Efficiency starts during operation
In the beginning, there was no business model but rather a specific operational challenge. In thermal power plants, fouled cooling water systems led to efficiency losses, higher energy use, and limited plant availability. The aim was to find a reliable solution that could be used during ongoing operation. This technical issue gave rise to the idea that laid the foundation for Taprogge’s success and crystallized into a principle that still holds today: Improving efficiency wherever water and energy work together within the cycle. New technologies, markets, and applications have carried this approach forward over the decades. All the while, our focus has remained on solutions that prove their mettle in practice.
World first in heat pump operation: Klaren heat exchangers use a fluidized bed method to prevent icing during operation of a heat pump for supplying heat to the Überseeinsel district of Bremen
Shipment of an integrated Taprogge solution (TAPIS water intake system, debris filter, and Taprogge cleaning system) for managing microfouling and macrofouling for the world’s largest seawater heat pump in Esbjerg (Denmark) with a total thermal power output of 70 MW
Full integration of the companies Terrawater GmbH and Klaren International B.V.
Founding of the Indian subsidiary, Taprogge Inditech Pvt. Ltd., with its own manufacturing facilities
Expansion of CleanTech expertise in the field of self-cleaning heat exchangers through cooperation with and investment in Klaren International B.V. (Netherlands)
Expansion of CleanTech expertise through cooperation with and investment in Terrawater GmbH (Kiel)
World first in the reuse of wastewater: First turnkey shipment of a UF- and RO-based system for converting cooling tower blowdown water into boiler feed water at the large Ratchaburi Power Plant (Ratchaburi, Thailand)
Shipment of the world’s largest PR-BW 800 debris filter to Williams Station (South Carolina, USA)
Entry into the Chinese market with the founding of the subsidiary, Shanghai Taprogge Watertech Engineering Co., Ltd., with its own manufacturing facilities
Founding of the subsidiary, Hankook Taprogge Co. Ltd., with its own manufacturing facilities in South Korea
Milestone in filter performance with shipment of the first PR-BW 800 high-performance debris filter
Refinement of the filter technology and shipment of the first PR-BW 400 filter with pressure-relieved backwash technology
Shipment of the world’s largest strainer TI8 to the Perry Nuclear Power Plant (Cleveland, USA)
Development of the first generation of large cooling water debris filters based on turbulence technology (TB filters)
Founding of the first Asian subsidiary, Taprogge Japan Co., Ltd.
Founding of the first overseas subsidiary, Taprogge America Corp.
Founding of the TAPROGGE company by Ludwig Taprogge
Invention and first installation of the condenser tube cleaning system patented by Josef Taprogge
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Innovation in flux
Today, there are more than 13,000 Taprogge systems in use around the world. As an international group of companies, we pool our experience into integrated and coordinated solutions throughout the water cycle: from water intake and debris filters to the continuous mechanical cleaning of heat exchangers. Our journey began in 1953 with a specific challenge arising from operational practice in power plants.
The founders
Looking back
Josef Taprogge
He developed the first plant for automatically cleaning condensers and laid the technical foundation for Taprogge’s systems and solutions.
Ludwig Taprogge
He transformed the technical idea into a company with entrepreneurial vision, a sense of responsibility, and the goal of making technology effective in the long run.
Today, the second and third generations of the Taprogge family are still at the helm – united by a common commitment to technology, efficiency, and sustainable solutions.
Detlef and Moritz Taprogge
