Our History
The UHRIG Group can look back on over 60 years of company history. Since its foundation in 1963, UHRIG has continued to develop. Today, we rely on several pioneering technologies that we have developed ourselves from our core business, civil engineering.
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That's where we come from
Anna and Helmut Uhrig founded UHRIG in 1963. That was the beginning. Today, the company is still run as a family business in the third generation and is a group comprising a total of six companies.
The recipe for success is flexibility and future-oriented thinking. We build large sewers, we manage and renovate them. Now we are also generating green heating energy from them. The development of new and innovative technologies will continue to accompany us.
Our employees are the foundation of our success. With their great commitment and identification, they almost always make the impossible possible. They are the core of the UHRIG brand.
That's where we want to go
It is in our DNA to want to constantly develop ourselves further. Our aim is to set new standards, both technically and economically. The topics of environmental protection and sustainability play a central role here.
This remains our core concern in every single project that we implement. In future, we want to place climate protection even more strongly at the center of all activities. We want to further internationalize UHRIG, also beyond Europe.
We are venturing further into the energy sector. By generating energy from wastewater, we aim to do nothing less than revolutionize the heat market and thus play an active role in shaping climate protection.
History
2022
Start of automatic HERM-LINER and QUICK-LOCK production
UHRIG is expanding its production capacities and standards are being significantly improved again.
2019
Foundation of UHRIG Energie GmbH
Increasing demand and growth in the energy from wastewater division lead to the founding of UHRIG Energie GmbH.
2018
Construction of the largest wastewater heat recovery plant to date
In Stuttgart, UHRIG is installing a THERM-LINER system with an extraction capacity of 2,100 kW on behalf of Stadtwerke Stuttgart.
2015
Market launch: VDL300S to VDL1400 compressor bucket series
UHRIG expands its portfolio in compressor construction. At the same time, the sales cooperation with Kiesel GmbH is launched.
2014
UHRIG receives civil engineering contract from Emschergenossenschaft
This order marks the beginning of UHRIG’s involvement in Europe’s largest canal construction project for several years.
2013
UHRIG launches “proline” add-on compactor series on the market
The add-on compactors developed by UHRIG itself become a new business unit under the umbrella brand “proline”.
2012
Helmut Uhrig, the founder of our company, dies
Market launch of the QUICK-LOCK liner end sleeve
2011
THERM-LINER installation for the Elysée Palace in Paris
This order marks the installation of the eighth THERM-LINER system in Paris for generating energy from wastewater.
2010
Market launch of the Quick-Lock Big cuff
2009
Cooperation agreement with SUEZ Group Paris starts
Joint SUEZ/UHRIG objective: Market launch and commercialization of energy from wastewater in France.
2008
UHRIG opens its own office in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia
From now on, UHRIG will be working from Krefeld on the control, management and digitalization of sewer networks.
2007
Market launch of THERM-LINER for wastewater heat recovery
UHRIG launches the patented THERM-LINER heat exchanger system for recovering energy from wastewater.
2001
First use and patenting of the UHRIG pipe-laying robot
2000
First use and patenting of the UHRIG pipe zone compressor
1998
The “UHRIG system” is launched on Lake Constance
The “UHRIG system” is used for the first time in the construction of the drainage system for the new exhibition center in Friedrichshafen.
1997
UHRIG receives Rudolf Eberle Prize
The UHRIG QUICK-LOCK sewer rehabilitation system is awarded the Baden-Württemberg Innovation Prize.
1995
First use and patenting of UHRIG soil preparation
1994
First use of excavator-guided add-on compactors for sewer construction
1993
Foundation of UHRIG Kanaltechnik GmbH
Occasion: Introduction of the QUICK-LOCK sewer rehabilitation system, which is now successfully sold worldwide by UHRIG.
1991
Thomas Uhrig joins the company as the 2nd generation
1980s
Stronger focus on road construction
1970s
Stronger focus on canal construction
1963
Anna and Helmut Uhrig found Helmut UHRIG Straßen- und Tiefbau GmbH
First project: canalization in Geisingen, where the company is based.
Our commitment
Environmental and climate protection are our core concerns – both inside and outside the company. We come into contact with water as a resource on a daily basis. We are aware of our responsibility and are proud to be able to make a particularly innovative contribution to the energy transition by generating heat from wastewater.
We are also active in our home region. With the construction of the Arena Geisingen, we have given inline sports a home in southern Germany. As a family business, we are also wholeheartedly committed to children, for example through Plan International.
