Until 2013 Franz-Josef Schanze was employed at Langbein & Engelbracht GmbH from Bochum as leading engineer. After 27 years with Langbein & Engelbracht  Bochum he decided on a new beginning by starting afresh with the company name TANN Europe GmbH.

Worldwide the whole market for thermal exhaust air cleaning is generally covered by suppliers maintaining a close relationship with their clients.

On the basis of their long-standing business experience with TANN Europe the two partners Tom Saindon (since 2000 President and General Manager of TANN Corporation, Langbein Engelbracht Amerika “le de”) and Franz-Josef Schanze (shareholder and Managing Director of LTE Lufttechnik Essen GmbH) are able to constitute a competent partner for the whole area of:

• Thermal exhaust air cleaning
• Catalytic exhaust air cleaning
• Adsorptive exhaust air cleaning
• Heat recovery
• Energy production