HERMETIC: 160 Years of Pumping Technology

From a Regional Family Business to a Leading Specialist

What began as a regional family business grew into a company that has played a key role in shaping the history of the hermetically sealed centrifugal pump. A decisive milestone was the invention of the leak-free Canned Motor Pump in 1954 – an innovation that laid the foundations for the technologies for which HERMETIC is known worldwide today.

160 years later, our pump systems are in use wherever safety, leak-tightness and reliability are crucial. From its humble beginnings in the Kaiserstuhl region, the company has grown into an internationally active enterprise and one of the world’s leading specialists in hermetically sealed pumps.

The Canned Motor Pump and the Foundation of HERMETIC

• 1866 – Foundation of the LEDERLE CompanyThe history of HERMETIC began with a mechanical workshop in Endingen am Kaiserstuhl. It was here that the first pumps and water supply systems were manufactured.
• 1954 – Development of the Canned Motor PumpDevelopment of the first leak-free Canned Motor Pump by Hermann Krämer.
• 1956 – Foundation of HERMETICFoundation of HERMETIC-Pumpen GmbH.
• 1968 – Moving to GundelfingenConstruction of a new plant for the manufacture of Canned Motor Pumps in Gundelfingen.
• 1979 – Development of the Magnetic Coupling PumpDevelopment of hermetically sealed pumps with magnetic drives.

First Steps Towards Internationalisation

• 1975 – First Steps Towards InternationalisationEstablishment of the company’s first in-house sales company in Vienna, with branch offices in the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.
• 1997 – Joint Venture in ChinaDalian HERMETIC Sealless Pumps Co., Ltd. was established as a joint venture in China. Production began as early as 1998.
• 2000 – Opening of the Branch in the USAHERMETIC Inc. was founded in Houston.
• 2014 – Opening of the Singapore BranchEstablishment of HERMETIC Pumps Singapore Pte. Ltd. as a centre of excellence for South-East Asia.
• 2015 – The World’s Largest Canned Motor PumpHERMETIC manufactures the world’s largest and heaviest Canned Motor Pump, weighing 20 tonnes and standing over 6 metres tall.
• 2019 – Expansion of the Service Business in FranceAcquisition of a majority stake in the service company HERMETIC-MECAFLUX S.A.S.
• 2024 – Opening of the Branch in SpainHERMETIC Pumps Ibérica for Spain and Portugal.

160 Years: The Heartbeat of Industry

160 years of company history. 70 years of HERMETIC-Pumpen GmbH. We have been driving forward the development of hermetically sealed pumping technologies since 1866.

About HERMETIC-Pumpen GmbH

For over 160 years, we have been developing pumping technology trusted by demanding industries worldwide.