
Reference
CCGT and open-cycle plants commissioned, overhauled and operated across three continents
Where we work: core region Germany · Austria · Switzerland · Netherlands · United Kingdom, expanding across Europe with local partners — and selectively in the Middle East, where our specialists' field experience runs deepest.
About
A brand of TechnologiX GmbH
Vanecor is the gas turbine business of TechnologiX GmbH, a German engineering company. We operate under our own name because gas turbine services demand their own focus — but behind the brand stands the full company: your contract, your warranty and your point of accountability is TechnologiX GmbH.
The team combines OEM-trained turbine specialists with TechnologiX's automation and electrical engineering base — one group, covering the machine from rotor to remote access.
| Legal entity | TechnologiX GmbH |
| Brand | Vanecor — gas turbine services |
| Base | Oldenburg / Germany |
| Working languages | English · German |
| Fleet focus | Siemens SGT-100…800 · controls for all makes |
Careers
Work on machines, not on paperwork
We are a small senior team with real machines, real customers and standards worth learning. If gas turbines are your craft — or you can run the projects around them — we should talk.
Engineering · Germany / hybrid · full-time
Gas Turbine Specialist — all disciplines (m/f/d)
You know a gas turbine from the inside — controls, mechanical, commissioning, or all three. Here, that knowledge is the product, not a line in an org chart.
What you will do
- Work hands-on on Siemens SGT, Rolls-Royce, GE and Solar fleets — retrofits, overhauls, troubleshooting, commissioning.
- Make decisions on machine behaviour, next to specialists with 15–25 years on these fleets.
- Build the type standards and tools the next generation learns from.
What you bring
- Serious depth on at least one gas turbine family — OEM, operator or independent background.
- Systematic fault-finding, mechanical feel or EI&C depth — ideally both.
- Negotiation-level English and the willingness to travel to sites across Europe and beyond.
Project management · Germany / hybrid · full-time
Project Manager — International GT Projects (m/f/d)
Our specialists should think about machines, not about claims and cash flow. You run the commercial and contractual side of complex gas turbine projects — so the engineering stays brilliant and the project stays on track.
What you will do
- Steer international turbine projects end to end: contracts, claims, schedule, subcontractors, reporting.
- Own the commercial interface to operators, EPCs and partners in Europe and the Middle East.
- Build the project playbook for a growing business — processes that scale beyond the next order.
What you bring
- Track record managing complex projects in oil & gas, energy or process industry.
- Contract and claim competence (EPC or service contracts); commercial fluency in English, German a plus.
- The seniority to hold your own between customers, partners and strong-willed engineers.
Frequently asked
Straight answers
Which gas turbines does Vanecor service?
Vanecor provides full service — controls and mechanics — for the Siemens SGT family from SGT-100 to SGT-800, control systems for gas turbines and turbo compressors of any make (including Rolls-Royce RB211 and Avon, GE Frame 1–9, Solar) and engineering services for every gas turbine.
Is Vanecor an authorised OEM partner?
No — deliberately. Vanecor is an independent service provider and is not affiliated with any original equipment manufacturer. That independence is what allows vendor-neutral advice and open, maintainable control platforms.
Can you still supply parts and software for the SGT-200?
Yes. The SGT-200 is discontinued, but more than 500 units remain installed worldwide. Vanecor runs a dedicated aftermarket offer: spare parts manufactured by qualified European workshops to our engineering, control software, and continued-operation support.
Can Vanecor service Ruston TA and TB machines?
Yes — outside our core SGT scope, but well within our experience. The TA and TB series are the Lincoln predecessors of today’s SGT fleet: TA1260, TA1500, TA1750 in the 1–2 MW class and TB3000, TB4000, TB5000, TB5400 in the 3–4 MW class, built by Ruston and later European Gas Turbines / Alstom. None ever received an SGT designation, which is exactly why support is hard to find today. We have extensive hands-on experience on these machines and are glad to look at specific enquiries.
What about the MAN THM 1304?
Same answer: not part of our core portfolio, but well within our experience. The THM 1304 is the twin-shaft industrial gas turbine originally developed at Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH) in Oberhausen and marketed as MAN GHH — today Everllence, the former MAN Energy Solutions. It runs as the THM 1304-10 and THM 1304-12 (current versions -10N and -12N) at roughly 10 to 12.5 MW, with gas generator and power turbine mechanically independent, and it is widely installed in gas compression, CHP and offshore duty. We have extensive experience with these machines and are happy to discuss specific requirements.
Do you work on Allison gas turbines?
On the controls side, yes. The industrial Allison 501-K — KB5, KB7 and KH — went to Rolls-Royce in 1995 and to Siemens in 2014, and is sold today as the SGT-A05. Our experience on these machines is in controls: fault-finding, non-OEM control retrofits and the migration of ageing systems to Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 / S7 or Rockwell Allen-Bradley. Mechanical scopes on the 501-K are not part of our offer — tell us what you need and we will say plainly what we can and cannot cover.
Do you cover the GE LM series?
Yes — controls on the LM fleet are one of our strongest areas. We design and supply unit control panels (UCPs) for every LM type, with and without DLE — LM1600, LM2000, LM2500 (including LM2500+ and +G4), LM5000 and LM6000 — and we handle control retrofits, platform migrations, functional testing and commissioning on units already in service. For mechanical scopes such as overhaul, repair and module exchange we work with our partner VBR Turbine Partners, an independent LM2500 / LM6000 specialist. One enquiry, one accountable route through both.
Which control platforms do you work on?
Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 / S7 and Rockwell Allen-Bradley. We migrate legacy platforms — Rustronic Mk II, GE Mark series, Woodward — onto these open systems, including logic conversion and factory acceptance testing.
Where does Vanecor work?
Vanecor is based near Oldenburg, Germany. The core region is Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; projects run across Europe and selectively in the Middle East.
How do projects usually start?
Most customer relationships begin small: a troubleshooting visit, a performance test or a control system study. Describe the machine and the problem — a specialist answers, usually within one working day.
Contact
Talk to an engineer, not a hotline
Describe the machine and the problem — you will get a specialist's answer, usually within one working day.
Office
Vanecor · TechnologiX GmbH
Diedrich-Dannemann-Straße 1
26203 Wardenburg, Germany