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From idea to Internationally established product
Development work on Primus Line® began 25 years ago
All over the world, Primus Line® is used to rehabilitate critical pipeline infrastructure safely, in the long term and, above all, trenchlessly. This year, the company from Germany with five international locations celebrates its anniversary.
25 years ago, in 1996, the idea was born for a kind of "super hose" that is pulled into aging pipelines for the rehabilitation of pressure pipelines. However, five years of intensive development work passed from idea to finished product and foundation of the company.
Managing director and owner Werner Rädlinger is all the more proud of what has been achieved in the last two decades: "We have not only developed a new, truly unique product. Especially in the early years, we also had to do a lot of pioneering work to get trenchless technologies on the agenda of network operators and utilities in the first place. That took a lot of determination, developer spirit and passion from the whole team."
Today, the staying power of the family-owned company is paying off. Around the globe, network operators, water utilities and administrations are facing the challenge of an aging pipeline infrastructure. At the same time, the environmentally friendly and CO2-saving technology Primus Line® meets the spirit of the times in terms of sustainability and environmental protection.
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Growth and expansion therefore characterised the past years of the company. New markets were opened up and subsidiaries established in Australia, China, Canada and the USA. In the meantime, Primus Line® has been installed in more than 50 countries.
"Of course, there were and also are setbacks," Werner Rädlinger clarifies. "The coronavirus turned our international plans for this and last year pretty much upside down. But I am very confident that we will be able to resume our previous growth. The problem of aging infrastructure remains, and many stimulus packages address that very issue."
Initially developed for the technically challenging gas market, Primus Line next entered the water market, which involves many certifications. In 2015, the oil market followed. A big step that, according to Werner Rädlinger, also required courage. Today, a separate department looks after the customers, among whom are mainly large international groups in the industry.
Regardless of the market, the technology scores as a tailor-made solution with low intervention and impact on the environment associated with the installation. Lines up to 2,500 metres through nature reserves or inner
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