Company history
Over 65 years of experience.
The starting point was the work of Wilhelm August Lampadius, who worked as a professor of chemistry and metallurgy at the Royal Saxon Mining Academy in Freiberg from 1794 to 1842. The Deutsches Brennstoffinstitut (DBI) in Freiberg emerged from the Bergakademie in 1956 and was intended as a centralised institution to bundle research and development in the field of fossil fuels.
From 1966, the gas sector was represented by its own, rapidly growing department. With the political change in the 1990s, a privatisation process began in the new federal states. During this phase, DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH emerged from the gas technology departments of the DBI in 1991, and has since asserted itself in the German and European research landscape.
As a research organisation of the DVGW – Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V. (DVGW), DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH found a permanent place. The increase in publicly funded, basic research projects in the 1990s and the changed situation in testing finally led to the founding of DBI – Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg in 1998 as a wholly owned subsidiary of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH.
Our milestones at a glance
2021
Anniversary year – on 09.01.2021 we celebrated 30 years on the market & a total of 65 years of experience in the gas industry.
2020
Reorganisation and expansion of the DBI Group’s management.
2018
Ausbau & Erweiterung – das chemische Labor in Leipzig wird ausgebaut und das Technikum in Freiberg erneut erweitert.
2015
Expansion of the departments of Gas Process Technology and Energy Supply Systems/Renewable Energies.
2011
Relocation – DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH moves into new business premises in Leipzig. At the same time, the technical centre in Freiberg is renovated and expanded.
2007
Shareholder – the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water becomes the sole shareholder of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH.
1998
Spin-off of DBI – Gastechnologisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg as a subsidiary of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH in order to realise non-profit research and testing more efficiently.
1991
Spin-off of DBI Gas- und Umwelttechnik GmbH in Leipzig (shareholders at the time were VNG, RWE, GDF).
1966
Origin – Establishment of the gas technology department at the German Fuel Institute in Freiberg with a focus on the extraction/production, distribution and utilisation of gaseous fuels. The picture shows the Freiberg DBI site in the 1980s (Source: M. Knopfe)
1956
The Deutsche Brennstoffinstitut Freiberg (DBI) emerged from the Bergakademie and was intended to bundle research and development in the field of fossil fuels.
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Managing Director Engineering & Consulting
Spokesman
Gert Müller-Syring
Your career at the DBI Group
Over 150 motivated employees, flat hierarchies and a pleasant working atmosphere are the hallmarks of a committed team. We see ourselves as a reliable employer that supports and challenges its employees throughout their careers. We employ people who are committed to our corporate goals. We are a family-friendly company and expressly follow the legal principles of equal treatment.
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