History

Tecnium: Pioneers in the handling of corrosive fluids

Founded in 1957 in Manresa (Barcelona), Tecnium born to meet a need in the industry: finding solutions to handling corrosive liquids and gases. Innovation remains the backbone of the company.

Since TECNIUM foundation in 1957, innovation has been our priority. We have always pioneered in the development of technologies and applications for handling corrosive fluids, from the 60’s to the present time. Some examples:

• 1958 Process plastic pumps
• 1962 Reinforced plastic equipment
• 1966 First gas treatment installations
• 1967 Polyester fans
• 1969 Multiventuri type gas scrubbers
• 1973 High performance demisters
• 1979 Equipments manufactured in PVDF and PET
• 1981 Gas treatment installations using activated carbon
• 1983 First units in PTFE-FEP
• 1991 Odor elimination by ozone
• 1993 Modular polyester covers
• 1994 Gas treatment by biological systems.
• 1995 Gas treatment using dry chemical systems
• 1997 Range of magnetic drive pumps
• 1998 Achievement of ISO 9001
• 1999 Expansion of fan range
• 2000 Review and new range of centrifugal pumps
• 2003 ATEX certification of our products
• 2004 Biodesulphurization of biogas
• 2009 High performance adsorbents by activated alumina and zeolites
• 2010 Biotrickling
• 2011 Inorganic Biofilters for gas treatment
• 2012 Welders and laminators homologation