What started with a wooden cabinet in 1962 has become one of the broadest product ranges in leak prevention technology. It all began with Dr. Fritz Berg, the father of today’s company owner, and his innovative idea of active soil and groundwater protection caused by leaking tanks.
It was back in the 1960s when an increasing number of single-walled steel tanks storing heating oil started leaking and caused heavy environmental damage. As a result, national legislation on water protection had been tightened consid
erably to avoid those liquids hazardous to water entering and polluting the soil any longer. It was at that time that Dr. Fritz Berg developed the first leakage monitoring on a pneumatic basis. This was the birth of SGB.
Full-vacuum leak monitoring was followed by the first pressure and vacuum leak detectors for double-walled tanks and pipe-lines as well as single-walled tanks with a leak protection lining. Initially mechanically operated, these were further developed until the first fully electrically operated leak detectors came onto the market in 2002.
With further development of the technology, the areas of application and possible uses could also be expanded more and more: For example, the first leak detector for leak monitoring of double bottoms of flat-bottom tanks was developed as early as 1976 and in 1997 the VL-H9 became SGB’s first explosion-proof leak detector.
The Siegen-based company performed true pioneering work by playing a major role in shaping the EN 13160 standard for leak monitoring. It is now established worldwide, thus setting sustainable standards. The special feature of the SGB approach: Both walls of underground tanks or pipelines are permanently monitored via the system. An alarm is triggered even before a pollutant can escape.
With his team of 45, Jost Berg, son of the company’s founder and managing director since 1990, focuses on market-oriented innovation and continuous high quality. This is reflected in the unique product range of leak detectors as well as in customer-friendly offers such as the B2B online store at shop.sgb.de, the wide range of technical training courses and services such as planning and implementation of special solutions.
Anniversary celebration brought forward
The founding date of SGB is October 16. However, in order to get ahead of Corona and its possible repercussions, the management had already decided at the beginning of the year to forego larger celebrations and to celebrate the anniversary in the company of the employees.
So they met freshly tested on Friday, September 9, 2022, in the "Restaurant Bar" Siegen, where Sebastian Weiß and chef Markus Boßlet spoiled the SGB team culinary with fine food and noble drops. Magic was the order of the day between the courses, when magician Oliver Henke amazed the SGB guests with his magic tricks.
