Our roots
A success story with tradition
1856 |
Eduard Ahlborn founds a trade company for agricultural machines in Hildesheim, south of Hannover |
1930 |
Development of the first plate heat exchanger for milk pasteurization |
1979 |
GEA reforms the company, which becomes GEA Ahlborn GmbH & Co. KG |
1995 |
GEA Ecoflex GmbH is spun off from GEA Ahlborn |
1995 |
GEA acquires Swedish TAU Energy Products and GEA Ecobraze |
2002 |
Acquisition of the fully welded plate heat exchanger division of Balcke-Dürr Service GmbH |
2003 |
Move to the new company premises in Sarstedt with new administration and production buildings |
2004 |
Acquisition of Wilchwitzer Thermo-Technik GmbH (WTT), which becomes GEA WTT GmbH |
2005 |
Acquisition of FlatPlate Inc. (York, PA), the leading manufacturer of brazed plate heat exchangers in the USA, and of Hydroweld in Ystad / Sweden and its 30,000 tons press for gasketed plate heat exchangers |
2006 |
Acquisition of WCR Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, the leading After Sales & Service provider within Europe for all makes of gasketed plate heat exchangers, which becomes GEA EcoServe |
2006 |
GEA Ecoflex Middle East FZE was established |
2007 |
GEA PHE Systems North America in York starts production in the world's most modern facility for plate heat exchanger production |
2008 |
Acquisition of ViEX Inc. (Newmarket, Ontario, Canada), manufacturer of fully welded plate heat exchangers |