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This is where we come from
In 1963 Anna and Helmut Uhrig founded Helmut UHRIG Straßen- und Tiefbau GmbH. That was the start. Today the company is still run as a family business in the third generation. In the meantime, UHRIG has grown – in terms of business areas and experience. The recipe for success is flexibility and future-oriented thinking. We build sewers, we manage them and rehabilitate them. Now we are also generating environmentally friendly heating energy from them. Creative ideas and the development of innovative technologies accompany us along this path.
“My father took a very courageous step back then, he gave up his secure employment as a civil servant for life and dared to go into self-employment.”
Thomas Uhrig
That is where we want to go
Without wanting to neglect our other business areas, we decided to found UHRIG Energie GmbH in 2019 due to the increasing demand for energy from wastewater. In terms of the energy and heating transition, we are focusing on the development and expansion of climate-friendly waste water heat recovery and striving to adapt the political and legal framework conditions analogous to geothermal energy. We see enormous potential in this technology and with our Therm-Liner systems, which have already been installed in almost a hundred projects, we hold the undisputed top position on the European market. We will continue along this path!
The most important milestones in our history
2019
The founding of UHRIG Energie GmbH
Reason: Increasing demand and strong growth in the heat from wastewater business area
2018
Construction of the largest plant to date for generating energy from wastewater
A system with an extraction capacity of 2,100 kW was installed in Stuttgart.
2017
Christoph von Bothmer took over the management of Helmut UHRIG Straßen- und Tiefbau GmbH
The company was handed over to the 3rd generation.
2015
Market launch of the patented compactor bucket series VDL300S to VDL1400
Sales cooperation with Kiesel GmbH was started.
2014
UHRIG received order from Emschergenossenschaft
With this order, UHRIG became involved in the largest European sewer construction project.
2013
The company UHRIG Straßen- und Tiefbau GmbH became 50 years old
A big celebration with guests from politics and business took place at the company headquarters in Geisingen.
2013
UHRIG brought the “Proline” series of excavator attachments onto the market
The attachment compactors are sold both new and used.
2012
Helmut Uhrig, the founder of our company, died.
2012
Market launch of the Liner end cuff under the Quick-Lock brand
System for connecting pipe liners to pipes and structures.
2011
UHRIG received the order to heat the Elysée Palace in Paris with heat from wastewater
With this order, the eighth plant for generating heat from wastewater was implemented in Paris.
2010
Launch of the Quick-Lock Big cuff
Worldwide sales started.
2009
Cooperation agreement with Suez Group Paris started
Focus: Project development for energy generation from wastewater in France.
2008
Office in Krefeld was opened, with a focus on: Plant construction and network management
UHRIG offered hardware and software for the optimum operation of sewer networks.
2007
Launch of the patented Therm-Liner systems
UHRIG brought energy generation from wastewater to the market.
2001
First use and patenting of the UHRIG pipe laying robot
With this system, pipes can be laid unmanned.
2000
First use and patenting of the UHRIG tubular zone compactor
1998
Large construction site at Lake Constance
Testing of the “UHRIG system” during the construction of the drainage system for the new trade fair in Friedrichshafen.
1997
UHRIG received the Rudolf Eberle Prize, the innovation prize of the state of Baden-Württemberg
The Quick-Lock system is awarded.
1995
First use and patenting of the UHRIG soil treatment system
Designed and used for inner-city sewer construction sites.
1994
First use of excavator-operated attachment compactors for sewer construction
1993
Founding of UHRIG Kanaltechnik GmbH
Reason: Introduction of Quick Lock, a patented sewer rehabilitation system that is now sold worldwide.
1991
The second generation joined the company
Thomas Uhrig joined the company.
1980er
Greater focus on road construction
1970er
Greater focus on sewer construction
1963
Anna and Helmut Uhrig found Helmut UHRIG Straßen- und Tiefbau GmbH
The first project: Sewer in Geisingen, where the company is based.
Good reasons to choose Uhrig
Sustainability & Environmental protection
Sustainable and careful action is not just a cliche for us. We make bodies of water clean again and ensure that our groundwater always remains clean.
Experience & Know how
With over 55 years of experience in civil engineering and sewer construction, we know what is important in our complete solutions which are well thought out from start to finish, so that we can hand over a project that is ready for operation.
Innovation & Engagement
There is always an adjustment, that would enable us to do even better with our products. We therefore constantly work on innovations and improvements.
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