Our history

• 1893: Founding of the Franz Seiffert & Co. engineering office in Berlin
• 1898: Purchase of a foundry in the Finow valley; registration under the company name "Franz Seiffert Co. Maschinenfabrik, Eisengiesserei und Kesselschmiede - Spezialfabrikation von Rohrleitungen für Hochdruck"
• 1907: Completion of the company expansion by commissioning its own power plant as well as a Bessemer converter, cupola furnace and graduation works. Start of industrial prefabrication of piping systems and elements
• 1926: Use of arc welding in production
• 1961: Specialisation on high-pressure-piping systems and erection of the shaped part construction for HP components
• 1966: Erection of a new fabrication hall and commissioning of the new cold pipe bending shop, cold pipe bend production to DN 500
• 1972: Commissioning of weld-on bend production to NW 600, final stage of expansion of the third press line before 1976
• 1985: Use of the automated CO2 welding process for high-alloyed pipe steels
• 1987: Introduction of the induction bending process with commissioning of the Cojafex PB Special, manufacture of multiple bends up to max. 440 mm pipe outer diameter
• 1997Re-establishment of Finow Rohrleitungssystem- und Apparatebau Serviceleistungs GmbH
• 2001: Commencement of boiler components fabrication for NH3 waste heat recovery boilers (spiral heating surfaces)
• 2006: Commissioning of a new Cojafex 1200 R induction bending machine up to max. pipe outer diameter of 1220 mm
• 2007: Take-over of Finow Rohrleitungssystem- und Appartebau Serviceleistungs GmbH by Kraftanlagen München GmbH
• 2009: Commissioning of the new heat treatment furnace and the new outdoor storage area (7000 m²) with revolving tower crane
• 2010: Opening of the new production line for medium and low pressure pipe systems with CNC-controlled plasma cutting and SAW welding systems. Commissioning of the new CNC boring and milling machine from Union
• 2017: Commissioning of a CNC-controlled UP submerged branch welding machine