[...]We are deeply saddened to announce that our supervisory board chairman and former CEO Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hans G. Huber passed away suddenly and unexpectedly the night before Saturday, 15th March 2014, at the age of 71. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hans G. Huber took over the family business from his father in 1967 and has built up the HUBER Group as we know it today. Consistently and with determination he has pushed the company's development into a worldwide leading group on the environmental engineering sector and a supplier of solutions for water and wastewater treatment. After his studies of process engineering[...]
[...]We are deeply saddened to announce that our former shareholder, managing director and supervisory board chairman Mr. Karl-Josef Huber passed away after a long and serious illness on Friday, 24th June 2016, at the age of 69. It was back in 1967 when he joined his parents' company before taking over the company management in 1969 together with his brother Hans Huber. At that time, 25 people were employed in the company. By focusing on the material stainless steel and the issue "water" the two brothers developed the family business from a small, regional enterprise into an internationally [...]
[...]Bickenbach, Germany After around three years of construction, the quaternary treatment stage at the Bickenbach wastewater treatment plant was officially commissioned on 2 April in the presence of numerous representatives from business and politics. The quaternary treatment stage in Bickenbach treats up to 150 litres of wastewater per second and will in future reliably retain the largest proportion of hazardous and persistent micropollutants such as pharmaceutical residues, hormones, biocides and household chemicals. Minister Hofmann: ‘Today is a good day for Bickenbach, for the whole region, for [...]
[...]After a one-year building time the Hans Huber AG could move into their new office building that has a gross area of around 4,000 m² for presently about 200 employees. The official opening took place on Friday, 5th September 2003, combined with an open day on Saturday, 6th September. Global Activities - At Home in Bavaria After a one-year building time the Hans Huber AG could move into their new office building that has a gross area of around 4,000 m² for presently about 200 employees. The official opening took place on Friday, 5th September 2003, combined with an open day on Saturday, 6th September[...]
[...]The regular inspection of installations is an important aspect not to be underestimated where drinking water and wastewater structures need to be maintained as valuable elements of our supply and disposal networks. Regular inspections are the only way to ensure the plants and their peripherals can safely be operated a long time. It is of fundamental importance to early identify defects, damage and weak points by regular inspection so that these can be expertly eliminated as soon as possible. The risks of continuing with run-down equipment are not to be neglected, especially not in the field of drinking[...]
[...]Basel, Switzerland HUBER products for one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in Switzerland: Together with its Swiss partner company Helmut Breschan AG, HUBER is involved in the expansion of the Basel wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The Berching-based company is supplying over 200 SD7 manhole covers in various designs, including accessories. The expansion of the Basel municipal wastewater treatment plant is progressing: one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in Switzerland is being expanded and adapted to the provisions of the new Swiss Federal Water Protection Ordinance. The [...]
[...]Kaditz, Germany Hot and greasy – sludge screening with the STRAINPRESS® On the way from a sewage treatment works to an energy park – Stadtentwässerung Dresden undertake a variety of measures on STP Kaditz to achieve this goal. One of these measures is the acceptance and treatment of foreign material for co-fermentation in the digesters. They want to use the energy-rich grease sludge to increase the gas production in the two 10,500 m³ digesters and thus achieve a significantly higher energy production in the two block heat and power plants. The grease separator contents delivered by tanker [...]
[...]Kappern, Austria In Kappern near Marchtrenk, a town between Wels and Linz, lies Austria’s second biggest sewage treatment plant which is designed for 160,000 PE. The main collector A has to cope with a high combined rainwater and sanitary sewer flow. Due to the given specific conditions the stormwater overflow tank Kappern offered an interesting opportunity to combine the two HUBER storm screen types, ROTAMAT® Storm Screen RoK1 and ROTAMAT® Storm Screen RoK2. Due to the screens’ high flexibility and capacity only minor structural adaptation work was necessary to optimally realize this project[...]