Our history

Starting with a simple retail shop, we worked over the past 100 years to become a successful medium-sized company and Hidden-champion. From the beginning, our commitment was to place the customer’s needs first and work together to prepare individual solutions that optimally fulfil customer requirements.

1920 - 1936

1920 Founding of a retail store in Hannover as the origin of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG
1936 Formation of Schönebecker BrunnenFilter (SBF, Schönebecker Well Screens) as a subsidiary of the company Preussag

1920 - 1936

1920 Founding of a retail store in Hannover as the origin of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG
1936 Formation of Schönebecker BrunnenFilter (SBF, Schönebecker Well Screens) as a subsidiary of the company Preussag

1965 - 1988

1965-1988  Production expansion of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG:
Produktion von PVC-Brunnenfiltern und Handpumpen;
Production of PVC well screens and hand pumps; extrusion of PVC and PE pipes;
further processing of well screens und extension tubes; production of landfill dewatering and degassing pipes
1970s  SBF starts operation of the first fully automated production facility in Renchen

1965 - 1988

1965-1988: Production expansion of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG:
Production of PVC well screens and hand pumps; extrusion of PVC and PE pipes; 
Further processing of well screens und extension tubes; 
Production of landfill dewatering and degassing pipes
1970s: SBF starts operation of the first fully automated production facility in Renchen

1989 - 2001

1989 Purchase of former GDR companies in Luckau and Nordhausen;
Centralization of plastic products in Luckau and steel products in Nordhausen
1998 Merger of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG with PREUSSAG Wasser & Rohrtechnik GmbH to become the GWE Group
2001 Transfer of head office for GWE Group from Burgwedel to Peine

1989 - 2001

1989 Purchase of former GDR companies in Luckau and Nordhausen;
Centralization of plastic products in Luckau and steel products in Nordhausen
1998 Merger of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG with PREUSSAG Wasser & Rohrtechnik GmbH to become the GWE Group
2001 Transfer of head office for GWE Group from Burgwedel to Peine

1989 - 2001

1989 Purchase of former GDR companies in Luckau and Nordhausen;
Centralization of plastic products in Luckau and steel products in Nordhausen
1998 Merger of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG with PREUSSAG Wasser & Rohrtechnik GmbH to become the GWE Group
2001 Transfer of head office for GWE Group from Burgwedel to Peine

1989 - 2001

1989 Purchase of former GDR companies in Luckau and Nordhausen;
Centralization of plastic products in Luckau and steel products in Nordhausen
1998 Merger of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG with PREUSSAG Wasser & Rohrtechnik GmbH to become the GWE Group
2001 Transfer of head office for GWE Group from Burgwedel to Peine

1989 - 2001

1989 Purchase of former GDR companies in Luckau and Nordhausen;
Centralization of plastic products in Luckau and steel products in Nordhausen
1998 Merger of pumpenboese GmbH & Co. KG with PREUSSAG Wasser & Rohrtechnik GmbH to become the GWE Group
2001 Transfer of head office for GWE Group from Burgwedel to Peine

2007 - 2014

2007 Acquisition and transfer of all shares in the companies of the GWE Group by the BAUER Group into the newly founded segment BAUER Resources GmbH
2012 GWE is exclusively authorized in Germany as a Grundfos Subfactory
2014 GWE HAGULIT® well materials become even more resistant with enhanced recipe
 

2007 - 2014

2007 Acquisition and transfer of all shares in the companies of the GWE Group by the BAUER Group into the newly founded segment BAUER Resources GmbH
2012 GWE is exclusively authorized in Germany as a Grundfos Subfactory
2014 GWE HAGULIT® well materials become even more resistant with enhanced recipe
 

2018 - 2024

2018 Manufacture of GWE stainless steel wire-wrapped screen up to DN 1200
2019 GWE is an organizer of the 70th Deutsche Brunnenbauertage trade fair
2020 GWE celebrates 100-year company anniversary
 

2018 - 2024

2018 Manufacture of GWE stainless steel wire-wrapped screen up to DN 1200
2019 GWE is an organizer of the 70th Deutsche Brunnenbauertage trade fair
2020 GWE celebrates 100-year company anniversary
 

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