Chronicle
The history of today’s GEA Bischoff GmbH stretches as far back as 1919. This was when Walter Deutsch developed the basic theories for electrical separation of particles.
Since then, GEA Bischoff GmbH has been pouring its entire know-how, experience and passion into the development of environmental engineering plants with gas cleaning. Read about the most important stages in the transformation of a small engineering office into the Emission Control Division within the GEA Group.
1919
Foundation of Lurgi Apparatebau, expansion of environmental engineering, including emission control
October 1991
Following the acquisition of Lentjes AG by mg in 1990, the workforce of Lurgi Energie und Umwelt in Frankfurt moved to Gottfried Bischoff GmbH & Co. KG in Essen, 2 business fields: FGD for power plants and gas cleaning for iron and steel.
October 1992
Foundation of Lurgi Bischoff with 35 employees (iron and steel) as a subsidiary of Lurgi Energie und Umwelt.
December 1998
Expansion of the business activities of Lurgi Bischoff GmbH. Transfer of the NE/chemistry and cement/glass product lines from Frankfurt, leading to concentration of Lurgi Bischoff sites in Essen.
January 2004
Lurgi Bischoff is directly assigned to mg / Lurgi S.p.A. in Italy becomes an LB subsidiary
November 2004
Foundation of the subsidiary Lurgi Bischoff SAS in France.
December 2006
Foundation of the subsidiary Lurgi Bischoff Inc. in the USA
2007
Incorporation into the GEA Group as an autonomous division with 120 employees and worldwide presence.
March 2008
Lurgi Bischoff is renamed GEA Bischoff GmbH.
January 2010
GEA Bischoff represents together with GEA Niro APC the strategic business unit “Emission Control” within Segment GEA Process Engineering.
January 2010
Acquisition of Ion Blast technology widens product range
