Company History
In 1908, Engelbert Gröter founded his jute spinning works in Emsdetten. This pioneer’s initials are still found today in our company name. Confronted with ever-raising imports of jute from the low-wage countries of India and East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), production was changed from jute to sisal carpeting in 1955. The company started production of plastic pipes, under the egeplast-Kunststoffe GmbH name, in 1958, just fifty years after its foundation. The reasons for this change are to be found in the desire to concentrate on a growth market. egeplast was one of the first German companies to manufacture hula-hoops, in the autumn of 1958, shortly after they came into fashion. The company’s head quarters remained at Emsdetten until the year 2000.
Relocation to our present premises at Greven followed in the same year, after completion of Europe’s most modern PE piping plant.
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| Successful start for new pipe production facility in England. | Dipl. Ing. Torsten Ratzmann becomes Technical Director | ||
| 2018 | |||
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| Dipl.-Ing. Christian Haferkamp becomes Managing Director for sales, product management and Marketing | |||
| 2017 | |||
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| egeplast wins the Münsterland Innovation Prize for HexelOne® XXXL | |||
| 2015 | |||
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| Future Symposium Pipe Networks | |||
| 2014 | |||
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| egeplast develops egetherm® and egeSlurry® for industrial applications | Market introduction of egeDuct® – the filler-free PP plug System. | Aerial view from 2014 | |
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| egeplast is a system provider – product range extended with Fittings | Product novelty SLM® 3.0 marks a new generation of protective layer pipes | NRW-Minister Garrelt Duin and professional soccer player Christoph Metzelder attend IHK industry meeting at egeplast | New council with chairman Hartmut Ostrowski |
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| New product egeliner for megacity infrastructures | |||
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| New construction and move-in at the new corporate headquarters, including egeBistro, training and technology center, as well as extended production facilities | High pressure pipe system HexelOne® SLM with protective layer for trenchless Installation | ||
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| HDD planner – a new planning tool for trenchless installation of plastics Pipelines | Spin-off of the entire operative business of the limited partnership in the egeplast international GmbH | ||
| 2011 | |||
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| Commitment to the Christoph Metzelder Foundation Begins | egeplast in Top 100 ranking of Munich Strategy Group (MSG) | ||
| 2010 | |||
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| Market introduction high pressure pipe system HexelOne® | |||
| 2009 | |||
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| Webcalculator -online tool for cost comparison of various pipe-installation processes | Opening of the new training center with test range | ||
| 2008 | |||
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| 100th company anniversary with future symposium | Launch of the 3L Leak Control for continuous leak monitoring | Launch of the egeplast 9010® multi layer pipe | |
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| Award of the CDU NRW Promotional Prize for innovative companies | Introduction of the Full Quality Testing Cycle for complete quality control | ||
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| Expansion of location Greven | Award of the Münsterland Prize for Innovation 1st Prize in the “Industry” category | Dr. Ansgar Strumann is Chief Partner | Product innovation SLM® DCT |
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| QuickSwitch – groundbreaking innovation for pipe extrusion | |||
| 2001 | |||
| New building on a green meadow site | |||
Aerial photograph of the new factory in Greven |
Production hall 2001 |
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| 1991 Market introduction of the SLM pipe | |||
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| Extension of production halls | |||
Aerial photograph taken in 1994 (Factory in Emsdetten) |
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| 1984 Market introduction in the Netherlands of the protection pipe against contaminants (at the beginning of 1991, the product was called the SLA pipe) | |||
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| Change of legal status to GmbH und Co. KG | |||
The Main Entry in Emsdetten |
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| 1962 | |||
| Spin-off of textile production and foundation of egeplast Werner Strumann KG | |||
Werner Strumann, 1960 |
Juteverarbeitung, 1960 |
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| 1958 | |||
| Commencement of polyethylene pipe production for drinking water supply | |||
Aerial photograph taken in 1956 |
Production of HulaHoops |
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| 1908 | |||
| Foundation of Engelbert Gröter Jute Spinning Mill in Emsdetten | |||
Engelbert Gröter |
Jute spinning mill Engelbert Gröter |
 Nordwalder Straße Emsdetten 1910 |
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+++ egeplast retrospective 1908-2008 +++
100 years eventful company historie
on the occasion oft the 100 years egeplast jubilee egeplast compiled a retrospective about the company history 1908 – 2008
Gladly we send you an exemplar of the retrospective
Contact: Doris.Pannwitz@egeplast.de